Edinburgh -- Scotland
Found in 79 Collections and/or Records:
Lecture regarding examinations, 23 Nov 1949
Letter from Thomson reviewing an article titled Family Environment and Intelligence, 10 Feb 1952
The letter is written on the reverse of 2 tables, titled teachers' superannuation scheme, and training of teachers in training centres and colleges.
Letter from Thomson to Hector regarding the presentation of his portrait with invitation and newspaper cuttings from the event, 12 Nov 1950
Includes letters to and about Thomson regarding his life, work, and career from a variety of correspondents including Karl Pearson, Egon Pearson, Edward Lee Thorndike, Sir James Duff, Carlos Paton Blacker, David Glass, and Derrick Lawley.
Letter to Derrick Lawley from Thomson regarding Factor Analysis and Lawley's paper on the subject, 5 Oct 1941
The letter is written on the reverse of preliminary notices for the 12th International Congress of Psychology.
Letter to Hector Thomson from Thomson regarding his University fees, 13 Dec 1943
Thomson discusses a photograph of Mr Gordon he had enclosed, which has not survived, and passes on the good wishes of Edward L Thorndike. The letter also makes reference to Hector's departure, most likely to Jerusalem, and enquires of his wife, Andromache.
Letters and telegrams between Thomson, the War Office, and the Scottish Education Department, 1 Oct 1944-4 Oct 1944
The correspondence regards a confidential post in Germany in the English Department of Education, which Thomson declined.
Drafts of Thomson's responses and his notes are written on the reverse side of draft programmes for Orpheus performed at the Moray House Training College.
Opening lecture for the Training, Theory and Practice of Education course, 8 Oct 1930
Study Groups, c1930s
The lecture outlines the aims and purposes of working in a study group and the expectation that each group would study a subject and present it over the course of a lecture to the remainder of the class. Thomson provides guidelines and suggestions for how this should best be done. He also highlights the benefits subsequent wide reading and knowledge will bring to the students.