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A Study Of The Effect Of Growth In Reading Achievement Upon The Total Personality Of The Child, Lillie Nix

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of reading achievement as measured by a standardized test of reading, upon the total personality of the child, as measured by a standardized test of personality.

Intelligence And Achievement Testing Of Convalescent Crippled Children, Loretta M. Miller

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

Psychological studies of crippled children have been few, but among published studies opinion is unanimous that crippled children test lower in intelligence than normal children. The study reported here arrives at the same conclusion. In that respect, it adds nothing new to the picture, but in an area in which findings are not entirely definitive, a study of convalescent crippled children may add confirmation to the general body of knowledge.

Universities In Australia., Eric Ashby

Future of Education

The author states that the purpose of writing this piece is to put before the Australian public the case for universities. It is directed to parents who want their children to get a degree; to industrialists who employ (or refuse to employ) university men and women; to those public servants who look on graduates with suspicion and to those politicians who look on them with contempt. [p.5, ed]

This essay deals with the problems which Australian universities face. [p.6, ed]

It deals with issues of attitudes towards Australian universities, subjects, curriculum, barriers to entry and much more.

From School To Work : A Plea For Vocational Guidance., W.M O'Neil

Future of Education

Practically every young Australian leaving school goes to work and the choice of that work is a momentous decision for both the young person and his parents. [p.3]

Unfortunately, the business of choosing a career has become progressively more difficult. Three changes are mentioned to illustrate this. In the first place the increasing variety of modern occupations has created a larger field from which selection has to be made. In the second place, modern mechanized production has taken much of the skill of the old craftsman and put it into the machines. [p.5, ed]

In the third place, few occupations …

Education For Parenthood., Zoe Benjamin

Future of Education

It would be absurd to expect that all parents should be perfect; but with adequate facilities for education and training, we could have, in each generation, a steadily increasing number of men and women capable of carrying out their parental responsibilities with wisdom. [p.5]

The author then proceeds to offer advice to parents on assisting in the education of children at various age levels. This includes many topics, from how they spend their leisure time to making sure they meet their psychological needs.

Acer 1943-1944 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Academic Success Of Elementary Pupils During Their First Year In Highland Junior High School., Esther Barth

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Education For Democracy, John Dudley Gibbs Medley

Future of Education

The authors general thesis is that if we are serious about the need of planning for better world after the war the first thing to start thinking about is education. This is done by developing two definitions of two familiar words and then stating four general propositions. The first word is democracy which the author defines as a system of society in which a large majority of the citizens are not only qualified in mind and body to play a significant part in the common business of community, but actually have opportunities to do so. Secondly, education is defined as …

Reform In The Primary School., J. M. Braithwaite, C. R. Mcrae, R. G. Staines

Future of Education

The pamphlet suggests reforms to primary school education as every Australian state there had been successive revisions of the course of study, all expressing a shift of emphasis away from monotonous grind and repetition, and towards such occupations as art, handwork, music, and physical education. But the movement towards better things was slow. [p. 5, ed]

We have seen that, during primary school years, the child grows in four main ways-physically, intellectually, emotionally and socially. The function of the primary school is to ensure successful growth of all four kinds. It is a fair criticism of the average school that …

A Plan For Australia., Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Future of Education

This pamphlet seeks to present a positive program for Australian education. It sets out measures in the field of educational administration which are considered to be desirable as objectives for the immediate post-war period. [p.5]

Education For Some..., John A. La Nauze

Future of Education

The author discusses educational opportunity, which he feels should be broadened, whilst at the same time the kinds of education provided should be changed, adapted and extended.

Acer 1941-1942 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Careers Of High School Basketball Players, Jewel D. Michael

Graduate Thesis Collection

Popular opinion is divided into two general groups as to the value of basketball activities, one group holding that training in basketball will transfer to actual life situations, while the other contends that it is a waste of time to spend hours in practicing and in trips which necessitate absence from academic work. In general, this study seeks to give some evidence on this question, through an examination of the subsequent careers or the boys who were basketball players in Frankfort High School during the years from 1919-1940.

A Follow-Up Study Of Butler University Students Who Prepared To Teach In The Secondary Schools, Benjamin Moulton

Graduate Thesis Collection

This thesis records the findings of a follow-up study of a selected group of Butler University Alumni who prepared to teach in the secondary schools.

