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Fifty prominent school men judged the teacher the dominant school factor, assigning the teacher 60 of 100 proportion units

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q2 i? A panel of fifty prominent school men, from Maine to California, assigned proportions of 100 to six school factors, averaging 60% to the teacher. → Ernest C. Witham 1913

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Ernest C. Witham 1913

Ernest C. Witham. (1913). School and Teacher Measurement. The Journal of Educational Psychology. https://eric.ed.gov/?q=Witham+school+and+teacher+measurement

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A judgment-survey in which the author polled fifty prominent school men for proportions of 100 across six school factors. The printed averages are: the teacher 60%, course of study 10%, sanitation and hygiene 10%, outside influences 10%, building 5%, equipment 5%.

"fifty prominent school men including superintendents, college presidents, college professors of education, teachers and normal and high school principals, from Maine to California, were asked to give the proportions of 100 they would assign to these six factors."

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title Fifty prominent school men judged the teacher the dominant school factor, assigning the teacher 60 of 100 proportion units
description Fifty prominent school men judged the teacher the dominant school factor, assigning the teacher 60 of 100 proportion units
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newest_evidence 1913
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