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A Comparative Study Of Industrial Arts In The United States, Clyde Pool

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

It is the purpose of this study to determine to what extent industrial arts has been developed as a part of the educational program in the United States.

A Study Of Veterans Enrolled Under Public Laws 16 & 346 At Western Kentucky State College, John Mercer

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem arising from the study of the veteran may be considered under the following phases:

1. To consider the grades, load, and total enrollment of veterans.
2. To recognize the attempts that have been made to provide an educational program suitable to both the school and veteran and to note its shortcomings.
3. To state the conclusions and recommendations from the study.

An Analysis Of Classification Tests At Western Kentucky State College, Hal Gilmore

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

It is the purpose of this study to present the results of an investigation of these entrance tests, which were given under the auspices of the Registrar's Office and the Education Department to freshmen who entered school at Western Kentucky State College in September 1948.

The problem set up is of a three-fold nature, namely:

1. To determine the value, if any, of the entrance examinations as predictive agents for college success.
2. To study the weaknesses exhibited by students on the arithmetic achievement test.
3. To suggest remedial measures for the weaknesses revealed by the arithmetic test.

Some Statistical Data On Education In Australia, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Information Bulletin

Tables Showing Numbers of Schools, Students and Teachers for All States and Australia, 1946.

Sources from which the information has been obtained are indicated by numbers in brackets in front of the figure given.

(1 Annual report of State department.

(2 Gazette or classified roll of state department.

(3 Statistical register or year book of state,

(4 University calendar.

(5 Information supplied by state department.

(6 Quoted by Dr. Sanders in Student Selection & Academic Success (Commonwealth Office Research Series, No.1).

An Examination Of Some Aspects Of Grade Placement Of Children, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Information Bulletin

The three investigations reported here deal with three aspects of the grade placement of children of the same age. Originally, they were carried out as independent projects, but as the conclusions became obvious it was seen that they were really closely related. The first attempts to answer the question "How many children pass through all stages of primary education without repeating a stage?”. The second compares the achievements in reading skills of children in the same grade but of different ages. The third is purely factual and compares the performances of children who are repeating a grade with those of …