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Comparison Of Effectiveness Of Basal Readers And Sullivan Programmed Materials, Joan E. Lorenz Aug 1971

Comparison Of Effectiveness Of Basal Readers And Sullivan Programmed Materials, Joan E. Lorenz

All Master's Theses

The aim of this study is not to tear down or ridicule any method, Sullivan Programmed or Traditional Basal, but to evaluate as objectively as possible, the merits and limitations which exist in both and to show, through testing a group of 99 first graders and 64 second graders, the possible effectiveness of these methods.


A Study Of Reading In The Kindergartens Of Washington State, Valara Caroline Minear May 1971

A Study Of Reading In The Kindergartens Of Washington State, Valara Caroline Minear

All Master's Theses

A study was made to discover the attitudes of kindergarten teachers in the state of Washington toward teaching reading in kindergarten, and the actual practices used to teach reading.


Children's Book Festival, Karen Rowell, University Of Southern Mississippi Jan 1971

Children's Book Festival, Karen Rowell, University Of Southern Mississippi

Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival Programs

The program for the fourth annual Children's Book Festival held on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 1971.


Relationship Between School Success And Physical And Familial Factors Of Kindergarteners, Linda Marie Baker Jan 1971

Relationship Between School Success And Physical And Familial Factors Of Kindergarteners, Linda Marie Baker

All Master's Theses

Teachers in elementary schools often assert that they could teach more successfully if no child under six years of age was admitted to first grade. While teaching kindergarten this writer also found many parents of kindergarten age children quite concerned about the "best" age for their child to enter kindergarten. Besides age there seemed to be concern in other areas such as physical size, coordination, and emotional maturity. However, most school districts in Washington set chronological age as the major requirement for school admission. The problem to be investigated in this study was to determine the relationship, if any, between …