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A Spelling Book Based On The Iowa Spelling Scale, Leona C. Drueke

Bachelors’ Theses

No abstract provided.

Extra-Curricular Activities In The Junior High School, Irma Crotty

Bachelors’ Theses

The value of extra-curricular activities in the junior high school is no longer questioned. The amount of space given to them in recent educational publications proves that there is an intense interest in them at the present.

This contribution is an attempt to set forth the basic principles underlying the administration and supervision of extra-curricular activities. A description of the common types of extra-curricular activities together with their aims and values, is presented. No attempt at detailed discussions has been made, as the problems of each activity are so vast that each one merits a volume in itself. A few …

The Objectives, Methods, And Devices For Teaching Second Grade Arithmetic, Mary Viletta Murphy

Bachelors’ Theses

This is an attempt to discuss briefly the modern objectives, methods, and devices for teaching Arithmetic in second grade.

The Teaching Of Art In The Elementary Grades, Josephine M. Mccrory

Bachelors’ Theses

To those who have experienced beauty in its various phases, there is no doubt as to the worth of art education. Years ago, however, during the early years of our history, when men's thoughts were concerned chiefly about their economic ideas of living, little or no thought was given to art at all. As time progresses, leisure is added, little by little, to man's program of living. He, therefore, begins to turn his thoughts toward art.

The Teaching Of Sixth Grade Reading And Its Significance, Lena M. Weltzien

Bachelors’ Theses

The program outlined in this paper includes a sequence of objectives that must be kept in mind by the Sixth Grade teacher in developing habits of reading and study in the pupils. Carefully selected subject matter is essential. Next is skill in methods of presentation, in order that the work of both teacher and pupil will be made more enjoyable and more effective. The child must be studied. Efficiency on the part of the pupils is the goal.

The Gifted Child, Ida H. Witt

Bachelors’ Theses

Our goal in the educational field today is a nation of independent thinkers, characterized by the qualities of initiative, self-reliance, and the marks of a good citizen--unselfish devotion and service toward group, class, city, and nation. In order to realize this goal, all the educational forces must unite in the recognition of instinctive capacities and potentialities and provide such situations as will modify and develop the same to the degree where all knowledge and skill may operate toward as complete a social adjustment as is humanly possible.

Public School Music, George Pomerantz Sr.

Bachelors’ Theses

Our public schools which attempted to include in their program every subject which may contribute to the development of human character or to the elevation of human happiness, did not until recently, include music. Music was looked upon as an art which should be taught to the gifted ones only and, therefore, should be taught privately. It is only recently that our educators are beginning to realize the important role music plays in human life. It has been only recently that music has been introduced as a subject into the public school. Even today there is a lot of discussion …

The Essential Objectives And Desirable Activities Of The Period Of Preparation And Initial Period Of Reading Instruction, M. Pearl Bradley

Bachelors’ Theses

This thesis has been prepared in an endeavor to present the Objectives and Activities in the Period of Preparation for Reading and in the Initial Period of Reading Instruction, and to state effectively teaching methods by periods.

A discussion of the methods which have been used in reading instruction, and a consideration of the Content thereof comprises the first chapter. This is followed by a presentation of the major objectives and activities in general. The objectives of the Period of Preparation and its desirable activities are shown in Chapters three and four. The next stage in the child's development, the …

A Study In Child Thought, Language And Logic : Observations Of A Six-Year-Old Child, Individually At Home, And Together With His Play And School Groups : Experimental Tests And Analysis Of Observations, In Accordance With The Theories Of Piaget, Gertrude Allen Farley

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It must be made clear in the very beginning that the basis for this thesis is the two volumes by Dr. Jean Piaget, Institut J. J. Rousseau, Geneva, Switzerland, The Language and Thought of the Child and Judgement and Reasoning in the Child; hence the very small bibliography, the material used being observations and experimental tests based on these volumes.¹

Much has been written heretofore on the vocabulary and phonetics of child language, piling up statistics on the number of words various children have acquired at different ages and on the sentence structure (number of adjectives, adverbs, conjunctions, etc.) …

The Rise And Development Of Safety Education In The Public Schools Of The United States, John Metzger

Graduate Thesis Collection

It has not been the purpose of the author of this thesis to present a history of safety in general, for such a treatise would obviously be an account of the history of man himself and, as such, would be worthy of the fullest development within itself.

Techniques In Spelling Supervision, Ralph M. Ingersoll

Graduate Thesis Collection

Though research in spelling is relatively far advanced, many problems remain to be solved.  In the Fourth Yearbook of the Department of Superintendence will be found "a partial list of the outstanding investigations which the committee feel need to be pursued in the immediate future".

The Choice Of Studies Of Ninth Year Pupils As Affected By Parental Occupation, Cultural Standards Of The Home, And Ability, Aptitudes, And Interests, Frances Longshore

Graduate Thesis Collection

The modern high school with its complex curriculum seems to present to the average pupil a maze through which he cannot well work his way without careful educational guidance.  It is the purpose of this study to discover the relationship which exists between the choice of courses which beginning pupils make, the social and cultural standards of their homes and their own abilities, aptitudes, and interests.  It is also the purpose here to show how great is the need for effective guidance.

