Ayres, Leonard P. Laggards in our Schools. The Russell
Sage Foundation. (1909.) 236 pages.
Interesting and instructive discussion of school retardation
and its causes.
Blan, Louis B. A Special Study of the Incidence of
Retardation. Teachers College, Columbia University,
Contributions to Education, no. 40. (1911.) 111 pages.
Review of the literature and a statistical study of the
progress of 4579 children.
Keyes, C. H. Progress Through the Grades of City
Schools. Teachers College, Columbia University,
Contributions to Education, no. 42. (1911.) 79 pages.
Important study of the progress of several thousand children.
Strayer, George D. Age and Grade Census of Schools and
Colleges. Bulletin no. 451, U.S. Bureau of Education.
(1911.) 144 pages.
Statistics of the age-grade status of the children in
318 cities.
See also the Reports of leading school surveys, such as
those of New York, Salt Lake City, Butte, Springfield
(Mass.), Denver, Cleveland, etc.
REFERENCES ON THE SPECIAL CLASS FOR EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
Huey, E. B. “The Education of Defectives and the Training
of Teachers for Special Classes”; in Journal of
Educational Psychology (1913), pp. 545–50.
Goddard, H. H. School Training of Defective Children.
World Book Company. (1914.) 97 pages.
Based on his survey of the treatment of backward children in
the schools of New York City.
Holmes, W. H. School Organization and the Individual
Child. The Davis Press, Worcester, Massachusetts. (1912.)
211 pages.
A comprehensive account of the efforts which have been made to
adjust the school to the capacities of individual
children.
Maennel, B. Auxiliary Education. Translated from the
German by Emma Sylvester. Doubleday, Page & Co. (1909.)
267 pages.
Van Sickle, J. H., Witmer, L., and Ayres, L. P.
Provision for Exceptional Children in Public Schools.
Bulletin no. 461, U.S. Bureau of Education. (1911.)
92 pages.
Shaer, I. “Special Classes for Bright Children in an
English Elementary School”; in Journal of Educational
Psychology (1913), pp. 209–22.
Stern, W. “The Supernormal Child”; in Journal of
Educational Psychology (1911), pp. 143–48 and 181–90.
A strong plea for special classes for superior children.
Vaney, V. Les classes pour enfants arrières. Bulletin de
la Société libre pour l’étude psychologique de l’enfant
(1911), pp. 53–152.
Report of the French National Commission appointed to
investigate methods of treatment and training.
Witmer, L. The Special Class for Backward Children. The
Psychological Clinic Press, Philadelphia. (1911.)
275 pages.
An account of the special class conducted in connection with
the University of Pennsylvania Summer School.
LIST OF BINET’S MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MEASUREMENT OF INTELLIGENCE
Binet, A. L’Étude experimentale de l’intelligence.
Paris: Schleicher frères. (1903.)
Binet, A. “A Propos de la mesure de l’intelligence”; in
Année psychologique (1905), vol. 11, pp. 69–82.
Binet, A. Les enfants anormaux; guide pour l’admission
des enfants anormaux dans les classes de
perfectionnement. Paris: Colin (1907.)
Binet, A. Comment les instituteurs jugent-ils
l’intelligence d’un ecolier? Bulletin de la Société libre
pour l’étude psychologique de l’enfant (1910), no. 10,
pp. 172–82.
Binet, A. “Nouvelles recherches sur la mesure du niveau
intellectuel chez les enfants d’école”; in Année
psychologique (1911), vol. 17, pp. 145–201.
Binet, A., et Simon, Th. “Sur la nécessité d’établir un
diagnostique scientifique des états inférieurs de
l’intelligence”; in Année psychologique (1905), vol. 11,
pp. 163–90.
Binet, A., et Simon, Th. “Méthodes nouvelles pour le
diagnostique du niveau intellectuel des anormaux”; in
Année psychologique (1905), vol. 11, pp. 191–244.
Binet, A., et Simon, Th. “Application des Méthodes
nouvelles au diagnostique du niveau intellectuel chez des
enfants normaux et anormaux d’hospice et d’école
primaire”; in Année psychologique (1905), vol. 11,
pp. 245–336.
Binet, A., et Simon, Th. “Le développement de
l’intelligence chez les enfants”; in Année psychologique
(1908), vol. 14, pp. 1–94.
