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2. Comment on the Bernard Go Paper.
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Go, Jenny Huang
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CHINESE schools abroad ,CURRICULUM ,EDUCATION policy ,PRIVATE schools - Abstract
The article presents comments on sociologist Bernard C. Go's paper "The Chinese in the Philippines: Facts and Fancies," which was published in the October 1972 issue of the journal "Philippine Sociological Review." The author limits the discussion to one area touched upon by Go's paper, namely, certain aspects of the formal educational arrangements of the Chinese in the Philippines which may help or hinder integration. The distribution of Chinese schools in the country is as follows 25 in Manila, 10 in the Manila suburbs, 45 in Luzon, 15 in the Bicol Region, 30 in the Visayas, and 26 in Mindanao. This gives a total of 151 schools in the whole country. A significant trait of the Chinese school is that it offers a double curriculum. The standard curriculum prescribed for the public and private schools by the Philippine Department of Education is offered in the morning by Filipino teachers. The material used in Chinese schools for courses in Chinese originate in Taiwan, much of it produced by the education section of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission in Taipei. The management of many schools has been under boards of trustees compliant with policies of China's Nationalist government and party.
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- 1972
3. GRADING OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ACCOUNTANT'S EXAMINATION PAPERS.
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Haun, Robert D. and Herbert, Leo
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ACCOUNTING ,ACCOUNTING exams ,EXAMINATIONS ,GRADING of students ,ACCOUNTING education ,CURRICULUM ,STUDENTS ,AUDITING - Abstract
As a service to the forty-eight states and four territories which use the examinations prepared by the American Institute of Accountants the Institute will grade the candidate's papers and recommend grades to be granted there on by the local boards involved. Papers from some fifty-five hundred candidates were graded by the Educational Director's office in connection with a recent examination. The very weight and volume of this number of papers is imposing. The significance of the resultant grades to the candidates and to the profession of public accounting makes the grading process most important. The methods used to secure uniform and reliable results in this work will be of interest to those concerned with methods of testing and passing upon the qualifications of candidates for the CPA certificate. Under the grading system used by the Institute in Auditing, Theory and Law, where the grading is on a positive basis, it is impossible for the candidate to receive all the points his knowledge might justify if his answer is too brief. Relevant points, assigned some credit in the grading, may easily be omitted in short answers.
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- 1952
4. An Experiment in "Bi-Curricular Teaching" Ninth Ninth Grade Science and English Students.
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Knapp II, John
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EDUCATION research ,HIGH school students ,NINTH grade (Education) ,SECONDARY education ,SCIENCE education (Secondary) ,CURRICULUM ,CURRICULUM planning ,EDUCATIONAL planning - Abstract
This paper is an informal discussion of an experiment in combining some of the teaching objectives of ninth grade science and English in the form of a ‘Voluntary Science-English Term Paper Project’. The purpose here is to present a practical illustration of a method of achieving certain short term goals common to both high school science and English. The project, carried out in a rural high school in central Virginia, proved to be an economical way of achieving certain goals within a traditionally-oriented curriculum. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1972
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5. Merging of Research and Teaching in Developmental Biology: Adaptation of Current Scientific Research Papers for Use in Undergraduate Laboratory Exercises.
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Lee, H. H., Shore, R. E., Ehmann, A., and Gano, C.
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CURRICULUM ,CURRICULUM planning ,DEVELOPMENTAL biology ,ACTIVITY programs in education ,LIFE science education ,EDUCATIONAL standards ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,LEARNING ,PLANNING - Abstract
The article focuses on the study which attempts to employ curricular reformation in undergraduate biological education. The study is done through the use of two exercises, which are both part of a course in developmental biology at the University of Toledo. The first exercise is "Cytodifferentiation: Formation of Multinucleated Myotubes in vitro," in which students are asked to observe changes in the experimented cells. The second exercise is "Cell Aggregation: Formation of Multicellular Systems," in which students are asked to investigate one or two influences on aggregation. Through these exercises, the students were able to realize that more exercises should be adapted in other subjects as well for learning purposes.
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- 1970
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6. A Review of the Research Related to ESCP.
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Champlin, Robert F.
