Mary Grace Arthur (1883-1967) was born in Minnesota, graduated from Hamline University in St. Paul in 1917, and worked as a psychologist in the Chisholm, Minnesota, public schools while pursuing a master’s degree (1918) and a PhD. (1924) at the University of Minnesota. She was particularly interested in developing intelligence tests for children with limited verbal abilities in English such as the deaf and some Native Americans. Arthur would be affiliated with the Child Guidance Clinic in St. Paul, Minnesota for many years and her point scale (developed from 1918 onward) was widely used. For a score sheet for it, see 1990.0034.046.
Mary Grace Arthur (1883-1967) was born in Minnesota, graduated from Hamline University in St. Paul in 1917, and worked as a psychologist in the Chisholm, Minnesota, public schools while pursuing a master’s degree (1918) and a PhD. (1924) at the University of Minnesota. She was particularly interested in developing intelligence tests for children with limited verbal abilities in English such as the deaf and some Native Americans. Arthur would be affiliated with the Child Guidance Clinic in St. Paul, Minnesota for many years and her scale was widely used. This version was designed for patients at Letchworth Village in upstate New York.
References:
Arthur, M. G., An Absolute Intelligence Scale: A Study in Method, University of Minnesota Master’s Dissertation, 1918. http://hdl.handle.net/11299/179401.
Arthur, M.G. and H. Woodrow, “An Absolute Intelligence Scale,” Journal of Applied Psychology, 3, 1919, 118-137.
Arthur, M.G. A Group Point Scale for the Measurement of Intelligence, University of Minnesota PhD. Dissertation, 1924.
Arthur, M. G., A Point Scale of Performance Tests, II, New York: Commonwealth Fund, 1933. This volume discusses standardization of the scale.
“Even Death Cannot Reduce Her to a Statistic,” St. Paul Pioneer Press, May 29, 1967, p. 10.