Guy Thomas Buswell

Guy Thomas Buswell (also Guy T. Buswell ; born January 21, 1891 in Lincoln , Nebraska ; † May 27, 1994 ibid) was an American psychologist .

Life

Family and education

Guy Thomas Buswell, son of of Virginia originating Minister of the United Brethren Church Reverend William Mann Buswell (1851-1930) and his Wife Mary Malissa Harritt (1852-1933), acquired in 1913 at York College in Nebraska the degree of Bachelor of Arts . Buswell psychology turned after graduating from the University of Chicago to, where he received in 1920 a Master of Arts , 1926 took place its graduation to the Ph. D.

Buswell married in 1917 from the State of Ohio -born Eva May Stuckey (1890-1981). The children Margaret Mary and John Thomas came from this connection. Buswell died in the spring of 1994 at the age of 103 in his native Lincoln.

Professional background

Guy Thomas Buswell was employed as an Instructor of Education at York College while studying at the University of Chicago . After his participation in the First World War in the Signal Corps , he followed in 1919 the call as Assistant Professor of Educational Psychology at Hamline University in Saint Paul in Minnesota . In the following year, Buswell moved to the University of Chicago in the same capacity, where he was promoted to associate professor in 1924 and full professor in 1927 . In 1949 he moved to Berkeley University in the same position , and in 1958 he retired. Most recently, he was visiting professor at Johns Hopkins University in 1958 , Executive Secretary of the American Educational Research Association from 1960 to 1962, and Special Assistant to the Dean of School Education at Berkeley University from 1963 to 1964 .

Buswell was best known for his pioneering investigations into the psychophysiology of reading and his research on teaching and learning arithmetic . As a member of the American Psychological Association , the American Educational Research Association , the Society of College Science Teachers, the Phi Beta Kappa and the Phi Delta Kappa , is one of the pioneers in educational psychology . In recognition of his services to his areas of expertise, he received honorary doctorates from York College and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln .

Fonts

• An experimental study of the eye-voice span in reading, Thesis (PH. D.) - University of Chicago, 1920, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1920
• Fundamental reading habits: a study of their development, in: Supplementary educational monographs, no.21, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., 1922
• A laboratory study of the reading of modern foreign languages, in: Publications of the American and Canadian Committees on Modern Languages, v. 2., Macmillan, New York, 1927
• How people look at pictures; a study of the psychology of perception in art, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill., 1935
• How adults read, in: Supplementary educational monographs, pub. in conjunction with the School review and the Elementary school journal, no.45, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill., 1937
• Remedial reading at the college and adult levels; an experimental study, in: Supplementary educational monographs, pub. in conjunction with The school review and The elementary school journal, no.50, The University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Ill., 1939
• Arithmetic we need, Ginn, Boston, 1961

literature

• Who's who in the Midwest, AN Marquis, Chicago, Ill., 1949, p. 203.
• Who was who in America. : volume IX, 1985-1989 with world notables, Marquis Who's Who, Wilmette, Ill., 1989, p. 42.
• AR Jensen, J.-J. Weng: Guy Thomas Buswell. In Memorium, University of California, Berkeley, 1994
• Nicholas J. Wade , Benjamin W. Tatler: The moving tablet of the eye: the origins of modern eye movement research, Oxford University Press, Oxford, New York, 2005, pp. 162, 163.

Web links

• Literature by and about Guy Thomas Buswell in the WorldCat bibliographic database
• University of California : Biography in the California Digital Library