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This paper reviews the research related to the Earth Science Curriculum Project since the course first appeared in American Secondary schools in 1964. The author has identified nine research studies and several surveys concerned with ESCP since that time. Of the nine research studies, six were primarily concerned with achievement outcomes. The findings of the six studies seem to indicate that ESCP is superior to non-ESCP earth science in affecting student achievement. However, a clear-cut case for this could not be established. Two of the studies (Sargent, 1966 and Schirner, 1968) indicated that the combination of the right curriculum with the appropriate teacher was an important factor in influencing student outcomes. The surveys, all conducted by the ESCP Staff, pertained to student attitudes, teacher preparation programs and teacher professional background. The one survey discussed in this review indicates that the astronomy unit was a favorite of a majority of students who studied ESCP. The last section of the review is devoted to raising questions for further educational research. This is done through the aid of an instructional sequence model. (LC)
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- 1970
7. DISCUSSION.
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SWEEZY, PAUL M.
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ECONOMICS education ,SOCIOECONOMICS ,CURRICULUM ,UNITED States economy ,STUDENTS ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges - Abstract
The article presents discussions by economists on some papers that are published in the May 1, 1970 issue of the journal "American Economic Review." The author states that the university is a part of the existing socioeconomic system with specific functions, among which that are mentioned by authors of papers published in the present issue of the journal, to socialize students as wage-workers is only one. Another is to inculcate into the student, a potential future leader, member of the intellectual elite, teacher of future students, precisely the point of view that underlies economics curriculum. Authors of those papers follow with iron logic that the university is not going to accept, let alone promote, an alternative curriculum, which begins by rejecting, or calling into question all basic institutions, relations and results of the existing system. It is true that under stress, such as that which developed on many campuses last year, powers-that-be will make concessions and often will promise more concessions. It is significant that economics department refused to recognize it and academic authorities denied permission for it to abandon the grading system, which authors criticized so effectively in their papers.
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- 1970
8. Teaching Laser Physics: High Brow or Low Brow?
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Weichel, H. and Pedrotti, L. S.
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Laser physics can be addressed and presented at three different levels of conceptual and mathematical sophistication. In this paper, the three levels are defined and characterized. Advantages and disadvantages of each approach are discussed, and recommendations for choosing a particular approach to match student level and interest are offered. (Author/DT)
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- 1974
9. Journal of Research and Development in Education - Proceedings of National Conference on Needed Research in Mathematics Education.
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Georgia Univ., Athens. Coll. of Education. and Hooten, Joseph R.
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This document is a report on the Conference on Needed Research in Mathematics Education held on the campus of the University of Georgia. A major objective of the conference was an examination of the progress of research in mathematics education as well as the development of guidelines for further research. Toward this end, the Conference was designed to identify research problems, formulate researchable questions, and provide discussion of research procedures in three important areas of mathematics--learning, teaching, and curriculum. The major papers together with the written reactions and discussions have as specific goals (1) the identification of strengths and weaknesses in recent research practices, (2) the identification of specific, crucial problems and issues pertinent to mathematics education and the translation of these into researchable questions which could effectively be investigated through individual or cooperative action, (3) the consideration of theoretical models, designs, and methods of research which could be used to strengthen future research, and (4) the encouragement of greater coordination of related activities. (RP)
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- 1967
10. Computer Assisted Instruction for Deaf Students
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Suppes, Patrick
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Paper presented at Symposium on Research and Utilization of Educational Media for tteaching the Deaf (Lincoln, Nebraska, March, 1971m. (CB)
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- 1971
11. Implications for Library Education
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Bookstein, Abraham
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This paper examines the nature of decision making in libraries, with the view of learning what qualities ought to be developed while in a library school. The concluding section raises questions that must be answered before operations research (O.R.) can be successfully integrated into a library school curriculum. (7 references) (Author/NH)
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- 1972
12. Curriculum Development: Yours or Theirs
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Switzer, Thomas J.
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A position paper advocating the development of curricular materials by national curriculum studies. (Author)
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- 1972
13. On Analyzing Curricula
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Klein, M. Frances and Tyler, Louise
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Compares three papers on curricula analysis, two of which have appeared in CTN summer, 1968 edition. (DE)
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- 1969
14. Emerging Perspectives in Science Teaching for the 1970's
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Hurd, Paul DeHart
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This paper, presented at the 1971 Annual School Science and Mathematics Association Convention, identifies crucial directions in science curriculum planning and discusses the supporting rationale. (DT)
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- 1972
15. The Effectiveness of the Non-Graded School
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McLoughlin, William P.
