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Visual Instruction As An Aid In Teaching Geography In The Grammar Grades, Eva May Seivert

Bachelors’ Theses

Visual education, visual instruction, visual aids, visual-sensory aids, etc. are terms rather loosely employed· to label the use of illustrative material and devices in all forms of education. Visual education implies the complete educative process or a distinct subject or purpose classification. Visual aids and visual-sensory aids denote the physical materials and arrangements necessary for the "seeing" experience. Visual instruction emphasizes the value of concrete imagery in the learning process.

How To Teach The Effects Of Force In Producing Motion, Mary Redempta Lucas

Bachelors’ Theses

There are many books which deal either with the teaching of physics in high school or with the teaching of science. Still, very few of these give that specific direction and those helpful suggestions so welcome to a beginning teacher.

The Need For Conservatism In Educational Theory, Joseph C. Trainor

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

THE so-called "progressive" movement in education has in recent years given rise to the theory that the educator's primary function is to improve society. By assuming leadership education will force such improvements in the social order in directions such that the children of the next generation will develop more naturally. A two-fold attack is presented by those who hold this viewpoint. A concerted campaign of propaganda is carried on to bring about as rapidly as possible the assumed trends toward collectivism of one kind or another, while at the same time the internal environment of the school is transformed into …

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.

The Seventh-Grade Arithmetic Textbook And Modern Educational Thought., Adele Hunckler 1904-1997

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Teaching Of Mathematics In The Junior High Schools Of Kentucky., Frank Hall Stallings 1909-1995

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Considerations That Might Influence The Teaching Of Elementary Spanish., Edgar Fernando Hudkins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

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.

An Analysis Of The Vocabularies Of Primers, Katie Motley

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of the present study is threefold:

1. To analyze the vocabulary of each of fourteen primers to determine the extent to which their vocabularies are identical.
2. To find what percentage of words each primer has in common with the Kentucky adopted text Ben and Alice.
3. To suggest primers which best supplement Ben and Alice for slow learners and for fast learners.

Some Common Errors In English Made By Business College Students In Daily Transcription Work, Homer Williams

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The present study was made for the purpose of ascertaining the particular types of errors that students make in transcribing their shorthand notes from day to day. In addition to finding out the kinds of errors and their frequency, it is earnestly hoped that some conclusions may be reached as to what instructional methods may be employed to advantage in teaching English to dictation students in such a way that they will be well prepared for the tasks that the business office will require of them.

Promotion & Non-Promotion In The Louisville Elementary Schools, E. W. Belcher

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

To promote or not to promote has long been a question in the minds of both administrators and teachers; however, the segregated problem of promotion and non-promotion did not receive much attention until about fifteen years ago. In the past decade and a half much time and careful, thoughtful study have been devoted to this problem by leading educators.

Comparison Of Functional And Non-Functional Methods Of Teaching Shorthand In Northeast Experimental Junior College Of Kansas City, Missouri, Carl C. Carder

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to test the comparative success of the Functional Method of teaching shorthand in developing transcription ability, accuracy of writing shorthand vocabulary, shorthand penmanship, and shorthand reading ability. The problem is limited to the results of the experiment as conducted in the Northeast Experimental Junior College of Kansas City, Missouri.

Maneuvers In World History, Harold E. Barto

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of Education and Professional Studies

In February 1935 the Washington Education Joumal carried a brief article under the title of "World History, 'What's It All About?'" Since then several letters have come from world history teachers from within the state. Frankly, they have caused some embarrassment. In almost one accord they have chided the writer with pointing out some of the problems relative to presenting world history without giving a hint as to possible remedial measures. The following suggestions no doubt represent methods which are being employed by all history teachers either directly or indirectly. They are neither new nor unique. However, they may help …

Curriculum In The Education Of The Deviate Child, Florence Beaman

69 Bank Street

Volume 2 Number 4, January, 1936

Illustrates the function of a program for "unadjusted" children in a special class established at The Little Red School House, New York City.

Some Evidence Of The Interests Of Eighth Grade Children In The Materials Of Science., Cora B. Burlingame 1872-1958

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Program For Seven-Year-Olds: In A Suburban School, In A City School; New Books For Children, Evelyn Beyer, Lorna C. Reed, Jessie Stanton, Ellen W. Steele

69 Bank Street

Volume 2 Number 3, December, 1935

School life and activities for seven-year-olds in the suburbs and the city.

Also includes publications relevant to children between six and ten years old obtainable at 69 Bank Street.

