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ALTHOUGH the method of mental testing is a comparative innovation in the field of education, its use is already almost ubiquitous. Most people know that it is widely employed in Europe and America, but perhaps fewer realise that its use has spread to Japan, China, Turkey, and, as the book under notice shows, to India. Prof. Woodburne was invited last year to give a course of lectures on intelligence tests at the University of Madras, and he has extended his remarks to form a book. The larger part of it is a lucid description of the general principles of testing, and it shows evidence of wide reading and careful discrimination. Ample illustrations are given of the various types of linguistic, performance and vocational tests.
Psychological Tests of Mental Abilities.
By Prof. A. S. Woodburne. Pp. v + 232. (Madras: Government Press, 1924.) 2.8 rupees.
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Psychological Tests of Mental Abilities . Nature 115, 454 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115454b0
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