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Paper attempts to discern the differences in children's accomplishments when they were taught in graded and nongraded schools. (Author/RK)
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- 1972
16. A Research Approach to Inquiry in High-School Biology
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Jernigan, H. Dean
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Describes a high school biology program based on the use of research papers, student interest areas, and selected topics. Time is provided for group work and individualization of instruction. (PS)
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- 1972
17. Freedom to Teach and Freedom to Learn
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Jakobovits, Leon A.
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Paper presented at the Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Convention, Washington, D.C., February 1972. (DD)
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- 1973
18. The Use of Pseudo-Science in Science Education.
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Martin, Michael
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COMPARATIVE studies ,PSEUDOSCIENCE ,SCIENCE education ,CURRICULUM planning ,CURRICULUM ,INSTRUCTIONAL systems design ,ACADEMIC dissertations ,EDUCATIONAL planning ,EDUCATION - Abstract
The article looks into the significant use of pseudo-science in science education. A pseudo-science is a systematic body of propositions, practices, and attitudes that gives the appearance of being a science but is not a science. Furthermore, the article has compared the differences between science and pseudo-science. Moreover, various approaches and ways in which the study of pseudo-science could be incorporated into science education has been presented through: (1) critical examination of historical cases of pseudo-science along with cases of genuine science; (2) comparison of contemporary research paper with pseudo-science research paper; (3) use of laboratory works and processes to expose the scientific pretensions of pseudo-science; encouragement of students to bring examples of pseudo-scientific thinking; (5) evaluation of textbooks; and (6) testing of students' ability to recognize cases of pseudo-science.
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- 1971
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19. NEWS NOTES.
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GASTROENTEROLOGY ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,AWARDS ,CURRICULUM ,MEDICAL societies - Abstract
Presents updates on the field of gastroenterology in the U.S. as of January 1969. Schedule of meetings of the American College of Gastroenterology; Recipients of awards given by the college; Information on a postgraduate course sponsored by the American Gastroenterological Association.
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- 1969
20. THE TEACHING OF MONEY AND BANKING.
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MACHLUP, FRITZ
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ECONOMICS education ,BUSINESS education ,CURRICULUM ,BUSINESS students ,INSTRUCTIONAL systems ,EDUCATION - Abstract
A conference paper is presented that examines the teaching of a business course on money and banking. The author suggests that the process involves determining the objectives of the course, the materials that will be taught and the method of instruction. The author advocates an undergraduate money and banking course that could be understood by a liberal arts student. The author outlines how this course could be taught, highlights some possible objectives and discusses how to select materials.
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- 1949
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21. Practice in Critical Reading as a Method to Improve Scientific Writing.
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Brandt, W. W.
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TECHNICAL writing ,ACADEMIC discourse ,TECHNICAL English ,COMMUNICATION of technical information ,CURRICULUM ,GRADUATE study in education ,EDUCATION - Abstract
The article describes a method of teaching some important phases of technical writing as part of a normal laboratory course. Faculty member employing this technique selects a suitable paper from the literature, prepares a sentence outline and introduces a small number of flaw into the paper. Then, the material is retyped and handed to the students to be analyzed. For a simplified version of this method, only step one will be used and the discussion will be modified. The simple technique can be refined by introducing more subtle flaws into the discussion and include the introduction, the summary and conclusion or even the experimental section and the result.
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- 1971
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22. The Role of Computer Assisted Instruction at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf
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Barnes, Dennis O. and Finkelstein, Arlene
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Paper presented at Symposium on Research and Utilization of Educational Media for Teaching the Deaf (Lincoln, Nebraska, March, 1971. (CB)
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- 1971
23. ICME '72 Reflections
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Reynolds, P.
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Impressions of the second International Congress on Mathematical Education are recounted by the author, by M. L. Cornelius (commenting on problem solving, teacher education, and geometry) and by P. Holmes (citing international mathematics education and mathematical applications). A paper by W. W. Sawyer on mathematics clubs and student magazines and a description by Thwaites of SMP demonstration classes and objectives are also included. (DT)
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- 1973
24. The Myopia of Methods
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Zahorik, John A.
