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Alfred Binet and the history of IQ testing

Alfred Binet created the first IQ test to identify students needing educational help. Binet's IQ test led to the concept of ...
The Hechinger Report

Reporter’s Notebook: Even the ‘father of IQ tests’ thought the results weren’t written in stone

This 1937 version of the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales was produced in the United States. It used objects because this IQ test was aimed at children. Credit: SSPL/ Getty Images The Hechinger ...
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Binet pioneers intelligence testing

French psychologist Alfred Binet (1859-1911) took a different tack than most psychologists of his day: he was interested in the workings of the normal mind rather than the pathology of mental illness.
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Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale

Intelligence tests are among the most influential - but also controversial - innovations of the 20th century. Alfred Binet set out with the best of intentions to determine how to place children in the ...