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Character Education Of The Elementary School Child A Survey, Ada L. Gage

Bachelors’ Theses

In writing this thesis, it is the aim of the author to investigate more fully that which seems to her to be the most important factor in all education - Character Education. It is a personal aim. She seeks to gain a greater understanding of childhood, a greater understanding of the factors underlying all training - but especially those factors which deal with the problems of building the innate tendencies into that which we call character.

Silent Reading In The Intermediate Grades, Nellie R. Simmons

Bachelors’ Theses

One of the noteworthy developments of the last decade is a keener appreciation of the importance of intelligent reading in social life. It is an indispensable means of familiarizing adults with current events, with significant social issues, with community and notional problems, and with American institutions, ideals, and aspirations, It is essential also in attaining vocational efficiency, in broadening one's range of general information, and in securing pleasure and profit during leisure hours.

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.

Some Modern Sociological And Educational Concepts Traceable To The Republic Of Plato, Blanch Dorothy Tanner

Bachelors’ Theses

Plato was born about 42? B.C. at Athens, the son of noble parents. Little critical biography of Plato exists, but it seems quite probable that the political turmoil of his times influenced his considerably in the writing of the REPUBLIC. The REPUBLIC of Plato is the interesting original of numerous Utopias on political science that have been written periodically since that time, e.g. Cicero's "Republic", Moore's "Utopia", Hobbe's "Leviathean", Carl Marx"Theory of Government", Bellamy's "Looking Backwards".

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 …

Compatibility Of Lindworsky’S Theory Of Motives With Freedom Of The Will, John J. Solon

Bachelors’ Theses

The ability to make quick and accurate decisions is the aim of the average nan so, consequently, the matter of choice and decision has always been a subject of inquiry for me. While striving to know more about this power, I have chosen for my subject-matter a field that involves painstaking perusal among intricate, close distinctions. Some interpreters of Johannes Lindworsky, S.J., have maintained that his theory of motives and their influence on the will preclude any freedom of choice. My goal, then, will be to discover if Lindworsky can, consistently with his theory, maintain free-will. If I find that …

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, …

Play And Health, Margaret E. Mcmahon

Bachelors’ Theses

The aim of this thesis is to present a range and variety of materials that may help the reader to become acquainted with the problems of health and play, which are gaining increasing recognition and emphasis as fundamental essentials in life and education.

The New Testament In The Light Of Recent Discoveries, Francis E. Zummach

Bachelors’ Theses

The New Testament! The most important book in the world! With it, Christianity stands; without it, Christianity falls! Ignoring the overwhelming and impregnable proofs by which it was clearly demonstrated that the Gospels are genuine, that the authors are trustworthy and that the documents are complete, a certain class of "critical" scholars sought to impugn the authenticity of this book of books by aiming the shafts of their criticism against its strange style, crooked grammar, unintelligible words, and the late date of the manuscript evidence. Year by year the attacks grew in volume and boldness, until suddenly the critics were …

Primary Handwriting And Its Correlation With Other Primary Activities, Evelyn L. Pfeiffer

Bachelors’ Theses

A brief study of the countless ages covered by the development of writing from its most primitive state to that employed by the nations of today, and how our own alphabet has reached such a high stage of development through the slow but steady improvements made by our ancestors may help us to realize the importance and great magnitude of this heritage and inspire us to teach it to our children in such a way as to give them "a common understanding of the past and a vision of the future." It may help them to know about the thoughts …

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. …

The Teaching Of Retarded Pupils In Special Classes In Public Schools In The United States, Carol Hughes

Bachelors’ Theses

Since the goal or modern education is equal opportunity for all the vital question before educatives as h ow to make provision for individual differences found in native Capacity and educational achievement of pupils.

A Study Of Peter Dorfler And His Works, Mary Arnolda Neumann

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of writing this thesis is to study the works of Peter Doerfler so as to get some knowledge of his contribution to present day literature. Another reason is to learn how Doerfler ranks in the minds of the leading literary critics and to ascertain what his possible role in Catholic literature in particular and German literature in general will be. A third reason is to point out the outstanding qualities of Doerfler's works.

