Sidney Leavitt Pressey Papers 1882-1980

4.84 Cubic feet

(4) cartons; (2) file folders

Sidney Leavitt Pressey was a professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Ohio State University. The Sidney Leavitt Pressey Papers contain studies on auto-instruction, teaching machines, testing machines, accelerated education, and gerontology, as well as publications, correspondence, and diaries.

[identification of item], Sidney Leavitt Pressey Papers, RG 40.49, Ohio State University Archives, Ohio State University

The Sidney Leavitt Pressey Papers contain studies on auto-instruction, teaching machines, testing machines, accelerated education and gifted children, and gerontology, as well as publications, correspondence, diaries, and family history.

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Accession Number UA.1972.0012; Accession Number UA.1972.0013; Accession Number UA.1973.0044: Dr. Sydney Pressey; Accession Number UA.1976.0078: Dr. Sydney Pressey; Accession Number UA.1979.0059: Clark Pritehett; Accession Number UA.1981.0071: C. Austin Grey; Accession Number UA.1988.0215; Accession Number UA.1998.0116

Ohio State University Archives Biographical File: Sidney Leavitt Pressey

Sidney Leavitt Pressey (1888-1979) was a professor in the Department of Psychology, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Ohio State University. Professor Pressey developed the first automatic recording self-instruction apparatus, as well as the first device for automatically scoring and diagnostically assessing tests.

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