Browsing Theses and Dissertations (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Meriam, Junius Lathrop, 1872-"
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A course in elementary high school biology within the students environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)This thesis is an attempt at the solution of a problem which has grown out of some discouragements and difficulties experienced in connection with three years of teaching biological sciences to first year high school ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Historical data in the study of present-day problems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)Anyone who has read, in educational literature of recent years, the endless discussions as to what is the proper plan of studying history in the high school, or what is the chief aim of the study, whether history should ... -
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 ... -
The incidental teaching of English composition in the high school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)At the present time, when the efficiency of every department of school work is being questioned, when real improvement is being made in the school as an adequate preparation for life, the question of the value of formal ... -
Interior decoration for boys and girls in the public schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)In this thesis the writer has attempted to collect some material which might serve as suggestions for boys and girls in our public schools. The interior decoration is dealt with from the standpoint of young people and ... -
Observation one of the activities in the third grade of the University elementary school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)In various forms Nature-study has become a part of the curriculum of the schools, often holding an equal place with the "Three R's". Frequently the usual studies are too remote from the daily lives of the children to be ... -
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 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 ... -
A study in seventh grade subject-matter
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)Two years ago the writer came into the University Elementary School to devote about half time to teaching the seventh grade and the other half to graduate work in the University. As the writer worked along he found that ... -
The withdrawal of pupils from school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)This subject has, perhaps, received more attention and less careful study than any other educational problem. The numerous compulsory school attendance laws, both in Europe and America, testify to the consideration this ...