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An Evaluation Of The Functions And Types Of Student Body Government In Utah High Schools, In Terms Of Approved Principles And Practices, Lowell E. Stanley

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of this study is threefold: First, to describe the forms of government used in the Utah High Schools; second, to find out how the Student Body Government functions in the Utah High Schools; third, to show the activities the students participate in as a body.

An Educational Survey Of Daisy Community, Hamilton County, Tennessee, William Belger Griffin

Masters Theses

At the July, 1922, meeting of the Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee, President H. A. Morgan submitted a plan for the establishment of a Department of Rural Education in the University whose functions should be: first, to study intensively rural school conditions in the state; second, to train teachers for the rural schools; third, to cooperate with the state school authorities in every possible way to make the work of rural schools more nearly meet the needs of the rural communities.

The Status Of Psychology In Secondary Schools Of Kansas, Roy Scott Douglass

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The writer has been teaching psychology in a small high school in Kansas. He found that the students who were taking psychology seemed to take but little interest in the subject. He became interested in knowing if this condition were true in other secondary schools in Kansas. The author was unable, after a thorough investigation, to find any account of a previous research of this nature. Out of the desire to know what was being done by the other psychology teachers this study-The Status of Psychology in Secondary Schools in Kansas-evolved.

Comparative Attainment In Typewriting Skill Under Two Methods Of Conducting Practice, George L. Nicholson

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The question to be answered in this thesis is: Is it better to require a student of typewriting to do a comparatively small amount of practice work, with a high degree of accuracy and some perfect copy work, or to require him to do a larger amount of practice work with a lower degree of accuracy and no perfect copy work?

An Evaluation Of Teaching Practice In The Minimum Essentials Of English Through Grades Six To Twelve In The Schools Of Cache County, Utah 1931-1932, W. Wendell Perkins

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

National English Committees insist that composition content is of first importance; organization of ideas, second; and form third. The writer agrees with this point of view, but believes that a large proportion of class time in English, all through the grades, is spent in trying to establish knowledge and skill in the use of grammar, punctuation, capitalization, and mechanics generally.

The Evolution Of The Curriculum Of The Utah State Agricultural College, Alfred B. Hart

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The chief purpose of this work is to trace the development of the curriculum of the Utah State Agricultural College from the establishment of the institution to the present time with emphasis upon the forces shaping it. These forces have been active since colonial times, and in them lies the explanation for much of what the college is today.

The Utah State Agricultural College is a part of a much larger system, which has developed parallel to it in many respects, and which has in other respects been a force in determining the direction in which the college was to …

Public-School Music In Grades 1 - 6: Its Content, Objectives, And Methods, Elizabeth Geraldine Bradshaw

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Two Methods Of Teaching Problem-Solving In Arithmetic, Nora Mary Carroll

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Composition And Letter-Form Errors In Fifth-Grade Children's Life Letters, Patricia S. Geoghegan

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

History Of The Foundations Of The Institute Of The Blessed Virgin Mary In North America, William Gormaly

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Status Of The Janitor In The Smaller Schools Of Indiana, C. V. Mcelhany

Graduate Thesis Collection

Many articles have been written concerning the school janitor and how he should perform his duties. There have been numerous surveys of the janitor and his work, but few have been found that deal with the subject in a manner similar to this study.

A History Of Rice Institute, Dora A. Fitts

Graduate Thesis Collection

This study is the outgrowth of the writer's interest in education in the southwest portion of the United States and in the founding and development of Rice Institute. It is the purpose of the investigation to make a historical study of one of the most needed institutions of higher education under strictly private administration, founded in recent years.

Fire Insurance On Public School Property In Cook County, Illinois, William Norman Olefsky

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Relation Between Entrance Age And Subsequent Progress In The Primary Grades, M. Imelda Wall

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Causes Of Student Failure In Accredited Schools Of Nursing In Michigan, Mary Leonard Sage

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Manuals For Teachers., Alice Corwin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Comprehensive Study Of The Elementary School Districts Comprising The Orland, California, Joint Union High School District, Charles K. Price

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The State of California has for some time been con- fronted with the great number of school districts, each an independent political division. In the past, several attempts have been made to enlarge these existing districts through consolidation or unionization, and provisions have been made in the school code whereby districts may consolidate. So far, little progress has been made. California, like many other states, has inherited the Now England tradition of the district school. This is the chief reason why she has to many school districts.

