Julian Stanley
Julian Cecil Stanley (July 9, 1918 – August 12, 2005) was an American psychologist. He was an advocate of accelerated education for academically gifted children. He founded the Johns Hopkins University Center for Talented Youth (CTY), as well as a related research project, the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY), whose work has, since 1980, been supplemented by the Julian C. Stanley Study of Exceptional Talent (SET), which provides academic assistance to gifted children. Stanley was also widely known for his classic book, coauthored with Donald Campbell, on the design of educational and psychological research - Experimental and Quasi-experimental Designs for Research.
Julian Stanley | |
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| Born | Julian Cecil Stanley July 9, 1918 Macon, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | August 12, 2005 (aged 87) |
| Citizenship | American |
| Alma mater | Georgia Southern University Harvard University (EdM, EdD) |
| Known for | Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) |
| Awards | Association for Psychological Science AERA Award for Distinguished Contributions to Research in Education (1980) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Gifted Education; Academic Acceleration; Testing; Psychometrics; Statistical Methods |
| Institutions | Vanderbilt University Stanford University Johns Hopkins University |
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