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Activity And Relationship In Social Science Teaching In The Fifth And Sixth Grades, Jenny B. Joyce

Bachelors’ Theses

In using the term "activity", I am referring to pupil activity, the self-activity of the child. Brunkes claims that it is a necessary element in obvious. Geography is a living, growing subject. In it the child studies about the activities of the people of the world. The subject itself is active. The old formal question-answer method, the inflexible outline method do not bring the required results. Furthermore, it is common knowledge in the realm of pedagogy that learning is an active process. The most effective learning takes place when the child is engaged in some purposeful activity. In other words, …

Play And Health, Margaret E. Mcmahon

Bachelors’ Theses

The aim of this thesis is to present a range and variety of materials that may help the reader to become acquainted with the problems of health and play, which are gaining increasing recognition and emphasis as fundamental essentials in life and education.

Primary Handwriting And Its Correlation With Other Primary Activities, Evelyn L. Pfeiffer

Bachelors’ Theses

A brief study of the countless ages covered by the development of writing from its most primitive state to that employed by the nations of today, and how our own alphabet has reached such a high stage of development through the slow but steady improvements made by our ancestors may help us to realize the importance and great magnitude of this heritage and inspire us to teach it to our children in such a way as to give them "a common understanding of the past and a vision of the future." It may help them to know about the thoughts …

The Elementary School Library, Margrethe D. Peterson

Bachelors’ Theses

After having been a teacher for a number of years, I was given the opportunity of taking charge of our elementary school library, which was just being organized.

The experience has been such a pleasant one, that I resolved to learn more about the history, growth and progress of the elementary school library movement in the country and seek courses of study being used, to aid in formulating one in our own school.

What I have gathered and arranged in the following thesis, I have felt were the most important factors to be used in guiding my own or any …

The Teaching Of Reading In The Fourth Grade, Anne V. Thomas

Bachelors’ Theses

The ability to read rapidly and comprehensively is being recognized more and more by people in all walks of life. Reading is essentially a thought getting process therefore possession of good thought reading ability makes it possible for one to enrich his own life, become more efficient in his chosen work and be of greater service to the world in which he lives. Society demands that we know how to read in order to meet certain definite social needs. The ability to read is practically universal. The child being a born imitator wishes to do what he sees his elders …

Concrete Material In The Teaching Of History, Florence R. Crabtree

Bachelors’ Theses

Of the importance and value of using concrete, il­lustrative material in the teaching of history in order to help the student become sensitive to the conditions and events of the past, education of the present day is becom­ing more conscious.

The Use Of Standardized Tests In The School Room, Esther E. Heyer

Bachelors’ Theses

The giving of standardized mental and educational tests has occupied a conspicuous place in the professional literature of the past few years. Ten years ago testing was almost unknown in the public schools except to discover those who were mentally defective for placement in "Special Classes". Schools in practically all large towns and in many small ones and also in country district are now making extensive use of test results. Being a movement which deals with a problem so intangible as the measurement of intelligence, it is often misinterpreted and misunderstood, thereby often seriously affecting the life of a child. …

The Teaching Of Retarded Pupils In Special Classes In Public Schools In The United States, Carol Hughes

Bachelors’ Theses

Since the goal or modern education is equal opportunity for all the vital question before educatives as h ow to make provision for individual differences found in native Capacity and educational achievement of pupils.

A Curriculum For Teaching The History Of Geography Of Morgan County, Colorado, In The Junior High School Of Fort Morgan, Colorado, Maude Carroll Hammond

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

This volume has been prepared principally as a text to be used in local history and geography in the Junior High School of Fort Morgan, Colorado. The time devoted to this work is one hour a day for nine weeks.

The purpose of this study is to acquaint the children with the history and geography of their county and to connect it with the immediate present.

An attempt has been made to cover the history of Morgan County from its establishment to the present time. [Taken from introduction]

A Study Of The Educational Program In Kansas In Relation To The State's Ability To Support Public Education, Glenn C. Archer

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

This thesis will deal primarily with one phase of the social problem just raised and may be stated thus, "The Educational Program in Kansas in Relation to the State's Ability to Support Public Education." It is the writer's purpose to present the facts relative to the ability of the state of Kansas to support public education. After these have been presented we will be in a better position to propose more intelligently the better policy to pursue in respect to education in our state. The problem of taxation in the state of Kansas is receiving more attention now than ever …

A History Of The Indianapolis Elementary Schools 1821-1900, Norma Deluse

Graduate Thesis Collection

This dissertation presents a partial history of Indianapolis elementary schools during the years 1821-1900.  Research has particularly been directed to three phases of the history, first, chronological development, second, administrative organization, and third, legislative acts which directly affected Indianapolis schools.  Other phases of the subject, not treated in this thesis are detailed research of finance, buildings and grounds, personnel, salaries, methods, and curriculum.