A Comparative Study Of All State Relief And All Non-State Relief School Units In Indiana, John B. Troncin

Graduate Thesis Collection

The stimulation for this study lies in the fact that many of the State Relief School Units in Indiana are in financial distress. This distress is evidenced by numerous articles in the Indiana newspapers stating that many of the teachers in the State Relief Units were not receiving their salaries at the time they were due. The salaries of some of the teachers for the school year 1928-29 were still unpaid in 1930. The money given by the state was insufficient to meet the needs of these State Relief School Units.

The Value Of Grammar As An Aid In Learning To Use The Correct Forms In English, Dorothy F. Pennington

Graduate Thesis Collection

The problem involved in this study is to determine, as far as possible, what value the knowledge of grammar has in the process of learning to use correct English. The term "grammar" as used in this dissertation means the knowledge of a limited number of the more important rules and definitions as applied to English, such as: the classification of verbs and pronouns; the classification of sentences according to form, with a limited amount of the analysis of sentences.

A Critical Analysis Of The Study Aids As Found In Representative High School Texts In European History, Mary Hortense Burke

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Recent Contributions In Child Study, Irene M. Yorke

Bachelors’ Theses

Thia is a children’s age. During the last five years the child welfare movement has become outstanding in America. Hundreds of books and magazine articles, both scientific and popular, have been written on child study. The four books in this thesis add distinctive contributions to the literature of child welfare. "The Child in America” by William I. and Dorothy Swaine Thomas is a survey of the entire child study movement. "The Growth of the Mind" by Kurt Koffka is an introduction to child psychology and the new "configuration" theory. "Psychological Care of Infant and Child" by John B. Watson is …

Reading A Tool-Subject In Secondary Education, M. Scholastica Rowan

Bachelors’ Theses

In the discussion which follows in this paper the aim has been to show the relation between reading ability to effective study habits. To emphasize the fact that reading is not a separate curricular activity but is a tool by means of which subject matter in all fields is interpreted and experienced. Unfortunately the secondary school has not kept pace with the elementary school in using improved reading methods. All real educational progress of the individual implies the quickening of the student's powers of not merely responding to the stimulus applied by the external teacher, but of supplying stimulus of …

The Influence Of Seating Positions On Classwork In A Third Grade, Agnes R. Fitzgerald

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Directed Supervised Study Versus Home Study In Sixth Grade History, Lilian Mattocks Johnson

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Student Councils As An Agency For Character Education In Secondary Schools, Mary Wendelin Shean

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Changing Tendencies In The Teaching Of Formal Grammar, Helen Tichenor

Graduate Thesis Collection

The question as to whether any appreciable improvement in the speech and writing of children is realized by means of a knowledge of formal grammar is debatable.  The belief is more or less common among educators that formal grammar does not function to a degree which justifies the time spent upon it.

A Survey Of Spinal Defects Of Children In The Indianapolis Public Schools, Ada B. Crozier

Graduate Thesis Collection

The Problem Involved:  The purpose of this thesis is to make a comparative study of the results obtained in an examination for spinal defects in the Indianapolis Public Schools.

American History Information In Relation To Character And Conduct, Floyd A. Hines

Graduate Thesis Collection

The whole history is in man and may be explained from individual experience as a stately forest may be explained from one acorn of the weed patch from one seed.  In history the collective experiences of man are united in a written record.  These experiences are usually of a material nature but are influenced greatly by the unseen emotions which cannot so definitely be written, yet may be felt by the student of history.

A Study Of The Effect Of High-School Science On Achievement In The College Sciences, Frank J. Lodeski

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Personality Traits Of Successful Teachers, Angela Margaret Cylkowski

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Truancy In The Chicago Schools: An Abstract Of A Thesis Submitted In Partial Fulfillment Of The Requirements For The Degree Of Doctor Of Philosophy In Loyola University, 1931, Richard Jeffrey French

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Survey Of Modern Trends In Character Education In Public Elementary Schools As Evidenced By The Analysis Of Courses Of Study Of Type Cities And States, Ruth Wheeler Cullen

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Comparative Study Of The State Board Failures In Materia Medica Of Students In The Schools Of Nursing Of The United States, Helen Jarrell

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Methods Of Teaching American History In The Catholic Girls' High Schools In Chicago, Agnes Marie Lennon

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Pupil Retardation In The Elementary Public Schools Of Stockton,California, Elsie Copeman Mclerie

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The problem is this study is to locate and analyze the retarded pupils in the Stockton Elementary Public Schools. A retarded pupil is defined as one who is eight years or over in the first grade; nine years or over in the second grade; ten years or over in the third grade --- and so on. The following chart shows the ages that are considered normal for each grade: [see PDF]