_April 21, 1933_. Age 9 years 1 month. Stanford-Binet examination given by Alice M. Holmes, with the following results: Mental Age, 17-2; IQ, 189.
At this age she was in Grades 5A and 6B, P.S. 206, Manhattan, and is described as "a quiet and unassuming person, but most responsive. She would like to be with children her own mental age, for then she would get a mental stimulus and a social life that seems to be denied her now."
In this same month (April, 1933) the New Stanford Achievement Test: Advanced Battery: Form V, given by Alice M. Holmes, showed scores as follows:
Paragraph Meaning 109 Geography 105 Word Meaning 103 Physiology and Hygiene 90 Dictation 87 Arithmetic Reasoning 94 Language Usage 91 Arithmetic Computation 110 Literature 91 Average score 97.8 History and Civics 98
_September 11, 1934_. Age 10 years 6 months. H was given Army Alpha, Form 8, by Leta S. Hollingworth. Her score was 135 points, which is median for college sophomores. H was then in Grade 7B. It is noted that "This result is just what would have been predicted from tests made by us when H was 3 years old."
_November 9-17, 1934_. Age 10 years 7 months. During this week H was given a number of tests by Leta S. Hollingworth, with the following results:
Stanford-Binet: Mental Age: 18-6; IQ, over 174, "unmeasured by the test."
Intelligence Scale CAVD Levels I-M Score 394 Levels M-Q Score 392
Coöperative General Science Test for College Students: Score, 17; Percentile, 11.
Standing height 47 inches 45.2 Sitting height 24 inches Weight 48.25 pounds 41.7
Standing height 54.5 inches 51.1 Weight 66.5 pounds 57.5
There is a collection of many records showing H's reactions and opinions from infancy up to the age of 9 or 10. These contain apt comments, sage remarks, and discriminating judgments. They reveal a lively intellectual curiosity and a socialized attitude.
H's parents have preserved copies of poems and short plays that H has written. A collection of the "best ones," selections written between 5.5 and 8.5 years of age, covers seventeen typewritten pages. Among them are the following.
If I had Aladdin's lamp, you see, I'd give one wish to you and me. And then we'd wish for every toy, That every child should have some joy. _Age 5 years 6 months_