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Education Book Reviews: Special Studies In Education, Lynda Bearden

Honors Theses

The following is a review of six education books that may help the inexperienced teacher:

We Do Not Throw Rocks at the Teacher! by Katherine C. La Mancusa

Slithery Snakes and Other Aids to Children's Writing by Walter T. Petty and Mary E. Bowen

Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman

The Saber-Tooth Curriculum by Raymond Wayne

Life in Classrooms by Philip W. Jackson

Children's Thinking by David H. Russell

A Study Of The Treatment Of The Child With A Cleft Lip Or Palate, Charolette Duckett

Honors Theses

The elementary teacher will encounter many children in her experiences. Some of these will be handicapped; she will face the problem of helping these students adjust to regular classroom activities under her guidance. These handicapped children may have a wide range of mental, psychological, and physical disadvantages and may demand a little extra attention and ingenuity. This paper is a discussion of one possible type of physical handicap which causes secondary problems that may be encountered.

The purpose of this study is to explore the characteristics, problems, treatment, and speech education of the cleft palate or cleft lip child. While …