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Critical Evaluation of a Method of Teaching Beginning Reading

Description: The problem of this study is to determine, by actual classroom experiment, the most advantageous method of teaching reading to beginners. In the accomplishment of this purpose, the writer made an intensive study of various methods and techniques of teaching beginning reading, a summary of which appears in the second chapter of this thesis, and applied some of the fundamental principles of each method to the actual teaching of beginning reading to her first-grade pupils in the elementary school … more
Date: 1942
Creator: Smith, Charline Hennen
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Determination of an Adequate Course of Industrial Arts for Ninth Grade in Terms of Child Needs, Psychological Possibilities, and Social Needs

Description: This is a study to determine an adequate course for ninth-grade industrial arts in terms of child needs, psychological possibilities, and social needs, as indicated by the ninth-grade boys in Bowie High School, El Paso, Texas.
Date: 1942
Creator: Tomkins, Alex
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Determining the Necessary Changes in Administration Program to Reduce Any Existing Inconsistencies Between Theory and Practice in Typical Rural High Schools in Texas

Description: A study to determine if the administrators of most rural high schools in Texas are putting their theory into practice, and if not, what changes are to be made in the administration of typical rural high schools of Texas in order that theory and practice may be brought closer together.
Date: 1942
Creator: Phillips, L. O.
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An Educational Program to Fit the Needs of Elementary School Children During War Times

Description: The problem of this study is: (1) to determine the dominant democratic values which are important to the child; (2) to recognize disturbing elements in the lives of children today which threaten these values, including those eventualities for which the children must be prepared in the light of the experiences of other countries; (3) to discover ways in which some teachers have sought to meet changing conditions; and (4) to combine these findings into a workable program.
Date: 1942
Creator: Spain, Dorothy Wimbish
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The Effect of the Mental Hygiene of the Adult on the Mental Hygiene of the Child in This Emergency

Description: The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship which the thought patterns of parents have upon the ideas of the children in the present national and world emergency. Attention is also given to the background study of the present conflict, the attitudes that should prevail, and the stress that should be placed upon democracy.
Date: 1942
Creator: Miller, Ethel Lee
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The Effects of Two Types of Teaching Reading Upon Reading Progress, Social Maturity Progress, and Arithmetic Reasoning and Computation

Description: The problem of this thesis is to evaluate the progress in general reading efficiency of a group of children taught by the socialized group plan, as compared to a group of children taught by the traditional reading plan and to determine whether the socialized group plan aids in the development of certain other general attributes, such as arithmetic reasoning, arithmetic computation, and social maturity growth.
Date: 1942
Creator: Mathis, Floye
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An Evaluation of Activities That Effect Better Parent-Teacher Cooperation in Relation to Child Development and Welfare

Description: To evaluate activities that effect better parent-teacher cooperation in relation to child development and welfare is the purpose of this study. The five types of activities about which information was desired included personal conferences, communication, parent-teacher association, visitation, and parental education.
Date: 1942
Creator: Schleinat, Annie Patterson
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An Evaluation of an Organizational Plan for the Intermediate School of Edinburg, Texas

Description: The problem of this thesis is to determine what implications a democratic society and the biological explanation of growth and learning make to an educational program and to measure the program planned for the Intermediate School of Edinburg, Texas, by these implications.
Date: 1942
Creator: Newsom, Herman A.
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Evaluation of Some School Shops on the Basis of Pupil Interest

Description: The problem at hand is an attempt to evaluate the industrial-arts shops of three schools on the basis of pupil interests. Primary emphasis will be placed upon the various interests of industrial-arts pupils, and then the shops will be studied for the purpose of discovering whether they foster such interests as the pupils may have been shown to possess.
Date: 1942
Creator: Martin, Gebhard
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An Evaluation of Teaching Procedures and Curricula of the Primary Grades of Two Local Elementary Schools

Description: An evaluation of teaching procedures and curricula of the primary grades of two local elementary schools according to criteria formulated from accepted educational psychology and democratic philosophy of educational leaders constitutes the problem at hand.
Date: 1942
Creator: Ballard, Irene
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An Evaluation of the Coleman High School, Coleman, Texas

Description: The problem in this study is to evaluate the Coleman High School of Coleman, Texas. Areas evaluated are: pupil population and the school community, curriculum and course of study, pupil activity program, library service, guidance service, instruction, outcomes of the educational program, the school staff, the school plant, and school administration.
Date: 1942
Creator: Farmer, James Lee
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An Evaluation of the Educational Objectives of Grandview, Alvarado, and Surrounding Rural Schools

Description: The problem constituting the basis of this study is one having to do with an investigation of educational objectives. Specifically, it relates to an examination of teachers' objectives in a strictly limited area of Texas and a comparison of these objectives with those advanced by professional educators and published in literature dealing with educational practices and principles.
Date: 1942
Creator: Martin, Lois Baker
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Evaluation of the Formal Versus the Informal Method of Teaching Arithmetic

Description: The problem in this investigation has a three-fold purpose: namely, (1) to determine the results of delaying formal arithmetic until the fourth grade; (2) to ascertain the results reflected in the reading abilities of children when the time ordinarily spent on drill and organized instruction in arithmetic is given to reading, the diverted time being spent in reading arithmetic stories, playing games, and in using other arithmetical processes in connection with school activities; (3) to compare … more
Date: 1942
Creator: Garrett, Atlee Margaret
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An Evaluation of the Out-of-School-Youth National Defense Program Number 4 in Texas

Description: The purpose of the evaluation is to determine, in a measure, the costs of the program, the interest shown in it, and the benefits derived from it. It is the further desire of the investigator to learn to what extent the program now fits into our educational system, and what changes may be necessary for the future use of the program in our educational system.
Date: 1942
Creator: Pierce, Albert A.
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An Evaluation of the Uses Made of the Radio in the Seventh Grade of the Schools of Hill County

Description: It is the purpose of this study to make an investigation of the uses made of the radio in the seventh grade in the schools in Hill County, in an endeavor to make available to administrators and teachers the possibilities of radio as an educational medium, and also to suggest additional techniques of utilization.
Date: 1942
Creator: Kirkbride, Martha Frances Cargile
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An Examination of Certain Theories and Tendencies in Teaching Arithmetic as Found in Various Educational Periodicals During the Period of 1934-1941

Description: The purpose of this study is to analyze certain recent trends in the teaching of arithmetic, particularly those trends which have dealt with the reconstruction of the curriculum, and to determine to what extent the advocated theories seem to have been put into practice in the elementary school, according to reports in various school magazines and bulletins.
Date: 1942
Creator: Giles, O. E.
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