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Educational Work Of The Sisters Of Providence In Indiana, Philomene Cullity

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Teacher-Checking Versus Pupil-Checking For Errors In Written Composition Of Junior High School Pupils, Agnes H. Dister

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A History Of The First Fifty Years Of The Sisters Of Providence In The United States, Lawrence Gonner

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Problem Of Religious Vocations In Catholic Secondary Schools For Girls, Mary J. Calasanctia Keinz

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A History Of Education In Mexico Since 1857, Alma S. Andrews

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis is to give an outline of the marked progress of education in Mexico since 1857, the date of the final separation of church and state.

Having taught tor several years in Americanization schools, the writer has experienced close contact with all classes of Mexicans. Consequently, this study has been entered into for the purpose of bringing about a better understanding of the peculiar needs of the people and of the problems confronting the Mexican nation as a whole.

It is the sincere hope of the writer that this work will absorb the interest or those …

What Certain Libraries And Schools Are Doing Towards Encouraging And Directing The Summer Reading Of Boys And Girls In Elementary And Junior High Schools, Julia Bray

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

At the beginning of summer each year, a vast number of school children all over our land are released for two months or more to enjoy a period of leisure. With the steady growth of cities, it has become a problem in many large urban districts to care for these children, especially the adolescents who find it a perplexing problem to know how to spend their leisure time.

Minimum Essentials In Spelling, Punctuation, Capitalization And English Grammar : Being A Study To Determine What Spelling, Punctuation, Capitalization And Grammar Should Be Studied In The Junior High School And To Determine What Items Of Grammar Should Be Stressed., John Riley Beard

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

There is considerable interest in minimum essentials in English. This interest is manifested in educational periodicals, pamphlets and monographs that have given the results of surveys that have been made in order to find out what the minimum essentials should be. Not only periodicals treat of the subject, but books also are being written which are devoted entirely or in part to the minimum essentials. Practice pads and other devices are other evidences of an effort to aid those who are trying to teach the essentials. The criticism of the colleges and the technical training schools is that their entering …

A Two Year Course Of Study For Secondary School Music Students, James Edgar Hogin

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This is Volume II, Volume I is in process of being scanned

A Report Of A Five Year Experiment In The Formulation And Operation Of A Character Education Program In A Small Rural Secondary School, Mable William Barron

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This report on the formulation and operation of a plan for character education in a rural secondary school is submitted in the hope that it may be one of many similar studies aimed to stimulate interest in and foster character building. It is not contended that this is a perfect scheme. Its defects were clearly revealed in its five years of operation. Its influence and results are more clearly apparent to those who view it from the distance. One of the new teachers stated in February, "I don't know what's responsible but the boys and girls in this school are …

Comparison Of The Legal Status Of County School Superintendents And City School Superintendents, With Emphasis Upon Superintendents Of New Mexico, John L. Gill

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

It is the purpose of this study to determine the legal status which has been accorded to city school superintendents and county school superintendents in the several states, to compare the status of one with that of the other, and to evaluate each in the light of the recommendations of authorities in educational administration. Emphasis will be placed upon the provisions of the New Mexico Statutes relative to the status of county school superintendents and city school superintendents.

Adolescence And Guidance, Mary Verna Downey

Bachelors’ Theses

Adolescence is a period of great bodily and mental changes. It is the period when most young people must choose their life work. It is unfortunate that this is true, because it is a time of instability. However, this is the situation. Life offers many alluring prospects at this period of adolescence. Wise guidance is necessary to direct the young person to choose the occupation for which by interests and abilities, he is best fitted.

It is at this time that the school and other agencies of guidance have their opportunities of functioning.

