An Experimental Effort to Improve Instruction Through Visual Feedback

Abstract

Recreational activities of 76 high and 88 low IQ boys, and 100 high and 95 low IQ girls in the seventh through twelfth grades were surveyed by a checklist of 42 items. Responses of the upper 25 percent (IQ 111 and above) and lowest 25 percent (IQ 90 and below) were compared. At the five percent level of confidence, lower IQ boys participated more in solitary, out-of-doors activities and in those of a more aggressive nature. Going to school activities are more common of capable students. Able girls are involved more in social recreation such as going on picnics, eating together in restaurants, going to slumber and regular parties, and sitting around restaurants and just talking. Intelligent girls also study more together and go to school affairs more often.