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Play Life, Dorothy Flatz

Bachelors’ Theses

So universal is the impulse to play that there is no part of the world in which play and play traditions do not exist in some form. All over the civilized globe, girls play with dolls, boys wrestle, and older people dance. The game called Blind Man’s Buff may be seen in France, in Scotland or in any other country. The game, Fox and Geese, played in one section of our country may be found slightly altered as Fox and Chickens in another section. Play is not only a part of our civilized nation but is just as much a …

The Teaching Of Oral Language In Grades I To Viii, Elsa A. Lemberg

Bachelors’ Theses

The problem in the schools today is the teaching of oral language in such a manner that it will be used correctly and efficiently by the pupils when they are outside of the school room.

The Library In The Junior High School, Mary Ellen Mannix

Bachelors’ Theses

The twentieth century concept of education, which has resulted in a development of various methods of educational procedures, has also brought about the development of school libraries, that take a very active and comprehensive part in the actual life of the school.

Play And Education, Hertha C. Moritz

Bachelors’ Theses

Today the school recognizes the natural tendency of the child to play and uses it as a means of Individual development and to promote the social spirit of the school and classroom.

Art Education In The Intermediate Grades, Mina Mclaughlin

Bachelors’ Theses

Any history of art education in the United States, no matter how brief, should begin with the far-sighted vision of that great genius, Benjamin Franklin. As early as 1749, he advocated the teaching of drawing by imitation of prints and some of the first principles of perspective.

Reading In The Public Schools, Emilie M. Renz

Bachelors’ Theses

All subjects in a school curriculum are designed to develop the pupils' powers to engage in desirable activities.

Reading is the most important subject in the curriculum. To teach it effectively requires careful daily preparation. The aim of reading instruction must be well understood and definite so that it may develop expressive oral readers as well as effective rapid silent readers. Expressive oral reading for entertainment purposes; skillful silent reading for meaning and satisfaction of the reader himself justifies the importance of this subject in the curriculum.

The Development Of Study Habits In The Junior High School, Selma L. Wolters

Bachelors’ Theses

The aim of this thesis is to show how definite study habits may be developed in the Junior High School. With children coming from many outlying schools, different nationalities and correspondingly different environments and study methods, it is imperative that at the beginning of the school year, one makes a brief survey of the entire group, seeing what has been done, the difficulties which are to be removed and how best to deal with various students who do not seem to have the necessary background for the establishment of sound study habits. Many books and numerous chapters have been written …

The County Supervisor And The Beginning Teacher, May L. Wood

Bachelors’ Theses

Rural schools are unmistakably a real and integral part of our national system of education. Our educators have long been directing their best efforts towards improving methods of education, attitudes and standards. But unfortunately, our rural schools have not been able to partake sufficiently of all the good to be derived from these studies. Non-scholastic influences are operating against their best efficiency. An analysis of these non-scholastic influences is the purpose of this thesis.

This is not to be considered in any manner an arraignment of the rural schools as such. Rather, it is because of an appreciation of the …

Gifted Children, Esther Wolfgram

Bachelors’ Theses

In the past few years, the problem of the gifted children has been more thoroughly investigated than formerly. The experiments pertaining to the unfortunates--the delinquent and the feeble-minded--have been numerous, but the experiments dealing with the more fortunate have been neglected. This unfortunate neglect of the gifted has been due to the tendency of people to notice whatever gives them pain or annoyance. These problems were studied and experimented with; but the gifted children at the other end of the scale were neglected. The idea in teaching was to lift up the lowly end so there would not be such …

Remedial Work In The Three Types Of Percentage Examples, Martha Robbins

Bachelors’ Theses

The Special Reviewing Committee, with Mr. Leo J. Brueckner as Chairman, says in a statement in the Appendix of the Twenty-ninth Yearbook that: "Arithmetic should make a vital contribution to the intelligent consideration of various aspects of business, consumption, production, government, and social relationships which lend themselves to quantitative study and analysis. The real meaning of profit and loss, the responsibilities and difficulties of the retailer and the wholesaler, the relationships of home and business establishments are part of the field of arithmetic..... In no subject is there the opportunity to teach the pupils the considerations that should underlie the …

Essential Objectives Of Instruction In Reading In The Junior High School, Olive L. Christensen

Bachelors’ Theses

Reading is so obviously the key subject of the grades and has, so many ramifications and contacts with the other school subjects and with important attitudes and habits of mental work that we cannot have too much light thrown upon its aims and objectives.