Modern Concepts Of The Teaching Of Geography, Cora S. Peterson

Bachelors’ Theses

Geography as a subject has had a very slow growth in comparison with other subjects of the school curriculum in our schools as well as in European institutions of learning - its growth has, indeed, been slow - from a descriptive stage, through the present pseudoscientific stage, to the ideal stage of the future: that of a philosophical science. This coming science occupies a most important position in a well balanced scheme of education. It should, therefore, be taught in such a manner, particularly in the elementary schools, that it will be productive of that wide, deep, and practical culture …

A Survey In The High Schools Of Western Kansas On The Relation Of Training And Experience Of Teachers Of Commercial Subjects To The Achievement Of Pupils Enrolled In These Classes, Melvin Wilbur Torrey

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

While assisting in the work of the commerce department of the Fort Hays Kansas State College, the writer frequently had called to his attention the degree of thoroughness, or lack of it, with which high school students are being prepared for college work. This degree of preparation presented itself frequently in the matter of preview tests given to beginning college students in commercial courses, the purpose of which was to discover the placement of these students in college classes. For instance, many classes in the commercial department of the college require for entrance on the part of the student, certain …

The Central Task In Teaching Speech In The Elementary And The Secondary Schools, Harry A. Ulrich

Bachelors’ Theses

The oral English problem has repeatedly confronted me as a teacher of literature, English and dramatics in a junior technical high school. Many of my students are badly handicapped by their foreign vernacular. Just how to satisfactorily master this difficulty in order to enable them to speak English better, without their being unduly self-conscious, made it necessary for me to read material that would possibly help me solve this speech problem.

As such material is in the process of experiment, one’s conclusions are naturally only temporary and nascent. The speech periodicals number many intangible writers be¬ cause their conclusions are …

A Course Of Study In History Of The Wausau Schools In Third, Fourth, Fifth And Sixth Grades, Gertrude Mcguine

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to assemble a workable course of study to be used in the teaching of social studies in the intermediate grades of the schools of Wausau. At present, only a limited amount of time may be given to the teaching of the social studies, exclusive of Geography, which is treated separately. Hence a carefully worked out plan is absolutely necessary if we are to obtain the results for which we hope.

The Gifted Child, Caroline Krause Harling

Bachelors’ Theses

The idea of providing special educational facilities for children of superior intelligence is by no means a novel one. The subject has recently come to engage a large part of the attention, not only of psychologists and educationists but also of laymen. If nature really endows some children intellect­ually more generously than she does others - and the data pre­sented in this thesis will convince any fair-minded person that this is the case - the fact is of importance to those who are interested in social advancement as well as to those teachers and parents who are striving to do …

The Educational And Guidance Values Of 4-H Clubs, Jason W. Jones

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to analyze the activities of the 4-H Clubs in order to discover; first, their educational values and second, their guidance values.

One of the most discussed topics of the day is Federal Aid for agriculture. The best way to help the farmer and his family is to train them to help themselves. Experience has shown that the best way to improve rural life and farm conditions is to begin with the children of the farmer. It is because of this that the development of the 4-H Clubs has been so rapid.

The Teaching Of Negro History In The Elementary School, David Joseph Jackson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

One of the reasons why there is such a great lack of cooperation within the race is ignorance of race ability. Students in high-school and college often times have but a vague and obscure concept of the Negro race, educationally, industrially, economically, and when in time these students seek to make and adjustment they find themselves handicapped . For this reason in order that, that love of race, that race consciousness, that makes not only for loyal race brothers, but rather which makes for true loyal law abiding citizens of America, Negro History, should find a place in the curriculum …

A Study Of The Relation Of Intelligence To Achievement In Certain Commercial Subjects In "Commercial High School," Atlanta, Georgia, Clarence Alonzo Swenson

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

In our complex, dynamic society the youth of today have a greater problem to face in choosing their life work than did our forefathers because their lives were mapped out for them and there was very little else for them to do than follow in the footsteps of their parents. In view of this fact we have begun to realize that the youth of today needs educational and vocational guidance which should be given him in the secondary schools.

There are a great number of factors that must be considered before we can give a student intelligent guidance. The purpose …

School Board Tenure And Schooling And Teacher Certification As Related To School Efficiency, Wier W. Vannorsdall

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The majority of the public schools in Crawford County, as in other counties of Kansas, are under the supervision of a County Superintendent. The schools under the supervision of this office are divided into two classes, rural schools having an eight-months' term and graded schools having a nine-months' term. The rural schools employ one teacher, while the graded schools employ two or more teachers.