Binet, A., et Simon, Th. “Langage et pensée”; in Année
psychologique (1908), vol. 14, pp. 284–339.
Binet, A., et Simon, Th. “L’intelligence des imbeciles”;
in Année psychologique (1909), vol. 15, pp. 1–147.
Binet, A., et Simon, Th. “Nouvelle théorie psychologique
et clinique de la démence”; in Année psychologique
(1909), vol. 15, pp. 168–272.
Binet, A., et Simon, Th. La mesure du développement de
l’intelligence chez les jeunes enfants. Bulletin de la
Société libre pour l’étude psychologique de l’enfant
(1911), no. 11, pp. 187–256.
SUGGESTIONS FOR A TEACHER’S PRIVATE LIBRARY
ON EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN
Ayres, L. P. Laggards in our Schools. The Russell Sage
Foundation. (1909.) 236 pages.
Treats the amount and causes of school retardation.
Binet, A., and Simon, Th. Mentally Defective Children.
Translated from the French by W. B. Drummond. Longmans,
Green & Co. (1914.) 171 pages.
Discusses the psychology, pedagogy and medical examination of
defectives.
Binet, A., and Simon, Th. A Method of Measuring the
Development of Intelligence in Young Children. Chicago
Medical Book Company. (1915.) 82 pages.
Authorized translation of Binet’s final instructions for
giving the tests.
Goddard, H. H. Feeble-Mindedness; Its Causes and
Consequences. The Macmillan Company. (1913.) 599 pages.
The most important single volume on the subject.
Goddard, H. H. The Kallikak Family. The Macmillan Company.
(1914.) 121 pages.
A study of the hereditary transmission of mental deficiency in
one family.
Goddard, H. H. School Training of Defective Children. World
Book Company. (1914.) 97 pages.
Admirable treatment of the entire subject.
Goddard, H. H. The Criminal Imbecile. The Macmillan Company.
(1915.) 157 pages.
An analysis of three murderers of borderline intelligence.
Holmes, Arthur. The Conservation of the Child. J. B.
Lippincott Company. (1912.) 345 pages.
Methods of examination and treatment of defective children.
Holmes, Arthur. The Backward Child. The Bobbs-Merrill Co.
(1915.)
A popular treatment of the subject.
Holmes, W. H. School Organization and the Individual Child.
The Davis Press, Worcester, Massachusetts. (1912) 211 pages.
A comprehensive account of methods of adjusting school work to
the capacity of the individual child.
Huey, E. B. Backward and Feeble-Minded Children. Warwick &
York. (1912.) 221 pages.
Clinical studies of borderline cases.
Kelynack, T. N. (Editor). Defective Children. John Bale,
Sons, and Daniellson, London. (1915.) 447 pages.
Written by many authors and devoted to all kinds of physical
and mental defects.
Kuhlmann, F. “A Revision of the Binet-Simon System for
Measuring the Intelligence of Children.” Monograph
Supplement of Journal of Psycho-Asthenics. (1912.)
41 pages.
Contains instructions for use of the Kuhlmann revision.
Stern, W. The Psychological Method of Measuring
Intelligence. Translated from the German by G. M. Whipple.
Warwick & York. (1913.) 160 pages.
Terman, Lyman, Ordahl, Galbreath, and Talbert. The Stanford
Revision and Extension of the Binet-Simon Scale for
Measuring Intelligence. (1916.)
Extended analysis of 1000 tests. Data on the relation of
intelligence to school success, social status, etc.
Terman, Lewis M. The Hygiene of the School Child. Houghton
Mifflin Company. (1914.) 417 pages.
Devoted to the physical defects of school children.
Tredgold, A. F. Mental Deficiency (Amentia). Baillière,
Tindall & Cox, London. (1914.) 491 pages.
The best medical treatment of the subject.
Whipple, G. M. Manual of Mental and Physical Tests. Warwick
& York. Vol. I (1914), 365 pages; vol. II (1915), 336 pages.
The best treatment of mental tests other than those of the
Binet system.
Witmer, L. The Special Class for Backward Children. The
Psychological Clinic Press, Philadelphia. (1911.) 275 pages.
Problems encountered in connection with the special class.