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Edward L. Thorndike (Inducted 1978)

1874-1949
Teachers College, Columbia University

References: 

PDF icon A Look at His Contributions to Learning and Reading

Selected Papers: 

PDF icon Reading as Reasoning: A Study of Mistakes in Paragraph Reading (followed by commentary)

Pioneers

  • Mary Hill Arbuthnot (Inducted 1978)
  • James McKean Cattell (Inducted 1978)
  • Walter F. Dearborn (Inducted 1978)
  • Raymond Dodge (Inducted 1978)
  • Arthur I. Gates (Inducted 1978)
  • William S. Gray (Inducted 1978)
  • Ernest Horn (Inducted 1978)
  • Edmund Burke Huey (Inducted 1978)
  • Charles Hubbard Judd (Inducted 1978)
  • Bernice E. Leary (Inducted 1978)
  • David Harris Russell (Inducted 1978)
  • Ruth Strang (Inducted 1978)
  • Edward L. Thorndike (Inducted 1978)
  • Douglas Waples (Inducted 1978)
  • Robert S. Woodworth (Inducted 1978)
  • Laura Zirbes (Inducted 1978)

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