Re: Effective HS Physics (was Statistics / more ...)

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

        No, the Terman studies started in the '20's or early '30's.
                                                Jack

On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Bernard Cleyet wrote:

> I remember being driven to Stanford from PA, (along with all the members of
> my cub scout den) to be quizzed by someone.  I even remember one of the
> questions, approximately:  given two cans of seven and two cups capacity how
> may one obtain five?   He prefaced it with a scene on the bank of a stream.
>
> bc
>
> P.s. ca. 1947
>
> Jack Uretsky wrote:
>
> >         Are you familiar with the Terman studies?
> >         Those predictions came out pretty well, although I don't recall
> > that there was a Palo Alto (or any other locale) control group.
> >                                         Regards,
> >                                                 Jack
> >
> > On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, John S. Denker wrote:
> >
> > > John Clement wrote:
> > > >
>
> cut

--
"But as much as I love and respect you, I will beat you and I will kill
you, because that is what I must do.  Tonight it is only you and me, fish.
It is your strength against my intelligence.  It is a veritable potpourri
of metaphor, every nuance of which is fraught with meaning."
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