Scottish Council for Research in Education (fl. 1928-2003)

Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research, 1896-1979

Sub-subfonds

Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/G1

Scope and Contents Material regarding the Moray House Tests, c1920s-1970s; Northumberland Mental Tests, c1920s; Sample tests, 1920-1987; Testing Samples, United States, c1920s-1950s; Publications, 1896-c1978; Godfrey Thomson, c1930s-1947; Correspondence...

Dates: 1896-1979

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc.

Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson

Fonds

Identifier: Coll-1310

Scope and Contents Biographical and personal papers, c mid 19th century-1972; Publications authored and co-authored by Thomson, 1904-1954; Unpublished materials by Thomson, 1897-1954; Publications collected by Thomson regarding education, intelligence, psychology, and statistics, 1879-1971 Unpublished material collected by Thomson and authored by others, c mid 20th...

Dates: c1890s-1978

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

"Report on the individual testing, Binet and performance tests, of a group of unselected Scottish children, 1935-1937", 1938

File

Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/G1/10/2

Scope and Contents

The report outlines the background of the inquiry, methods of selecting and testing the children, and analysis of the resulting data.

It is inscribed W G Emmet, and includes some corrections and additions to tables, as well as calculations, by both Emmet and Thomson.

Dates: 1938

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research / Scottish Council for Research in Education reports

"Report on the progress of investigation of methods of examination at the qualifying stage", 1938

File

Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/G1/10/1

Scope and Contents

The report outlines the history of the qualifying examinations and their development, the aims and objectives of the inquiry, methodologies employed in undertaking the inquiry, and the findings thus far.

The report contains Thomson's brief handwritten notes on the inner cover regarding the reliability of the qualifying exam, and some explanatory notes regarding the report. He has also made corrections and additions to some tables and calculations.

Dates: 1938

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research / Scottish Council for Research in Education reports

Scottish Council for Research in Education pamphlets, 1938-1945

Sub-Series

Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/G1/5/3

Scope and Contents The Standardisation of a Graded Word Reading Test, P E Vernon, London: University of London Press Ltd, 1938; The Assessment of Educational Films, Committee on Visual Aids in Education, London: University of London Press Ltd, 1940; The Early Development of Number Concepts, Committee on Primary School...

Dates: 1938-1945

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research / Publications

Scottish Council for Research in Education reports, 1938

Series

Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/G1/10

Scope and Contents From the Sub-subfonds: Material regarding the Moray House Tests, c1920s-1970s; Northumberland Mental Tests, c1920s; Sample tests, 1920-1987; Testing Samples, United States, c1920s-1950s; Publications, 1896-c1978; Godfrey Thomson, c1930s-1947; Correspondence...

Dates: 1938

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of the University of Edinburgh / Academic Units: Departments etc. / Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research

Unpublished report from the Scottish Council for Research in Education titled Mental Survey – Binet Thousand Record Cards, 1938

File

Identifier: Coll-1310/7

Scope and Contents

The report details the total number of children in each of the above categories, also recording the number of boys and girls. This information is then repeated county by county, with a sheet of handwritten notes calculating percentages.

Dates: 1938

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson

University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research, 1896-1979

Papers of Godfrey H. Thomson

"Report on the individual testing, Binet and performance tests, of a group of unselected Scottish children, 1935-1937", 1938

"Report on the progress of investigation of methods of examination at the qualifying stage", 1938

Scottish Council for Research in Education pamphlets, 1938-1945

Scottish Council for Research in Education reports, 1938

Unpublished report from the Scottish Council for Research in Education titled Mental Survey – Binet Thousand Record Cards, 1938

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