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Adapting An Industrial Arts Course To The Needs And Interests Of The Home, Virgil Pugh
Adapting An Industrial Arts Course To The Needs And Interests Of The Home, Virgil Pugh
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The problem confronting all teachers in industrial arts today is to make the curriculum fit the needs of the pupil in the school, home, and community. The problem in this thesis has been to make a course of study in home mechanics to meet the needs and interests of the homes in the community of Pratt, Kansas. To work out this problem a check list of one hundred ninety items consisting of things done about a home was prepared and taken to one hundred eight homes in the Pratt community. The fathers in these homes checked this list to indicate …
Comparison Of Functional And Non-Functional Methods Of Teaching Shorthand In Northeast Experimental Junior College Of Kansas City, Missouri, Carl C. Carder
Comparison Of Functional And Non-Functional Methods Of Teaching Shorthand In Northeast Experimental Junior College Of Kansas City, Missouri, Carl C. Carder
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The purpose of this study is to test the comparative success of the Functional Method of teaching shorthand in developing transcription ability, accuracy of writing shorthand vocabulary, shorthand penmanship, and shorthand reading ability. The problem is limited to the results of the experiment as conducted in the Northeast Experimental Junior College of Kansas City, Missouri.