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The Present Status Of Reading, Agnes M. Murphy

Bachelors’ Theses

Changes in modern social life have caused important changes in the classroom. Efforts are made to meet the needs of this new social situation by means of a broader course of study, an ever increasing curriculum, and scientific methods of procedure in classroom instruction.

The Relation Of Athletics To The Adolescent Boy, Peter Francis Murphy Jr.

Bachelors’ Theses

The adolescent period, or "youth," as it is sometimes called, extends from the arrival of puberty to the attainment of maturity,. This period, therefore, begins about the twelfth or thirteenth year and is brought to a close in about the twenty first year, and for that reason is frequently termed the "teen" age.

The adolescent stage of life is usually split into three divisions, each overlapping the other, and these divisions are called for convenience, early, middle and late adolescence. The first extends from the twelfth to the fifteenth year, the second from the fourteenth to the eighteenth, and the …

The Junior College, Ue Woh Shin

Bachelors’ Theses

American institutions are the expressions of American spirit and American opportunity. With an innate desire for freedom of expression, and an unlimited opportunity for such everywhere in this country, individual, local, or denominational pride has endeavored to establish such institutions as best represented its own particular whims, beliefs, or needs. The growth of schools and churches is the witness.

Character Education, Anna Millmann

Bachelors’ Theses

Character is one of the greatest motive powers in the world. It exemplifies human nature in its highest forms for it exhibits man at his best. It is farmed by a variety of minute circumstances. more or less under the regulation and control of the individual. Not a day passes without its discipline. whether for good or for evil. There is no act, however trivial, but has its train of consequences. Every action, every thought, every feeling, contributes to the education of the temper, the habits, and understanding. and exercises an inevitable influence upon all the acts of our future …

Development And Utility Of Achievement Tests, Arthur M. Schwan

Bachelors’ Theses

Scientific measurement is not a novel thing. As a matter of fact, educators are and have always been confirmed users of measurement, measurement of a kind. For several generations teachers have been employing tests which to the uninitiated observer would differ from standard tests in only one respect. The teachers ·test is usually written on the blackboard while the standard test is usually printed on paper. Present a standard test to a teacher or principal who never heard of one, and neither will recognize that it is possessed of any peculiar virtue or potent dangers. Ayres tells us: "If Dr. …

Extra-Curricular Activities In The High School, Ethel Mary De Marsh

Bachelors’ Theses

Extra-curricular activities in the secondary school are those which are not provided for in the regular curriculum, but are an essential part in the regular program. The activities are the result of broadened aims in education within the last half century, and the realization of the fact that students are entitled to the development of spiritual, social and physical, as well as the intellectual side of their character.

The Growth Of Civic Education In The Schools, Alice F. Lantry

Bachelors’ Theses

The term "civics" is now generally used to refer to the teaching of "civil government" including all those projects which tend to develop an interested, intelligent, efficient, loyal citizenship. It is much broader in scope than the term "civil government" which was formerly used and which was but a synonym for machinery of government.

The Problem Of Individual Differences, Marie Ann Lamers

Bachelors’ Theses

One of the most vital problems confronting "the schoolmen of today is the problem of individual differences. This problem is a stumbling block to the teachers particularly in the public schools of our large cities who fin1 themselves faced. by so many varieties, ages, sizes, and types of chil1ren and in such numbers that they are at a lose to know what to do.

Social Aspects Of Education Pertaining To Curriculum Construction, George F. Leonard

Graduate Thesis Collection

The purpose of this dissertation is to make a study of the selection, analysis, and the organization of school pupils in fitting them to meet their special and social needs as adults.

