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1 online resource (xxxii, 309 pages) : illustrations |
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Before Ellis Island -- Early years -- Army days -- The context -- Immigration, intelligence, and the public health service -- The measurement of intelligence -- At ellis island -- Developing the ellis island tests -- The ellis island tests -- Popularizing the work at Ellis Island -- Practical issues in intelligence testing -- After Ellis Island -- The legacy -- Developing performance scales -- Borrowing the Ellis Island tests -- What do performance tests measure? -- An appraisal |
| Summary |
Howard Andrew Knox (1885-1949) served as assistant surgeon at Ellis Island during the 1910s, administering a range of verbal and nonverbal tests for the mental capacity of potential immigrants. An early proponent of nonverbal intelligence testing (largely through the use of formboards and picture puzzles), Knox developed an evaluative approach that informs the techniques of practitioners and researchers today. Whether adapted to measure intelligence and performance in children, military recruits, neurological and psychiatric patients, or the average job applicant, Knox's pioneering method |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Knox, Howard Andrew, 1885-1949.
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Knox, Howard Andrew, 1885-1949 |
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Knox, Howard Andrew, 1885-1949 fast |
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Nonverbal intelligence tests -- United States
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Physicians.
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Physicians
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Intelligence Tests -- history
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physicians.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Assessment, Testing & Measurement.
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Experimental Psychology.
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Physicians
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Nonverbal intelligence tests
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United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
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United States
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Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011010220 |
| ISBN |
0231512112 |
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9780231512114 |
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1281948624 |
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9781281948625 |
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9786613792860 |
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6613792861 |
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