Health And Physical Education, Kenneth M. Radick

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to show, the progress which is being made to co6rdlnate Health Education with Physical Education in secondary schools throughout the United States. The organization plans of several of the largest cities have been secured and studied and are herewith presented to persons interested in latest developments in Health and Physical Education. One of the latest trends in education is the inclusion of Health Education within the general term of Physical Education. The material for this study has been gathered from periodical publications, texts on physical education and from data secured from a set of …

Oral Reading In The Intermediate Grades, Mildred Gudex

Bachelors’ Theses

By silent reading we mean the single process of getting the thought from the printed page; by oral reading we mean the getting and the giving of the thought from the printed page. Oral reading is, accordingly, a much more complex process than silent reading. Silent reading involves the recognition of the symbol - that is, the word - and the as sociation of the word with the idea or getting the thought. Oral reading involves the recognition of the symbol; the as sociation of the word with the idea - getting the thought; and the vocal utterance of the …

The Teaching Of Oral Language In Grades I To Viii, Elizabeth M. Weisend

Bachelors’ Theses

The work of promoting good speaking and of obtaining accuracy in the expression of thought is one of the most important aims to be accomplished in teaching. The ability of the child to use accurately his mother-tongue in speaking is of great social and cultural value. It helps him to adapt himself socially to his environment and to think and express himself clearly. It gives him confidence in himself and thereby, ease in appearing before an audience, through his fluency in conversation gained by an ever-increasing vocabulary and a knowledge and use of correct English.

Social Studies In Grades One Through Six, Orville William Gesell

Bachelors’ Theses

The Purpose, Procedure and Scope of the Study PURPOSE. The purpose of this study is to present to the teachers of the primary and elementary grades a social study course which will attempt to give them definite help by means of (1) organized units' (2) time allotment; (3) teacher and pupil references; (4) suggested activities; (5) laboratory equipment; and (6) sources of illustrative material.

An Experiment In Remedial Reading In A Second Grade, Harriett M. Gaffney

Bachelors’ Theses

Every teacher finds a great range of capacities and abilities in her room. She finds that although some children comprehend what they read, they read much too slowly. She finds that others may read rapidly but not get the thought from what they read. She finds that some may e able to follow printed directions well but are inefficient in getting the complete thought from narrative material.

The New School In The Upper Grades, Selma F. Tonn

Bachelors’ Theses

The chief equipment a good teacher needs is a sympathetic understanding of child nature and child interests, and common sense or tact in the choice and use of methods of teaching suited to them. Anyone who has often seen the happy eager faces of all the children in a class of thirty-five or more can speak with authority. To discover the particular interests of each child; to choose those which have broad, various, and valuable educational opportunities, which can serve as ’’leads” to further interests and wider experience; to give children experience in living as it is natural to them …

Individuality And Provisions Made For It In The Primary Grades, Justine Kupecky

Bachelors’ Theses

The writer always has felt that the school can never rise to its best until it provides for the fullest possible development of each individual child. A subject has been selected so that a clearer understanding of the changes going on toward the fulfillment of this ideal may be had.

An attempt to defend individuality has been made and by giving many aims of modern education, it has been shown that individuality is the goal of all education. Facts have been gathered to show why modern education is not reaching its goal.

What has actually been done for the individuality …

Ice Hockey, Arthur Peterson

Bachelors’ Theses

Because of the drastic rule changes in ice hockey during the last few years all established systems of offense and defense must be radically changed or abolished. Besides adding more speed and scoring to the fame the rule changes have brought about a standardization of the game, causing the amateur and professional interpretation of rules to mean about the same. The usual official rules of any game are far from a description of the game, and the most descriptive literature on the subject is lacking in the definiteness of the rules. The present thesis aims to combine these two elements, …

Taking Care Of Individual Differences In Reading In The Primary Grades, Stella Peterson

Bachelors’ Theses

It is the purpose of this contribution: 1. To show the need of taking care of individual differences in reading. 2. To show the causes for individual differences in reading, and 3. To show the manner in which to take care of individual differences in reading.

