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Is There A Way To Teach Terminology In The Biological Science?, Kenneth Eugene Bongers

Graduate Student Research Papers

The present :national emphasis on the teaching of Biological Science in High School has brought about many inquiries relative to teaching terminology in a meaningful way. Every biology teacher is faced with the problem of how to communicate the meaning of terms every biology book assumes the students already know.

The Position Of Solid Geometry In The Mathematics Program, David A. Fitzgerald

Graduate Student Research Papers

Curricular change is a dynamic process. It does not lend itself -well to a snapshot illustration, but rather to the continuity of a moving picture. Such a picture is to be presented in this paper. As new programs evolve, certain weaknesses develop. This paper proposes to point out possible danger areas existent in the recent teaching of solid geometry.

A Survey Of The Methods Of Teaching Evolution In Minnesota High Schools, John Darel Jackson

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

The purpose of this study was to survey the methods of teaching evolution in Minnesota public and parochial high schools. No attempt has been made to compare these groups. There remain areas where the populace remains hostile to the teaching of evolution. In each of the three groups surveyed there were a significant number of teachers who do not present the theory of evolution in their classes.(Lutheran High Schools, Catholic High Schools, Public High Schools). The survey of public and parochial high schools of Minnesota did not show evolution to be a highly contested issue.

Providing For Individual Differences In The Elementary School Arithmetic Program, Robert S. Allen

Graduate Student Research Papers

How can individual differences be provided for in the elementary school arithmetic program? It is obvious that if all pupils in the elementary schools are required to follow the same course of study, read the same books, do the same exercises, solve the same problems, and pass the same examinations, there can be little provision for individual differences. It was the purpose of this study to present practices used or usable to provide for individual differences.

Aerospace Education In The Sixth Grade, Edith Marie Jackson

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was twofold: to formulate an aerospace education handbook providing pertinent information and material which may be woven into existing sixth grade courses in the elementary curriculum and to make a careful evaluation of one aerospace program in a sixth grade classroom. The problems were: (1) selection and organization of appropriate information and material for the handbook; (2) determining suggested teaching procedures and activities; and (3) preparation and administration of evaluative instruments for the program.

Soviet Education: A Means Towards World Domination, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Powell Speeches

Report to Richmond School Board on Visit to Soviet Union, July 23-August 5, 1958.

A Study Of Critical Incidents Relating To Effective Instruction In Secondary School Physics, Chemistry, And Biology, Ernest Solomon Palmer

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is twofold. First, to compile a list of factors aiding in the effectiveness of instruction in secondary school chemistry, physics, and biology classes, and second, to determine whether or not these factors aiding effectiveness have elements in common. The problem will then be to characterize these common elements.

A Survey Of The Field Of Primary Science, Lora May Aden

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this paper will be to develop the specific objectives of science teaching as it applies to the children of the six to nine age group, commonly known as the primary school.

Statement By Lewis F. Powell, Jr., Chairman, Richmond Public School Board, Lewis F. Powell, Jr.

Powell Speeches

No abstract provided.

An Elementary Teacher Enriches A Science Program, Ruth I. Good

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Understanding Fractions In The Sixth Grade, Marvin T. Carwell

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Engineer's Day . . . 1955, Missouri School Of Mines And Metallurgy

Engineer's Day

The Future Is NOW! . . .

The scene above is an experimental hydrogen bomb explosion at the AEC Pacific Proving Grounds. Practically unknown as recently as fifteen years ago, atomic energy is now a vital, universal force, shaping the lives of all mankind. Its frightening flash bursts across the face of our earth and gives us all cause for fear and wonder.

Yet we may hope, too. Patterns of world civilization are changing with bewildering rapidity. The scientific and industrial ways of yesterday are obsolete today. Tomorrow’s methods will show no less impact of change.

The world of science …

A Comparison Of The Engineering Curricula Of The Junior College And The University Lower Division, Harry Louis Fischer

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

This study is an attempt to assemble the engineering curricula of all the junior colleges and many of the four year colleges and universities of California, and to determine to what extent the junior college engineering curricula are similar to the lower division curricular of these dour year institutions.

