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A Survey Of The Public High School Commercial Departments In The State Of Washington, Ralph Vernon Thomas

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to survey the commercial curriculum of the high schools of the State of Washington. Of particular emphasis was (1) the number of high school commercial teachers employed; (2) commercial subjects offered, grade level at which offered, and total semesters offered; (3) the availability of business machines; (4) commercial courses least needed, and (5) commercial course subjects that could be added. This survey reveals the common characteristics of the commercial departments of the high schools at this time.

A Manual For Design Education At The College Level, June King Mcfee

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to examine and explore the creativity, techniques, the philosophy and the principles of the broad area called design, as it is applicable to training of students in junior high and senior college with emphasis on teacher education.

A Study Of Music In The Elementary School As Taught By Graduates Of Central Washington College Who Are Non-Music Majors And Minors, Years 1949-1953, Kay S. Kimmel

All Master's Theses

The majority of music supervisors in the public schools examined in the study said that the classroom teacher should teach music in her classroom from the grade level of kindergarten through fourth grade. These supervisors felt that the classroom teacher was better qualified to correlate and enrich the curriculum for her children than the special music teacher.

The Contribution Of Folk Dancing Experiences To The Growth And Development Of Junior High School Youth, Raymond William Hall

Graduate Student Projects

The purpose is to explain the values to be derived from an inclusion of folk dancing in the junior high school curriculum. A further purpose is to emphasize the need for folk dancing in the growth and development of young adolescent boys.

A Study Of How Children Can Be Taught To Think Better, Josephine Brown Williams

Research Problems, 1947-1991

This study was concerned with ways to improve the thinking of upper elementary school children. An attempt was made to analyze classroom situations which do and do not help children learn to think, and to make suggestions for developing skills in thinking. Criteria were developed by the writer and were presented to upper elementary classroom teachers to help them evaluate themselves in teaching children to think. This problem was the study of how classroom teachers can teach children to think better.

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