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The purpose of this paper is to examine a problem that exists in relation to teaching methods and which has quite possibly served to limit the value of many promising methodologies that have been developed. (Author)
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- 1973
25. THE CONTEMPORARY POLISH SOCIO- LOGICAL REVIEW.
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Kolaja, Jiri
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CURRICULUM ,SOCIOLOGY education ,SOCIAL sciences ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,QUANTITATIVE research ,SOCIOLOGY - Abstract
The most comprehensive review of modern Polish sociology written in English is probably Eileen Markley Znaniecki's paper, published in Twentieth Century Sociology. The present note adds to the meager knowledge of Polish sociology by summarizing and discussing briefly the 1957 and 1958 volumes of the Polish Sociological Review. On the whole, the 1957 volume is historical and discursive rather than sociological. The discussion articles mostly interpret ideas of other authors, quoting them frequently. Three of the ten articles are concerned with problems of education. The 1958 volume, containing nine papers plus reviews and news, is predominantly sociological, although several articles may be regarded as more historical than sociological. These papers give little information about the methodology used, and in none is there any indication that statistical analysis was employed. Finally, this paper also describes the careers of students who attended special preparatory courses and later pursued technical college curricula.
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- 1960
26. Selected Graduate Student Papers from the Course Physical Factors in Reading.
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CURRICULUM ,MEDICAL specialties & specialists ,STUDENTS ,NEUROLOGY ,DERMATOLOGY - Abstract
The article offers information on the course Physical Factors in Reading. This course has been made available at Boston University in Boston, Massachusetts. Medical specialists were employed to lecture students in their specialties. These lecturers specialize in the field of neurology, obstetrics, psychiatry, pediatrics, ophthalmology, dermatology, and internal medicine.
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- 1968
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27. Paper Programs Versus Actualities.
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Kimball, Reginald Stevens
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SCHOOL administrators ,SCHOOL administration ,EDUCATIONAL planning ,ART education ,ART teachers ,CURRICULUM - Abstract
The article comments about the discussion of prominent administrators on the aims and purposes of an auditorium period. It was mentioned that auditorium teachers still need to be presents before the administrators so that the period can be rightly conceived, and can be expected to do. The author said that what is important is that administrators should go ahead to endorse the curricula through incorporating it in their local layout.
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- 1931
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28. DEPARTMENTAL NEWS.
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Mundy, Paul
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RELIGION & sociology ,PERIODICALS ,PERSONNEL changes ,CURRICULUM ,LECTURES & lecturing ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,ASSOCIATIONS, institutions, etc. - Abstract
This section presents an update on news and events related to the sociology of religion as of March 1959. The special issue of Anthropological Quarterly for January 1959 contains all the papers given at the 1958 Institute on Social Anthropology held at Saint Louis University. Emerson Hynes has left the sociology staff of Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota to serve in Washington with Senator Eugene McCarthy. At College of Saint Benedict, Saint Joseph, Minnesota, a tri-college program, financed by a $30,000 grant from the Hill Foundation, is sponsoring great issues course in which six faculty members and ten superior students from each college, plus outside consultants, participate. La Salle College conducted a You and Marriage series with the theme, What They Ask About Engagement. Brother G. Henry, spoke on Why Get Engaged at All? on February 15, 1959. Reverend Joseph Fichter, is giving the Douglass Lecture for religious research fellowship at the University of Chicago in June 1959. He will attend the World Congress of Sociology in Milan, Italy, from September 5 to 15, 1959. Sister Inez Hilger, attended the meeting of the American Anthropological Association held in Washington in November. Her ethnological child life studies of the Araucanian, Chippewa, and Arapaho have been processed in the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University.
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- 1959
29. EVALUATING LANGUAGE CURRICULA FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN.
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Stern, Carolyn
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FOREIGN language education ,SOCIAL marginality ,POOR children ,INSTRUCTIONAL systems ,CURRICULUM ,TEACHERS ,EDUCATION ,RESEARCH ,PRESCHOOL children - Abstract
The article presents an evaluation of the language curricula in preschool children. This paper focuses on the language ability of children from culturally disadvantaged homes. The linguistics and educators have different point of view with regards to the language system of this group of children. Researches have been conducted to look into the high incidence of school failure among these children categorized to have a different language. This research deals with the evidence indicating language deficit characteristics in low-income families.