An Elementary Science Program On The Fourth Grade Level, Zelma Miles

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) to ascertain what is being done in elementary science on the fourth grade level in the states included in this study; (2) to determine whether the work being done is in keeping with the thinking of the modern authorities on the teaching of elementary science; and (3) to formulate a program of elementary science on the fourth grade level based on the materials considered most practical and organized around the "center of interest" currently accepted as basic for the teaching of science in the fourth grade.

Supplementing Formal Drill In Teaching Primary Arithmetic, Fern Brown

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Course Of Study For General Chemistry, Paul E. Kerrick

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

1. This study should help the teacher create a greater interest among the students for chemistry. The study should enable the teacher to do better teaching.
2. The study was prompted by a felt need on the part of the writer and to satisfy the partial requirements for a Masters degree.
3. The study involves three main divisions:

1. A course of study in chemistry consisting of an introduction.
2. A course of study in chemistry consisting of nine developed units.
3. The means of evaluating a course of study.

1. The scope of the study includes an introduction to chemistry usually taught in high school.
2. Materials …

The Effect Of The Use Of A Textbook As Compared With Supplemental Material In Teaching Biology, Wayne A. Stafford

Masters Theses

Chapter I

The Problem and Its Background

Biology in the Secondary School Curriculum

There is ample evidence, both direct and tacit, that biology has justified its place in the curriculum of the secondary school.

Among the direct evidence is that stated by Heiss, Obourn, and Hoffman¹ as follows:

"On the Senior High School level, general biology is well established as a tenth grade course and is usually offered as an elective for each of three years. There is a considerable body of evidence available that seems to indicate that both general science and biology are going a long way …

A Course Of Study For Plane Geometry, Robert Sherfey

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study involves the following divisions:

1. To build a course of study in plane geometry consisting of six units developed.
2. To suggest some ways of evaluating a course of study.

Parents' Day • Engineers' Day (1945), Missouri School Of Mines And Metallurgy

Engineer's Day

THE Faculty and the student body of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy cordially welcome fathers and mothers of students and all other visitors and guests to this 1945 Parents’ and Engineers’ Day. Now that the war is ended, we are all looking forward to outstanding achievements in engineering and scientific developments in civilian life and to the important place college trained engineers will have in these developments. We are happy to have the opportunity to open our laboratories and class-rooms for your inspection and to demonstrate a few of the many phases of engineering education now being carried …

The Engineer Looks Ahead (1938), Missouri School Of Mines And Metallurgy

Engineer's Day

To the High School Students of Missouri. . . . . . .

The Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy as host to the Missouri Academy of Science and the Junior Academy of Science desires to extend to you, your science teachers and your parents a cordial invitation to attend these meetings.

The adult section will meet April 21st to 23rd inclusive. The junior section will meet on April 23rd only, with their own program and exhibits, in the Jackling gymnasium of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy.

As one of the features of the Junior Academy meeting the …

Mechanical Drill & Meaningful Drill In Arithmetic For The Primary Grades, Mary Schell

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis has been written to emphasize the differences in two methods of teaching arithmetic - mechanical drill and meaningful drill - and attempts to present a psychologically and theoretically sound proposal for instruction in number skills in the primary grades of the elementary school.

The Value Of High School Physics To The College Student, Emery White

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Secondary school science consists of biology, chemistry, physics, or a combination course known as general science. General science deals only with the practical side of the laws of physics. It fails to go into detail and very often omits the law entirely. Physics in high school requires a special room in the building which is not easily adapted to other use. A large amount of expensive equipment is need to teach it efficiently. Can all of this expense be justified? Is the student who ends his school career with high school graduation sent out into life with a large amount …

The Solution Of Ordinary & Partial Differential Equations In Series, Kenneth Wood

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this thesis is to compile and discuss some of the methods of solution of both ordinary and partial differential equations, whose solutions are expressible in the form of a series. An exhaustive study is not attempted. A few of the methods of most common occurrence for finding solutions in series are discussed and examples illustrating these methods are presented.

Is High School Chemistry A Preparation For College Chemistry, Mansfield Martin

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The subject of this study grew out of a desire to estimate the value of high school chemistry and its relation to college chemistry. The purpose is to bring about a better understanding of the necessity of a closer tie-up between different levels of our educational system. Life and growth are continuous processes, and, if education if life, we must make it a continuous experience. While limited because of incomplete records and changing classifications of our high schools, it is hoped that this study will lead to a further and more scientific study of related problems in this field.