The Development Of Roman Schools And Education, Katharine C. Davy

Bachelors’ Theses

Education develops as a nation progresses. Roman education paralleled the growth of the Roman state. Thus we find three stages in the development of education, corresponding to the development and expansion of Rome. In the first period of the early Republic, education was elementary and solely a preparation for life and service to the state. In the second period, when Rome is expanding, fighting the Punic war, and extending its boundaries, education is coming under the Greek influence and culture. In the third period, when Rome is an empire, a world state, education is Graeco-Roman; broadened and expanded to include …

The Need Of Public Junior Colleges In Utah, Evan B. Murray

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

“The need for junior colleges becomes more urgent from year to year. I would recommend that the legislature make provision for the establishment and maintenance of state junior colleges at such centers as it may deem advisable.” This is a quotation from state Superintendent C. N. Jensen.

The following study is intended to answer, to a degree at least, the two questions inherent in this statement: namely, Is there a need for state junior colleges in Utah? If there is a need, where should they be established?

Oral And Written Composition In The Upper Grades: A Thesis, Anna R. Sullivan

Bachelors’ Theses

There are several reasons why our pupils have not learned 1 to talk well: 1. There has not been enough of oral language work, as a separate and distinct training, in the elementary school. 2. Oral work has not been utilized as much as it ought to be as an aid, and a preparation for, written work. A child who is to be taught to write well, must first be taught to talk well. 3. The other school subjects have not been utilized as effectively as they might be to develop power in oral composition. 4. The school has constantly …

Criteria For Cirriculum Making In The Elementary School, Mary R. Molloy

Bachelors’ Theses

The curriculum of the elementary school has not caught up with the content of American life. It has lagged behind the current civilization.

Spelling In The Modern Curriculum, Margaret Hughes

Bachelors’ Theses

The aim in the teaching of spelling is to give the child ability to arrange the letters in such formation as to correspond to the idea which exists in the mind. The word is an expressed symbol of an idea. Thia expression is to be read as well as written. Our knowledge of word forms comes through the sense of sight and hearing and they are acted upon by the judgment which affirms or denies the identity of ideas and gives the material in this juclgnent for a new judgment, this process being reasoning.

The Platoon Plan, Ethel May Gardner

Bachelors’ Theses

The educational history of the United States during the past quarter of a century has been marked by the sporadic appearance of pedagogic plans, or devices, which have been heralded as panaceas for the cure of the multitudinous ills of large city school systems. Most of these administrative devices have been originated in small towns, as their names testify - Batavia plan, Dalton plan, Gary plan. Under the double title of "work-study-play, or platoon plan," the last named has assumed the proportions of a national movement, on account of the opportunities which its promoters have had to promulgate it through …

The Development Of The High School In The United States, Mary Renata Colvin

Bachelors’ Theses

The making of American institutions and the making of American character, can hardly be thought of as distinct processes, but are two aspects of one process. The one cannot be understood apart from the other. Schools have always occupied a position midway between church and state. In the early days they were affected more strongly by ecclesiastical considerations, in more recent times, by considerations more political. Among the schools too, the high schools hold an intermediate position. They have been, and are influenced by educational institutions above and below them. Speaking in a general way, secondary education is an education …

Psychological Value Of The Project Method Of Teaching, M. Beatrice Donovan

Bachelors’ Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of High School And College Grades, Ivy Bernice Wilkinson

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The task I have set myself is one to which my interest has been led by a varied experience in high school teaching followed by several years teaching in college where our high school product is largely disposed of. In all that experience the giving of grades was a bugbear, a necessary evil apparently, and it occurred to me that if those grades had or could be made to have some value beyond the moment, sone directive or prognostic value, they might lose their 111-reputation in the minds of both pupil and teacher. With this thought in mind I interviewed …

Characteristic Traits Of The Disciplinary And Truancy Case In The Public School, Clara B. Thormyer

Graduate Thesis Collection

This thesis is a study of the characteristic traits of disciplinary and truancy cases in the public schools of Indianapolis and vicinity. It seeks to answer the questions which follow. 1. What is the age of the boy or girl who is the disciplinary and truancy problem in school? 2. What is the intelligence quotient of these pupils? 3. What is the educational status and what responsibility has the home and the school in these cases?

