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MANY problems of education would be solved if a really good scientific test of the results of education could be invented. I can imagine that if such a test were to be applied, say, once a year to all the forty million or so residents in this country, beginning with the British workman and ascending, or descending, to the Houses of Parliament, and even to the Royal Society, the results might be surprising. But as no such test is known, all we can do is to try to form some kind of personal estimate and integration, just as we try to measure lengths and areas by the eye—a method full of fallacies, but unfortunately, perhaps, the only one available. I propose, therefore, to offer for your consideration, as briefly as possible, my own life-notes on the subject.
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Observations on the Results of our System of Education 1 . Nature 102, 376–378 (1919). https://doi.org/10.1038/102376b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/102376b0