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StorageSiteUCL Institute of Education
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Reference Number SIM/4/6/37
TitleResearch - British Educational Research Association (BERA)
Date1974-1982
DescriptionNotes for the British Educational Research Association (BERA) symposium held in 1981 on mental testing including:
Notes for Brian Simon's introductory talk and the text of his talk on 'Educational Research in Britain. The hegemony of mental testing: its historical interpretation'
Brief chronology of the history of BERA, 1973-1975
Abstracts and proposals of papers to be read at the symposium
Correspondence with E V Johanningmeier at the College of Education, University of South Florida regarding the BERA symposium and meetings of the History of Education Society and the American Educational Research Assocation (AREA)
Article from the TES regarding the lack of research being carried out on the area of education (1974)
Draft text of 'The first ten years of the National Foundation for Educational Research: Papers, Policies and Impact' presented to the symposium by Harry Torrance
Draft of 'The Origins and Development of Mental Testing in England and the United States' by Harry Torrance, 1979
Text of a discussion paper 'The Normal Curve and Some of its Abnormalities' regarding Francis Galton's theories on the normal curve by David Hamilton. The paper was prepared for the BERA conference
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