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Western Kentucky University

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

1934

Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration

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A Study Of The Critical Factors That Affect The Achievement Of Probation Students, Eurena Dawson Aug 1934

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.


Education In Clay County, Rupert Walters Aug 1934

Education In Clay County, Rupert Walters

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this thesis is to make a scientific study of education in Clay County.

A. To clear up some of the false sensational stories and ideas of the so-called mountains and mountaineers.

B. To study the school system of Clay County.

a. Teachers.

1. Experience, pay and load.

b. Finance.

1. Sources of revenue.

2. Expenditures

c. Buildings and equipment

d. Enrollment, census and attendance

e. Efficiency of one-teacher schools compared with the efficiency of four or more teacher schools.

C. To secure a basis for recommendations in the interest of better education in Clay County.


The Relation Of Training & Experience To Success In The Rural Schools Of Butler County, W. E. Willis Aug 1934

The Relation Of Training & Experience To Success In The Rural Schools Of Butler County, W. E. Willis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The problem is two-fold.

  1. To set up a number of points that will help to measure the efficiency of the teacher.
  2. To show the correlation of training and experience with the efficiency of these teachers.


Causes Of Absences In The Rural Schools Of Grayson County, Kentucky, Edward Robinson Aug 1934

Causes Of Absences In The Rural Schools Of Grayson County, Kentucky, Edward Robinson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study has been an undertaking for the purpose of finding the real causes of non-attendance in the rural schools of Grayson County, Kentucky. This study applies only to those children who have become members of some particular school. Grayson county is principally rural with the interests of the people practically the same the county over.


A Study Of Secondary Education In Muhlenberg County, James Martin Jul 1934

A Study Of Secondary Education In Muhlenberg County, James Martin

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

1. To discover a sound, practicable, and economic plan for distributing and administrating schools for the upper six grades.

2. To determine whether it would be efficient and sound for all of the schools of Muhlenberg County to be under the county unit system.

3. To study the existing conditions relative to the number of small, weak high schools existing in Muhlenberg County.

4. To show that the efficiency of the system of county schools might be increased if they were reorganized under the 6-6 plan of organization.


The Efficiency Of Laboratory Work In Geography, Fred Edwards Jun 1934

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.