This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...At the points indicating all other grades of intelligence the curves run practically parallel, showing that this group has more boys of superior intelligence than girls, but contains just as large a proportion of boys as girls possessing average and the various grades of inferior mental ability. Figure 49.--Frequency ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...At the points indicating all other grades of intelligence the curves run practically parallel, showing that this group has more boys of superior intelligence than girls, but contains just as large a proportion of boys as girls possessing average and the various grades of inferior mental ability. Figure 49.--Frequency curves for the boys and girls choosing science as their favorite high school study. They show the percentage of those who possess each grade of intelligence found among high school seniors. The outstanding facts revealed by this comparison of the sexes are the following: 1. The brightest boys show a decided preference for mathematics and science; the brightest girls for foreign language. 2. More boys (26 per cent) prefer mathematics than any other subject, the largest percentage of girls (28 per cent) prefer English and literature. 3. More than half of the seniors taking the tests came from the rural districts of the state. Notwithstanding this fact, only 3 per cent of the boys selected agriculture as their favorite study in high school, and these made the lowest intelligence rating on the tests made by any seniors. Only 5 per cent of the girls selected domestic science as then" favorite study, while more than 12 per cent of the girls selected commercial subjects. The results suggest that the high schools of the state are educating the boys and girls away from the home and farm. 4. The boys electing commercial subjects made relatively high intelligence ratings on the tests, while the girls selecting the same subjects made low ratings. This suggests that the boys are taking the commercial courses in preparation for business, while the girls take them in order to become stenographers. This is further indicated by the fact that 64 per cent of...
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