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Occupational Choices Of Graduates Of Science Hill High School, Johnson City, Tennessee, In Relation To High School Preparation And Additional Training, William Warren Simmons

Masters Theses

What actually becomes of the high school graduate after his graduation? For those who go to college, what are some of the factors that influence their persistence in higher education? What value in a material way do they obtain by further education? These are some of the motives that have caused the writer to make a study of the graduates of Science Hill High School, Johnson City, Tennessee, over a period of five years from 1927 to 1931 inclusive. Stated in a more definite way, the purpose of this study is to survey the activities of the graduate of Science …

A Study Of The Relative Achievement Of Pupils In Class A, Class B, And Class C High Schools In The State Of Kansas, Edgar Reed

Master's Theses

This thesis attempts to come to some conclusions as to the relative achievement of pupils in class A, class B, and class C high schools in Kansas. The Department of Education of the State of Kansas classifies high schools of the State into three groups based on teaching staff, supervision and administration, furnishings and equipment, records and reports, and promotion and graduation. The public is generally of the opinion that pupil achievement in a class A high school is better than in a class B high school, and in a class B high school better than in a class C …

An Evaluation Of Tests Of Musical Talent, Herbert Clark Levan

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The problem consists of an evaluation of tests of musical ability to discover which tests are most reliable and useful for elementary school purposes.

In a review of the literature related to the problem an attempt was made to present different viewpoints fairly, to summarize evidence of outstanding tests, to analyze contradictory evidences for possible solution of the questions involved, and to set up criteria for the selection of the best tests.

For further evidence, four selected batteries of comparatively new tests were given to over one thousand children in grades two to six in the schools of Parsons, Kansas. …

An Analysis Of Available Forms Of Athletic Insurance And Suggestions For Accident Insurance For Kansas High School Athletes, Lloyd William Cole

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

This investigation was undertakes to determine: (1) the insurance companies that issue policies which guarantee adequate protection to high school athletic teams, (2) the state athletic associations that have worked out or adopted plans that give satisfactory protection to high school competitors. Letters were sent to a number of insurance companies and state athletic associations to obtain information concerning their plans for compensation of athletic accidents. The policies of four insurance companies—Central Assurance Company, Columbus, Ohio; Income Guaranty Company, South Bend, Indiana; Sportsman Mutual Assurance Company, Washington, D.C.; Travelers Mutual Casualty Company—and the plans of three state athletic associations—Wisconsin, New …

The Relationship Of Nya Employment To Students' Grades At The University Of New Mexico, Van Deusen Clark

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The problem is essentially the question: What, if any, is the relationship of NYA employment on students' grades? Is intelligence a factor in this relationship?

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?"

Comparison Of Insurance Premiums And Losses On Publicly Owned Property In New Mexico, Irvin P. Murphy

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In this study the following questions are considered.

1. How much was paid in premiums for insurance on public property in New Mexico from 1923 to 1934, inclusive, and how much was repaid to the state by insurance companies for losses to public property during this period. What is the ratio between the premiums and the reimbursement for losses?

2. What is the relationship between the loss ratios on all public property in New Mexico and: (1) public school property in New Mexico; (2) all classes of property in New Mexico; (3) public property in other states; (4) all classes …

Community Activities And Requirements Of Public School Teachers In New Mexico, Burton Allan Rogers

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the author's purpose in this study to set forth some of the restrictions which are placed upon the teachers of New Mexico, and to discover who is responsible for these restrictions and requirements. The two phases of this problem may at first glance appear to be separate and unrelated. However, the purpose in the view has been an attempt to discover (1) What are the extra-classroom duties of public school teachers in New Mexico? And (2) what relationship, if, any, exists between the various activities of the teacher within the community and his or her success there as …

Subject Combinations Prevalent In The Teaching Programs Of Teachers In New Mexico High Schools, Joseph H. Nylander

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this investigation was to reveal the frequency of the various subject combinations for each of the high school subject fields taught in the state.

In relation to this study we may specifically list the following problems:

1. What are the various subject combinations taught by teachers in New Mexico secondary schools?
2. Which combinations appear most frequently and do they tend to persist?
3. To what extent do New Mexico principals and teachers teach a single subject?
4. In the opinion of principal and superintendents which combinations are difficult to fill, but quite desirable for practical purposes?
5. Are New Mexico high …

Tenure And Turnover Of Public School Teachers In New Mexico, Burton T. Williams

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is generally recognized that, other things being equal, teachers who have been in a system long enough to become acquainted with local conditions are able to give more efficient service to the schools than new teachers. The question of turnover of teachers in service has come up within recent years as one of the outstanding and pressing problems concerning the administration of our school systems. It is generally understood that the mobility of our teachers is far in excess of what it should be for the attainment of the best results in our schools. Teachers that are on the …

Educational Trend In New Mexico Public Schools From 1899-1900 To 1929-1930 Inclusive, As Measured By Pupil Attendance And Length Of School Term, John Francis Cummins

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study is to determine the educational trend from 1899-1900 to 1929-1930 inclusive, using pupil attendance and length of school term. The following four questions are investigated.

1. What change in average daily attendance in the public schools of New Mexico has occurred during the period 1899-1900 t 1929-1930 inclusive? How does the percentage change in average daily attendance in New Mexico compare with the percentage change in average daily attendance in the United States as a whole, in the other states, and particularly in the states of the Rocky Mountain area?

2. Did average daily attendance …

An Analytical Study Of Five College Student Bodies, E. E. Mccurry

Masters Theses

Introduction - Problems:

The object of this investigation is six-fold: first, to evaluate organization membership in extracurricular activities by furnishing situations and life experiences necessary for proper development of character and citizenship; second, to determine the importance of student expenses and work opportunities; third, to determine the value of the home as a factor in education; fourth, to determine the importance of educational background and economic status of the family as factors in developing best citizenship; fifth, to ascertain the value of student purposes; sixth, to find the range and extent of religious interests of students.

