Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, January 23, 1961, Image 5

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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORE. MONDAY. JANUARY 23, 1961 Education Association Prepares Pamphlet on Child 's Intelligence Value, Limitation 01 IQ Tests Told In Publication By LOUIS CASSELS UPI Correspondent Everybody talks about "I.Q.'s" and everybody knows that a high one is better than a low one. But exactly what is an I.Q. anyway? What does it tell you about a child's mental capacity? Can human intelli gence really be measured with the scientific precision im plied by an exact numerical score? On the sound assumption that many parents would like answers to these questions, the National Education asso ciation is distributing to teach ers and school officials across the land a little booklet en titled: "A Briefing For Par ents: Your Child's Intelli gence Prepared by Experii It was prepared by seven experts on intelligence test ing, and explains in layman's language the values and limi tations of the I.Q. tests which are widely employed in U.S. schools. There are many different types of intelligence tests, and new ones are constantly being developed. All of them seek to measure the "mental age" of a child in relationship to other children. Before a test has any value for this comparative purpose, it must be administered to a large number of children. This enables educators to deter mine "norms" for the test -that is, to learn the average score of children of a par ticular age level. Once this average is known, the performance of each child who takes the test is compared to if. For example, if a seven year old gels the same score as the average score of chil dren nine years old, he is re garded as having a "mental age" of nine. His intelligence quotient, or I.Q., is obtained by dividing mental age by chronological age, and multiplying the re sult by 100 just to get rid of decimals. Thus the seven-year-old with the mental age of nine would be credited with an I.Q. of 128. Tests Not Precise If a child's score on a par ticular test happened to be exactly the same as the na tional average for his age lev el, his I. Q. would be record ed at an even 100. But educa tors know very well that the tests aren't that precise, so they regard any I.Q. between 90 and 110 as normal or aver age. Contrary to popular folk lore, there is no magic score which connotes "genius." But any score above 130 implies superior intelligence, and scores above 140 indicate very superior intelligence. In the absence of any better tool, educators use I.Q. tests as rough approximations of a child's capacity to learn. But they do not regard them as in fallible scientific measure ments of any particular child's . intelligence. Research has shown, for example, that many children suffer severely from "test anxiety." Their fear of tests will cause them to make de ceptively low scores. A child who is dependent on other people will usually make a lower score than one of equal intelligence who is highly self-reliant. A child's I.Q. may change considerably as he grows old er. It is more likely to rise than to fall, and the rise prob- Try and Stop Me -By BENNETT CERF- YOGI BERRA, conducting an impromptu baseball seminar in Toots Shor's old bistro one winter night suddenly declared there were seven different ways a batter could get to first base without mak ing a tut. can XUU name yA HT MB menu tiere tney are: i. A base on balls. 2. Hit by pitcher. 3. Interfer ence by the catcher. 4. A dropped third strike. 5. Forcing out a preced ing runner. 6. Getting on via an error. 7. Be coming a pinch runner. Thinker Berra also pointed out one way a ' pitcher could yield six successive base hits with out putting a single man on base: play a girls' team, Herb Stein has spotted a Chinese restaurant out Hollywood way that's so swanky the cookie messages are printed in French. Sulking at a back table there, incidentally,- was a hillbilly who's on the way out. He's suffering from receding sideburns. Mike Connolly insists that at least one Hollywood star, stead fastly recalls his humble beginnings. Once a year regularly be goes back to Chicago's slums to visit his wife and kiddies. 1961. by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Feature! Syndicate) ably reflects greater adapta tion and emotional security in a test situation. Many Different Types fernaps the greatest mis conception of I.Q. tests is the belief that they measure s single type of ability. Actual ly, there are many different types of intelligence. A per son who is very sharp at ver bal comprehension, for ex ample, may be weak on handling numbers. And there is clear evidence that the ability to memorize has little connection with overall men tal capacity. In other words, a person with a good memory (who would perform brilliant ly on a TV quiz show) may or may not be highly intelligent. The best I.Q. tests are con structed to measure all of the different types of intelligence, and to disclose what is called a "mental profile" of the child being tested. Interpreted by