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Listening Skills In The Elementary School, Ted M. Hendrickson Aug 1964

Listening Skills In The Elementary School, Ted M. Hendrickson

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this research paper is, 1) to review the literature and to establish the need for teaching listening skills, 2) to select the listening skills which should be taught in an intermediate classroom, and 3) to develop a specific program of instruction in these listening skills which will (a) utilize the facilities of a modern listening center, and (b) be adequate and functional for the students and teachers at the intermediate level in Sunset Elementary School, Selah, Washington.


Selected Attempts To Organize Elementary Schools For Individualizing Instruction, Edwin W. Morgan Aug 1964

Selected Attempts To Organize Elementary Schools For Individualizing Instruction, Edwin W. Morgan

Graduate Student Research Papers

Many programs, some old and some new, are finding their way into the elementary school for the purpose of individualizing instruction. As more research is completed in the areas of individual differences, more experimentation and change are the results. Attempts to individualize instruction seem to fall into two categories. The organization and structure of schools and school programs is one area where changes have been made, based on research, to better serve the individual. The methods used by teachers, working within certain organizational patterns is another attempt to promote the well being of the individual. It may be said that …


A Development Of Readiness For First Grade, Elizabeth Turneaure Shoemaker Aug 1964

A Development Of Readiness For First Grade, Elizabeth Turneaure Shoemaker

Graduate Student Research Papers

This paper is an attempt to develop a readiness program for grade one. In order to delimit this study, visual perception was chosen because it is of primary importance in the development of reading. It is, however, only one of the factors involved in the development of the reading readiness program.


A Study Of Competitive Athletics In The Elementary School, Howard L. Hansen Jun 1964

A Study Of Competitive Athletics In The Elementary School, Howard L. Hansen

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of the place of competitive athletics in the elementary schools.


A Critical Review Of Current Literature On Modern Arithmetic, Hugh Fotheringill Apr 1964

A Critical Review Of Current Literature On Modern Arithmetic, Hugh Fotheringill

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study (1) to review current literature regarding new trends and programs in elementary mathematics; (2) to investigate the need for the adoption of a new mathematics program in the elementary schools; (3) and investigate the need for the retraining of elementary teachers in the new mathematics.