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The Point Of View Of Industry On The Modernization Of Content And The Upgrading Of Technical Drafting Instruction, Daniel R. Oliver Aug 1965

The Point Of View Of Industry On The Modernization Of Content And The Upgrading Of Technical Drafting Instruction, Daniel R. Oliver

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

An attempt was made to encourage drafting supervisors of Arizona’s industries to point out areas in which beginning draftsmen were weak and in need of improved instruction. These supervisors were also encouraged to express their views on possible methods for correcting these weaknesses that might exist. Sixty-eight firms participated in the study. The study revealed a need for improvement in most of the areas of basic drafting practices. The best method recommended by these firms for keeping drafting instructors up-to-date and in line with industry was through summer workshops of one or two weeks in length carried out in various …


Selected Materials In The Field Of Industrial Arts For The Slow Learner, Victor Joseph Scarpelli Jul 1965

Selected Materials In The Field Of Industrial Arts For The Slow Learner, Victor Joseph Scarpelli

Graduate Student Research Papers

This study attempts to present materials in all areas of Industrial Arts for the slow learner. While these materials are available to the general public, the effort involved in securing them is most time consuming. No bibliography of Industrial Arts materials for the slow learner has been assembled. Collecting extensive resource materials entails visiting businesses, interviewing people, scanning literature, reading brochures and writing for available information.


Significant Aspects Of The Industrial Arts Programs In The Junior High Schools Of The Four-State Region, Billy Max Bumgardner Jul 1965

Significant Aspects Of The Industrial Arts Programs In The Junior High Schools Of The Four-State Region, Billy Max Bumgardner

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine some of the more significant aspects, with respect to diversification and similarity, of the industrial arts programs in the junior high schools of the four state region of Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma for the school year 1963-1964. The major aspects examined were the general organization and programs of the junior high schools; the industrial arts courses and content, and the nature and organization of the industrial arts programs, the types of shops used, the grade levels of instruction, and the opinions of respondents concerning the programs. The general conclusion drawn from …


A Study Comparing Two Methods Of Teaching Basic Electronics, Gilbert Burnett Jun 1965

A Study Comparing Two Methods Of Teaching Basic Electronics, Gilbert Burnett

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The problem is to compare two methods of teaching basic electricity, one being the 3-E Experimenter method by McKnight and McKnight Co., and the other being the “lecture-demonstration and project” method used at the Kansas State College of Pittsburg to instruct the class “Applied Electricity 140” (spring 1964-1965). The two methods will be compared according to the following criteria: the students’ level of initial learning; project construction quality; project reports; direct observation.


Guidance Activities For The Teacher Of Business Education, Virginia Watkins Jan 1965

Guidance Activities For The Teacher Of Business Education, Virginia Watkins

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.