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Guide to the Lewis Madison Terman Papers
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Description
Terman's papers include correspondence and data for his study of the gifted; professional correspondence with colleagues;
and correspondence and data on tests and testing: Army Alpha and Beta tests, Stanford revision of the Binet-Simon Intelligence
scale, Stanford Achievement Test, Terman McNemar Test of Mental Ability, Terman Group Test, Attitude-Interest Analysis Tests,
and Male Female Tests.
Background
Lewis Madison Terman was born in Johnson County, Indiana, on January 15, 1877. He received his A.B. and A. M. from Indiana
University and his Ph.D. from Clark University. He came to Stanford in 1910 to teach in the Department of Education; from
1910 to 1916 he worked on constructing an American version of Binet's intelligence test, which he reported in
The Measure of Intelligence (Houghton, Mifflin, 1916).
Extent
278.5 Linear feet
Restrictions
Copyright has been transferred to Stanford University for unpublished materials authored or otherwise produced by the creator(s)
of this collection. Copyright status for other collection materials is unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials
protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the
copyright owners. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners.
Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Availability
Study participant files & questionnaires restricted due to compliance with Special Collections and University Archives’ Access
to Health Information of Individuals Policy: http://library.stanford.edu/spc/using-our-collections/reading-room-policies-procedures/access-health-information.
All other materials are open for research.