Town's intensive study gave 52 first-year school children unusually thorough physical, anthropometric and mental measurement¶
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q2 i? Town's monograph reports unusually thorough physical, anthropometric and mental measurement of the 52 children studied during their first months of school life. → Pintner 1921
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Pintner 1921¶
Pintner, R. (1921). New Publications in Educational Psychology and Related Fields of Education. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://www.google.com/search?q=%22New+Publications+in+Educational+Psychology+and+Related+Fields+of+Education%22
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The review describes Town's monograph as an intensive study of children in their first months of school life, in which the 52 children were "so thoroughly measured, physically, anthropometrically, and mentally."
"There are very few children in the world who have beeu so thoroughly measured, physically, anthropometrically, and mentally, as have the 52 children of this study."
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Town's intensive study gave 52 first-year school children unusually thorough physical, anthropometric and mental measurement |
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Town's intensive study gave 52 first-year school children unusually thorough physical, anthropometric and mental measurement |
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