Slosson IQ Test on Nithyananda Gurukul

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Slosson IQ Test on Nithyananda Gurukul

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The Slosson Intelligence (IQ) Test is a well-respected and highly validated intelligence test worldwide. It measures the following categories: general information, similarities and differences, vocabulary, comprehension, digit span, arithmetic, visual motor capacity, and auditory memory. After all testing is completed, the examiner will do an item analysis on consistently missed items and categories in order to provide feedback for future instructional strategies. Since the Slosson is a highly verbal test, the test administrator observed that many of the IQ scores were not accurate because of lack of English language immersion. The results pertaining to students with total English immersion have been reproduced here. (Note: The number of years each student has practiced English has been recorded.) 50% of the students with total English immersion fell into the category of Genius and Very Superior Intelligence (IQ Score of 120 and above). The average difference between the chronological age and the intellectual age is 2.7 years ahead. Note: The MAE (Mean Age Equivalent) of Nithyananda GurukulSM students is much higher than their peers who were used to norm this test.

Intellectual Maturity compared to Exact Age 83% of the students are intellectually 1 to 6 year(s) ahead of their actual age (as of students tested so far) 53% of the students are intellectually 2 to 6 year(s) ahead of their actual age (as of students tested so far) Unique Observations 1. One student, Brahmasukha, IQ 144, who was very proficient in blindfolded reading, correctly answered the question, ‘Who was Longfellow and what did he do to become famous?’ When the examiner asked him, ‘How did you get this answer?’, he said it came spontaneously to him. This ‘spontaneous knowledge’ acquisition needs to be studied further. There could be a correlation between blindfolded reading and spontaneous knowledge acquisition. 2. Another proficient blindfold reader, Lopamudra, IQ 123, after getting question number 181 incorrect, asked me if she could read the answer through the examiner’s mind. The question was, ‘Who wrote the following: Much Ado About Nothing?’ She blurted out the letters S H A K E S and S P E A R, then she said M A I L L I W (William), which is of course the correct answer. This student has been studied doing blindfolded reading on many occasions, and it has been observed that many times she reads the letters backwards. 3. Sharanya IQ 119, who was also a proficient blindfold reader, after getting question number 181 incorrect, asked me if she could read the answer through the examiner’s mind. For the question, ‘Who wrote the following book: A Tale of Two Cities?’, she read the letters C H A R L E S D I C K E N S, and she was able to get the answer for two other authors as well. 4. Sharanya and Lopamudra were asked the question number 153: ‘What is a panorama?’ Neither student knew the definition, so the item was marked incorrect. The examiner then visualized a panoramic scene on top of Mount Everest. Both of these students described the scene in detail, including snow, mountains and sky