Adapting The Curry Method To A Present Day Speech Curriculum, Ruth Brunnquell

Bachelors’ Theses

This thesis was written with the thought that the method founded by Dr. Curry, as presented in his text books, and taught at the Curry School of Expression, Boston, Massachusetts, is the natural normal one for developing good speech, and that every college, whether it has a large or a small speech department, will benefit by using these methods.

Supervision And Student-Teaching In The Elementary Grades, Margaret Markey Bennett

Bachelors’ Theses

Sane Supervision carries with it three sets of principles. "Growing" is the great end - the growing of all together - growth is the essence or good life - to grow is to live. The teacher's business is to help the child to grow. The child influences in turn others to grow. The supervisor works with the teacher to help them to grow as persons in themselves and also specifically in their chosen work. "Professional Study is Necessary". Proper study of avail­able sources will throw light on nature, processes of learn­ing, of method, of subject-matter. If teachers will avail themselves …

Student Publications: Organization And Educational Values In The Elementary School And The Junior And Senior High School, Lucy F. Elberfeld

Bachelors’ Theses

An attempt is here made to show by a brief survey the various types of student publications in the elementary and junior and senior high school. The magazine, the yearbook, the handbook and the newspaper are outlined, in order to show how they may be practically carried out in our schools. The newspaper, being the most popular, is given increasingly greater emphasis. The duties, responsibilities and helpful characteristics of the faculty adviser are enumerated.

With the concrete examples of the technical procedures for these four types illustrated, I have endeavored to accumulate sufficient evidences of claimed values to justify the …

Trends In The Teaching Of Oral And Written English In The Upper Grades, Alice E. Fowler

Bachelors’ Theses

English is a unit of study. Including in its scope "language" in the lower grades and spelling, reading, composition and grammar in the upper, it is by far the most important subject in our schools. All parts of this whole are closely interwoven, and the study of one of these branches is the study of the whole. An understanding of grammar aids in cor­rect expression; a knowledge of the difficulties of composi­tion lays a foundation for a true appreciation of literature; and literature itself is the best aid in the art of graceful and powerful composition.

The History Of Play In Education, Esther M. Hayes

Bachelors’ Theses

The value of play in education is no longer questioned by those who have studied the subject.

Play is an element in education. There is no contrast between play and education. Knowledge is useful only so far as it promotes efficiency in the practical affairs of life. It is in play that the child gains control of his body, acquires accuracy and preci­sion in motion and judges distances, sights, and sounds.

The most fundamental lesson of character training is sports­manship. It would be well worth putting play into the curriculum for this reason alone. Play is the most perfect democracy. …

The Problem Child : A Survey, Ida M. Opperud

Bachelors’ Theses

The purpose of the writer in making this study is to gain a better understanding of problem children, and to learn what are present trends in the handling of such cases, that she may be able to apply this knowledge in her own field and adapt it to the particular children with whom she comes in contact.

This survey is concerned with personality and behavior problems. The subject was considered under three general heads: First, the causes of maladjustment, second, the types of maladjustment, and third, the methods of treatment.

The sources of material used in this study are books …

Silent Reading In The Second Grade, Gertrude O'Neill

Bachelors’ Theses

Silent Reading has been discussed very extensively by many of the best educators of the present day. Numerous investigations have been made so that we have quite an accurate knowledge of most of the vital things that are included in the process.

But a subject of so great importance and one which was wholly ignored until within a few decades, cannot be given too much consideration.

The reading in the primary grades should, to a great extent, be oral. However, a great deal of silent reading can be accomplished in the second grade.

Therefore, it is my purpose in writing …

The Function Of Play In The Primary Grades, Florence K. Mccabe

Bachelors’ Theses

Play is universal. It is a form of language by means of which people all over the world express their emotions. It is not confined to any one people; it is not isolated to any one section of the world. In the kingdom as well as in the republic play reigns supreme. No law can or does attempt to suppress it, for leaders everywhere recognize the valuable part it holds in the life of man.