an expert, this profile can give valuable clues to an in dividual's strengths and weak nesses. Recent research at the Uni versity of Chicago indicates that there is not necessarily any relationship between high I.Q. and a high degree of creative talent. Some children who have a real spark of crea tive genius - for example, in writing, art or invention may have quite modest scores on I.Q. tests which measure academic ability. Policy Under Attack Do you know your child's I.Q.? The chances are that you don't. Many schools refuse to give out I.Q. scores, on the grounds that parents are like ly to misunderstand or mis interpret them. This policy is under attack by some educa tors, who say that parents have as much right to know the score on their children's I.Q. as they have, for example, to know the results of an eye test. The New York state educa tion department ruled recent ly that parents have the right "as a matter of law" to see their children's I.Q. scores and other test results. Family Has Problem Getting Rid of Kittens Chicago - IUPD - The Casi mir Kowalczyks were having difficulty today finding homes for their six 10-day-old kit tens. So far only an unsupcrsti tious friend has accepted one of the litter - all jet black and born on Friday, Jan. 13. Mm r m 0 You Can Rely on Us for Understanding Help We so conduct every funeral as to leave enduring memories of a beautiful tribute, reverent ly expressive of tternal love and faith. PERL Funeral Home SPACIOUS PARKING LOT o if (VVv World War I Vets, Auxiliary Group Install Officers Pat Graham and Mrs. May- me Schrack were installed re cently commander and presi dent of the Medford Barracks 540, Veterans of World War I, and the Ladies Auxiliary, respectively. The joint installation of of ficers was held in the Girls Community Club building, Medford. About 80 delegates from Medford, Ashland, Grants Pass, and Roseburg at tended. Other barrack officers named were Thomas L. Ed sall, senior vice commander; Frederick D. Adams, junior vice commander; Francis B. Otis, chaplain; Albert F. John son, quartermaster; Alvin C. Lucas, judge advocate; Char les J. Myers, three-year trus tee: and Claude Stevens, ad jutant. Auxiliary Members Auxiliary staff members in clude Mrs. Frances Herbs truth, senior vice president; Mrs. Ruth Clark, junior vice president; Mrs. Lillian Aus tin, chaplain; Mrs. Mabel Lynch, conductress; Mrs. Gusta Johnson, guard; Mrs. Edna Hastain, secretary; Mrs. Verda Edsall, treasurer; and Mrs. Jane Hale, Mrs. Meda Lucas, and Mrs. Bertha Pen well, trustees. Out-of-town visitors includ ed Department Senior Vice Commander and Mrs. Ralph Aylesworth, Roseburg; Mr. and Mrs. Lee Turner, and Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Kretschmer, both of Grants Pass; and Bar racks Commander and Mrs. Elmer E. Curry, also of Grants Pass. Aylesworth installed the Barracks officers, and Mrs. Meda Lucas, auxiliary presi dent of District 7, installed the auxiliary staff Disbarment of Attorneys Urged Portland -(I'PD- The board of governors of the Oregon State Bar announced Thurs day it has recommended per manent disbarment of two Portland attorneys, J. Kelly Farris and Herbert D. Black, The bar said the recommen dations were filed with the clerk of the Oregon Supreme Court. The attorneys have 60 days to file petitions in their own behalf after which the court will decide what action to take. Both Farris and Black said they would appeal their cases. The bar's announcement said the board of governors found Farris "guilty of seven charges of professional mis conduct , , ." and Black "guil ty of 10 charges of unethical and unlawful solicitation and acceptance of professional em ployment through the use of Sulem-IWI)-The Senate Judi ciary Committee has sched uled a hearing Feb. 3 on the problem of curbing obscene literature. The Interim Com mittee on Criminal Law pro posed a measure to prevent furnishing "material manifest ly tending to corrupt the sexual morality" to children under 18 years. Famed Attorney Now Resting at Home Los Angeles - IUPD - Famed Hollywood attorney Jerry Giesler was resting at home today following his release Saturday from Mt. Sinai hos pital where he had been con fined for a rest. Giesler, bothered by a heart ailment in recent years, was hospitalized in September af ter suffering a serious attack. OREGON TREE SERVICE COMPARE PRICES TOPPING PRUNING REMOVING Licenesd Insured PHONE SP 3-8993 Manno Returns From Hardware Meeting Anthony (Tony) R. Manno, owner of Acme hardware, Medford, recently returned from a meeting of the board of governors of the National Retail Hardware association at Indianapolis, Ind. Representing some 23,000 independent hardware dealers in the United States and Can ada, the NRHA directors ex pressed confidence in new programs designed to "shape the future" of the hardware industry. Manno was among the board of governors who heard asso ciation officials outline an "ambitious" program of ad vertising, promotion and plan ning on both local and na tional hardware industry lev els during the next year. 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