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Download full textBillington, Dorothy D. – 1989
A study tried to determine if development can continue through middle age, if education can stimulate adult development, and, if so, what the contributing factors are. The subjects were 60 men and women who had begun doctoral studies between ages 37 and 48, half of whom had just finished and half of whom had just started. Half of the students were…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Doctoral Programs
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. – 1956
The conference theme was Testing--Then and Now, based upon the assumption that psychometrists should review their origins and look forward to their future. In the area of intelligence testing, Nancy Bayley discussed the research that re-assessed previous concepts of the nature of intellectual growth and decline. Thelma Thurstone discussed new…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Age Differences, Conceptual Schemes, Curriculum Development