This study deals with the comparative efficiency of eighteen rural schools and nine graded schools of Crawford County. The school efficiency was based on the scores made in the county examinations by the eighth grade pupils …

The Relative Merits Of Teaching Schorling And Clark Mathematics Without The Aid Of Drill, Compared To Teaching It With The Aid Of Two Kinds Of Drill, Edward E. Royse

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

This study attempts two things: (1) to find if Schorling and Clark Modern Mathematics, one of the adopted texts of Kansas, provides enough drill in the eighth grade; and (2) to weigh the value of two kinds of drill, viz., a flash-card machine and a drill test book.

A Course Of Study In Health Education For The Seventh And Eighth Grades Of The College Junior High School Of Pittsburg, Kansas, Anna Yates Stoffer

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The Department of Home Economics of the Kansas State Teachers College at Pittsburg is responsible for teaching a course in Health Education to the seventh and eighth grade students of the training school. Since the department had been concerned with the planning of a course of study which would be uniform from year to year, it seemed fitting that a detailed study should be made of the health habits and knowledge of the students in the two grades that information gathered therefrom should be used in formulating a course of study. [Taken from Introduction]

Science In The Elementary School, Ethel Queeman Weller

Bachelors’ Theses

Through this discussion of the aims of education and the relation of science to these aims, one may readily see that science deserves a place of importance in the curriculum of the elementary school.

A Workbook On Wisconsin, Katherine F. Monogue

Bachelors’ Theses

This workbook follows in general the text-book - Wisconsin - by Dr. Edward A. Fitzpatrick and is intended to accompany that book.

A Method Of Teaching Common Fractions In Fifth Grade, Lucy M. Williams

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to present a method of teaching common fractions to a fifth grade class, which will be adequate as determined by the results of recent investigations and studies made in this field.

The Home Room Of The Junior High School, Gertrude M. Dean

Bachelors’ Theses

It is my purpose, in this paper, to discuss the unit of the junior high school, the Home Room.

I have consulted the leading authorities on second­ary education, junior high schools, and home rooms, in order that I may quote from the material that they have written on this subject.

I have found that much has been published in the last five years concerning the importance of the home room. I have obtained my material from books written about junior high schools, from books which discuss extra-curricular activities, from magazines, and from pamphlets.

I shall present my subject by giving …

Correlation Of Art With The School Subjects Of The Upper Grades, Irene E. Cappon

Bachelors’ Theses

Art pervades every phase of life. Beauty is universal in its appeal. All children seem to delight in form and color from infancy. There seems to be a natural impulse in all to express· thoughts and feelings creatively and constructively through pencils, crayons, paints, clay, wood, and other media. All children find pleasure in seeing their efforts take visible form.

Extra-Curriculum Activities In The Junior High School, Ethel M. Fox

Bachelors’ Theses

The fundamental origin of all students' activities not covered by the curriculum is really a physical urge, round even among primitive people; namely, the element or
play. Play activities are characteristic of primitive people, especially during the adolescent period. Ceremonials and mysteries, the basic features of the lodge, are derivations of this natural urge. It is the ritual idea that helps to keep alive many secret orders, and it is this same ritual idea that makes a dynamic appeal to adolescence. Successful leadership of youth requires an intimate knowledge or the basic appeal of adolescence.

The Value Of Music Appreciation In The Elementary Grades, Alice M. Holland

Bachelors’ Theses

Music appreciation is an understanding and enjoyment of good music. It is an inborn tendency natural to all people incapable of ever being completely extinguished but always capable of resuscitation and of being made larger.

Problem-Solving In Arithmetic, Eva M. Acker

Bachelors’ Theses

For a century arithmetic has been a popular subject in the elementary schools, and has consumed more time than any other subject. The war had an effect in reducing this time on arithmetic, largely due to the war-time emphasis on health, food production, back-of-the-line morale, and kindred subjects. More recently, school activities and playground work have come in for a reasonable share of the school time. The Twenty-ninth Yearbook recognizes the child as the center of interest, and the final criterion of all values being the effect any technique of teaching or any content of instruction has on the child. …