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Faking a Dissertation: Ellsworth Collings, William H. Kilpatrick, and the "Project Curriculum."
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Knoll, Michael – Journal of Curriculum Studies, 1996
Reports that Ellsworth Collings faked data and misrepresented his research in a 1923 study that became a hallmark of progressive education. "An Experiment with a Project Curriculum," supposedly documented a group of high school students' independent efforts at studying an outbreak of typhoid. Collings seriously misrepresented his input.…
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