Experimental Studies in Psychology and Pedagogy, Volumes 5-6Lightner Witmer Ginn & Company, 1910 |
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adenoids adequate causes age of entrance amount of retardation average age average enrolment Average Number Affected Average Retardation blank boys and girls Boys Girls Camden schools cause of retardation cent lost child completed the grade computations conduct defects DIAGRAM diseases doubtful causes eighth grade elimination entered school examination Factors Average Number fifth grade fourth grade gained grades five half increase investigation LIGHTNER WITMER loss measles mentally deficient months mumps normal age normal progress Number Affected Number number of boys number of causes number of children Number of Factors number of girls nutrition obtained October parochial schools Percentage Number promoted group public schools READING PA real causes records Retardation Number retarded children retarded group school history school progress second grade seventh grade sisters and brothers speech teacher term tion tonsils total enrolment total number unassociated factors UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA whole number whooping cough
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Page 18 - ... influences of population under normal circumstances. The age distribution of the population is not, of course, uniform throughout the country. In some localities, in fact, very considerable variations from the standard are found. Neither do school grades correspond exactly with ages. Nevertheless, if children enter at the age of seven they will be at least fourteen upon reaching the eighth grade, and we shall not be far out of the way if we state that under perfect school conditions of progress...
Page 56 - Of the five year old children, 18 per cent of the boys and 15 per cent of the girls were considered handicapped, and of the six year olds, 30 per cent of the boys and 24 per cent of the girls.
Page 71 - The metal is a combination of copper and zinc, the best admixture being found to be 60 per cent, of the former, and 40 per cent, of the latter. The...
Page 55 - ... in the order of their frequency of occurrence, they are as follows: Attendance 366, entrance 234, home life 222, health 182, school history 154, sight 138, nutrition 111, adenoids 64, deficiency 56, conduct 53, speech 48, hearing 45, language 39, tonsils 5. The total number of social causes is 1015. They appear almost twice as often as the physical causes, which occur only 593 times. It appears to be probable that the social causes are not only most frequent, but also most far-reaching in their...
Page 25 - ... unstable pliant It will be seen from the above that the child's social reactions are distinguished as presenting opposite characters of boldness and shyness. Children who present neither character in marked degree are called normal. Perhaps it would have been better to describe them as indifferent. Children with an excess of either character are described as very bold, or as very shy. Feeling, or more accurately the expression of feeling in the child's reaction to the teacher and other persons...
Page 9 - DECEMBER, 1910. A STATISTICAL STUDY. L INTRODUCTION. During the last six years investigations have been conducted under the auspices of the Psychological Department of the University of Pennsylvania, to find out the various causes for the retardation of a large per cent of the boys and girls enrolled in the public schools. Although these and other investigations have done much to throw light upon the shortcomings and defects of the present elementary school system, much remains to be done. It was,...
Page 6 - ... purpose, begin the work of the second grade at the age of seven years ; of the third grade at the age of eight and so on through the grades. The school, however, does not succeed in realizing this ideal scheme of progress. A very cursory examination of school reports or enrolment records will reveal the fact that there is a large number of children in the public schools who must often have failed to make the necessary promotions. From an analysis of the total enrolment figures of the Camden schools...
Page 55 - Those of next greatest frequency are late entrance and home life. If all the adequate causes be given in the order of their frequency of occurrence, they are as follows: Attendance 366, entrance 234, home life 222, health 182, school history 154, sight 138, nutrition 111, adenoids 64, deficiency 56, conduct 53, speech 48, hearing 45, language 39, tonsils 5. The total number of social causes is 1015.
Page 8 - ... supervisor. All the items of the blank, which is reproduced in actual size on the following page, may be classified somewhat roughly into three groups; one group pertains to the child in the home, No. Name Grade Class 190 Address Grade Class 190 Address School 190 Teacher School 190 Teacher Progress EGFD vD Date of birth Age Conduct BGPD vD Age on entering school No.