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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.

The Effect Of The Use Of A Textbook As Compared With Supplemental Material In Teaching Biology, Wayne A. Stafford

Masters Theses

Chapter I

The Problem and Its Background

Biology in the Secondary School Curriculum

There is ample evidence, both direct and tacit, that biology has justified its place in the curriculum of the secondary school.

Among the direct evidence is that stated by Heiss, Obourn, and Hoffman¹ as follows:

"On the Senior High School level, general biology is well established as a tenth grade course and is usually offered as an elective for each of three years. There is a considerable body of evidence available that seems to indicate that both general science and biology are going a long way …

A Proposed Basic Curriculum For Elementary Vocal Music For Use In Bremerton Public Schools, Ronald Keith Gillespie

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is threefold: (1) to state and define the philosophy of the music program in the Bremerton schools; (2) to establish the major goals of the total music program; (3) to organize and present materials with which to attain these goals.

Education Through Camping, Claude C. Pollock

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this report was to provide a brief history of camping in the United States, an account of the Auburn, Washington School District’s elementary summer school pilot and first year camping program, the first in Washington State, and to present the education benefits of such a program.

The Use Of Local Photographic Material In The Development Of Social Studies Units For The Intermediate Grades, Myrtle E. Larrabee

All Master's Theses

There has been a double purpose in preparing and writing this thesis. One purpose was to meet the needs of the teachers and pupils of North Central Washington for materials to be used in carrying out local units in the social subjects fields. A second purpose was to provide for the interests that children have in other cultures, such as the study of American Indian life; of information and data concerning pioneer life, and to foster and appreciation of what the generation before has done to make life in North Central Washington what it is today.

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 Survey Of Opinions Of Recreation Leadership Needs In The Public Schools In The State Of Washington, Robert Hodges

All Master's Theses

The primary purpose of this study is to determine what the needs of the public schools in the state of Washington are in relation to recreation leadership so that the higher educational institutions of the state may have some basis for the planning and organization of their teacher training programs. The secondary purpose of this study is to enable the students who are preparing themselves for entering this field to have some idea of the opportunities and the disadvantages that prevail in this area of work.

A Summary Of Practices In Sex Education In Various Schools Throughout The United States., George Bernard Brain

All Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this investigation to prepare the way for the understanding of a problem that is highly controversial today, namely, sex education and its place in our public school system. Through a thorough study of the literature in this field and sex education programs currently in operation, the writer will attempt (1) to outline the need for a program of sex education; (2) to show how schools today are meeting the problem; and, (3) to demonstrate how both adults and children are reacting to instruction in sex education within the public school systems of our country. It …

A Study Of College Admissions Policies In Virginia As A Limitation On The Development Of The High School Curriculum, John M. Macgregor

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Adaptability Of A Twelve-Year School Program To The Holland High School, Clyde G. Johnson

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Procedures Used By Teachers With Pupils On Educational Trips To Williamsburg, Virginia, Florence Dickerson Graham

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

A Proposed Twelve-Year Required Physical Education Program For The Kelso Public Schools., Harold Naubert

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this field study is to establish a twelve-year graded physical education program which might be used beneficially in the public school system of Kelso, Washington.

A Study Of The Qualifications Required For Successful Saleswork As Interpreted By The Employer, Employee, Consumer, And Instructor In Salesmanship Classes, Ernest Frank Horn Jr.

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the qualifications required for successful saleswork as interpreted by employers who hire salespeople, the salespeople themselves, the consumers who buy from salespeople, and the instructors who teach salesmanship in the two-year colleges of Kansas. Data was collected by means of a check list filled out by sixteen retail employers, fourteen retail salespeople, ten traveling salespeople, eight door-to-door salespeople, thirteen salespeople who sell a service, twelve consumers, and thirteen salesmanship instructors. The check list was supplemented by a personal interview with everyone except the salesmanship instructors. The check list contained the topics covered …

An Appraisal Of The Home Instruction Program In Montgomery County, Maryland, 1947 1948, Elizabeth Nelson Harrow

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Tentative Criteria For Evaluating High School Literature Curriculum Outlines, Paul Clay Burns

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A thesis presented to the Members of the Graduate Committee of Morehead State Teachers College by Paul Clay Burns in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in August of 1947.

Expanding The Curriculum In Negro High Schools In Saint Louis, Missouri, Faye Philip Everett

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The problem was to make a study of the major areas in which the curriculum in Negro high schools might be expanded to help improve the general well-being of the Negro citizens of Saint Louis, Missouri.

The procedure was to collect data from the records of the Board of Education, secure maps from the City Plan Commission, study the United States census of 1920-1930-1940, and secure data from local welfare and social agencies.

In the study it was found that the Negro population in Saint Louis will increase and that there is a need for four new middle-schools of secondary …

A Comparative Study Of Two Types Of Elementary Algebra Textbooks, James J. Mcwilliam

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Textbook In Vocational Guidance For Senior High School., Ervin Winfred Detjen 1906-

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Proposed Course Of Study In General Science For Ninth Grade In Louisville Schools., Claude Harold Hughes

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Guidance Through The Curriculum In The Elementary School., Jewell Marie Brown

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Statistical Study Of The Effect Of First Year Latin On English Vocabulary, Leo Luke Mohrman

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Brief History Of The Teaching Of Home Economics In The Public Schools Of The United States, Elizabeth Randolph

Graduate Thesis Collection

This study is the result of interest aroused by the realization that little is Imown of the origin and development of home economics. Although magazine articles and reports of committees are numerous, educational textbooks give scant mention to this subject. Therefore, it is to be hoped that this study will be helpful to students in the fields of home economics and education.

Educational Shortages In The Bookkeeping Courses Of Study In The Indianapolis Public High Schools In 1942, William Stover Barnhart

Graduate Thesis Collection

The major purpose of this investigation is to make a limited but definite contribution to the task of revising the course of study in bookkeeping for the Indianapolis high schools.

A Proposed Home Room Program For Negro High Schools Based On The Opinions Of Sixty Home Room Sponsors Of Oklahoma, Edward Thurman Addison

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to make proposals for home room programs based upon a survey of the home-room organizations of a select group of Negro high schools of Oklahoma. In the survey the writer attempted to determine the present home room practices such as, (1) length of programs, (2) program objectives, (3) how often programs are held, (4) days on which programs are held, (5) program topics, (6) number of programs dealing with Negroes, and the sponsors; attitude toward (7) programs based on Negro subjects, and (8) toward home rooms in general.

Four copies of a questionnaire were …

A Study Of Spelling Errors Of The Freshmen Of The Colored Race In The Du Sable High School, Helen Cecelia Cleary

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Education For Negroes In New Orleans Prior To 1915, Marie Dejan

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

The purpose of this story is to narrate the details of events covering the education of the Negro in New Orleans from the time of slavery to 1915. After the history of the private school movement, a comprehensive description of the origin of the public schools will be given.

Students' Knowledge Of The Minimum Essentials In High-School Religion, Grades 7-12, Mary Loyola Baltzer

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Home Economics Workbook For Seventh And Eighth Grades, Ruth Bernd Emhardt

Graduate Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

Diagnosis And Classification Of Errors In Pharmaceutical Arithmetic, Lewis E. Martin

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Retrospective Study And Critical Evaluation Of Radio Education In The Public Schools, Teresa H. Glockling

Graduate Thesis Collection

The purpose of this study is to investigate and report the pioneer experiments which have been carried on in radio education; to determine exactly what radio has to offer education; to ascertain the correct techniques of teaching by radio and to evaluate its worth as a classroom device.