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Development Center at UNC, with Science Research Associates as her publisher, until she retired at the age of 85. Much of her curriculum materials were based on the multi-factor theory of intelligence developed by her and L.L. Thurstone and covered instructional materials covering a range from preschool through high school. Her "Reading for Understanding" materials were organized by ascending difficulty using multiple factor analysis to train students in reading comprehension across a range of difficulty encompassing early grades through high-school. Her curriculum materials were sold and used throughout the English-speaking world, and a small part of the early learning materials were translated into French for use in Canada. In 1979 she was awarded an
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