John C. Flanagan
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John C. Flanagan | |
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| Born | January 7, 1906 |
| Died | April 15, 1996 (aged 90) |
John Clemans Flanagan, (January 7, 1906 – April 15, 1996) was a noted
U.S. Army Air Forces
in 1941 to head an aviation psychology program that developed tests to help identify pilots suitable for combat missions.
Flanagan was born in
Seattle, Washington. He died on April 15, 1996, at his home in Menlo Park, California.[2] He graduated from the University of Washington in 1929, and was the starting quarterback on the football team his senior year. He received his doctorate from Harvard University
in 1934.
In 1946, Flanagan founded the American Institutes for Research, a
not-for-profit behavioral and social research organization that applied the critical incident technique
to education and other fields.
In 1960 Flanagan initiated Project Talent, a massive survey of more than 400,000 high school students throughout the United States.[3] To follow up on the needs revealed by Project Talent, Flanagan developed Project PLAN — Program for Learning in Accordance with Needs — an entire curriculum from grades one through twelve designed to meet the individual needs of all students. This was one of the earliest and most comprehensive individualized computer-assisted learning programs.[4]
Among the honors Flanagan received were:
Educational Psychology, 1976 Distinguished Professional Contribution Award of APA, Phi Delta Kappa Award for Outstanding Contributions to Education, Development and Research, ETS
Award for Distinguished Service to Measurement; Professional Practice Award of APA’s Division of Industrial/Organizational Psychology.
References
- ^ John C. Flanagan. "The Critical Incident Technique". Psychological Bulletin, vol. 54, no. 4 (July 1954).
- ^ Freeman, Karen. "John Flanagan, 90, Psychologist Who Devised Pilot Aptitude Test". The New York Times, April 28, 1996.
- ^ "Education Talent Census". Time Magazine, August 24, 1962.
- ^ Program for Learning in Accordance with Needs. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, February 1968.
Further reading
- Flanagan, J. C. "The First Fifteen Years of Project Talent: Implications for Career Guidance". Vocational Guidance Quarterly, vol. 22, 8-14, 1974.
External links
- John C. Flanagan/Aviation Psychology - Giving Psychology Away
- The American Institutes for Research History Timeline
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