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Student Participation In Glen Allen High School, George Henry Moody

Master's Theses

In this thesis I have attempted to give a brief review of certain forms of extra-curricular activities from the time of Plato to the present. I have stated from the principles on which student participation is based. The functioning of the program at Glen Allen High School is discussed with the hope that our experiences in this program will be of value to other who may attempt a similar program.

Providing Science Laboratory Equipment At Minimum Expense, James Ira Wood

Master's Theses

The purpose of this report is to present plans and directions for laboratory apparatus, which may be built, by the instructor and pupils themselves from inexpensive materials. The report describes projects undertaken in approaching this problem in a particular school. It is not a complete laboratory manual. The equipment is not all that would be needed either in a course in general science or in physics. It is assumed that some laboratory supplies other than those made by pupils must be purchased, but many simple pieces of apparatus may be built in the classroom by the pupils with great economy. …

A Proposed Home Room Program For Negro High Schools Based On The Opinions Of Sixty Home Room Sponsors Of Oklahoma, Edward Thurman Addison

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to make proposals for home room programs based upon a survey of the home-room organizations of a select group of Negro high schools of Oklahoma. In the survey the writer attempted to determine the present home room practices such as, (1) length of programs, (2) program objectives, (3) how often programs are held, (4) days on which programs are held, (5) program topics, (6) number of programs dealing with Negroes, and the sponsors; attitude toward (7) programs based on Negro subjects, and (8) toward home rooms in general.

Four copies of a questionnaire were …

The Functions Of The County Superintendent Of Public Instruction In The State Of Kansas, Jesse Earl Vague

Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to reveal the true status of the present incumbents in the offices of county superintendent of public instruction in Kansas. This involves three problems: first, to show the age, sex, salary, tenure of office, and the qualifications; second , to show the duties of the county superintendent and the distribution of time allotted to each; and, third, to show the methods, the objectives, and the outcomes of supervision.

The Development Of Friends Education In Kansas, Charles Arthur Beals

Master's Theses

The problem of this thesis is to portray the history of organized Friends ( Quaker) education in Kanas; Specifically, it deals with the story of the Friends Mission School to the Shawnee Indians; of an early Subscription Common School; of the ten academies, nine 2 controlled by the II Orthodox" Fri ends and one by the "Conservative" Friends; and of the three colleges. All but two academies and two colleges are out of existence today.

Methods And Modes Of Text-Book Selection, John W. Seuser

Master's Theses

The specific objective of this thesis is to locate or determine, if possible, the residence and operation of the legislative authority or function which prescribes the kind and number of text-books used in the public schools of the several States.

The History Of The Barnes Law And Its Effect On High School Education In Kansas, Clay Walton Brown

Master's Theses

In brief, the Barnes Law is a county wide plan of taxation to aid in the cost of operation and maintenance of the high schools within the county. A Barnes county is one in which the high schools of the county are a unit operating under the provisions of the Barnes Act. In making this investigation the Historical and Statistical methods of research were divided into three parts, first the agencies and organizations used to secure facts leading to the enactment of the Barnes Law. This was done by examining the Biennial Reports of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, …

A History Of The Public Schools Of Raton, New Mexico, Carson Creecy

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Educational literature is singularly lacking in studies of the actual development of typical school systems. This raises the question of whether such a study would be of any value as a contribution to educational literature. If the interest manifested by all school people who had a part in the preparation of this study can be used as a measure, then both an interest and a need are felt.

A Study Of The Betts Ready To Read Tests: Their Predictive Values In Determining Reading Achievement And Their Comparison With Other Predictive Measures, Charles L. Mills

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The ability to read is basic to the acquisition of knowledge in all school subjects. Consequently, classroom teachers have long been interested in what determines readiness for reading, and in tests which will predict reading achievement. Prominent among those which have appeared in recent years is the Betts Ready to Read Tests which in reality are a series of twelve individual vision tests that require expensive equipment, a great deal of time, and a certain amount of technical skill to administer, score, and interpret.

The purposes of this investigation are (1) to determine the predictive values of the factors of …

A Study Of The School Hot Lunch Program In New Mexico, Adolfo Pablo Chavez

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to investigate the trends of the hot lunch project under the Federal Government sponsorship in certain schools of the State of New Mexico; (2) to show the relationship between warm well-balanced school lunches and such factors as attentiveness, scholarship, attendance, table manners, health attitudes, and physical growth; and (3) to reveal, through a questionnaire study the experiences of school systems of the state in connection with this project.

An Analysis Of The School Bond Transcript In New Mexico, M. E. Linton

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to bring together all the laws pertaining to, or having a bearing on the issuance of school bonds, analyze them as to content, and recommend a transcript outline which should greatly simplify the legal procedures.

An Evaluation Of The Health And Physical Education Programs In The Secondary Schools Of New Mexico, Leo Lindsey Gleaves

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

The purpose of this study is to apply the techniques of the National Curriculum Research Committee to an evaluation of the health and physical education programs of the secondary schools of New Mexico.

Growth Of Color Discrimination Among School Children In Grades One To Six., Verna Wendelin Katona

Master's Theses

This thesis proposes to study color responses of school children from grades one to six inclusive. It endeavors to show the development of color discrimination in the school child.

The Division Of Responsibility In The Financial Administration Of Municipal And Independent Schools In New Mexico, Horace P. Brunell

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study (1) to learn as nearly as possible the different procedures followed in the handling of all fiscal items in the municipal schools of New Mexico; (2) to compare those procedures with those recommended by accepted present-day authorities upon financial phases of public school administration; and (3) to make such recommendations as may secure a greater degree of uniformity and increased efficiency in the field of fiscal procedure in the municipal schools of New Mexico.

