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A Comparative Study Of Phonetic Analysis Skills Presented In Two Basic Series Of Primary Readers, Roberta Caldwell O'Neill

Graduate Student Research Papers

This study had the twofold purpose of (l) gaining an overall picture of phonetic analysis skills (at the primary level) of two series of basic readers, and (2) learning where and what phonetic analysis skills are presented at the various levels of each series. The Scott, Foresman and Ginn readers were selected for the comparison as they are the basic and readers were selected for the comparison as they are the basic and co-basic readers, respectively, in the school district of the writer.

Fun With Poetry In The Middle Grades, Mable M. Booker

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Results Of The Reading Improvement Classes In The Emerson Elementary School, Seattle, Washington, 1957-1958, Hilo H. Hasegawa

All Graduate Projects

The purposes of this study were (1) to determine the degree of individual growth in reading ability made by the pupils enrolled in the Reading Improvement classes at the Emerson Elementary School, Seattle, Washington, during the 1957-1958 school year; (2) to keep an accurate record and description of techniques and materials used in securing this individual growth; and (3) to present the findings in a form that might be of assistance to other teachers in developing similar programs.

An Inquiry Concerning The Practical Value Of Selecting Third-Grade Spelling Words From The Developmental Reading Program, Virgil William Estes

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the practical value of selecting upper primary spelling words from the developmental reading program. Two major aspects of the study were: (1) Will upper-primary children more easily learn to spell words which have previously appeared in their developmental reading program? (2) Will they retain the spelling or those words longer than other words of similar spelling difficulty?

A Questionnaire Study To Discover Reading Interests Of Mattoon Fourth Grade Pupils As Related To Sex, Reading Achievement, And Intelligence, Vera Slover

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Individual Reading Problems Of A Selected Group Of Third Grade Pupils Of Average And Above-Average Intelligence, Virginia Miller Taylor

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

An Intensive Study Of Factors Relating To Reading Readiness With Implications For Prediction Of Success In The Developmental Reading Program, Janet R. Venatta

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Reorganizing A Primary Department In Reading To Meet Learner Needs, Naomi Gaede

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The History Of Children's Literature Of New Mexico, Mina Bannon Ruggles

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The purpose of this study was to investigate the actual literature for children about New Mexico. The influences of Indian, the Spanish-American, and the Anglo-American cultures of New Mexico on children's literature have been considered. Interesting and outstanding personalities in the field of children's literature also have been presented, and the chronological development of children's literature of New Mexico has been traced.

The Approach To Reading, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Primary School Studies

First published in 1952, this pamphlet explores the fundamental and far-reaching values of reading, and considers the nature, purpose and place of a full reading programme in the school curriculum. It advocates for the achievement of a balanced school reading program which includes learning to read, understanding that reading leads to improved social competence, and promotes reading as a valuable leisure activity. It discusses approaches to determining reading readiness, preparing for reading and developing reading interests, as well as providing methods and materials for the teaching of reading in the primary grades.

Power Over Words, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Primary School Studies

First published in 1952, this pamphlet suggests ways to extend and improve the quality of children vocabularies through reading, expression, language activities and formal lessons. It also examines the planning of courses in spelling and shows the lack of agreement amongst states when it comes to what words should be on spelling lists.

Some Current Problems In English Education, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Information Bulletin 1945-1951

On the question of organisition at the secondary level Australia, as a whole has not given evidence of any very clear-cut policy. The common practice is to provide separate academic and technical schools in the capital cities and large country towns with certain intermediate types of school which may have a bias in one direction and may act primarily: as “feeders” to schools giving more advanced courses. Except in Tasmania the “modern school” has not emerged very explicitly. In many of the smaller country centres, however, we find dual or multi-purpose schools. It is not easy to say whether these …

Spelling, Marguerite Reilly

Bachelors’ Theses

The three thousand seven hundred twenty-three (3,723) basic words in this speller have been taken from a list which Dr. George E. Vanderbeke, Professor of Education and Psychology at Marquette University, compiled from the Coleman Spelling Vocabulary Tests and the Iowa Scales in Spelling. Dr. Vanderbeke showed the percentage of word distribution so that a spelling vocabulary for the grades could be built.

Literature In The Primary Grades, Anna L. Strong

Bachelors’ Theses

Reading is the most important subject in the curriculum. It is the most fundamental because nearly all of the other subjects depend upon it's a source of information and classification. "Reading is a tool by which subject matter in all fields is interpreted and experienced."

