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Page 121 - ... the same fashion. Altogether, about 30,000 words were checked. By far the greater number occurred in only one list, a somewhat smaller number in two lists, and so on down to 121 that were common to 10 lists, 54 common to 11 lists, and only 9, viz., again, any, believe, look, many, money, remember, there, and through that were found in all of the lists. It was arbitrarily decided to include in the final list all words which occurred in at least six of the twelve lists examined ; there were 1309...
Page 364 - Every child shall have acquired a repertory of songs which may be carried into the home and social life, including "America" and "The Star Spangled Banner.
Page 303 - PM in Convention Hall. The report of the Joint Committee on Health Problems in Education, National Council of Education and American Medical Association, was briefly introduced by Thomas D. Wood, professor of physical education, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY Discussion of this report was participated in by FK Green, MD, Chicago; John M. Dodson, MD, Chicago; Mrs. Addison W. Moore, Chicago; PP Claxton, Washington, DC; and Dr. RW Corwin, Pueblo, Colo. Report of the Committee on...
Page 197 - Twentieth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Part II.
Page 209 - The Determination of Ultimate Standards of Quality in Handwriting for the Public Schools.
Page 3 - Superintendence there was authorized the appointment of a commission for the purpose of bringing together the elements for the construction of a suitable curriculum for the boys and girls of American public schools.
Page 112 - to find out whether or not there exists a fairly definite body of words so generally used in ordinary correspondence that they should form the core or basis of the spelling vocabulary taught in the lower grades of our elementary schools.
Page 273 - The Curriculum" conducted by the writer at the University of Chicago. Recently the list was critically examined by some twelve hundred high-school teachers in Los Angeles, and again revised.
Page 256 - As regards the treatment of specific eras or epochs, the principal increases in emphasis are to be noted in connection with : (a) the period 1783-1812 (especially in the treatment of the so-called "critical period" between the close of the Revolution and the adoption of the Constitution) ; (b) the non-military affairs of the period 18121861 ; and (c) European events preceding and during the periods of discovery, exploration, and settlement.
Page 55 - ... addition, multiplication, and fractions. The conclusion is obvious. In this one vocation of departmentstore selling the chances are nine out of ten that no problem in addition will be more complicated than the addition of four fourplace addends; no subtraction is used in making change, and if it were, only forty-five out of one hundred subtraction facts would be used ; the chances are ninety-seven out of one hundred that in multiplication the multiplier will be 12 or less and the multiplicand...