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The Executive Of The Consolidated Schools In Western Kansas, Alexander Vardaman Anderson

Master's Theses

The purposes of this study are: 1. To determine the extent or scope of the activities performed by the executives of consolidated schools in Western Kansas. 2. To discover the amount of time which those executives devote to each of such activities. 5. To ascertain the personal and professional qualifications of the executives of consolidated schools in Western Kansas. 4. To enumerate the mistakes or failures of the executives of consolidated schools in Western Kansas from the viewpoint of the teachers under supervision. 5. To determine if the administration of consolidated schools might be improved and to suggest remedial measures …

The Importance Of Play, Laura V. Douglas

Education Student Dissertations

While reading the "Principles of Educational Sociology" by Walter Robinson Smith, the writer was deeply impressed by the statement that "Next to the family group and home life, the play group and play life exert the most vital influence upon the unfolding personality of the child." The writer wondered if it was the absence of play life, as American born children of fair social background experience it, that would in some measure explain the dullness of the Italian-American child of Sicilian and Neapolitan origin, who, as the writer knew him, was so lovable, so anxious and eager to please and …

The Bearing Of Church Membership, Doctrinal Beliefs, Church Attendance And Bible Reading On The Part Of Parents On The Character And Conduct Of Their Children, F. W. Sumner

Graduate Thesis Collection

The problem of this Thesis is to ascertain, if possible, the significance of Church membership, belief in its doctrines, the frequency of Church attendance, and the amount of Bible reading on the part of parents as a factor in influencing and in shaping the character and conduct of their children.

An Economic Social And Educational Survey Of Maury County Tennessee, Donnell Marion Galloway

Masters Theses

Foreword - The Survey

In 1922 President H. A. Morgan, of the University of Tennessee, "submitted a plan for the establishment of a Department of Rural Education in the University, whose function should be; 1, to study intensively rural school conditions in the state; 2, to train teachers for the rural schools; 3, to cooperate with the State school authorities in every possible way to make the work of the rural schools ore nearly meet the needs of the rural communities."

Professor B. O. Duggan was placed in charge of this department of the College of Education of the University …

Survey Of Domestic Needs In Electricity, Charles J. Thompson

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study is twofold; (1) to discover what information has been found useful regarding electricity and the construction of the many common electrical appliances that are found today in the majority of homes; (2) to determine what items would probably be most valuable in a course in electricity. A check list technique was used in this study to obtain information from boys, girls, and parents concerning the knowledge of electricity which they had found useful. The data were secured from four hundred eighty nine unselected individuals.

New Mexico School Laws, E.L. Enloe

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

In this thesis I have arranged the laws under the departments of statutory, constitutional, institutional and organic laws. After each department will be found an index arranged topically and analytically. The laws governing the state educational institutions are separately arranged and carefully indexed. I have also appended and indexed supreme court opinions upon all litigated matters of school law.

Objectives To Be Obtained And Methods In Devices To Be Used In Teaching Geography In The Grammar Grades, Clara Jane Erb

Bachelors’ Theses

Geography is concerned with the discovery and interpretation of the relations between the physical environment and life forms.

A Re-Allocation Of The Words In The Chicago Spelling List, Margaret M. Feeney

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Status Of Adult Education In The Public School System Of Chicago, 1928-1930, June Mccarthy

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of The Questions And Study Problems Found In Geography Text-Books For Grades Four To Seven, Katharine E. Mccue

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Make-Up Management And Content Of Catholic High School Newspapers, Mary Lucille Middleton

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Inferior And Superior Pupils On The Junior High School Level, Mary James O'Shea

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Relative Effectiveness Of Question Vs. Outline Technic In Teaching Physics, Mary Sariel Redding

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Development And Present Status Of Vocational Guidance In Chicago, Catherine Agnes Ryan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Technique Of Instruction And Comparative Results For Classes Of One Hundred In Mathematics, Clifford E. Trueblood

Graduate Thesis Collection

The purpose in this thesis is to present the technique established in teaching classes of one hundred (80-120) in mathematics and to compare the student progress with the progress made by those in small classes of the entire department. In this study the pupils have not been assigned, either to the large class (100) or the small classes (35), in any special way. In every instance, the assignment to classes has been to suit the pupil's program or the programs of the school. In other words, there has been no attempt to assign special pupils to special classes for the …

Hawthorne's Life And Works Portray Him A Solitary Genius, Miss O. Ellis

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

From amid an unadorned practical industrial community, arose one of America's brightest stars whose radiance has illuminated American Literature. Nathaniel Hawthorne was bore in Salem, July 4, 1804.

