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The Student Handbook Of Marshall University, 1961-1962, Marshall University

Marshall University Student Handbook

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Some Aspects Of Financing Interscholastic Athletic Programs In Group Ii High Schools In Virginia, Ellett R. Mcgeorge

Master's Theses

Any consideration of the high school athletic program would seem to be incomplete without attention being given to the method of its financing.

"Since athletics first came into our nation's school system, means and ways and have been sought by which they could be financed." Great strides have been made in raising the status of the athletic program. However, there remain schools that are confronted with the continuous problem of financing their total interscholastic athletic programs. In that face of rising costs of athletic equipment and operation there is tendency to reduce the activities of the interscholastic program and place …

A Comparative Study Of Two Methods Of Teaching Reading, Alan R. Bergstrom

All Master's Theses

One purpose of this study was to compare a reading program taught using a basic reading text, supplemental books, and teacher motivation to a reading program designed as an independent, developmental, multi-level program that utilizes graphic and ego motivation. Another purpose was to find out if pupils in the program will show a significantly greater gain in reading achievement than do pupils in the other.

A Discriminative Study Of The Weight Training And Physical Fitness Program In Physical Education, George W. Carberry, Jr.

All Master's Theses

This study was undertaken to (1) determine the present physical fitness level of boys enrolled in physical education classes at Wilbur High School, Wilbur, Washington; (2) test this program and ascertain the level of development; (3) determine the value of weight training in physical education; (4) determine if this program is suitable to a small high school; and (5) aid teachers in developing and instructing students in a weight-training program in the ninth, tenth, eleventh, and twelfth grades.

The Principal's Role In Small High Schools, Ray Everett Korb

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to elaborate on the role played by the principal through required practices and (2) present desired information and practices to aid principals to realize the importance of their role in the community educational program. Solutions to all high school problems and situations, of course, are not the same. Principals must work from the standpoint of local needs, but in the final analysis, the required practices and advancements in education should be similar in most small high schools.

Factors Influencing The Choice And Purchase Of School Building Sites, Dale F. Krueger

Graduate Student Research Papers

The problem was to study the selection of school building sites and relate the findings. The author wished to (1) discover the factors involved, ( 2) the criteria for, and ( 3) procedures employed in purchasing school sites.

A Teacher's Handbook For West Valley High School, Richard Ralph Lackey

Graduate Student Research Papers

To attain order in the management of school affairs, a guide is necessary. Teachers as well as students must have the information necessary to cope with problems and situations that a.re a. part of every school day. A teacher's handbook can be a guide to resolving the routine problems that develop. Developnent of a teacher's handbook was disoussed in the general faculty meetings at West Valley High School, Yakima, Washington. The writer was to draw up the final draft.

The Role Of The Principal In Classroom Supervision, George W. Lasswell

Graduate Student Research Papers

This study intended to determine the practices of supervision from 1930 to the present time, survey these practices of supervision, and report the changes.

The Role Of The Homeroom In Today's Junior High, Donald T. Murray

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was (1) to identify some of the deficiencies commonly found in junior high school homeroom programs and (2) to identify the causes of these deficiencies in such a way that some course or courses of action might suggest themselves as a means of correction.

The Role Of Occupational Information In Counseling, 1961, Howard H. Parkhurst

Graduate Student Research Papers

During the last several years the place or role of occupational information in the school systems of this country has been relatively undecided. It has ranged from 10 total hours of occupational information to 180 in schools that thought this information important enough to present at all. It has been and still is a required course in some colleges. The school counselor has the recognized duty of helping students plan so they will have the required courses to meet some educational goal. Some counselors feel a responsibility for presenting occupational information. Other counselors feel that the teacher should do so. …

An Honors Suppliment To The Curriculum In American History For West Valley High School Juniors, Nell Caroline Paschen

