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Audio-visual aids are familiar terms in the realm of education. Their importance is growing rapidly as our society becomes complex with its radar, television, electronics and atomic bombs. Today, children live in a world of both auditory...
"This paper is an account of a project which began primarily as an attempt to set up an activity program that would result in a high degree of accuracy in computational operations. It soon became evident that the activity was serving as...
This study assessed the relative effectiveness of verbal and non-verbal teaching methods in facilitating the learning of mathematics. The two treatments differed only in that nonverbal instruction did not permit oral communication or use...
The social studies, in some form, has had a significant part in the curricula of our schools almost from the beginning of public education. Today, the social studies is conceived as having certain primary functions in relation to the...
A comparison of the contributions of two art education leaders in a specific publication of each with special reference to creative painting in the lower elementary school
"The two books, Creative and Mental Growth by Viktor Lowenfeld and The New Art Education by Ralph Pearson, were chosen in order to compare the contributions of two art education leaders in a specific publication of each with special...
"It is the purpose of this paper, therefore, to show how in Florida's Program of Studies in the Elementary School science and social studies are related to each other. It will be urged that these subjects should be so related as to...
Speech is the most common and the most fundamental tool used for communication. It has done more for man's progress than any other single factor. Yet this high development of man has been relatively ignored, and for generations speech...
"The purpose of this paper is to report some learning experiences planned by a teacher and her third grade pupils that led to a better understanding of community resources and community life. To give a clear, yet brief, picture of how...
"This paper presents a survey of the physical health status of twenty-seven first grade boys and girls in the Paxton Elementary School. Keen interest on the part of the writer in this problem has been felt for a number of years. Because...
This program was carried out in the two sections of the fourth grade at the Agnes McReynolds Elementary School in Pensacola, Florida. In investigating the place of geography in the elementary curriculum, and the teaching and testing of...
"Science and healthful living go hand in hand. Science has furnished us the knowledge to improve our health and is adding to this knowledge daily. Countless numbers of men and women have spent and are spending their entire lives in...
"Wanting to help children to overcome any fears that might be foremost in them, the writer wishes to make a study of principles of teaching arithmetic and apply in the classroom certain of these principles in an effort to help children...
A study of the direction in which certain design understanding can be developed by prospective elementary teachers by means of an experience with scrap material printing
"This study is made in an attempt to determine the direction in which certain design understandings can be developed by prospective elementary teachers by means of an experience with scrap material printing. The activity may be defined...
The teaching of science is a continuous process. It is closely related to every activity of the school day. The elementary teacher with little or no scientific background may utilize these wide and varied daily experiences in the...
Study conducted with 63 rural school children, as measured by the Revised Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale. Since size of vocabulary is considered to be a relatively valid measure of intelligence and correlates to a high degree with the...
After many years of teaching experience in a school where good citizenship prevailed among the students, it has been rather surprising recently to find that standards of conduct formerly observed are being disregarded. It has been noted...
The need for arithmetic is well nigh universal. Children and adults are continuously confronted with situations involving "how many" and "how much." The "how-manyness" and "how-muchness" of situations lead to the need for counting and...
"One of these methods is the use of industrial arts at the elementary level. Its outstanding contribution is in the providing of experiences and activities which contribute toward clarifying, expanding, enriching and speeding the...
Arithmetic probably causes more unhappiness among elementary school children than any other subject. Teachers, doubtless, experience a feeling of failure in this area of their work more than in any other undertaking. Many children and...
A study of the adequacy of library materials in the area of personal and social development available for teaching social studies in Florida elementary schools
"The purpose of this study is to compile a graded, annotated list of library materials in the area of personal and social development (1) which meet established criteria for selection of children's materials and (2) which can be...
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