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Younglove, William A. – 1983
In the early twentieth century behaviorist Edward L. Thorndike began the development and use of measurement scales to replace personal judgment to evaluate student compositions in U.S. public schools. In 1912, utilizing the Fullerton and Catell equal difference theorem, Milo B. Hillegas released the first scientifically designed scale to measure…
Descriptors: Behavior Theories, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