History Of Education In Quay County, New Mexico, Willard W. Moon

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

No comprehensive history of education in Quay County, New Mexico, has been written. Because of the diversity of interests, people of this section have devoted little time to gathering, organizing, and interpreting the materials of history. There must be soon come, however, an insistent demand for such movement. No people can afford to remain ignorant of its past life and the means by which its institution have grown. This study is limited to the educational institutions of what is now Quay County, New Mexico. It is the desire of the writer to portray the educational development as it is, and …

A Study Of The Physical Education Facilities And Programs In Three Southern Utah High Schools, Floyd Harrison Slater

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

In the field of physical education there has been formulated by leading physical education authorities an ideal program for use· in high schools, but this program cannot always be used in our high schools because of certain problems that are always present. However, we can adopt the ideal program and modify it to fit any situation that may arise in the various schools. The physical education program is an unstatic program. It is always changing with the changing philosophy of physical education.

An Evaluation Of The Health And Physical Education Programs In The High Schools Of Utah, Israel C. Heaton

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

During the past ten years there has been an increased evidence of the importance of health and physical education in the United States. Leaders in this field are attempting to establish physical education in its rightful place in the school curriculum. The Research Quarterly for October, 1936 says:

It (physical education) should be dignified by providing a definite curriculum content comparable to that in academic fields, as opposed to the traditional practice of merely giving a child exercise regardless of the medium envolved. (12, p.99)

The growth of health and physical education in Utah has been very slow. In 1908 …

The History Of Education In San Saba County, Texas, Vernon Thomas

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

Statement of the problem: It is the purpose of this study (1) to collect and preserve the records of those events, characters, and movements that have influenced the educational system of San Saba County, Texas, and have made the present system what it is and (2) to point out the weaknesses found in the school systems and offer recommendations for correcting them.

Delimitations of the problem: This study includes only the white schools of the county, as there were only 14 Negro scholastics in the county in August, 1880, and 43 such scholastics in the county in August, 1939. Most …

A Study Of Student Publications In The Public High Schools Of New Mexico, Paul Springer

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to (1) determine the extent to which student publications are current in New Mexico; (2) to determine the frequency of the kinds of publications used; (3) to find the mechanical methods of publications used; (4) to reveal the general organization and management of the publications, such as: (a) to find who sponsors the publications and how the sponsors are selected; (b) to find the systems used in selecting student representatives, or staffs; (c) to find the number of staffs of publications; and (d) to show the relation of the principal and superintendent to …

Careers Of High School Basketball Players, Jewel D. Michael

Graduate Thesis Collection

Popular opinion is divided into two general groups as to the value of basketball activities, one group holding that training in basketball will transfer to actual life situations, while the other contends that it is a waste of time to spend hours in practicing and in trips which necessitate absence from academic work. In general, this study seeks to give some evidence on this question, through an examination of the subsequent careers or the boys who were basketball players in Frankfort High School during the years from 1919-1940.

The Transfer Of Training From Latin To French And Spanish, Pauline Ray Morton-Finney

Graduate Thesis Collection

The purpose of this study is to investigae the relationship between Latin and French, between Latin and Spanish, and to evaluate the assumption of many language teachers that high school pupuls who have had one year of Latin tended, on the whole, because of that fact, to do better academic work in Franch and Spanish as measured in terms of marks received, than did pupils who had not studied Latin.

Conservation In Text Books Of Biology, Paul Van Swearingen

Graduate Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

Tax-Exemption Of Non-Public School Property, Cornelia A. Johnson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Summary And An Evaluation Of Selected Experimental Placement Investigations In Elementary School Arithmetic, Joseph Ernest King

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Cultural And Social Values Of High-School Chemistry, Mary Josephine Kortman

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Spelling Errors Of The Freshmen Of The Colored Race In The Du Sable High School, Helen Cecelia Cleary

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Trends In The Teaching Of United States History In The Elementary Schools Grades I To Vi, Alma Hoss

Graduate Thesis Collection

It had in the past been thought that United states history was an essential part of the elementary course of study…

Experimental Studies In Junior High School Monotonism, Lina Baldauf Knight

Graduate Thesis Collection

The individual who lacks the use of his voice as a musical instrument lacks the natural, fundamental medium of musical expression. Not only does he lack the means for the closest and most direct relationship with music, but also there is a serious danger that, as a result, his whole range of musical appreciation will be impaired and finally obliterated. This is likely to occur because he does not have at his command and under his control this power which he so definitely needs. Children who are thus handicapped are often designated by the use of the word monotone.

Lutheran Elementary Schools In The Central District Of The Missouri Synod, Edwin L. Kirchhoff

Graduate Thesis Collection

This discourse presents significant data relating to major developments in the elementary school system of the Central District of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. Some inferences are made which are based on information pertaining to the school system of the entire synod. These data, however, are used and interpreted as it affects the schools in this district.

A Historical Sketch Of Public High Schools For Negroes In Louisiana, Edna M. Cordier

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation

The question of educational facilities for Negroes as become an acute problem in the South in the last decade. The demand for equal opportunities in education is becoming more and more insistent among the mentally alert leaders of the colored group. They believe that since they are called upon to perform certain duties imposed by the Constitution, they should share in the benefits guaranteed by this sacred document.