<P> Alfred Binet ( French : ( binɛ ) ; July 8 , 1857 -- October 18 , 1911 ) was a French psychologist who invented the first practical IQ test , the Binet -- Simon test . In 1904 , the French Ministry of Education asked psychologist Alfred Binet to devise a method that would determine which students did not learn effectively from regular classroom instruction so they could be given remedial work . Along with his collaborator Théodore Simon , Binet published revisions of his test in 1908 and 1911 , the last of which appeared just before his death . </P>
<P> Alfred Binet ( French : ( binɛ ) ; July 8 , 1857 -- October 18 , 1911 ) was a French psychologist who invented the first practical IQ test , the Binet -- Simon test . In 1904 , the French Ministry of Education asked psychologist Alfred Binet to devise a method that would determine which students did not learn effectively from regular classroom instruction so they could be given remedial work . Along with his collaborator Théodore Simon , Binet published revisions of his test in 1908 and 1911 , the last of which appeared just before his death . </P>
who was responsible for the initial work on measuring intelligence
who was responsible for the initial work on measuring intelligence
Alfred Binet
Alfred Binet