Error in assessing learning aptitude inheres much more in the users of the tests than in the tests themselves. Assumptions fundamental to such assessment are considered. It is particularly important that the tester constantly be sensitive to the nature of the relaionship between the psychological demands of test items or tests and the learning…

In this collection of papers, the use of psychoanalytic techniques in the classroom for the development of children's personalities is discussed. The opening section on historical perspectives includes an account of past work in the field and a translation of Bernfield's classic "On Sexual Enlightenment." A section on curriculums focuses on the…