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Promotion And Non-Promotion In The Elementary School, Frank Carothers Aug 1952

Promotion And Non-Promotion In The Elementary School, Frank Carothers

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to find out the facts concerning pupil promotion and non-promotion in the elementary school and to make recommendations to public schools which might enable pupils to progress through school in a more orderly manner.


Criteria For The Selection Of Classroom Films, John A. Lynn Aug 1952

Criteria For The Selection Of Classroom Films, John A. Lynn

All Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this paper to justify and describe a systematic approach to the appraisal and selection of classroom films in the light of the current literature on the problem – to formulate a set of criteria which can be used in film selection, and to compile these criteria into a form which will invite use by the classroom teacher.


A Survey Of The Status Of The Athletic Coach Of The Public Secondary Schools In The Yakima Valley, Phillip Mirosh Aug 1952

A Survey Of The Status Of The Athletic Coach Of The Public Secondary Schools In The Yakima Valley, Phillip Mirosh

All Master's Theses

The primary purpose of this study is to attempt to determine the administrative responsibility, academic training, and tenure of athletic coaches in public secondary schools in the Yakima Valley. It is desired that this study will serve as an aid in improving the coach’s status in the Yakima Valley; and to identify the true position of the athletic coaches in the over-all educational picture.


How To Use Local Clays In School Ceramics, Warren R. Scott Aug 1952

How To Use Local Clays In School Ceramics, Warren R. Scott

All Master's Theses

The object of this paper is to assist the ceramics teacher in experimentation with local clays. The use of local clays has a definite esthetic value, especially when the teacher makes use of all of the instructional aids associated with the geology and industrial–ceramic aspects which may be incorporated with field trips and the experimentation and processing necessary to make the clay useful.


A Status Study Of Parent-Teacher Conferences In First-Class Districts In The State Of Washington, Ada O. Shockley Aug 1952

A Status Study Of Parent-Teacher Conferences In First-Class Districts In The State Of Washington, Ada O. Shockley

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this paper was threefold: (1) to point out that every school, regardless of size, needs some type of effective induction for beginning teachers; (2) to explain the phases of an induction program; (3) and to whom certain responsibilities should be delegated.


Orientation Of The New Teacher For Achieving Successful Emotional Adjustment, James Nichols Pendleton Jr. Jul 1952

Orientation Of The New Teacher For Achieving Successful Emotional Adjustment, James Nichols Pendleton Jr.

All Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this paper to (1) review the investigations and articles by psychologists and educators respecting evidence and extent of maladjustment in teachers, and the consequent effect of such teacher personalities on children; and, premised on the assumption that many teacher maladjustments with their resultant inadequacies are a consequence of unhappy teaching experiences, (2) to investigate areas for conditioning teacher adjustment, with particular attention to reviewing orientation methods and procedures for new teachers and teachers new to the school system.


Spelling In The Elementary School, Orin Colbert Jun 1952

Spelling In The Elementary School, Orin Colbert

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this paper is to increase the knowledge and background of the writer in the area of spelling. By using a documentary form of research the writer attempts to bring together under one source some of the more important investigation in several different areas of spelling.


A Study Of The Relationship Between The Financial Status And The Certificated Personnel Of Selected Secondary School Districts Of San Joaquin County, Earl Loren Klapstein Jan 1952

A Study Of The Relationship Between The Financial Status And The Certificated Personnel Of Selected Secondary School Districts Of San Joaquin County, Earl Loren Klapstein

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The problem for this study consists of a question: Is there a relationship between the financial status and the academic preparation and experience of teachers in selected secondary school districts of San Joaquin County? The purpose of this study will, therefore, be to determine the relationship between financial status of the school district and the academic preparation of employed certificated personnel in selected secondary schools of San Joaquin County.


Anthology And Procedures In Poetry Presentation For Grades One And Two, Norma Craig Aug 1951

Anthology And Procedures In Poetry Presentation For Grades One And Two, Norma Craig

All Master's Theses

The results of the various studies seem to indicate that the vast majority of children do enjoy poetry. The problem remains to select poems that will appeal to first and second graders. The choice of suitable poetry is made easier if one understands the underlying principles regarding its selection.


A Study Of Group Dynamics As A Classroom Process, C. Bruce Schwarck Aug 1951

A Study Of Group Dynamics As A Classroom Process, C. Bruce Schwarck

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was threefold: 1. To review the literature on the subject of group dynamics as it applies to classroom situations. 2. To watch some of the techniques in operation with a group of eighth grade students in United States history. 3. To learn how teaching can be made more effective through utilization of group dynamics.


School Excursions, Phoebe Jones Ulery Aug 1951

School Excursions, Phoebe Jones Ulery

All Master's Theses

The use of school excursions has become widespread in recent years. This is a result of the desire to capitalize on all instructional opportunities and materials, a new appreciation of the educational possibilities of the school trip, and a wider knowledge of the mechanics of the excursion technique.


A Proposed Program For The Teaching Of Human Relations In The Classroom On The Secondary School Level, Clyde Franklin Deaton Jun 1951

A Proposed Program For The Teaching Of Human Relations In The Classroom On The Secondary School Level, Clyde Franklin Deaton

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to develop a proposed program for the teaching of human relations in the classroom on the secondary school level.


