Quote by Edward Thorndike
Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellect

Human education is concerned with certain changes in the intellects, characters and behavior of men, its problems being roughly included under these four topics: Aims, materials, means and methods. – Edward Thorndike

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Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man. – Edward Thorndike

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There is no reasoning, no process of inference or comparison there is no thinking about things, no putting two and two together there are no ideas – the animal does not think of the box or of the food or of the act he is to perform. – Edward Thorndike

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State governments generate less revenue in a recession. As state leaders struggle to make up for lost revenue, legislatures tend to cut funding for higher education. Colleges, in turn, answer these funding cuts with tuition hikes. – Arne Duncan

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The first big break was winning a scholarship to go to Cambridge University. I was very lucky, because my parents couldnt have afforded a university education for me. Without a scholarship I couldnt possibly have gone. – Trevor Nunn

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A childs education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

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Tis education forms the common mind just as the twig is bent the trees inclined. – Alexander Pope

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