The Need Of Vocational Guidance, John Wood

Bachelors’ Theses

The aim of this study is to show there is need of some competent, responsible, agency to assist individuals in the selection of a vocation and to render further assistance, if necessary, to the individual after the choice of a vocation has been made.

The Assembly, With Particular Reference To Grades Kindergarten To Eighth, Lloyd Frank Jones

Bachelors’ Theses

The assembly is the forum, where school government finds its best expression in electing leaders, formulating rules for the common good, inaugurating officers, exercising other functions of government, and building up school loyalty.

Literature For Little Children, Marie A. Ruberg

Bachelors’ Theses

Working in the capacity of one whose duty it is to make the five and six year old child's experience deeper, wider, and more satisfying through the medium of literature the writer has realized that there is an inexhaustible amount of knowledge and appreciation to acquire in order to have a background required for intelligently evaluating literature to be used and for effectively inculcating appreciation for that selection into the children.

Visual Instruction, Harry C. Haufschild

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to show the value of visual aids in education. It does not agree with those who claim that the percentages of our knowledge gained through the different senses show that the sense of eight is responsible tor eighty-seven per cent.

Reading Readiness, May Katherine Cooke

Bachelors’ Theses

As reading is of all the primary subjects the most crucial and the basis upon which first-grade and second-grade promotion is determined, a study of Reading Readiness is of the utmost importance. This essay is an attempt to describe those influencing factors which prepare pupils for the function of reading in the primary grades.

Modern methods and materials used in the preparation of pupils tor reading have been described and discussed and special reference made to the work accomplished along these lines 1n the kindergartens of the Milwaukee Public Schools.

A Study Of The Quality And Speed Of Writing Of A Group Of Left Handed Children, Mildred Skourup

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

An interest in the phenomena of handedness is by no means new. Many investigations have been carried out with the purpose of answering the numerous and various questions that have been asked about the relation of man's hands to each other. Almost as many different conclusions have been reached concerning the experiments mentioned above. Only a very few of the questions have been given an unanimous answer.

Educational Qualifications Of Commercial Teachers In The Four Year Accredited High Schools Of Kansas, Logan C. Guffey

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The problem grew out of a class in seminar under the direction of the late Doctor Hugh C. Pryor in the summer of 1931 in which a study was made of the preparation and training of teachers in the secondary schools of Kansas. It was the opinion of the group that there was little definitely known about the collegiate training of the high school teachers of the state. Quite frequently members of the class suggested that research work in this field would be a valuable contribution from the standpoint of information concerning the scholastic attainment of the teachers of secondary …

An Analysis Of Certain Phases Of The Work And Professional Preparation Of The High School Teacher, Victor Fred Guffey

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

This study has been prompted by a feeling, on the part of the writer and others, that high-school teachers are obliged to perform a great many teaching and non-teaching activities of a professional nature, while engaged in teaching service, for which inadequate pre-service training has been made. This feeling has been re-enforced by observation on the part of the writer, of high-school teachers at work and practice teachers in training, and by careful introspection when the writer has attempted to put into execution the content of his own professional training. Six phases of the teaching job have been selected for …

A Comparative Analysis Of State Courses Of Study In Character Education, Robert Burnett

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

The purpose of this study is to determine what the state Departments of Education have done to carry out definite programs in character education in elementary and secondary schools. This problem is limited to special courses of study in character education issued by certain State Departments of Education. According to the United States Bureau of Education at Washington, D. c., only six of the forty-eight states have prepared special courses of study in this field. In this study a comparative analysis is made of these courses of study as to character traits and objectives, methods of procedure in developing the …

Play And Its Relation To Education, Grace Lewandowski

Bachelors’ Theses

The earliest action that has been suggested as the beginning of the play movement in the United States is the provision or the New England town commons which dates from the early part of the Seventeenth Century, the Boston Commons having been established in 1634. Although there is abundant evidence that these commons have been used for play by each succeeding generation of boys since colonial times, these cannot be termed playgrounds, since the spaces were originally provided for pasturage and their utilization for municipal recreation came later.