The publication of textbooks summarising experimental results and procedures marks a significant stage in the recognition of an area of knowledge as a new discipline. These early textbooks also play an important part in shaping the subsequent development of the discipline. In educational research, the first textbooks appeared in the first decade of the twentieth century. The psychological emphasis in these texts influenced the concept and style of educational research for much of the next half-century.
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