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A Curriculum For Teaching The History Of Geography Of Morgan County, Colorado, In The Junior High School Of Fort Morgan, Colorado, Maude Carroll Hammond

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

This volume has been prepared principally as a text to be used in local history and geography in the Junior High School of Fort Morgan, Colorado. The time devoted to this work is one hour a day for nine weeks.

The purpose of this study is to acquaint the children with the history and geography of their county and to connect it with the immediate present.

An attempt has been made to cover the history of Morgan County from its establishment to the present time. [Taken from introduction]

Some Psychological Factors In The Study Of Geography, Myra J. Rasmusson

Bachelors’ Theses

Running all the way through the study .and teaching of geography is a network of psychological factors. The very definition of the word geography brings in the human element. In the study of geography the problems of man's psychological responses to, and controls of his environment, cannot be avoided. In the teaching of geography the psychological basis of the general educative and the geographic objectives must be considered. But the psychological factors of the child's nature and of the learning process are the points of greatest importance to the teacher.

Education For The Wise Use Of Leisure Time In The Schools Of Today, Edna J. Shafer

Bachelors’ Theses

It is the purpose of the writer to discuss briefly, education for the wise use of leisure time in the schools of today. Throughout the history of education there has often come to expression a belief that the school has a large obligation in creating interests that will express themselves in spare time as recreational activities which will be wholesome and satisfying. Such would be an actual cultural education.

The Morrison Plan In The Junior High School Social Studies, Jane B. Golden

Bachelors’ Theses

This thesis is an attempt to demonstrate, explain, and evaluate the Morrison unit plan as it is applied to the social sciences in the Junior high school* For helpful instructions in the Morrison plan my thanks are due to Professor Putsch of Marquette University and to Henry C. Morrison, of Chicago University, whose lectures I attended at the Shorewood high school, and who personally recommended to me some texts in the social sciences which followed his technique. Grateful acknowledgements are due Professor Treacy of Marquette University who directed the content of this thesis, and Dr. Vander Beke who assisted me …

Activity And Relationship In Social Science Teaching In The Fifth And Sixth Grades, Jenny B. Joyce

Bachelors’ Theses

In using the term "activity", I am referring to pupil activity, the self-activity of the child. Brunkes claims that it is a necessary element in obvious. Geography is a living, growing subject. In it the child studies about the activities of the people of the world. The subject itself is active. The old formal question-answer method, the inflexible outline method do not bring the required results. Furthermore, it is common knowledge in the realm of pedagogy that learning is an active process. The most effective learning takes place when the child is engaged in some purposeful activity. In other words, …

The Elementary School Library, Margrethe D. Peterson

Bachelors’ Theses

After having been a teacher for a number of years, I was given the opportunity of taking charge of our elementary school library, which was just being organized.

The experience has been such a pleasant one, that I resolved to learn more about the history, growth and progress of the elementary school library movement in the country and seek courses of study being used, to aid in formulating one in our own school.

What I have gathered and arranged in the following thesis, I have felt were the most important factors to be used in guiding my own or any …

The Teaching Of Reading In The Fourth Grade, Anne V. Thomas

Bachelors’ Theses

The ability to read rapidly and comprehensively is being recognized more and more by people in all walks of life. Reading is essentially a thought getting process therefore possession of good thought reading ability makes it possible for one to enrich his own life, become more efficient in his chosen work and be of greater service to the world in which he lives. Society demands that we know how to read in order to meet certain definite social needs. The ability to read is practically universal. The child being a born imitator wishes to do what he sees his elders …

Concrete Material In The Teaching Of History, Florence R. Crabtree

Bachelors’ Theses

Of the importance and value of using concrete, il­lustrative material in the teaching of history in order to help the student become sensitive to the conditions and events of the past, education of the present day is becom­ing more conscious.

