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IN spite of the assiduity with which the growing child has been studied within recent years, it cannot be said that we know very much about him. But what we do know, and know with any degree of scientific certainty, is set forth in the Report of the Consultative Committee on the Primary School* recently issued. The Committee, indeed, has spared no pains in securing the most trustworthy information at present available. It has interviewed eighty-nine witnesses; it has read a staggering number of memoranda; it has examined with special care all evidence which can claim scientific validity. Hence it has treated with special respect the opinions of physiologists and psychologists. Indeed, much of what is said in the body of the Report about the development of the child is based on two memoranda which are printed in full in the appendix. The first is by Prof. H. A. Harris on the physical development of the child, and the second by Prof. Cyril Burt on the mental development of the child.
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BALLARD, P. Physical and Mental Development of Children. Nature 127, 561–562 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127561a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/127561a0