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First year reading
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
This thesis will concern itself with first year reading, and it will have the following aims: 1. To examine the subject matter of first year reading in order to see what values the literature presuppose the child capable ...
The teaching of handwriting
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
Text from page 1: The problem of this investigation is to study the uses of diagnosis and corrective measures in the teaching of handwriting.
The story of the farmer
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
Text from preface: "The purpose of this study is to develop among boys and girls of junior high school age an appreciation of the farmer and the value of his work to society. Many books have been written about the things ...
A study of the costs of the Kansas City high schools for the year 1915-1916
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
"The problem of this thesis is the study in detail of the cost of the Kansas City high schools for the year 1915-1916. For convenience, the problem is divided into several studies, as follows: Study A. A comparative study ...
An age-grade census of Missouri rural schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1919)
It is the problem of this study to make a diagnosis of the educational conditions in the rural schools of Missouri by means of the age-grade census, to compare these conditions with those of other school systems, to determine ...
Comparative rankings of normal school graduates and full course university students in the School of Education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
There has been much difference of opinion as to which group of students ranks higher in university scholarship---those who enter the School of Education as normal school graduates or those who spend full four years on the ...
The mental and physical development of rural children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
A. Problem: Are there any fundamental differences between rural and urban children in mental and physical growth and development? If there are differences, are they due to the inborn nature of the children, or to environment? ...
A study in sentence structure
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
The present study is a report of the results of the attempted correction of eighteen types of grammatical errors through the "incidental method" of teaching composition. This method as opposed to the "Formal Method" is ...
Economical learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
The great change in our economic life in the last decade has forced its demands for greater skill and more economical methods upon man in every walk of life. These demands have in part been met and satisfied, but much is ...
Practical problems depending upon principles of geometry
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
One of the recent questions in education deals with the efficiency of our secondary schools. The question is of vital importance to all classes of educators, but to no class is it more pertinent than to the High School ...
Philosophy of Horace
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
In a treatise on the philosophy of Horace it is necessary to discuss the following problems: 1) What did Horace know of the different philosophical systems? 2) To what extent do the works of Horace contain references to ...
Examining and certificating teachers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)
One of the first laws in the United States on the subject of examining and certificating teachers was passed in Massachusetts in 1826. It stated that the School Committees should ascertain the qualifications of the teachers ...
Teaching of physics in the high school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
There is much unrest as to physics instruction in the high schools, as evidenced by the many and varied discussions of methods of teaching that subject. No phase of the question has been overlooked, laboratory methods, ...
Mental tests of school children
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
The gradation and classification of pupils, the nature of the curriculum and methods of teaching, have long been vital questions for educators. The mental measuring rods for classification and promotion which have been ...
The importance of problems in the teaching of American history in high schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
No invention, no conformity to a new mode of living, was ever brought about by an individual or community except to meet some definite need. Some obstacle, some difficulty, arose which had to be overcome. For example, the ...
Natural interests of adolescents
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
The purpose of this investigation was to discover as far as possible, in the limited time available, the capacities of the adolescent mind with special reference to the lines of work represented in the typical high school ...
A study of the Ebbinghaus conjectural method
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
While the need for persistent drill is clearly recognized in the elementary and secondary schools, when the student enters college it is supposed that he is prepared to at once assume responsibility for his studies, a ...
History of the academy in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
The demand for the academy in Missouri was the same as the demand for it in any other western state - a popular demand for secondary education. This demand was along several lines; first it was to inculcate special forms ...
An experimental study of methods of teaching high school German
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
The purpose of this paper is to report some experimental work done in the University High School on the methods used and the results obtained in the first year's work in German. Since the methods used in this work are ...
Elementary agriculture for city high schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
The experience of teaching Agriculture in the high school for a number of years has impressed upon the writer the need of a more careful selection of material than is indicated by most of the text book in Elementary ...