The Comparative Intellectual Abilities Of Full And Mixed Blood Indians : A Study Based On A Testing Experiment Of Two Hundred And Eighty-Six Indian Students In Attendance At The United States Indian Boarding School, Wahpeton, North Dakota, 1937, Ingaborg Jonasson

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Insurance Practices Of School Boards In Municipal And County Schools Of New Mexico With Evaluation And Standards, Owen O. Sabin

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Since New Mexico schools, exclusive of private schools and higher institutions, spend $135,000 each year for insurance premiums, considerable thought might well be given to the question whether or not this money is wisely spent. The value of insurance is no longer seriously questioned, but as yet few public officials or school administrators seem to recognize that it should be purchased as economically as possible, consistent with good business practices and safety.

The problem undertaken in this study is to discover the practices of New Mexico school boards in the handling of insurance in public school property.

The Mathematics Required In Vocational Courses In Kansas High Schools And A Projected Course Of Study To Meet Those Requirements, Nova Grant Moody

Master's Theses

The purpose of this investigation is (1) to identify the mathematical knowledge requisite to efficient participation in Kansas high school vocational courses; then (2) to arrange this mathematical knowledge into an outlined course of study for teacher guidance in a mathematics course of unit credit for high school students.

Achievement In Spelling In The Elementary School With And Without The Use Of Textbooks In The Hands Of Pupils, Ernest R. Allbert

Master's Theses

The specific problem of this thesis is to determine the relative worth of two methods of instruction in spelling, namely: (1) achievement in spelling when pupils study the spelling lesson then the words are written on the blackboard, and (2) when the spelling words are studied in the orthodoxy way – from the textbook. In so far as the writer has been able to determine there is little in the literature of education concerning experimental investigations of the relative worth of these two methods.

Legal Status And Trends In Statutory Status Of Public School Teachers In The United States, Amy Jeannette Daniel

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

From Chapter 1

Importance of the Study

To-day in the United States nearly a million persons are employed as teachers in the public schools. The members of this large and important group of employees ore loosely organized, and, therefore, in comparison to many professional or occupational groups, not in a favorable position to pro­mote their own welfare. As a class of public social workers, employed by the state. or by the local school districts as agents of the state, they have long been dependent upon the will of legislators and the wishes or dictates or local com­munities to establish and …

A Study Of The Effect The Economic Disorder Has Had On The Libraries Of Indianapolis, Lorene T, Cook

Graduate Thesis Collection

Problem: How have the libraries in Indiapolis been affected by the economic disorder?
1. What changes have been made in appropriations?
2. What changes have been made in expeditures?
How has enforced leisure affected the use of the libraries?
4. What has been the reaction of the benefactors?

A Study Of The Content Of The Curriculum In High-School Religion, John Ryan Gleason

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Fray Pedro De Gante And Early Education In New Spain, Sarah M. Burns

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study On Retention: Based On "A Course In Religion For The Elementary Schools", Mary Loyola Baltzer

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Orientation Course To Aid In The Communication Of A Catholic Mind And Culture To High School Students, Joseph Aloysius Prucnal

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Intelligence In Action, Robert A. Gossett

Graduate Thesis Collection

As we look about us and evaluate the many personalities with which we come in contact, we are never sure that our judgments will stand critical survey. We observe men as they engage in play, we watch them at their work, and we may engage them in conversation. But with all these contacts, there is always a doubt when we say this man is intelligent and that man is not. There are intelligence tests by the score, but they are inadequate to cope with this problem for two reasons.

An Evaluation Of College Achievement Examinations In Social Science Through An Analysis Of The Discriminatory Properties Of The Individual Items., John Oliver Pettiss

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

An Effort To Predict Teaching Success, William Franklin Lawson

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Tenure Of Teachers In Louisiana Elementary Schools., William Hugh Miller

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Significance Of The Work Of Colonel Francis Wayland Parker In The Progressive Educational Movement With Special Reference To His Influence On John Dewey, Lea Bevan Moore

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Our American forefathers, with the exception of Thomas Jefferson, had no ideal of a system of universal education. His plans were throttled by slavery, but the doctrine of universal education lived. Then at a time when the whole system of common schools was in danger of failure Horace Mann gave his life to the promotion of the interests of the Common school.

In 1837, the very year Horace Mann gave up his prospect of a famous political career to become Secretary of the State Board of Education in Massachusetts, Francis Wayland Parker was born in New Hampshire, and was destined …

The Relation Between Achievement In Home Economics And Intelligence, Lucy Montgomery

Graduate Thesis Collection

This study is the result of the combination of several factors. It is principally, however, the result of an interest in the relation of grades achieved by students in high school and their intelligence; of experiences in teaching both academic subjects and home economics; and of observing the work of a number of home economics teachers. An interest in the relation of grades and I Q's together with the experiences in teaching and observing home economics classes has brought up the question of the relation between grades achieved by students in this subject and the intelligence of these students as …

The Effect Of Training Students To Grade Compositions On Composition Work, Jessie B. Chalifour

Graduate Thesis Collection

The problem of this study is to determine the effects of training to grade compositions on the composition work of eighth grade students.

Research Problem Pertaining To Growth And Development Of The Child Voice With Course Of Study, May Dorsey

Graduate Thesis Collection

In presenting this thesis, the author has used the research problem pertaining to the growth and development of the child voice, and as an outcome has set forth the content of a course of study in music to include aims, procedures, and materials for grade schools, which are necessary for a varied and well grounded musical experience.