A Comparative Study Of The New-Type & Old-Type Assignment, Mary Tanner

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The assignment is the teacher's one best chance of stimulating children with a desire for the work that is to follow. For this reason it should be carefully and methodically given and should be definite and clear. Study increases in intelligence somewhat in the degree that the main or salient features of the material to be studied are emphasized in the assignments.

Extending The Environment: Before The Trip And After; The Trip; Eight Days, Lucy Sprague Mitchell, Elizabeth Whitney Walther, Elsa Euland

69 Bank Street

Volume 1, Number 8, May 1935

Detailed description of Bank Street's "Long Trip" to Morgantown, West Virginia and Washington, D. C. in 1935.

"The trip to West Virginia and Washington in which is described in this issue of 69 Bank Street, first by a student teacher and then by a staff member, was part of our year's work with the student teachers on "environment" - part of an attempt to get in first-hand contact with some of the major work patterns and their accompanying psychological patterns which characterize our current American culture" -- Lucy Sprague Mitchell

The History Workbook, Helen Porter

Bachelors’ Theses

The aim of this thesis is to determine whether or not the use of the workbook is justified, and if so in what a good technique consists. Several workbooks have been examined in this attempt, and books and magazines secured from the Milwaukee Public Library and the Marquette University Library have furnished the writer with much of the material used.

A Summer Program For Five Year Olds, Jessie Stanton

69 Bank Street

Volume 1, Number 7, April 1935

"The Institute of Euthenics at Vassar College runs a summer session of six weeks for parents and children. In this number Jessie Stanton, a director of the Harriet Johnson Nursery School, 69 Bank Street, New York, describes her work with five- and six-year-old children in the Institute School for Little Children."

The Contribution Of Adolescents To The Literature Of Escape, Mildred Gignoux Finke

69 Bank Street

Volume 1 Number 6, March 1935

"Presents the writing of adolescents in terms of the emotional release which it has afforded children."

The Taking And Use Of Records, Louise P. Woodcock

69 Bank Street

Volume 1 Number 5, February, 1935

Describes the record taking process and the types of observational records the teachers at the Harriet Johnson Nursery School were taking. Includes excerpts of observations.

Play Making In The School Group; The Use Of Pantomime In Developing Acting Techniques, Ellen W. Steele, Charlotte Perry

69 Bank Street

Volume 1 Number 4, January 1935

"Play making in the school group" describes the kind of play that grows through the school experience (in this case, a field trip) and takes form in the school life."

"The use of pantomime in developing acting techniques" describes the teacher's first steps in guiding young children beyond pretend play toward dramatic form through the use of pantomime."

An Activity Program In An Elementary School., Bessie Terrell Meyer 1890-1988

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Financing Of Education In Homestead Areas, Lester Turnbaugh

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Some explanation is necessary of the method of procedure in compiling material for this thesis. The first step was really taken seven years ago. At that time the writer interviewed state officials at Sacramento, California, in the hope of obtaining state aid for educational finance in the Tule Lake section of the Klamath Irrigation Project. The Governor, the department of education, and the finance department were all consulted, but no legal way was discovered of using state money for the erection of school buildings in the district mentioned. Some county money was available for payment of teachers’ salary, but none …

The Modern Teacher: From The Unpublished Writings Of Harriet M. Johnson, Harriet M. Johnson

69 Bank Street

Volume 1 Number 2, November 1934

Harriet Johnson's brief papers focusing on the central theme of what kind of person a child needs for a teacher.

A Study Of The Critical Factors That Affect The Achievement Of Probation Students, Eurena Dawson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

It is the purpose of this study to present the results of an investigation of the high school and college records of the 600 students who have been on probation at the Western Kentucky State Teachers College during the school years 1932-32, 1932-33 and 1933-34; and, if possible, to set up some standards by which these students may be given the advice and guidance that will best serve them in their preparation for life.

Comparative Attainment In Typewriting Skill Under Two Methods Of Conducting Practice, George L. Nicholson

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The question to be answered in this thesis is: Is it better to require a student of typewriting to do a comparatively small amount of practice work, with a high degree of accuracy and some perfect copy work, or to require him to do a larger amount of practice work with a lower degree of accuracy and no perfect copy work?

The Efficiency Of Laboratory Work In Geography, Fred Edwards

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Great sums of money are expended annually for the upkeep and equipment of laboratories that are used only for teaching, and yet there is little in the way of experimental data to indicate whether the expenditure of time or money is justified.

A Study Of Manuals For Teachers., Alice Corwin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.