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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1927
Results of Five Years Tests of Student Intelligence Shown in Professor Wheeler's Report
For five years, the University of Kimsa has required all entering freshmen and new students to take a psychological test before enrollment. Results of these tests have been made available to administrators, and have helped to enroll students, especially those who find the University courses difficult.
The University at no time has made passing of these psychological tests a prerequisite to enrollment, and only as 'data accumulates as to the results' in the tests and the class grades later assigned by instructors, is the University endowing to make use of *fibre* information in guiding students in their choice of courses. Individual tests do not go to the instructor.
Results of five years of the testing, compared with the classroom activities of the student were recently reported to a faculty meeting by Prof. Raymond H. Wheeler, professor of psychology.
Papers of a given year are arranged in order with the highest score to the lowest, and divided into ten groups, he explained. Thus, if 750 students took the tests a given year, there would be the records of 75 students in each tent or 'declee.' Those grouped in a given declee are considered as in that declee those lowest in the lowest declee. Given the lowest declee, Professor Wheeler pointed out, represented a good grade of mentality and effort, since the applicants for University admission are already a selected group.
Terms Held Unfortunate
"It is unfortunate that the terms 'higher' and 'lower' are used," said Professor Wheeler. "For psychologists are coming to believe that these payments are due to the services of an individual's capabilities. Rather, the results of the tests show each individual's accomplishments under a given set of circumstances. The results demonstrate that 'right' and 'west' or 'right' and 'left' so far as accuracy of statement is concerned.
Higher Grades in First Decile
"The old notion that intelligence cannot be improved must be discarded. Psychologists are coming to believe that much of what was called 'intelligence' is based more on 'drive' or 'determination.'"
higher grades in rpts. BES.
Comparisons over the past five years show that the work were students that fall within the tenth decile in the psychological rating. Put another way, 33 per cent of the students in the tenth decile, failed to make good as college students. On the other hand, only 2 per cent of the first decile were among the failures.
A study of grades showed that all students in the first decile average close to "A" grades in their studies, with those in the second decile making a fair "B" average. At the other end of the list, students in the ninth and tenth deciles were close to "D" average. Students in the third decile ranges from near to "C" plus in the average of their grades.
Such a record, Professor Wheeler declared, was not sufficient to warrant, saying that particular students, including the sophomore decile should not attempt college courses. He said the placing in the tenth decile simply indicated the classes were two to one against three; they showed extra perseverance.
In this connection, Chancellor Lindley quoted Emerson to the effect that the greater number of men who really accomplished things in this world—the ministers, educators, administrators—generally—were men of only ordinary intellect, but of amazing industry.
Professor Wheeler presented another study showing a measure of correlation between the psychological tests and response to his honor list, 25 were from the first decade, 11 from the second, 6 each from the third and fifth and three in the fourth, two in the sixth, the seventh, and one in the eighth.
Over a five-year period, it was found that only one person, listed as in the tenth decile, had been placed on an honor list. Examination of the individual records showed that a girl with a permalized hand had been rated poorly, although as a matter of fact of superior capabilities.
Student Ranks Depleted
Still another study showed that almost as large a percentage in the upper deciles was failing to return after the first year, as was the loss due to failures in the lower deciles. In 2016, students at Wheeler said, since it indicated that persons in a position to profit by continued University education were not getting it. Financial reasons, and inability to find satisfactory social adjustments were嵌嵌 as reasons of more capable students to return.
Failure of students of superior ability to continue in college was akin to the failure of many students of superior ability ever to enter college, and we have as high as 25 per cent of the highest ranking high school students do not go to college. With many of them, necessity of going to work makes the idea of college impossible. We do not give the subject any thought.
Many Do Succeed
Summing up his conclusions, Professor Wheeler declared that results of the psychological tests are valuable, especially in the upper and lower deciies, to give assistance in advising students on additional study loads, or when they should limit the load and make their studying more intensive. The tests, as yet, cannot take into consideration the human element of industry, and it is quite possible for a ranking student in his freshman tests as in the old era of emerging a human Phi Beta Kappa and a general honor student.
Turning his figures the other way around, Professor Wheelr门户 pointed out that if 75 per cent of the lowest decile were failings at midsemester, and 33 per cent finally did fail out of college at the end of the semester, it was likewise true that 25 per cent of the lowest decile were not failing at midsemester, and the lowest decile did not fail when it came to the end of the semester.
In the various schools of the University, arrangements are made by the deans and advisers of students to help them succeed. Students come in, advise with them, and assist them in so planning their work, or understanding it better, to the end that a larger and larger percentage of their peers succeed on their college work successfully.
Alumni Organization of New York City Has Annual Dinner Part
Entertainment Modelled Along
entertainment Modelled Alon
Features of Night Clubs,
Says Graduate
The New York City K. U. Alumina Association held their annual dinner last week. According to L. Carl Cannon, A. B. 712, this dinner will go down in history because there was no after dinner speaking and dancing was given the time usually allotted to speakers.
The party was modeled along the lines of Texas Guinan's and Roger Wolfe King's New York night club, Jimmy Dietrich, Lawrence Morris, Vic Larsen, and Henry McCurdy went back to their hill-climbing days and furnished some real barber-shaping harmony as an added attraction.
President Allen Wilbur, A. B. '13,
gave out a number of prizes to
the holders of lucky numbers. The prizes
included theater tickets, signed photo
of movie stars and bottles of "Old Witch" ammonia.
An intelligence test was taken by everyone present, out of Rowlands Book Store Quiz books which supplied the needed bit of reminiscence "bona fides" to a girl with the quiqy say, "I am ashamed to say that the results so far as showing any real benefits of college education, would have rubbed the contestants at absurd zero in the Blind scale or in another method, or whatever is used."
Proceeds of Candy Sale
Total $24 for W. A. A.
The proceeds of the last candy sale of W. A. a totaled $241. This is an average amount, according to Ruth Martin, chairman of the committee. Because the end of the semester and funds are so near, W. A. will have no more candy sales this year. The few who have not paid the 30 cents dues are requested to the school, and they have been successful on the whole." Miss Martin said, "and we have planned to continue them next year."
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C. A. Posthiale, fa25, is now in Columbus, Mo., painting the slickers of the students of the University of Missouri. Mr. Posthiale has been painting designs on slickers for the past few years. He was the first person to devise the idea of painting college mobs on the student's slickers.
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