Word: testings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Will Test Correlation
...Harvard are creatures apart. All day long, they are withdrawn from the outside world into the mysterious Oxford Street workshop, and even when they emerge at dusk, it is to gather in groups and talk their strange, unintelligible jargon. And even then, their thoughts are in their test-tubes, for they have a passionate, all-consuming devotion to their work...
...mental abilities. One of his students who ranked high in verbal abilities planned to go into advertising and writing, while a student who scored high in perception but low in solving problems wanted to be an actor. Dr. Thurstone concluded that his findings not only made the general intelligence test obsolete but had two profound implications for education: 1) His tests will make it easier to find the occupation for which an individual is fitted; 2) It may be possible to train and improve the particular mental abilities in which an individual is weak...
...Test Pilot (Myrna Loy, Clark Gable, Spencer Tracy; TIME, April...
Sophomore year is a crucial test for a major-league baseballer. It proves whether or not he has been just another child prodigy, whether he will get his degree or flunk out. When Joe Di Maggio of the New York Yankees finished his sophomore year last October with 46 homeruns, 167 runs driven in, .346 batting average and a leading role in the World Series, he knew he was not going to flunk...