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- 1968
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30. SECONDARY SCIENCE EDUCATION IN PAKISTAN.
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Lucas, Ann
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SCIENCE education (Secondary) ,CURRICULUM ,SECONDARY education ,INSTRUCTIONAL systems ,HIGH school teaching ,TEACHING ,MATHEMATICS education (Secondary) ,HIGH schools - Abstract
The article provides an overview of the secondary science education in Pakistan. According to the article, the Commission on National Education has placed significance on the importance of a science and mathematics program to meet technological demands and develop a balance in the curriculum. The types of secondary institutions in Pakistan are academic, vocational, general arts and science colleges. The secondary vocational schools include agricultural, commercial, engineering/survey, fine arts and medical.
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- 1967
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31. A SIXTH-GRADE UNIT IN ASTRONOMY.
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Eastlack, Lola F.
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UNIT method of teaching ,ASTRONOMY education ,SIXTH grade (Education) ,LESSON planning ,CHARTS, diagrams, etc. ,STARS ,SOLAR system ,TELESCOPES ,CURRICULUM - Abstract
The article focuses on a unit method of teaching astronomy meant for students of sixth-grade. For the purpose of teaching, a paper sky was created. In order to avoid monotony, various types of lessons were conducted. Sometimes questions were asked and answered directly and sometimes they were assigned for independent research and report. A notebook was developed by each child for his own use. The children wrote stories of the star myths and drew several diagrams including star groups, a comet's path around the sun, the solar system and others. The cover created by each child was typically astronomical with comets, stars, telescopes and the like. The program also included dramatization of sky myths, singing of star songs, reading of original poems, showing the notebooks and giving an account of the telescope.
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- 1937
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32. Stratagies of Research in Human Neuropsychology.
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Goldstein, Steven G.
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NEUROPSYCHOLOGY ,LEARNING disabilities ,STATISTICAL hypothesis testing ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,CURRICULUM ,EDUCATION - Abstract
Studies in human neuropsychology often fall prey to criterion problems because of a dependence on construct validity. The present paper argues that such criteria are inappropriate and that only empirical criteria have some claim to validity in this area of research. The question of appropriate experimental designs are discussed and a recommendation made that non-parametric statistics be employed in such designs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1969
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33. AUDITING INSTRUCTION BY THE LABORATORY METHOD.
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Byrnes, Thomas W.
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CURRICULUM ,STUDY & teaching of auditing ,ACCOUNTANTS ,ACCOUNTING ,ACCOUNT books - Abstract
For many years, the accounting professionals in the U.S. have recognized the need for the preparation required by accountancy students in the field of auditing, and conceived the idea of the link between theory and practice as a business clinic where students might work among the records of actual transactions. In 1914, Robert H. Montgomery, a professor at the Columbia University, New York City obtained a number of sets of used account books which formed the basis for the course of study which has been given since 1915, termed as the Auditing Laboratory. From time to time since, additional records have been obtained until at the present time there are approximately 100 workable sets of books of greatly diversified activities. Questions and problems, to be solved only by an actual examination of the books and other records, provide the basis of the student's work. This gives him a practical working test under conditions which very closely correspond to those met in actual practice. All through the work done by the student, the preparation and care of his work papers are carefully watched and criticized; the preparation of audit programs and the proper filing of work papers in the permanent and current files for the different engagements are also stressed. The Auditing Laboratory contains labor saving devices, such as adding and other computing machines, slide rule, etc., etc., in the legitimate use of which the student is urged to become adept.
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- 1939
34. DISCUSSION.
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Brandis, Royal, Roose, Kenneth D., and Stevens, Carl M.
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ECONOMICS ,ECONOMICS education ,CURRICULUM ,UNDERGRADUATE programs ,GRADUATE education - Abstract
The article discusses the works of Bernard F. Haley and Richard Ruggles on the curricula of economics as a discipline in undergraduate and graduate programs in the U.S. The author of this article feels that there is an omission from Professor Haley's remarks on the elementary course. Professor Haley says that few instructors in the subject are happy with the course as it now is. But he offers no explanation other than that of cultural lag and poor textbooks for this phenomenon. Since it is a rare institution in which a noneconomist dictates the content of the beginning course or the textbook used, the basic question which Professor Haley has not answered is why economists persist in their unhappy ways. Professor Ruggles' paper suggests an approach to the second stage in which economics faculties in the universities will no longer be interested in teaching advanced undergraduate courses since these must perforce be designed for students who either are not concentrating in economics or, if they are, do not plan to go into graduate work in the field.
