A Study of Individual Variations on Similar Learning Tests
Irvin T. Shultz · Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science · 1942
The purpose of this investigation, in the field of individual differences in learning, is to find qualitative and quantitative differences in the learning process of a small group of college students on familiar, non-verbal patterns and on simple verbal material organized into learning tests. The criterion for comparison was the Bronner-Healy Learning Z test published by C. H. Stoelting Company, Chicago. This association test, containing non-verbal material, consists of six rows of geometric symbols such as a (L,O0,-, X) square, circle, triangle, cross, etc., with eighteen in a row and a key at the top. The key has a number for each symbol ranging from one to eighteen consecutively. The subject copies the appropriate number from the symbol on the key to be placed on similar symbols of the first exposed row. One minute is given for copying and learning. The subject then folds down from sight both the key and the exposed row and attempts by looking at the geometric symbols on the newly exposed row to associate the correct number with each symbol. The process of copying, recalling, and associating is repeated until the pairs of rows of eighteen symbols in each have been attempted. The score on the even rows are summated. The highest possible score is 54.