A comparative study of two groups of girls of relatively equal intelligence but differing markedly in achievement

Abstract

Two groups of 50 girls each in the sixth grade in the New York City public schools, and American born of Italian descent, were matched in intelligence (IQ 82-94) and other factors. Personality test scores, items in the Binet test, and school subjects requiring relatively more reasoning than drill tend to differentiate the successful in academic subjects from the failures. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)