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- 1962
35. THE BASIC MANAGEMENT COURSE: ITS OBJECTIVES, CONTENT, AND INSTRUCTION.
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Athanassiades, John C.
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MANAGEMENT education ,HIGHER education ,BUSINESS education ,TRENDS ,CURRICULUM ,CURRICULUM evaluation ,EDUCATIONAL standards ,SCHOOL administration ,EDUCATIONAL objectives ,CLASS size ,TRAINING of business teachers - Abstract
The article looks at a study from 1973 which attempted to provide some empirical data of the nature of a basic management course. The author references papers published within a business management periodical while call for defined standards for the content, instruction, and objectives of such a course. Random members of the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) were selected to respond to the study's questionnaire regarding foreseeable trends within basic management courses. Factors of class size and teaching method are considered.
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- 1974
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36. WHAT SHOULD WE TEACH IN AN INVESTMENTS COURSE?
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WENDT, PAUL F.
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INVESTMENT education ,CURRICULUM ,CAPITALISM ,CORPORATE finance ,ECONOMIC equilibrium ,SUPPLY & demand - Abstract
The title of this paper presumes that we should be teaching courses called Investments. Before we address ourselves to the subject title, it appears to be of some importance to ask the question--Why should we teach an Investments course? The answer to this fundamental question should lead to some conclusions as to where in the curriculum a course or courses in Investments should be offered and what the course content should be. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1966
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37. A SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR A SEMINAR IN EVOLUTION.
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Daniel, Jr., Joseph C.
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EVOLUTIONARY theories ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,SCIENCE education ,EDUCATION ,SEMINARS ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,CURRICULUM ,PERIODICALS ,BIOLOGISTS ,BIOLOGY - Abstract
The article discusses a bibliography for a seminar on evolution. Colleges and universities in the U.S. teach evolution as a seminar course. Since the field is broad, journals and other papers have appeared with discussions and other necessary data useful to students and instructors alike. Leading evolutionary biologists in America have been welcomed to participate with the recent papers. The contributors include Dean Amadon of he American Musesum of Natural History, George W. Beadle of the California, Alan A. Boyden of Rutgers University, Bayard H. Brattstrom of Adelphi College and others.
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- 1959
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38. THE 1955-56 SEMINAR IN OPERATIONS RESEARCH AT THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY.
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Flagle, Charles D.
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OPERATIONS research conferences ,SEMINARS ,OPERATIONS research ,CONFERENCES & conventions ,CURRICULUM ,SYSTEMS theory ,COLLEGE students ,INDUSTRIAL engineering - Abstract
The article presents information about the Johns Hopkins University Seminar on "Operations Research." The direction of the Seminar has been transferred in the year 1956 from Operations Research Office to the Department of Industrial Engineering where it becomes one of a nucleus of courses offered to graduate students in the department. While this integration into the academic program can be expected to remove some of the traditional informality, this will be reflected in the seminar only in the order in which various subjects are taken up.
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- 1956
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39. Communications.
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Millington, Herbert and Greenberg, Allan
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INTERNATIONAL trade ,MARKETING education ,ECONOMICS education ,COLLEGE curriculum ,SALES forecasting ,CURRICULUM ,BUSINESS education ,INTERNATIONAL economic relations ,MARKETING theory ,BUSINESS students ,EDUCATION - Abstract
The article presents two research papers related to marketing research. The first research paper "Is Foreign Trade a Marketing Subject," by Herbert Millington, focuses on the increasing demand that universities and colleges offer courses that will provide students with knowledge about the field of marketing as well as the theories, principles, and mechanics of foreign trade. The second paper, "A Research Puzzle," by Allan Greenberg, focuses on a sales forecasting method employed by a manufacturer of consumer goods.
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- 1950
40. INQUIRY SKILL MEASURES.
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Nelson, Miles A. and Abraham, Eugene C.
