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Current Trends In The Junior High School, Darrell Lee De Gross Aug 1963

Current Trends In The Junior High School, Darrell Lee De Gross

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The purpose of this study is to trace the major curriculum developments in the junior high school since its inception in 1910 to the present.


Self-Help Activity Exercises For Developing Independence In Reading, Ole Mcdowell Jul 1963

Self-Help Activity Exercises For Developing Independence In Reading, Ole Mcdowell

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These activity exercises are based upon the premise that many elementary teachers are plagued with considerable confusion and insecurity in the area of teaching phonics. They persistently state that one of their greatest instructional needs is to understand phonics, and to know how to use phonics.


Development Of Economic Principles For The Secondary Schools: A Review Of The Literature, Charles John Guntley Jr. Aug 1961

Development Of Economic Principles For The Secondary Schools: A Review Of The Literature, Charles John Guntley Jr.

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It was the purpose of this study to (1) ascertain how and what was currently being studied in the area of economics in the public schools, (2) survey some of the methods suggested as fulfilling the need for economic education, and (3) attempt to compare the efficacy of teaching economics as a separate discipline and as an integral part of other social studies courses.


A Study Of The Values And Problems Relative To The Use Of Parents And Other Resource Persons In The Elementary School Social Studies Program, Evelyn L. Larson Aug 1961

A Study Of The Values And Problems Relative To The Use Of Parents And Other Resource Persons In The Elementary School Social Studies Program, Evelyn L. Larson

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One of the purposes of this study was to find if the use of resource persons is a valuable and sound method of teaching. Another purpose was to find the values of such teaching to the child, to the teacher and to the parent. Is it a justifiable technique for developing the purposes and reaching the goals of a well planned social studies program? Another purpose was to expose the problems involved in the use of this method and to try to solve at least some of them.