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E. L. Thorndike Award

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The APA Division 15 Career Achievement Award (previously the E. L. Thorndike Career Achievement Award) is an award of the American Psychological Association given to living recipients for substantial career achievements in educational psychology. The award's winners are recognized for research in the best tradition of educational psychology, meaning that the award is conferred for original, scientific, empirically based research that contributes significantly to knowledge, theory, or practice in educational psychology.{{cite web|url=https://apadiv15.org/awards/division-15-career-achievement-award/ |title=Career Achievement Award |publisher=Apa.org |date= |accessdate=2012-09-20}} It was named for the noted psychologist Edward Thorndike but later renamed following revelations which tied Thorndike to eugenics.

Recipients

Source: [http://www.apa.org/about/awards/div-15-thorndike.aspx?tab=4 America Psychological Association] and [https://apadiv15.org/awards/e-l-thorndike-career-achievement-award/past-recipients-of-the-e-l-thorndike-award/ APA Division 15] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011405/https://apadiv15.org/awards/e-l-thorndike-career-achievement-award/past-recipients-of-the-e-l-thorndike-award/ |date=2019-02-12 }}

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References

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{{cite web | url=https://apadiv15.org/awards/division-15-career-achievement-award/past-recipients-of-the-career-achievement-award/ | title=Past Recipients of the Career Achievement Award | date=18 December 2013 }}

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Category:Career awards

Category:American psychology awards

Category:American Psychological Association

Category:Educational psychology