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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? …

The Care, Rehabilitation, And Education Of Crippled Children, Florence I. Payne

Bachelors’ Theses

Cripples have always lived among people, but it took the life of Homer Allen with those of several friends to arouse his father, Edgar F. Alien, to the realization of the problem of the cripple. Today "Daddy" Allen is known the world over as the one who influenced others to show more than mere pity for crippled children that they might have facilities for care and education.

The disastrous collision of cars at Elyria, Ohio, May 31, 1907, and the horrible catastrophe of the loss of a beloved son seemed a divine intercession to the wealthy father of the deceased …

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]

Care And Education Of The Defective School Child, Mathew Barkley

Bachelors’ Theses

In the past, we have either paid too much attention to the defective child, to the detriment of the normal child­ren in the schools, or in a majority of the cases we have neglected him entirely. We must figure out a system of education which will take care of him adequately without working a hardship on the children who are able to do the regular school work. We must measure hie capabilities and gauge his work according to hie ability.

Variation In The Human Capacities, Ives Flaucy

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Kentucky School Journal, Department Of Library Special Collections

Research Collections

No abstract provided.

The Deaf: Their Position In Society And The Provision For Their Education In The United States, Harry Best

Deaf Rare Books

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in the faculty of political science, Columbia University.

A Question, Tamar Althouse

Historic Documents

Tamar Althouse, later to be Tamar Scholz, was the first female student to be enrolled at the Indiana University School of Law, graduating with her LL.B. in 1892. In November of that year she wrote this article (“A Question”) for the student newspaper of the day, The Indiana Student, addressing the importance of educating women.