The Use Of Standardized Tests In The School Room, Esther E. Heyer

Bachelors’ Theses

The giving of standardized mental and educational tests has occupied a conspicuous place in the professional literature of the past few years. Ten years ago testing was almost unknown in the public schools except to discover those who were mentally defective for placement in "Special Classes". Schools in practically all large towns and in many small ones and also in country district are now making extensive use of test results. Being a movement which deals with a problem so intangible as the measurement of intelligence, it is often misinterpreted and misunderstood, thereby often seriously affecting the life of a child. …

1933 Summer Session Schedule Of Recitations, Morehead State Teachers College

Morehead State Catalog Archive

1933 Summer Session Schedule of Recitations for Morehead State Teachers College.

Specific Training As A Means Of Developing Specific Abilities In Reading, Ola Roemer

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem specifically stated is: What is the effect of specific training upon the development of the ability to pick out central thoughts of paragraphs as compared with the results of obtained in the same direction from general reading procedures?

The purpose of this study is to compare the results of specific training upon the development of this special ability in reading with the results obtained in the same direction from general reading procedures.

A History Of The Indianapolis Elementary Schools 1821-1900, Norma Deluse

Graduate Thesis Collection

This dissertation presents a partial history of Indianapolis elementary schools during the years 1821-1900.  Research has particularly been directed to three phases of the history, first, chronological development, second, administrative organization, and third, legislative acts which directly affected Indianapolis schools.  Other phases of the subject, not treated in this thesis are detailed research of finance, buildings and grounds, personnel, salaries, methods, and curriculum.

Oral Reading In The Intermediate Grades, Mildred Gudex

Bachelors’ Theses

By silent reading we mean the single process of getting the thought from the printed page; by oral reading we mean the getting and the giving of the thought from the printed page. Oral reading is, accordingly, a much more complex process than silent reading. Silent reading involves the recognition of the symbol - that is, the word - and the as sociation of the word with the idea or getting the thought. Oral reading involves the recognition of the symbol; the as sociation of the word with the idea - getting the thought; and the vocal utterance of the …

The Teaching Of Oral Language In Grades I To Viii, Elizabeth M. Weisend

Bachelors’ Theses

The work of promoting good speaking and of obtaining accuracy in the expression of thought is one of the most important aims to be accomplished in teaching. The ability of the child to use accurately his mother-tongue in speaking is of great social and cultural value. It helps him to adapt himself socially to his environment and to think and express himself clearly. It gives him confidence in himself and thereby, ease in appearing before an audience, through his fluency in conversation gained by an ever-increasing vocabulary and a knowledge and use of correct English.

Social Studies In Grades One Through Six, Orville William Gesell

Bachelors’ Theses

The Purpose, Procedure and Scope of the Study PURPOSE. The purpose of this study is to present to the teachers of the primary and elementary grades a social study course which will attempt to give them definite help by means of (1) organized units' (2) time allotment; (3) teacher and pupil references; (4) suggested activities; (5) laboratory equipment; and (6) sources of illustrative material.

The New School In The Upper Grades, Selma F. Tonn

Bachelors’ Theses

The chief equipment a good teacher needs is a sympathetic understanding of child nature and child interests, and common sense or tact in the choice and use of methods of teaching suited to them. Anyone who has often seen the happy eager faces of all the children in a class of thirty-five or more can speak with authority. To discover the particular interests of each child; to choose those which have broad, various, and valuable educational opportunities, which can serve as ’’leads” to further interests and wider experience; to give children experience in living as it is natural to them …

The Assembly, With Particular Reference To Grades Kindergarten To Eighth, Lloyd Frank Jones

Bachelors’ Theses

The assembly is the forum, where school government finds its best expression in electing leaders, formulating rules for the common good, inaugurating officers, exercising other functions of government, and building up school loyalty.

Literature For Little Children, Marie A. Ruberg

Bachelors’ Theses

Working in the capacity of one whose duty it is to make the five and six year old child's experience deeper, wider, and more satisfying through the medium of literature the writer has realized that there is an inexhaustible amount of knowledge and appreciation to acquire in order to have a background required for intelligently evaluating literature to be used and for effectively inculcating appreciation for that selection into the children.

