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Careers Of High School Basketball Players, Jewel D. Michael Jan 1941

Careers Of High School Basketball Players, Jewel D. Michael

Graduate Thesis Collection

Popular opinion is divided into two general groups as to the value of basketball activities, one group holding that training in basketball will transfer to actual life situations, while the other contends that it is a waste of time to spend hours in practicing and in trips which necessitate absence from academic work. In general, this study seeks to give some evidence on this question, through an examination of the subsequent careers or the boys who were basketball players in Frankfort High School during the years from 1919-1940.


The Transfer Of Training From Latin To French And Spanish, Pauline Ray Morton-Finney Jan 1941

The Transfer Of Training From Latin To French And Spanish, Pauline Ray Morton-Finney

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The purpose of this study is to investigae the relationship between Latin and French, between Latin and Spanish, and to evaluate the assumption of many language teachers that high school pupuls who have had one year of Latin tended, on the whole, because of that fact, to do better academic work in Franch and Spanish as measured in terms of marks received, than did pupils who had not studied Latin.


Conservation In Text Books Of Biology, Paul Van Swearingen Jan 1941

Conservation In Text Books Of Biology, Paul Van Swearingen

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No abstract provided.


Trends In The Teaching Of United States History In The Elementary Schools Grades I To Vi, Alma Hoss Jan 1941

Trends In The Teaching Of United States History In The Elementary Schools Grades I To Vi, Alma Hoss

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It had in the past been thought that United states history was an essential part of the elementary course of study…


Experimental Studies In Junior High School Monotonism, Lina Baldauf Knight Jan 1941

Experimental Studies In Junior High School Monotonism, Lina Baldauf Knight

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The individual who lacks the use of his voice as a musical instrument lacks the natural, fundamental medium of musical expression. Not only does he lack the means for the closest and most direct relationship with music, but also there is a serious danger that, as a result, his whole range of musical appreciation will be impaired and finally obliterated. This is likely to occur because he does not have at his command and under his control this power which he so definitely needs. Children who are thus handicapped are often designated by the use of the word monotone.


Lutheran Elementary Schools In The Central District Of The Missouri Synod, Edwin L. Kirchhoff Jan 1941

Lutheran Elementary Schools In The Central District Of The Missouri Synod, Edwin L. Kirchhoff

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This discourse presents significant data relating to major developments in the elementary school system of the Central District of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Missouri, Ohio, and Other States. Some inferences are made which are based on information pertaining to the school system of the entire synod. These data, however, are used and interpreted as it affects the schools in this district.


The Development Of A Reading Readiness Program In The Kokomo Public Schools, Susan M. Baldwin Jan 1941

The Development Of A Reading Readiness Program In The Kokomo Public Schools, Susan M. Baldwin

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This study presents a plan of approach to the problems that arise in the development of a reading readiness program. It outlines some of the factors that influence reading readiness: it includes a program of procedure for dealing with children who are deficient in some of the factors of reading readiness; it enumerates some of the classroom, and some of the administrative problems that arise in planning a program of this type; and it attempts to eradicate the age old fallacy that a six year old child is ready for the reading process merely because he has passed his sixth …


A Survey Of Elementary Schools' Achievement In The School City Of "E", Andrew Jackson Manges Jan 1941

A Survey Of Elementary Schools' Achievement In The School City Of "E", Andrew Jackson Manges

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No abstract provided.


A Follow-Up Study Of Butler University Students Who Prepared To Teach In The Secondary Schools, Benjamin Moulton Jan 1941

A Follow-Up Study Of Butler University Students Who Prepared To Teach In The Secondary Schools, Benjamin Moulton

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This thesis records the findings of a follow-up study of a selected group of Butler University Alumni who prepared to teach in the secondary schools.


Double Promotion And Its Effects On The Child In The Indianapolis Public Schools, Wilma V. Sonnefield Jan 1941

Double Promotion And Its Effects On The Child In The Indianapolis Public Schools, Wilma V. Sonnefield

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No abstract provided.


Home Economics Workbook For Seventh And Eighth Grades, Ruth Bernd Emhardt Jan 1941

Home Economics Workbook For Seventh And Eighth Grades, Ruth Bernd Emhardt

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No abstract provided.