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... > social science subjects > education > education studies > education policy > educational reform > key people in educational reform > Edward L. Thorndike
... > social science subjects > education > educational systems > curriculum > curriculum studies > biography and prosopography > Edward L. Thorndike

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Edward L. Thorndike  

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  • Edward Lee Thorndike is best known as America's quintessential scientific educational theorist. His theories and empirical and quantitative research conducted in understanding animal intelligence would ultimately become foundational to the development of human educational psychology, philosophy, and policy. [Source: Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent; Thorndike, Edward L.]

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