Graduate Student Research Papers

In a search for ways of perpetuating essential values in a free society, citizens and educators have come to realize that their greatest resource lies in the talents of young people. Leadership of society must be developed from the excellent minds of students in the schools. This leadership will be nurtured by inducing an insight into human relationships and by giving an understanding of the background of cherished American institutions. This work is based on the conviction that teachers of social studies are conscious of an obligation to fill the needs of gifted students for enrichment in breadth of subject …

Modern Specifications For A Junior High School Industrial Arts Area, John James Pocrnich

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to develop the latest specification trends for developing physical facilities for an industrial arts area. Taken into consideration were the educational requirements of the school and the desires of the community. These standards and specifications culminated in a working floor plan appropriate to a specific area, Carmichael Junior High School, Richland, Washington, or possibly to other junior high schools contemplating remodeling or constructing areas of this type.

An Exploratory Course Of Study For Electricity And Electronics In The Junior High School Shop, Myron Harry Radelmiller

Graduate Student Research Papers

In preparation for teaching an eighth grade course at Monticello Junior High School, Longview, Washington, the writer proposes to develop a teaching guide for explorations in electricity and electronics. The Longview school system has not yet adopted a guide for this particular area. This guide is intended to provide the writer with a broader knowledge of background information, enabling him to make the course more interesting and useful to the students. By using this guide the writer will be able to direct his classes toward the objectives of industrial arts and general education.

A Study Of The Substitute Teacher Program, Robert Ward Salisbury

Graduate Student Research Papers

Substitute teaching is an area of tremendous importance in every school system. It is estimated that there is an average daily absence of 10 per cent among regular faculty members. If the substitute teaching program is ineffective, this means that 10 per cent of all classes and class time is wasted. It is essential that a school system have an effective program to provide for the absences of regular teachers so that there will be no appreciable loss in the educational program.

The Role Of The Principal In New Teacher Orientation, Stanley Carpenter Sherman

Graduate Student Research Papers

This study will attempt to (1) list the characteristics of an effective teacher orientation program, (2) bring to light some of the reasons teacher orientation programs fail, (3) evaluate the present teacher orientation program in the Vancouver Public Schools, (4) make recommendations based on this evaluation, and (5) better equip the writer for his role as a prospective elementary school principal.

The Participation Of Junior High School Boys In Competitive Athletics, Richard (Dick) A. Van Well

Graduate Student Research Papers

The problem of this study was to gather information concerning interschool athletics. The chief purposes of this study were to: (1) Collect and summarize the literature written by the medical profession; (2) Collect and summarize the literature written by the educational profession; and (3) To present the research written by those involved, so that people concerned with the problem might make a better judgement on the advisability of interschool athletics at the junior high level.

A Study Of The Nature And Extent Of Faculty Meetings, Albert Franklin Wedekind

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to investigate various methods and procedures employed by schools to organize, facilitate, and evaluate faculty meetings. More narrowly, the objective of the study was to investigate useful methods of implementing faculty meetings to obtain optimum teacher and educational growth.

Classical Greek And Modern American Education As Expressions Of A View Of Man: A Comparison And Evaluation, Barbara R. Whittaker

Graduate Student Research Papers

This research is an attempt to recognize and compare the values and ideas which influenced Classical Greek education with those basic to the American Heritage, in order to determine what implications there might be for education in the future.

Current Coaching Trends In Track And Field, Charles Cecil Baker

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this paper to collect and present developments since 1956 in coaching, technique of performance, and equipment in most of the major track and field events.

A Study To Investigate The Need For An Air Conditioned Thermal Environment In Our Schools, Richard Edward Barich

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to investigate our schools' need for a thermal environment provided by air conditioning.

