Why it matters
Helped identify children needing educational support.
Core term · Alfred Binet
Mental Age
A way of describing a child's thinking ability by the age group whose typical performance it matches, rather than by their birthday.
Areas of life
Schoolassessment
How to handle it
Use testing to guide help, not label worth.
Who shaped this idea
The thinker behind it
Bring it to your own life
Questions in this spirit
A term is just an idea until you apply it. Answer one.
From concept to practice
Turn Mental Age into a question you can answer.
Psipas asks you one small, honest question at a time — and builds the picture from your answers.