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INQUIRY-based learning ,ACADEMIC achievement testing ,EDUCATIONAL tests & measurements ,PSYCHOLOGICAL tests for children ,RATING of students ,EDUCATIONAL planning ,CURRICULUM planning ,CURRICULUM ,INSTRUCTIONAL systems - Abstract
The article assess the inquiry skills and inquisitive abilities of child. Significantly, educational goals can be divided into four areas: knowledge, cognitive skill, attitudes, and psychomotor skills. Furthermore, such outcomes are measured using paper and pencil tests, and consequently only outcomes which can be described as knowledge have been measured. Moreover, test literature is practically void of tests which are not paper and pencil tests, which measure the science processes purportedly developed in children as a result of experiencing the newer science curricula.
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- 1973
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41. A DISCLOSURE APPROACH TO VALUE ANALYSIS IN SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION: RATIONALE AND COMPONENTS.
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Hartoonian, H. Michael
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VALUES (Ethics) ,LANGUAGE & languages ,THOUGHT & thinking ,MATERIALISM ,SOCIAL sciences education ,CURRICULUM - Abstract
This paper presents a rationale for an approach to value study which takes account of the subjective nature and symbolic activities of human beings. Growing out of this rationale, a model for value study is developed through a consideration of the distinctions which exist between value and non-value concepts; the nature of narrative (explanation) language; and the nature of man as a mythologizer and future gazer. Central to the approach developed here is the need to discriminate between disclosure and non-disclosure concepts. Value concepts are disclosure in nature, and, as such, cannot be examined in the same way one would study non-value concepts. Also, the nature of language with such attributes as metaphoric thought, narrative style and mythic structures is considered as an integral part of this disclosure approach. This paper calls for a conscious development of a more holistic approach to value study. While it does not posit a systematic repression or rejction of objectivism or materialism, it does call attention to the need for a more careful balance between materialistic and mentalistic models in understanding human values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 1973
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42. TEACHING A TEACHING LANGUAGE TO DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN.
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Osborn, Jean
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FOREIGN language education ,SOCIAL marginality ,POOR children ,INSTRUCTIONAL systems ,TEACHING ,PUBLIC schools ,EDUCATION ,LEARNING ,CURRICULUM - Abstract
The article discusses how to teach a teaching language to disadvantaged children. This paper looks into the Bereiter-Engelmann program at the University of Illinois as they teach young children to get ready for learning activities required in public schools. The children in this curricula are mostly classified as disadvantaged. They come from families who are poor with parents who meet the guidelines established by the Office of Economic opportunity for the Headstart program. Therefore this paper investigates the differences of language and experiential background of the lower-class child with that of a middle-class child.
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- 1968
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43. Report on Two Courses in Chemistry Taught at Cragin Elementary School.
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Bianchi, Ennio
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CHEMISTRY education ,SCIENCE education (Elementary) ,ELEMENTARY education ,SCIENTIFIC experimentation ,EXPERIMENTAL design ,CURRICULUM planning ,CURRICULUM ,INSTRUCTIONAL systems design ,EDUCATIONAL planning - Abstract
The article focuses on the report of two courses in chemistry taught at Cragin Elementary School in the U.S. The study is aimed to encourage and stimulate inclination toward science and to show the children what the researched laboratories looked like. Furthermore, safety has been suggested throughout the chemistry courses. The article the features the design and demonstration of the chemistry experiments. Finally, a sample a test paper and chemistry test has been presented.
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- 1971
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44. BEHAVIORAL OBJECTIVES IN THE LIFE SCIENCES: A USEFUL INSTRUMENT IN CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.
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Kuhn, David J.
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SCIENCE ,LIFE sciences ,CURRICULUM ,CURRICULUM planning ,EDUCATION ,CURRICULUM change ,LEARNING ,BEHAVIORAL assessment ,GOAL (Psychology) ,PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
The paper presents a general paradigm for the structuring of a science course behaviorally and cites examples of behavioral schema from the life sciences. The first step in structuring a course behaviorally is to decide upon the terminal behaviors. These behaviors indicate what the student should be able to do when he completes the program. The essence of good curriculum development is the sequencing of instructional paradigms to maximize learning and minimize the duplication of previously learned material. Behavioral objectives should form an integral part of the process.