Visual Instruction, Harry C. Haufschild

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to show the value of visual aids in education. It does not agree with those who claim that the percentages of our knowledge gained through the different senses show that the sense of eight is responsible tor eighty-seven per cent.

Reading Readiness, May Katherine Cooke

Bachelors’ Theses

As reading is of all the primary subjects the most crucial and the basis upon which first-grade and second-grade promotion is determined, a study of Reading Readiness is of the utmost importance. This essay is an attempt to describe those influencing factors which prepare pupils for the function of reading in the primary grades.

Modern methods and materials used in the preparation of pupils tor reading have been described and discussed and special reference made to the work accomplished along these lines 1n the kindergartens of the Milwaukee Public Schools.

Colonnade May 23, 1933, Colonnade

Colonnade

No abstract provided.

The Oracle 05/23/1933, Gorham Normal School

Oracle, The (1931-1941)

"The China Shop" Presented by Boys' and Girls' Glee Clubs -- Gorham Students Attend Convention at New York City During Easter Vacation -- State Commissioner of Education, Dr. Bertram E. Packard, Sends Message to Gorham Normal School -- Alumni and Exchange -- Athletics -- Industrial Arts at Gorham

A Comparative Analysis Of State Courses Of Study In Character Education, Robert Burnett

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The purpose of this study is to determine what the state Departments of Education have done to carry out definite programs in character education in elementary and secondary schools. This problem is limited to special courses of study in character education issued by certain State Departments of Education. According to the United States Bureau of Education at Washington, D. c., only six of the forty-eight states have prepared special courses of study in this field. In this study a comparative analysis is made of these courses of study as to character traits and objectives, methods of procedure in developing the …

Taylor University Catalog 1933, Taylor University

Undergraduate Catalogs

The 1933 academic catalog of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Brown And Gold - 1933, Western State Teachers College

Western Michigan University Yearbooks (1906-1985)

CONTENTS • Scenes • Administration • Classes • Activities • Features • Organizations • Athletics • Humor

Campus Comment, May 1933, Bridgewater State Teachers College

The Comment

No abstract provided.

Survey Of Reading Activities In The Intermediate Grades, Marie Serio

Bachelors’ Theses

The aim of this thesis is to present a survey of the characteristic intermediate grades reading activities. An analysis of the interests, habits and attitudes is given in the first chapter. Specific objectives are treated in the following chapter, while the third chapter deals with type lessons. Remedial Work and Testing is the purpose of the next chapter. The levels of achievement are outlined in the last chapter. Opinions secured by experts in reading have been used in this thesis . Books and magazines, secured at the Milwaukee Public Library and the Marquette University Library have furnished the writer with …

Mastering Reading Difficulties In The Primary Grades Of Rural And State Graded Schools, Johanna S. Gnauck

Bachelors’ Theses

Many investigations have recently teen made in various phases of reading problems and reading difficulties, lost of this research work has, however, been undertaken in experimental schools or in school systems of considerable size, equipped with capable, experienced, well qualified, and adequately compensated instructors, supervisors, and school administrators.

Radio In The Elementary School, Lenore Mary Stagg

Bachelors’ Theses

Radio is a magic instrument of unity and power destined to link nations, to enlarge knowledge, to remove misunderstandings, and to promote truth. But it will not achieve these things unless we keep a more watchful eye on those who use it and those who control it. We should arouse in all people a greater sense of their responsibility for the proper use of this modern miracle. One of the distinguishing features of American democracy is the excellence of its common school system. Another name for common school is elementary school. Children who are engaged in the Kindergarten and the …

Drama In The Elementary School, Ruth Mcdill

Bachelors’ Theses

That the dramatic instinct is inherent in man, and has not been acquired with civilization, has been established by careful studies of the practices of primitive peoples, by observation of children’s mimicries and rhythmic actions, and by tracing the development of drama through all the ages. It has been noted that all the rudimentary elements of primitive drama are still a part of civilized dramatic art. Man is religious by nature, and he has always manifested his religion in dramatic ceremonial. It is from the religious ceremonial of primitive people that drama has evolved.