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Definition of Thorndike
1. Noun. English actress (1882-1976).
2. Noun. United States educational psychologist (1874-1949).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thorndike
Literary usage of Thorndike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Teachers' Marks: Their Variability and Standardization by Frederick James Kelly (1914)
"We may now reduce the average deviations in the Thorndike scale to their equivalents
in points of the percentage scale. Multiplying 1.29 by 6.26 we get 8.08 ..."
2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN, Sidney Lee (1898)
"With the Restoration, Thorndike was reinstated in his fellowship at Trinity ...
In 1668 his brother, John Thorndike, returned from his life of exile in New ..."
3. Lincolnshire Pedigrees by A R (Arthur Roland) Maddison, Arthur Staunton Larken (1904)
"George Thorndike, Clerk, Rector= of Castle Carlton ; ex'or to his brother Herbert
1578, ... Matthew Thorndike, legatee of his uncle George 1626-7. ..."
4. Silent and Oral Reading: A Practical Handbook of Methods Based on the Most by Clarence Robert Stone (1922)
"This objection can probably be overcome by a skillful handling of the test on
the part of the teacher. F. The Thorndike and the ..."
5. The Reading Process by William Anton Smith (1922)
"Thorndike also points out that "if it is desired to retest a group for improvement
... Haggerty 1 •—using the method employed by Thorndike—determined the ..."
6. The Reading Process by William Anton Smith (1922)
"Thorndike also points out that "if it is desired to retest a group for improvement
later, the. X or Y words alone may be used in the first measurement, ..."
7. Vital Records of Beverly, Massachusetts: To the End of the Year 1849 by Beverly (Mass.) (1907)
"Paul, and Abigail Thorndike, Oct. 7, 1747.* Polly [Mrs. int.], and Capt. ...
Rebeckah, and Joshua Thorndike, jr., Jan. 29, 1775. с. к. i. ..."