Teacher-Pupil Relationships, Lela Virginia Watson Aug 1950

Teacher-Pupil Relationships, Lela Virginia Watson

All Master's Theses

Do teacher personalities affect the behavior of pupils? The problem of this investigation is twofold. (1) To study the teaching procedures in the elementary grades of the South Kitsap Schools. (2) To determine the effect of teacher personalities upon the behavior of pupils.


Today's Junior High School, William R. Oliver Aug 1950

Today's Junior High School, William R. Oliver

All Master's Theses

The writing of this paper provides a means for the survey of the principles of organization and the ways of meeting the needs of junior high school students. It is the intention of this paper to present the functions, the principles and the methods of instruction prevalent in the junior high school.


The Classification And Annotation Of Free And Inexpensive Health Teaching Materials, Patricia C. Miller Aug 1950

The Classification And Annotation Of Free And Inexpensive Health Teaching Materials, Patricia C. Miller

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this paper is to classify and annotate free and inexpensive health teaching materials that might aid the health teacher in choosing those materials that would best fit a particular teaching situation. Since the health teacher has such an excellent array of source materials, the problem seems to be in the proper selection of these materials. Included in the paper are suggestions concerning; determining needs for health teaching materials, the techniques employed when requesting health materials, and the use of health materials. There is also a brief history and philosophy on the health education movement.


A Critical Analysis Of The Training Of The Homeroom Music Teacher, Ivan A. Hill Jul 1950

A Critical Analysis Of The Training Of The Homeroom Music Teacher, Ivan A. Hill

All Master's Theses

A study of the background and development of the teaching of homeroom music shows that there is an ever-increasing need for an understanding of the many problems which face the administrators, the teachers, and the teacher education institutions. This study of the training of the homeroom music teacher was made for the purpose of defining and analyzing these problems, as they apply to situations in the state of Washington, and determining, from the opinions of teachers and principals now concerned with the situation, what might be best done to improve present conditions in order to insure effective continuation of the …


Modern Practices For Beginning Teachers In Catholic Elementary Schools, Mary Columba Aug 1949

Modern Practices For Beginning Teachers In Catholic Elementary Schools, Mary Columba

All Master's Theses

It is hoped that this study will enable the young teachers to enter into their vocation with more thought and ability and that it will provoke thinking and stimulate further study in the students for whom it is planned. They will have been alerted to the process of learning, the need of research, the necessity of ever changing equipment and materials. They will have been guided in some degree in method.


A Study Of The Ability Of Fifth And Sixth Grade Pupils To Comprehend Social Studies Material, Sister Mary Margaret Jan 1949

A Study Of The Ability Of Fifth And Sixth Grade Pupils To Comprehend Social Studies Material, Sister Mary Margaret

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to ascertain to what extent pupils do not comprehend the reading material in the social studies and to discover the causes of this deficiency. Two types of research techniques were used: (1) pencil and paper tests which were given to sixty-two pupils, and (2) oral interviews with thirty-one pupils who had previously taken the pencil and paper tests.


Teachers' Leaves Of Absence For Cultural Purposes And Exchange, Eleanor Janice Beck Aug 1947

Teachers' Leaves Of Absence For Cultural Purposes And Exchange, Eleanor Janice Beck

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to make a detailed inquiry into the matter of granting teachers' leaves of absence for cultural purposes and exchange in representative public school systems of the United States, with special reference to the prevalence of the practice and the administrative details involved in the handling of the program.


Contributions Of Catholic Religious Orders To Public Education In New Mexico Since The American Occupation, Frederick Mason Bacon Mar 1947

Contributions Of Catholic Religious Orders To Public Education In New Mexico Since The American Occupation, Frederick Mason Bacon

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This study is intended (1) to explain how it came to pass that religious orders have been conducting public schools in New Mexico, (2) to reveal the outcome of controversies or litigation involving claims of illegality in the practice, and (3) to present the contributions of Catholic religious orders to public education in New Mexico since the American occupation by offering a brief history of the public schools which they have conducted.


Contributions Of The Dominican Sisters Of Grand Rapids, Michigan To The Education In New Mexico, Sister Maura Mcdonald O.P. May 1942

Contributions Of The Dominican Sisters Of Grand Rapids, Michigan To The Education In New Mexico, Sister Maura Mcdonald O.P.

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to present the data now available appertaining to the Dominican Sisters of Grand Rapids, Michigan, in New Mexico and to evaluate their work in the light of improvements in the educational, economic, cultural, and social conditions of these various communities.


Legal Restrictions Governing Teachers In Their Employment And Work, Laurence C. Coffey Jun 1937

Legal Restrictions Governing Teachers In Their Employment And Work, Laurence C. Coffey

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

This investigation has been concerned with the operation of laws affecting teachers' rights as revealed by cases carried to supreme or other appellate courts and seeks specific answers to the general question "What are the legal restrictions that operate to affect the teacher in her employment and work?"


Fire Insurance Practices And Economies On Public School Buildings Of Curry County, New Mexico, James Mcdonald Bickley Jan 1936

Fire Insurance Practices And Economies On Public School Buildings Of Curry County, New Mexico, James Mcdonald Bickley

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

1. What are present practices in Curry County with reference to insurance on public school buildings, and, especially, to what extent is the sound net insurable value taken into consideration when determining the amount of insurance to be carried? 2. What are the relative merits of flat rate insurance and coinsurance, the two forms of insurance now in use on Curry County school buildings? 3. By what defensible methods can insurance rates on public school buildings of Curry County be reduced?