Classifying children: a historical perspective on testing and measurement*.
At the end of the 19th century, children were increasingly seen as measurable and classifiable objects of study on which a scientific approach to education could be based. Two factors fed into the development of this approach: confidence in scientific methods and the expansion of national education...
| Published in: | Paedagogica Historica Vol. 55; no. 3; pp. 343 - 353 |
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