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Peer reviewedWalberg, Herbert J.; Haertel, Geneva D. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1992
The history of educational psychology is traced from its beginnings after 1800. The major function of the field has been to serve as a conduit between the academic disciplines of psychology and the applied field of education. The discipline has great potential to contribute to educational policy formation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Psychology, Educational Change, Educational History, Educational Psychology
Peer reviewedSilverman, Linda Kreger – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1992
L. S. Hollingworth (1886-1939), a neglected pioneer in educational psychology, challenged the prevailing view of the inferiority of women's intelligence and was a founder of the field of education for the gifted. This biographical sketch highlights her many accomplishments in unpopular fields. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Authors, Biographies, Educational History
Peer reviewedVernon, P. E. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
Changing ideas on intelligence testing and the heritability of intelligence are followed through a fifty-year period. Common criticisms of intelligence tests are examined, but it is concluded that intellectual tests will continue to be of value in diagnosing strengths and weaknesses, particularly of exceptional children. (Editor)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Historical Reviews, Intelligence Differences, Intelligence Tests