By means of reading the pupil can extend his experience away from his immediate environment and gather the interesting information and vital facts, that provide the settings and the backgrounds needed for interpretation and for constructive thinking in all the varied fields of human endeavor. "Reading is the key that unlocks the great storehouse of …

Primary Handwriting And Its Correlation With Other Primary Activities, Evelyn L. Pfeiffer

Bachelors’ Theses

A brief study of the countless ages covered by the development of writing from its most primitive state to that employed by the nations of today, and how our own alphabet has reached such a high stage of development through the slow but steady improvements made by our ancestors may help us to realize the importance and great magnitude of this heritage and inspire us to teach it to our children in such a way as to give them "a common understanding of the past and a vision of the future." It may help them to know about the thoughts …

The Elementary School Library, Margrethe D. Peterson

Bachelors’ Theses

After having been a teacher for a number of years, I was given the opportunity of taking charge of our elementary school library, which was just being organized.

The experience has been such a pleasant one, that I resolved to learn more about the history, growth and progress of the elementary school library movement in the country and seek courses of study being used, to aid in formulating one in our own school.

What I have gathered and arranged in the following thesis, I have felt were the most important factors to be used in guiding my own or any …

Taking Care Of Individual Differences In Reading In The Primary Grades, Stella Peterson

Bachelors’ Theses

It is the purpose of this contribution: 1. To show the need of taking care of individual differences in reading. 2. To show the causes for individual differences in reading, and 3. To show the manner in which to take care of individual differences in reading.

The Period Of Rapid Progress In Fundamental Reading Attitudes, Habits, And Skills: Second Year, Arabelle T. Weich

Bachelors’ Theses

"The justification of any subject in the curriculum is that it enables pupils to engage effectively in desirable life activities."

If the training accomplishes this and so makes better citizens, then its inclusion is justified. Instruction in reading should take into account the reading experiences of children and adults both in school and social life. We must therefore first consider the kind of reading adults do. That will be the kind children will have to learn to do better. A great change has occurred in the educational field in the last years. The course of study has been greatly enriched. …

Reading In The Primary Grades, Doris May Watrous

Bachelors’ Theses

Probably no subject in the school curriculum has been as widely discussed and investigated during the past decade as reading. Many notable changes have resulted from the scientific studies and scholarly discussions of the psychology of reading. The majority of teachers are keenly aware of the fact that these changes in procedure have done much to improve the efficiency of the reading program. The purpose of this paper is to present the general objectives of all reading activities, and, more specifically, the aims in each of the first three grades; to state, to discuss, and to evaluate the various methods …

Pre-Primer Reading, Meta Terlinden

Bachelors’ Theses

I shall attempt to show, in this thesis, the importance and· feasibility of pre-primer reading as an adequate foundation for primer reading. While pre-primer reading has taken an important place in the curriculum during recent years, there has been an ever-increasing interest taken as to its value, especially to children of low intelligence and to foreign children. I have obtained my references, to a large extent from William S. Gray and Laura Zirbes in their article on Primary Reading which appears in the Class Room Teacher Volume II, and also from articles on reading which are given in The Twenty-Fourth …

Contributions Of Reading To Some Of The Other Content Subjects Particularly In The Sixth And Seventh Grades, Marion E. Theisen

Bachelors’ Theses

My purpose in this thesis is to show the contributions of reading to some or the other content subjects, particularly in the sixth and seventh grades. To so do it, I have consulted the leading authorities on both reading and study in order to make a complete survey of the material written on these subjects. I have recorded the main ideas of these authorities, and in most cases giving their direct quotations. In order to present the subject, it was necessary to particularly understand the nature of study, the objectives of reading, the relationship between study and reading, and the …

Diagnostic And Remedial Measures In Reading In The Intermediate Grades, Elsie Dickerhoff Thompson

Bachelors’ Theses

"The development of reading as a branch of study began with the Reformation. This widespread movement necessitated on the part of the common people a familiarity with the Bible, and as a result reading and writing were introduced into the elementary curriculum and training in them became general." The books used at this time contained only extracts from the Bible. They were religious in character. The German word for primer means "little Bible". This primer appeared in 1419. Schulte in 1532 published the A.B.C. books which he tried to make more interesting for children. Basedaw 1723-1790 aided by advocating the …

Phonics A General Survey Of The Subject, Mary Rosalie

Bachelors’ Theses

"Phonics is a term usually applied to the study of sounds as they are related to reading." Its aim is to give the child power in the independent recognition of words, therefore, a knowledge of the use of phonics has always been considered a necessary part of the primary teacher's equipment, and probably no question has been more widely asked in the field of primary reading, than, "How and when shall phonics be taught?"

The Teaching Of English In The Elementary Schools, Julia Agnes Regan

Bachelors’ Theses

From one point of view the significance of the development of modern education can best be estimated by the progress of the mother-tongue toward the central place in formal instruction. When the study of the mother-tongue and its literature is made the core of the curriculum, education is something quite different from that training in which a foreign, perhaps an ancient tongue holds the chief place. We have been told by one school of critics that the mother-tongue need not be taught, for it will be picked up somehow; by another, that it cannot be taught, for there is nothing …