Value Of Reading In Character Training In The Intermediate Grades, Manilla R. Larson

Bachelors’ Theses

This paper is an effort to find to what extent the technical development of Character Training can be adjusted to the reading program. To reach a conclusion a study was first made of the general aim of education and of character training in particular. The various methods used in teaching character were taken under consideration. Finally, the intrinsic value of reading and its adjustment to an objective character training program were considered.

Health Education In The Primary Grades, Editta S. Kyro

Bachelors’ Theses

Our foremost educators in their most recent statements of educational principles and objectives, are quite seriously placing health as the first and fundamental objective of education. The need and value of health activities in schools has been recognized by them, and as a result, they have concluded that the protection of a child’s health is a fundamental school obligation.

Recreatory Reading In The Fourth Grade, Harriet Hagerty

Bachelors’ Theses

It is the purpose this contribution:

1. to show the importance of recreatory reading in the fourth grade;
2. to set forth the objectives of recreatory reading, and
3. to point out how these objectives may be realized by indicating specific devices to be used.

Modern Methods Of Teaching Geography In The Upper Grades, Ella M. Hoffman

Bachelors’ Theses

With the outbreak of the World War, we, as a nation, became vitally interested in Europe. Later when we were drawn into the contest, that interest reached its highest pitch. Since then we have realized that geography is not a collection of dry, unrelated facts that must be learned merely for the sake of the mental training it gives us, but that it is a vital, living subject that concerns living, vital people all over the world and their relation to each other. When the war broke out, we were ashamed and astonished at our lack of geographic knowledge. We …

Social Significance Of Language Teaching, Ottilia Neumeister

Bachelors’ Theses

In writing this paper, it is my attempt to show, mainly through quotations from those we consider authorities in the fields of education, the significance of language teaching arising from the significance of language abilities which are so fundamental in the spelling of the thing that makes for world progress and civilization.

The Prime Aim Of Teaching Latin Should Be For Its Cultural Value Rather Than The Correlative Or Disciplinary Values, Xavier University Of Louisiana

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In choosing subjects of this nature there are certain causes or reasons which influence such a choice. In this case it is not my purpose to offer a defense for the study of Latin as an educational subject, nor is it my purpose to propose a special method of presenting Latin as to make it a more attractive part of the curriculum. I am influenced principally by the fact that among educators and Latin teachers themselves there is a widespread divergence of opinion as to what ought to be aims of teaching Latin.

Relative Importance Of Heredity And Environment, Harriet Sanders

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The most interesting and educational type of discussion today is, I think, that on Environment and Heredity, in which many questions arise such as, "Which has the greatest force in man's life, Hereditary or Environment?" "Does his training or environment influence his attainment?" or, "What is the relative importance of nature and nurture?"

The Construction Of A Standard Health Program For A Rural School With Its Application To Cache County, Wilford Price

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

The purpose of the study is threefold (1) To formulate standards in health work for rural schools (2) To ascertain the conditions pertaining to health that exist in the Cache County Schools. (3) To apply standards to the existing conditions.

Survey Of The Industrial Needs Of Electricity To Obtain Information To Be Used As A Basis For A Curriculum In Electricity In The High School, Joe Rondelli

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to find what information had been found useful, by one hundred select individuals gainfully employed and interested in the industrial use of electricity, in order to choose items to be used for the construction of a curriculum in electricity for high school pupils.

Remedial Instruction In Reading For Retarded Children, Edna Cooper Hunt

Electronic Theses & Dissertations

Investigations show the need for remdial instruction in reading in the intermediate grades. These studies show that many elementary school pupoils are retarded in reading, and that poor reading is the most requient cause of schoool failure. Reports of studies contain recommendations for remedial instruction as a means of improving the reading ability of retarded children.

Three questions may be asked regarding the effectiveness of remedial work in reading with retarded children: (1) Are the remedial measures effective with seriously retarded children in an average school situation? (2) Is improvement in reading accompanied by marked improvement in general school work? …

A Study Of The Relation Of Achievement In Particular Fields In High School To Achievement In Particular Fields In College: Being A Study Of 280 Freshmen Who Entered The Fort Hays Kansas State College In September, 1930, Ellsworth Dodrill

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

This study has two purposes. The first one is to determine the high school achievement of the Freshman class who entered the Fort Hays Kansas State College in September, 1930. The second purpose is to determine to what extent college success in the various fields, English, Mathematics, Natural Science, and Social Science, can be predicted from success in the corresponding fields in high school.