Graphite Lubrication, Edward James Hennessy

Theses and Dissertations

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Tennyson's Reaction To The New Scientific Knowledge, Amanda Ecurrent Hendrickson

Theses and Dissertations

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A Comparison In High School Achievement Of Pupils With Rural Elementary Training And Pupils With City Elementary Training, Henry Lawrence Woll

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Kind Of Examinations, Vernice Smith

All Theses

In the preparation of this paper,it is the purpose of the writer to compare the traditional type examinations with the newt type examinations as to their relative worth; and to suggest some ways of constructing both types of examinations so as to yield the greatest return.

Almost all who are engaged in educational work,either as students or teachers,are vitally interested in the subject of marks and examinations. For a long time to come instructors will feel compelled,in order to assure themselves from time to time of the character of work which is being done in their courses,to offer some kind …

A Suggestive Program For The Elementary School Of Prairie View State College, Prairie View, Texas, Lela Mccullough

All Theses

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study is to construct workable programs for the elementary school of Prairie View, Texas. METHOD OF PROCEDURE: Frequent visits to the Elementary School of Prairie View State College, Prairie View, Texas, reveal the particular needs of the school. Educational literature includes many studies of practical and ideal situations in the elementary school throughout the country. Such materials from authoritative texts and state courses of study, aid personal observation, furnish the basis for technique and suggested activities.

Organization And Early History Of Yalobusha County, Hiram Percy Hathorn

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Yalobusha County was created by an act of the Mississippi State Legislature on December 23, 1833, from territory ceded to the United States Government by the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians. The county was a perfect square containing twenty-five townships or nine hundred square miles.

The early towns were Hendersonville, Grenada, Preston, Coffeeville, Troy, Sardinia, Graysport and Oakland. These places had their beginning between 1830 and 1838. Coffeeville oits origin to the fact that it was chosen as the county seat; Grenada, Troy and Graysport, on the river, were used as shipping sites; Hendersonville, Sardinia, Oakland and Preston were inland towns …

A Study Of Truancy In The Booker T. Washington Elementary School Of Tulsa, Oklahoma., Clyde Louis Cole

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

Truancy is probably as old as the institution of public education in the United States itself. Failure to attend school, whether the non-attendance is a wilful act on the part of the child or an indifferent or passive attitude on the part of the parent or guardian, is an important factor in education. [Taken from Introduction]

A Study Of The Teaching Of History In The Public Junior Colleges Of Kansas, Ralph Alexander Dellinger

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

In this study, "The Teaching of History in the Public Junior Colleges of Kansas", an attempt has been made to find the facts and to portray the condition of History in the ten public junior colleges of Kansas, as revealed by a questionnaire and the most recent bulletin from each of the colleges. The purpose of the study is to present these findings which may be used in the furtherance of better junior college History instruction. [Taken from Introduction]

A Bacteriological Survey Of The Artesian Well Water In Meade County, Kansas, Hubert F. Ellithorpe

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

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Salaries, Experience, And Training Of Colored Teachers In The First Class Cities Of Kansas, 1931-1932, Bruce Carl Easter

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

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Contributing Factors To The Political Success Of Thomas Jefferson, Ted Harvey

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

Thomas Jefferson is a name to conjure with in the United States. Extreme individualists who desire to exploit the resources of the nation and reestablish feudalism in the world, make pious pilgrimages to Monticello, radical Democrats who feel that the principles of the Declaration of Independence are about to perish from the earth, regard the great Virginia leader as their patron saint ; and socialists appeal to the writings of Jefferson for grave opinions to justify the 'regime of the future.' Andrew Jackson overturned the old Jefferson party in the name of the founder and Abraham Lincoln based his arguments …

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]

Health Study In A Small Cosmopolitan Community, Sister M Walburga Gieres

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

Among the numerous published surveys of health conditions among school children, one finds relatively little data concerning the differences existing among children of American parentage and those of foreign progenitors, while there is still less knowledge available comparing the conditions to be found in the children of various nationalities, living under closely parallel conditions in a single district. In view of this situation, it would seem that a study involving a comparison of the latter type should be a worth while project. such a study could be working out in a district where parents are foreign-born and whose children live …

A Study Of Truancy In The Booker T. Washington Elementary School Of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Clyde Louis Cole

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

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