Who introduced the concept of educational quotient for backward children?

Concept

Educational quotient is a historical index that compares a learner’s educational age with chronological age.

It is commonly expressed as educational age divided by chronological age, multiplied by 100. Attribution questions must distinguish the originator of an index from scholars who studied related areas.

Application

1. The stem asks who introduced the educational-quotient concept, not who merely studied backwardness or reading difficulty.

2. Educational-psychology literature on backward children attributes this index to Cyril Burt.

3. Thus the required name is Cyril Burt.

Contrast

• Gordon is associated with teacher-effectiveness and interpersonal communication approaches.

• Schonell is associated with research on educational backwardness and reading and spelling assessment.

• Burton Hall is not the conventional personal-name attribution used for this historical index.

• Cyril Burt’s work examined intelligence, educational attainment, and backwardness among schoolchildren.

Cross-check

Burt’s book The Backward Child and teacher-education references consistently connect his work with the educational-quotient measure while distinguishing related definitions by other scholars.

Result

Cyril Burt introduced the concept of educational quotient for backward children.