Fundamental Objectives Of The New Professionalism In The Preparation Of Teachers, George H. Capenter

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

The formulation by the new professionalism in education of certain fundamental objectives for teacher training reveals teaching as fraught with untold possibilities for improvement and unprecedented growth along artistic as well as long constructive lines

The Optimal Grade Placement Of Thirty-Two New Testament Stories, Mary Agnes Garvey

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Hawthorne's Life And Works Portray Him A Solitary Genius, Miss O. Ellis

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

No abstract provided.

The Utility Of Mathematics, Jack R. Dunn

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

No abstract provided.

Fundamental Objectives Of The New Professionalism In The Preparation Of Teachers, George H. Carpenter

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

No abstract provided.

Curriculum Construction In General Science, Cornelius F. Bek

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Survey Of Progressive Education And Its Application To Certain Schools Of California, William Wells Pratchner

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

A new idea of education is upon us and if we are to achieve a civilization based upon justice and cooperation, realization of a greater personal freedom and the accomplishment of a fuller democracy, education must pave the way.

Before this goal can be fully realized, fundamental changes and adjustments must be accomplished in our social and industrial life. A new education will be one of the most potent factors in the reshaping of our national character. This education must be one that will truly equip men and women with knowledge, inspiration, and power necessary to build new institutions, and …

The Creative Writing Of Poetry In The California Secondary Schools, Wesley Mills Pugh

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Creation was once a prerogative of the gods. For ages the magic word "genius" served as a harrier to isolate from the common man that one in whom burned the spark of constructive originality. In the past we have never considered the possibility of his being one of the teeming throng who Invade our classrooms daily; or having given way to such an absurdity, we have hastily dismissed the Idea, feeling that, if he were, his presence would surely be announced by the choir invisible or some other divine agency.

Of recent years we have experienced a change of opinion. …

Truancy As A Factor In The Delinquency Of Boys : A Case-Study Of 300 Boys In The Preston School Of Industry At Ione, California, And Comparisons With The Truancy Problem Of The Sacramento City Schools, V. Pierpont Husband

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The study of a question such as that of Truancy must be undertaken on the basis of statistics. It is essentially a matter of investigating and gathering data upon individual cases.

The preliminary search for material upon the subject revealed the fact that practically nothing had been written upon it and apparently little inquiry made into the problem. Accordingly, the writer obtained permission from Superintendent O.H. Close of the Preston School of Industry located at Ione, Amador County, California to conduct an investigation of this problem among the delinquent boys committed to that institution. This school is the state correctional …

An Introductory Course In The Reading Of Simple Graphic And Statistical Material For Use In Junior High Schools, Annie Mckenzie

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In the stories of olden times and in those of our own American Indians, we learned of the picture writing of primitive peoples. It became an early method of recording people's thoughts. This was a very useful method at a time when the race was young. This in turn was the beginning of our alphabet, later the beginning of shaping letters into words, and then word into sentences and paragraphs. As our world has grown older, new idea have come into use and we are no longer content to live as our grandparents lived. We travel by fast express trains, …

New Mexico Schools From 1581 To 1846, Rufus Atwood Palm Jr.

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this thesis, accordingly, is to collect and arrange the most authentic information available, from secondary sources, on the schools of New Mexico during the Spanish and the Mexican administration, 1581 to 1821 and 1821 to 1846 respectively.

Particular effort will be made to trace the establishment and the progress of the schools during these periods and to determine the methods of maintenance, as well as the nature of the schools. Also, an attempt will be made to determine to what extent education in New Mexico was of a religious nature and linked with the history of the …