The Mental Growth of Children From Two to Fourteen Years

A Study of the Predictive Value of the Minnesota Preschool Scales

Authors:

Florence L. Goodenough and Katharine M. Maurer

The Mental Growth of Children from Two to Fourteen Years was first published in 1942. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.

This discussion of the development and application of the Minnesota Preschool Scales includes detailed accounts of the statistical analyses used, follow-up studies, and a number of case histories, as well as a review of previous work in the testing of infants and young children. Covers a 12-year period during which trained examiners tested the same children at stated intervals. 1,350 tests were used in the standardization of verbal and nonverbal forms. Test standing on the Minnesota scales showed correlation with standing on tests given at the completion of high school.

Florence L. Goodenough was a research professor in the Institute of Child Welfare, University of Minnesota. She is the author of The Kuhlman-Binet Tests for Children of Preschool Age (1928), Anger in Young Children (1931), and Exceptional Children (1931), all published by the University of Minnesota Press.

Katharine M. Maurer was a research instructor in the Institute of Child Welfare, University of Minnesota.

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