Vocational Guidance, Mary Leonore Walsh

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Function Of The Priest And Of The Prophet In The Propatation Of Religion, Charles Ernest Davis

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

As one peers across the vistas of the past two types of holy men stand out with striking prominence and significance. The advance of religious thought and life has largely been due to the activities and contributions of these two, the priest and the prophet.

It has been the purpose of this research to seek to discover the particular functions of each of these, to show their correlation in producing religious advance, and to make certain suggestions as to how the values each has to contribute to the program of the modern Christian church may be more adequately realized.

Relative Importance And Position Of Oral And Silent Reading In The Upper Grades, Annie F. Schwebke

Bachelors’ Theses

Our present social needs demand much that is new; much that is different, much that calls for a change in attitudes and ideas. For as time goes on, we must all keep apace so as not to lag behind in method, thought, or action. Many of the subjects in our school curriculum have undergone vital changes in purpose, value, and method of presentation. Not least among these is reading.

The Catholic Curriculum In The Elementary Catholic Schools, Mary Josepha Coady

Bachelors’ Theses

Of the institutions that play an important part in our modern civilization perhaps there is not one that is commanding more general attention than the elementary sohool.

Suggestive Educational Procedures For Teaching The Description And Location Of Land, Nellie Irene Gill

Bachelors’ Theses

The following material consists of: first, a historical introduction' to the subject, leading from the development of the general plan to the more specific study of this same arrangement as it is used in the state of Wisconsin; nest, a series of different types of class-room work on the subject; and lastly, some suggestive school-room games designed to increase the class interest by supplementing quick effective drills.

The Evaluation And Use Of The Project Method Of Teaching In The Primary Grades, Veronica C. Sullivan

Bachelors’ Theses

Education is life in that it deals with life's situations. The great educator, John Dewey, says, "Learn to do by doing. Self education through activity is exactly what is meant by the best conception of the project method."

Human Geography In The Upper Grades Of The Elementary School, Helen T. Kelly

Bachelors’ Theses

Since school geography, at lea.st in the mind or the teacher and the curriculum maker, must be a portion of the science of geography as defined by the authorities in the field, it is important that those who teach geography as well as those who plan courses of study should know the varying emphasis which different geographers have placed in interpreting and organizing this science.

Aims And Methods Of Teaching History In The Junior High School, Marguerite Mcnicholas

Bachelors’ Theses

Our social inheritance from the past coupled with our visionary hopes for the future, tend to alter, in each few generations, the objectives of education. As Americans, we were early exponents of the present world ideal of political democracy. The devotion of democracy to education is evident. A democratic society must have a type of education which gives individuals a personal interest in social relationships and control, and the habits of mind which secure social changes without producing disorder. "It therefore becomes necessary for each generation to take stock of its ideals and of the activities of its people, to …

The Teaching Of History In The Grades, Alice Brierton

Bachelors’ Theses

In considering the teaching of history in the grades, one must necessarily begin with a clear-cut statement of what he means by history.

The time has long since passed when students consider history a record of war and strife and reconciliation; when they regard it as a summary of meaningless dates doled out to them to be memorized. They realize that History is not one of these, but when they are asked to define it, they cannot answer so easily.

From a group of forty seventh and eighth grade children whom I asked to give their own definition of History, …

Vital Phases Of The Project Method Of Teaching, Irene Horlivy

Bachelors’ Theses

The dissatisfaction of educators with the teaching of isolated facts have expressed itself in the recent development of the Project Method. Everywhere the endeavor to organize education on this practical, pedagogical basis, is meeting with most enthusiastic support.

Pre Vocational Education With Special Reference To Pre Vocational Education For Girls, Ruth Hurlbut

Bachelors’ Theses

The necessity for providing vocational information and experience for children who are likely to leave school before completing the high-school course and thus face at a very early age the demands of industrial and commercial life, is coming to be generally recognized. It has been evident for many years the the public school has been giving more effective service to the boy and girl who continue through college and into the professions than it does to the one who must step directly into the job without further training - and this in the face of the fact the the latter …