Educational Psychology / Unit 1 EDP 0003 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Golden Era, 1890 to 1920
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The idea
Between eighteen ninety and nineteen twenty, the new discipline set out to apply observation and experiment to the everyday problems of schooling.
In practice
Mass immigration swelled the schools, and intelligence tests were used to screen new arrivals at Ellis Island.
Where people slip
These were the years when educational psychology became a distinct field, rather than a topic inside philosophy.
Your place on the trail
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