The Educational screen (c1922-c1956])

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October, 1931 Page 229 Teacher's opinion : "Wants to succeed — makes great effort to do so — very conscientious — asks many questions and for many explanations— fairly good study habits, does not apply self steadily, needs supervision, —inclined to be somewhat erratic — anxious to get ahead — often asks for extra work." Lawrence carved one of the smaller temples, was interested and seemed to understand the work we did in the sixth grade. He did well on the tests that were given at the time. His immediate recall was usually good. I think he has always worked more for his grade than for what he would know. He and a little girl, Louise, had charge of the lantern. Louise's L Q. was 131 and her score is the highest, 27. She was the more dependable of the two, and her extra work seemed to help her. In the motion picture film made of the project, the fact that he was before the camera made Lawrence very self-conscious and his quick, bird-like movements give him the appearance of being "flighty". He wasn't always dependable when left on his own resources but had to be told each move to make. The reason for making him one of the operators of the lantern was that he always got his lessons. His test score is a surprise to me as I expected it to be much better. Possibly his preoccupation with the mechanics of the lantern accounts for it, though this factor seemed to have no effect on Louise. Marian 8-B L Q. 94 Score 22 Principal's report: "Marian is slow mentally and does not grasp subject-matter easily nor quickly. She has a speech defect which was especially noticeable in the lower grades. She shows emotional instability, is easily angered, is sulky, pouts, and weeps often." Teacher's opinion — "Very inattentive — dislikes school — dreamer — poor study habits — no immediate attack — puts things off — not punctual — discourteous— emotional — weeps easily." Marian's part in the project was a very minor one as nearly all of her time was needed to keep up her regular daily work. She was the only girl who did not assume some definite responsibility. She helped to bring the materials out of the closet for use or put them away at the end of the period. She assisted in several simple tasks that did not take much time. But, with all these disadvantages, note Marian's excellent score. Betty 8-A L Q. 135 Score 25 This little girl carved one of the smaller temples. Principal's report : "Betty possesses a keen, searching mind — liking to find the reason for things. She is very capable — not only carrying her school work easily but making a very efficient editor of the school notes — a responsible position. She is steady, reliable, methodical and is able to carry out directions exactly without supervision. Her aim is to take up journalism. She greatly enjoys using her mind to solve a problem or situation. Betty has a more mature and sophisticated mind than the ordinary child of her age." The teachers' opinions are very similar. Betty is an example of a high L Q. who showed a high score on the tests. Here are some of Betty's answers to the last test : L I liked 6-B history best. I liked it because of the clear way we had learned it. We learned about Greece and in addition to that we all had parts to make out of soap in regard to the Parthenon, n. I think it would be history because it was made so clear to me. HI. I liked the making of the Parthenon best because it explained my work clearly, and it was very interesting because of the motion picture taken. I have written a brief history of only six of the children. They are all interesting and I should like to include every one but in order to give an impartial view I selected the two boys with the highest I. Q. and the two with the lowest. Since there were only four girls in the group, I selected one who had the highest L Q. and one with the lowest. Dick and Lawrence, with Intelligence Quotients of 128 and 121, disappointed us with scores of 16 and 18 but they only make our case study more interesting. Their attitude tests as well as their recall tests, show that the study of Greece made little impression on them. Lawrence's work with the lantern, unfortunately, gave him the center of the stage and his mind was completely taken up with it. His actions in the film register his feeling of importance. Dick did beautiful work on the Parthenon. In fact, either because of his actual work or his assistant's modesty he received most of the credit. Most of the Parthenon was carved at home so I do not know how the labor was divided. His work was good ; it deserved praise ; and he received it; but with some people too much praise is not wholesome. The general lesson faded into the background bcause these two boys considered their