ABSTRACT
Alfred Binet was one of the pioneers of modern psychology (Fancher, 1997). He was particularly known for his contribution to the measurement of children’s intelligence (Fancher, 1985), but he also contributed to many discoveries in psychology and to the dissemination of ideas subsequently developed by psychologists during the twentieth century (Nicolas & Levine, 2012; Siegler, 1992). Abroad, Binet is recognized primarily for the development of the metric scale of intelligence, the Binet-Simon, considered the fi rst test of children’s intelligence. Unfortunately, due to the paucity of translations of his numerous French publications, Binet’s work does not yet have the international recognition it deserves. Although a detailed biography and bibliography by Wolf (1973) was published in English and continues to be the international resource bibliography regarding Binet’s life and scientifi c work, the full measure of his contributions and their relevance to gifted education are not widely known.
