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The Relationship Between Achievement And Laboratory Work In High-School Physics, Herbert W. Richter

Masters Theses

Chapter I

The Problem and Its Background

The Purpose of the Study

The teaching of physics in the high school has been modified over the years to meet the changing needs of students and to include the developments of modern times. Together with these changes there has been in recent years much controversy concerning the purpose and value of laboratory work that accompanies the course. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between achievement in high-school physics and the amount of laboratory work that may be included.

Community Driver Education: A Study Of The Driver Education Program Of The Kalamazoo Area Safety Council, Milton J. Marovich

Masters Theses

Chapter I

Introduction

The Study and Its Background

In educating for life adjustment in the highly technological culture existent in this country, it is necessary to recognize the role of safety education. More recognition, however, will not instill the proper attitudes, habits, and physical skills necessary for safe and healthful living. Among all the need for safety education, the operation of a motor vehicle is only one area of concern to the safety-minded. But, to the citizenry it is perhaps the most cogent concern in as much as the consequences of unsafe acts involving use of the motor vehicle are …

A Follow-Up Study Of Western Michigan University Graduates With Majors In Industrial Arts, Richard Duane Murphy

Masters Theses

Chapter I

Introduction

One of the major premises of education is that programs must be constantly exposed to evaluation. One of the means implementing such evaluation is the use of a follow-up study. By using the results of such a study, the institution can keep its program in step with the best educational theory and practice.

Business-Sponsored Films For Physical Science, Bertha Elizabeth Slye

Masters Theses

For many years business-sponsored films have been used widely in instruction in the science classroom. Because of the potential of the films in helping teachers bridge the gap between the fundamental teaching of scientific principles, and the applications found in the actual experiences of the student's consumer world, requests for them have often exceeded the output of those that are educationally sound. In the last decade in particular, the development of atomic and space technology, as well as the growing interest in science, have made it necessary to teach science beyond the confines of information in the ordinary science textbook. …