An Exploratory Study Of The Family Centered Homemaking Program For The Ninth Grade, Kathleen Louise (Cadieu) Carlson

Graduate Student Research Papers

The modern goal of home economics education is a curriculum centered about the family as it lives, works, and plays in a time of rapid social, economic, scientific, and world change. Many schools present home economics as cooking and sewing. It seems evident that home economics education, to meet needs in today's families and prepare young people for assuming responsibilities as future homemakers, must plan programs of greater depth and breadth than those of the past. This paper will (1) explore possible means of coordinating and integrating the specific area of family relationships with the general home economics curriculum and …

Selecting And Organizing A Reference File Of Free And Inexpensive Teaching Materials For The Sixth Grade Study Of Canada, Harold A. Drake

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this paper was first to serve as a guide to the selection of free and inexpensive teaching materials. This included criteria for evaluating as well as sources for the materials. Secondly, it was to act as a guide for organizing free and inexpensive teaching materials into a reference file to supplement the sixth grade study of Canada. Last of all, it was an attempt to classify currently available free and inexpensive teaching materials dealing with Canada and suitable for the sixth grade. This was compiled into a catalog that would enable a teacher or school to set …

A Study Of The Adolescent Boy's Changing Voice, Harold Robert Estby

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study (1) to arrive at an understanding of the vocal mechanism and how it changes during the changing voice period, (2) to discover what preparation can be made for the changing voice period, and (3) to find information on the changing voice period that would lead to an understanding ot how the changing voice develops and how it should be cared for and trained.

A Summary Of Techniques Used By The Elementary School Administration, Harry Lee Guay

Graduate Student Research Papers

The purpose of this study is to find information which would be of help to a building principal in carrying out his duties as supervisor and administrator of the educational program carried on in the building to which he is assigned. Three general areas which will be discussed are (1) special services, (2) extra curricular activities, and (3) schedule making.

Ability Grouping In English Classes Of The Secondary Schools: A Survey With Emphasis On Students Of Low And Superior Abilities, Jane Lorraine Gruver

Graduate Student Research Papers

This paper will discuss ability grouping, particularly as applied to the English classes of the secondary school. Special attention will be given to plans recognizing the student of low ability as well as to courses especially evolved for the gifted student. Although guidance and counseling are associated with grouping, they will not enter into the scope of this paper except incidentally.

Using Guidance Techniques In The Typewriting Class, Helen Hanson Hartman

Graduate Student Research Papers

Specifically, in this paper, the aim will be to challenge vocationally-minded business education personnel to devote some thought, time, and energy to making their departments into laboratories from which to obtain documents for personal counseling. This can be done through diverse devices explained fully in the following chapters.

A Study Of The Elementary Principal Internship, Robert L. Henry

Graduate Student Research Papers

The Washington State Board of Education and higher institutions in the state of Washington have prescribed definite requirements for elementary and secondary principal's credentials. Limited information is available, however, to aid in developing and carrying out a program of internship experiences as one phase of administrative requirements. The purpose of this study was to develop a handbook for elementary principal internship in the state of Washington.

Experimental Use Of Teacher Aides In Wenatchee, Washington, Lawrence William Holland

Graduate Student Research Papers

It was the purpose of this study to give an account of the experimental use of teacher aides in the Sunnyslope Elementary School, Wenatchee, Washington. The study will (1) show preliminary steps taken, (2) give an account of the actual procedures of both the teachers and the aides, and (3) report the evaluations and implications as seen by The Teacher Aide Committee.

An Inquiry Into Evaluation As Related To Teacher Competency, Elroy G. Hulse

Graduate Student Research Papers

This report will (1) reveal some of the prevalent views concerning the nature of a competent teacher and (2) characterize some of the many techniques for using evaluative data in promoting effective learning.

A Study To Determine The Effect Of Three Elementary Physical Education Programs On Physical Fitness, Thomas Pattillo

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study (1) to compare the regular physical education program at Olympic Hills Elementary School, Seattle, Washington, with an experimental physical education program; (2) to compare the physical fitness of boys and girls in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades in the same school; and (3) to study the effect of the program on the individual’s fitness level.