Terman's termites
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Lewis M. Terman, IEEE President, 2008, worked for IBM for forty-five years, and retired from the company’s research division in 2006. His research interests included solid-state circuits, semiconductor technology, and memory design and technology among other topics.
Biography
Lewis Terman is the son of Frederick Terman, another prominent IEEE member, and Sibyl Walcutt Terman, an expert in the teaching of reading. He was named after his grandfather, a psycologist who developed the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Quotient.
Terman was raised in California and remained there for his education. He received his B.S. in Physics and his M.S. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Stanford in 1956, 1958, and 1961, respectively.
Terman then began a long relationship with IBM, starting work with the company in 1961. He retired from IBM’s Research Division in 2006 after forty-five years, and currently holds the title of IBM Research Emeritus. His past work focused on solid-state circuits, semiconductor technology, memory design and technology, digital and analog circuit
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Lewis Madison Terman (January 15, 1877 - December 21, 1956) was an Americanpsychologist, noted as a pioneer in cognitive psychology. He is best known as the creator of the Stanford-Binet IQ test, based on the work of Alfred Binet and Theodore Simon. He was a prominent eugenicist and was a member of the Human Betterment Foundation. He was a pioneer of longitudinal methods of study and his research on gifted children laid the foundation for further work in the field. Although his own study of gifted children, known as his "Termites," reflected his own bias and contained several design flaws, it succeeded in convincing the public that being judged highly intelligent was an asset that could be nurtured and lead to success and happiness.
Life
Lewis Madison Terman was born on January 15, 1877, on a farm in Johnson County, Indiana, seventeen miles southeast of Indianapolis. He was the twelfth of fourteen children. When he was 15, he enrolled in the Central Normal College at Danville, Illinois. He received his Associate Degree in 1894, and a Bachelor of Science and a Bache
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Lewis Terman
American educational psychologist, academic, and eugenicist (1877–1956)
Lewis Terman | |
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| Born | Lewis Madison Terman (1877-01-15)January 15, 1877 Johnson County, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | December 21, 1956(1956-12-21) (aged 79) Palo Alto, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Clark University (Ph.D., 1905) Indiana University Bloomington (B.A, M.A., 1903) Central Normal College (B.S., B.Pd., 1894; B.A., 1898) |
| Known for | IQ testing, Positive Psychology of Talent, eugenics |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Psychology |
| Institutions | Stanford University Los Angeles Normal School |
| Doctoral students | Harry Harlow |
Lewis Madison Terman (January 15, 1877 – December 21, 1956) was an American psychologist, academic, and proponent of eugenics. He was noted as a pioneer in educational psychology in the early 20th century at the Stanford School of Education. Terman is best known for his revision of the Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scales and for initiating the longitudinal study of children with high IQs called the Genetic Stud
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