Acer 1940-1941 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Experimental Studies In Junior High School Monotonism, Lina Baldauf Knight

Graduate Thesis Collection

The individual who lacks the use of his voice as a musical instrument lacks the natural, fundamental medium of musical expression. Not only does he lack the means for the closest and most direct relationship with music, but also there is a serious danger that, as a result, his whole range of musical appreciation will be impaired and finally obliterated. This is likely to occur because he does not have at his command and under his control this power which he so definitely needs. Children who are thus handicapped are often designated by the use of the word monotone.

Lutheran Elementary Schools In The Central District Of The Missouri Synod, Edwin L. Kirchhoff

Graduate Thesis Collection

This discourse presents significant data relating to major developments in the elementary school system of the Central District of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. Some inferences are made which are based on information pertaining to the school system of the entire synod. These data, however, are used and interpreted as it affects the schools in this district.

The Transfer Of Training From Latin To French And Spanish, Pauline Ray Morton-Finney

Graduate Thesis Collection

The purpose of this study is to investigae the relationship between Latin and French, between Latin and Spanish, and to evaluate the assumption of many language teachers that high school pupuls who have had one year of Latin tended, on the whole, because of that fact, to do better academic work in Franch and Spanish as measured in terms of marks received, than did pupils who had not studied Latin.

Acer 1939-1940 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Pupil Interest In The Core Curriculum, Robert E. Mcconnell

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

What does a young American do? How does he spend his time? What is he compelled to do as a young citizen? How should he spend his time? How do his parents spend their time? The proper answering of these questions on the part of the school forms the core curriculum. Time was (and is yet, for that matter) when adult teachers decided what the child should learn and then attempted to force him into learning it. They paid little attention to the circumstances of the moment and oftentimes little attention to reality. Too little attention was given to the …

Sex And Cultural Differences On The New Mexico Statewide Test Of Academic Achievement, Claude C. Mcdougal

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

For a number of years sex differences on many varied topics have been popular studies for investigations. The old belief that the female was definitely inferior to the male has largely disappeared, and the female is rapidly taking her place in the competitive fields alongside the male. Racial and cultural differences alike have been subjected to various investigations, mainly in the field of psychology, and to a lesser extent in education.

The research reported here is concerned with (1) the investigation of sex and cultural differences in the statewide examination of academic achievement as indicated by differences in the means …

Acer 1938-1939 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Acer 1937-1938 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Success Of The Graduates Of Ten Classes Of The Louisville Male High School In The First Two Years In The College Of Liberal Arts Of The University Of Louisville., James E. Green

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Experimental Results Of Training In General Semantics Upon Intellingence-Test Scores, Joseph C. Trainor

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

The theory of General Semantics in its present (1935) form is essentially that there exists in the human nervous system a general mechanism, somewhat similar in nature of concept to that type of functioning which we have been calling vaguely, intelligence. In distinction, however, to the commonly held views on intelligence, General Semantics implies that this mechanism is exceedingly amenable to environmental influences; that it may, in other words, show marked effects of training in Semantic methods.

To this end a group of thirty sophomores in the Washington State Normal School at Ellensburg, Washington, were given the Detroit Intelligence Test, …

Education For Complete Living: The Challenge Of Today. Programme, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER historical documents

The Programme for the New Education Fellowship Conference held in Australia, August 1 - September 20, 1937.

Mechanical Drill & Meaningful Drill In Arithmetic For The Primary Grades, Mary Schell

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis has been written to emphasize the differences in two methods of teaching arithmetic - mechanical drill and meaningful drill - and attempts to present a psychologically and theoretically sound proposal for instruction in number skills in the primary grades of the elementary school.

Acer 1936-1937 Annual Report, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

ACER Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of The Certification Standards For Commercial Teachers In The Different States Of The Union, Lee Rothrock

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

In the present study, the writer has attempted to make an investigation of the problem of the certification of commercial teachers in the secondary school level of the several states in the Union. The study has three purposes:

1. To tabulate the requirements made by the various states for secondary school certification of commercial teachers.
2. To set forth, by the method of comparison and contrast, the central tendencies and the differences that exist in these requirements.
3. To suggest principles and standards to serve as a basis for a general plan for the certification of high school commercial teachers in the United …

The Reading Ability Of College Students, Nettie Harrison

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Statement of the problem - The problem of this thesis is to make a study of the reading ability of college students. Three phases of the problem are considered:

1. How well a group of unselected college freshmen can read.
2. What factors affect the reading ability of college students.
3. How reading ability affects scholastic achievement.