Psychology has helped develop methods for determining school-system efficiency, including pedagogical retardation statistics and measurement scales¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · theoretical r2 · q1
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q1 i? A method psychology helped develop finds the amount of pedagogical retardation in a school system, on the assumption that the system showing the largest retardation is the poorer. → J. D. Heilman 1916 q1 i? Standards or scales of measurement for the quality of children's school work, developed with the help of psychology and psychologists such as Thorndike and Starch, are used in school surveys. → J. D. Heilman 1916 (2)

Evidence¶

J. D. Heilman 1916¶

J. D. Heilman. (1916). Psychology in the Schoolroom. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0073918

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The article reports that psychology's most important contribution to school administration is methods for determining school-system efficiency, with retardation statistics first published in 1907 in The Psychological Clinic; no figures are printed.

"The first statistics on pedagogical retardation were published in 1907 in the April number of The Psychological Clinic."

J. D. Heilman 1916 (2)¶

J. D. Heilman. (1916). Psychology in the Schoolroom. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0073918

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

The article describes school surveys using standards or scales of measurement for quality of children's work, crediting psychology and the writings of Thorndike and Starch; it notes some superintendents call them worthless while conceding imperfection.

"For the purpose of measuring the quality, of the children's work in some of the school branches, use has been made of standards or scales of measurement for the development of which education is indebted to psychology and the writings of such psychologists as Thorndike and Starch."

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