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[43] Examiners will find it a great convenience to use the record booklet which has been specially devised for testing with the Stanford revision. It contains all the necessary printed material, including digits, sentences, absurdities, fables, the vocabulary list, the reading selection, the square and diamond for copying, etc., and in addition gives with each test the standard for scoring. It is so arranged as to afford ample room for a verbatim record of all the child’s responses, and contains other features calculated to make testing easy and accurate. Regarding purchasing of supplies see p. [141].
[44] See [Chapter VI].
[45] Houghton Mifflin Company will supply all the printed material needed in the tests, including the lines for the forms for [VI, 2], the four pictures for “enumeration,” “description,” and “interpretation,” the pictures for [V, 3] and [VI, 2], the colors, designs for [X, 3], the code for [Average Adult 6], and score cards for square, diamond, designs, and ball-and-field.
This is all the material required for the use of the Stanford revision, except the five weights for [IX, 2], and [V, 1], and the [Healy-Fernald Construction Puzzle] for [X]. These may be purchased of C. H. Stoelting & Co., 3037 Carroll Avenue, Chicago. It is not necessary, however, to have the weights and the Construction Puzzle, as the presence of one or more alternative tests in each year makes it possible to substitute other tests instead of those requiring these materials. This saves considerable expense. Apart from these, which may either be made at home (see pages [278], [279]) or dispensed with, the only necessary equipment for using the Stanford revision is a copy of this book with the accompanying set of printed matter, and the record booklets. The record booklets are supplied only in packages of 25.
CHAPTER IX
Instructions For Year III
III, 1. Pointing to parts of the body
Procedure. After getting the child’s attention, say: “Show me your nose.” “Put your finger on your nose.” Same with eyes, mouth, and hair.
Tact is often necessary to overcome timidity. If two or three repetitions of the instruction fail to bring a response, point to the child’s chin or ear and say: “Is this your nose?” “No?” “Then where is your nose?” Sometimes, after one has tried two or three parts of the test without eliciting any response, the child may suddenly release his inhibitions and answer all the questions promptly. In case of persistent refusal to respond it is best not to harass the child for an answer, but to leave the test for a while and return to it later. This is a rule which applies generally throughout the scale. In the case of one exceptionally timid little girl, it was impossible to get any response by the usual procedure, but immediately when a doll was shown the child pointed willingly to its nose, eyes, mouth, and hair. The device was successful because it withdrew the child’s attention from herself and centered it upon something objective.