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The History Of The Utah Education Association, Carl H. Taylor
The History Of The Utah Education Association, Carl H. Taylor
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The problem - This study seeks to present a history of the Teacher Organizations which have functioned in Utah from 1860 to 1940. Since 1892 their association has been known as the Utah Education Association.
The purpose - This study is a phase of the history of education as as such shares in the purposes claimed for such studies. A statement of general purposes of such studies is as follows:
1. To gain a knowledge of the history of the Utah Education Association as an important part of the professional training of the teacher of the school administrator.
2. The …
A Study To Determine Where And At What Age Senior Boys In Three Selected Senior High Schools Of Utah Acquired Knowledge And Skill In Activities, A. Hue Jewkes
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The purpose of this study is to determine the student's ability (according to his own rating), where his interests lie, and at what age, and where male students first learn physical activities that are taught in the high schools of Utah.
The factors used in this study included: (1) number of boys having had three weeks instruction in each of 63 listed activities; (2) personal rating (compared to other boys in the class) as to ability in each activity; (3) personal rating as to wanting to watch and wanting to participate in each activity; (4) approximate age boys first participated …
Establishing Criteria For The Pre-Service Selection Of Teachers With Special Application To The Utah State Agricultural College, Howard H. Barron
Establishing Criteria For The Pre-Service Selection Of Teachers With Special Application To The Utah State Agricultural College, Howard H. Barron
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
Our American culture and civilization depends in large measure upon the recruiting of the right kind of men and women to be teachers in our American schools and colleges. All professions depend on effective teaching for their life blood. Many educators and colleges during the past few years have become concerned with pre-service selection methods for improving the teaching personnel. This concern has become somewhat intensified at the present time, largely as a result of four factors. One factor is the large number of returning servicemen, who are turning to teaching as a career. A second factor is improved salaries …
Development Of A College-Entrance Vocabulary Test For Utah State Agricultural College, Alpha Lee Rist
Development Of A College-Entrance Vocabulary Test For Utah State Agricultural College, Alpha Lee Rist
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
This research project endeavors to supply the need for a vocabulary testing device for the admittance and guidance of entering freshman students at Utah State Agricultural College at Logan, Utah. The need is for a test designed specifically to predict possibilities of success in courses which incoming students encounter and in which they are required to progress at a rate considered satisfactory according to college standards. The program followed in this study is two-fold: (1) to develop a vocabulary test, and (2) to verify the sucess of this test as a predictor of grade-point averages. The testing device herein developed …
A Study Of Tenure And The Orderly Demotion Or Dismisal Of Teachers In The State Of Utah, Sidney L. Wyatt
A Study Of Tenure And The Orderly Demotion Or Dismisal Of Teachers In The State Of Utah, Sidney L. Wyatt
All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023
The problem of this study is to determine, so far as possible, the conditions, reasons, and underlying motives which have led to the dismissal, demotion, or non-issuance of contracts to teachers in the state of Utah during a recent five-year period - 1943-1947, and also what methods have been used in terminating the tenure of those teachers who have been considered undesirable by their employers. The study will seek to reveal the extent to which the professional education associations are influential in determining policies for the dismissal of teachers. It is hoped that from this study some suggestions may emerge …