Education Of The American Indian By The United States, Florence Barbee Lundquist

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

But for the Rennaisance there would be no atory of the Indians in these United States. Our American poet, Joaquin Miller, makes clear the hazards of adventurers incident to the discovery of an unknown people: My men grow mutinous day by day; My men grow ghastly wan and weak. The stout mate thought of home; a spray Of Balt wave washed his swarthy cheek. "What shall I say, • brave Admiral, say, If we sight naught but seas at dawn?" "Why you shall, say at break of day, Sail on! Sail on.

Football Injuries At The College Of The Pacific 1924 To 1933, Robert L. Breeden

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The interest in football injuries has increased with the increased enthusiasm for the sport. The coach is finding it more and more important to have all of his players in the best possible condition to withstand the terrific strain under which they must compete. The public wants to see a well played, exciting game, but the days of brutality seem to be vanishing. The average fan would rather see the best players play in the game than to have them sit on the bench in plaster casts.

This has led to a series of quite wide-spread investigations dealing with the …

An Experiment In Supervision By The Conference Method, Wendell R. Hoar

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The aspect of supervision that is particularly challenging to me is the problem of the present day. Our curricula have been so constructed, interpreted and planned that a high degree of integration and correlation should result, both vertically and horizontally. To realize these aims, teachers must have a great many conferences, both in groups and individually with the supervisor, who is usually the principle of the school

The conferences are needed not only to discuss the possibilities of integration and correlation, but to teach many of the teachers methods, objectives, devices, and projects for teaching the modern courses of studies …

The Evolution Of Education In Gloucester County, Virginia., Norris Linwood Thomas

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Three Hundred And Seventy-Five Plants In Northeast Virginia That Are Available For The Teaching Of Science In The High School., Sue Adeline Florance

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.

Typical Teaching Procedure For Socialized Activities In The Middle Grades, Mabel Culmer

Graduate Thesis Collection

So rapid is the spread of the progressive movement in the schools that everywhere supervisors are urging their teachers to adopt newer ways of doing things. In many cases, however, teachers are concerned and at a loss as to where to turn for assistance. Too often teachers, urged on by eager supervisors and critics, blindly adopt mechanical and formal methods - isolated subject-matter "units" which are a mere succession of artificial "topics".

The Changing Methods In The Teaching Of English Composition Since 1850, Eva H. Lycan

Graduate Thesis Collection

During the depression public education has been subjected to serve criticism by the taxpayers who are demanding retrenchment in the schools. Some critics have asserted that the methods of teaching and the subject matter of such basic courses as English have undergone few changes since those days of the little red school house when a teacher could be hired for a "song". These statements have raised in the minds of those most interested such questions as - What have been the changes in the methods of the teaching of English composition since 1850?

Handbook On Teacher Reading In Junior And Senior High School, Reba Galvin Mack

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Two thousand high school students in Wisconsin were tested recently in reading; one-third of them tested as sixth grade or below in reading ability.¹ One of the most difficult problems confronting the schools of America today is "How shall we make good readers of our students?" That no educators are satisfied with the reading accomplishments in our schools is attested by the great number of articles on reading that appear in current periodicals and educational journals and by the increasing number of books on reading that are being published. So great is the flood on technical treatises on the …

School Music Education In California, Beatrice Marjorie Hunt

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The selection of the subject "School Music Education in California" was prompted by the author's interest in the field of school music. This thesis is the result of research to discover the beginnings of music in our public institutions of learning, to trace those forces which have been instrumental in its growth, and to consider the present status of music education in the schools of California.

The Early History Of Tuolumne County, California, Frank C. Coates

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The youth of America should be acquainted with the history, the development and the ideals of our nation. They should know under what conditions our nation had its birth; what problems have beset it; and how they have been solved. The should know something of our present problems, and such knowledge can be built only upon an understanding of the past. They should know the facts of our nation's history, of which they should be proud.

Not only is this true of our nation, but it is as true of our state and our immediate locality. It has been my …

The Development Of The Philosophy Underlying The School As A Social Institution With A Philosophic Interpretation Of Some Major Trends In Education., Alec Scott Noblin

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.