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- 1970
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45. MODELS AND THE CURRICULUM.
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de Vito, Alfred
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CURRICULUM ,ELEMENTARY education ,SCIENTIFIC development ,SCIENCE education ,MENTAL models theory (Communication) ,MATHEMATICAL models - Abstract
The article presents information on the use of models as a valuable adjunct to learning and participating in the scientific enterprise. The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) has proposed the concept of models at the elementary level, integrating steps in learning the scientific approach. According to the AAAS the activity of model formulation should help to give the student a real "feel" for the potentialities and satisfactions of the scientific approach. According to the educator R.D. Anderson, a "mental model" is a theoretical form or structure which is hypothesized on the basis of observations of natural phenomena. The Physical Science Study Committee has described models as ideas, pictures, systems of concepts which describe the things one investigate. The construction of a physical or mathematical models is the creative heart of all science. A paper "The Scientific Approach to Knowledge" by the AAAS states that the best way to achieve the generalization and retention of "process" skills is to continue to provide for a kind of "process" emphasis in instruction. Students should be instructed in the scientific approach to the generation of organized knowledge.
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- 1968
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46. AN ANALYSIS OF THE MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS NECESSARY FOR THE COLLEGE PHYSICAL SCIENCE COURSE.
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Hannon, Herbert
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SCIENCE education ,CURRICULUM evaluation ,PHYSICAL sciences ,PHYSICAL sciences education ,CURRICULUM ,EDUCATION ,INSTRUCTIONAL systems - Abstract
The article presents an analysis of the mathematical concepts necessary for the college physical science course in the U.S. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the physical science course at Western Michigan University to determine the mathematical concepts with which the student must be familiar in order to understand the physical concepts involved in the course material. According to the author the outline of the workbook prepared by the physical science staff at the university constitutes the outline of the material to be studied and includes wealth of questions and exercises.
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- 1959
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47. THE CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION OF A TEST TO MEASURE CERTAIN ASPECTS OF SCIENTIFIC THINKING IN THE AREA OF FIRST YEAR COLLEGE PHYSICS.
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Dunning, Gordon M.
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THOUGHT & thinking ,EDUCATIONAL psychology ,EDUCATION research ,SCIENCE education ,COLLEGE curriculum ,ABILITY ,CURRICULUM ,PHYSICS education ,PHYSICAL sciences - Abstract
This article presents a study that discusses various issues related to the construction and validation of a test aimed at measuring various aspects of scientific thinking in the curriculum of the first year college physics. The study is based on various assumptions. These assumptions are: scientific thinking represents numerous components and independent abilities, the abilities associated with scientific thinking may have a relation with abilities measured by intelligence and factual information tests, and the abilities involved in scientific thinking can be measured by paper and pencil tests which are constructed in an objective form.
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- 1949
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48. FULBRIGHTER IN THE ANTIPODES.
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Murphy, Mary E.
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ACCOUNTING ,ACCOUNTING education ,CURRICULUM ,INDUSTRIAL management ,ACCOUNTANTS ,SOCIETIES - Abstract
The article focuses on the accounting education in Australia. Upto the year 1954, only the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, had a well established curriculum of accountancy. A full-time student normally takes four subjects a year. The honors course is a four-year one in which the compulsory subjects are covered in the first two years, after which the student enters the final division, comprising special honors lectures and seminars, with examination at the end of the fourth year of his studies. During this last year he is also required to submit a thesis on a subject within a specialized field of his own choice. The first of these courses is regarded as an introduction to accounting method, with students required to maintain a small set of double-entry records. It covers the theory of accounting and interpretation of transactions, ledger, journal and its subdivisions, trial balance, control accounts and subsidiary ledgers, preparation of reports, balance day adjustments, unsystematized records, non-trading enterprises, partnerships, joint stock companies, closing accounts of vendor, funds statement, departmental accounts, branch accounts, consignments, joint ventures, columnar accounting, analyzed journals and auditing.
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- 1954
49. THE TEACHING OF COST ACCOUNTING.
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Newlove, G. H.
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COST accounting ,FACTORY management ,TEACHING ,STUDENTS ,QUESTIONS & answers ,CURRICULUM ,COST estimates ,EDUCATION - Abstract
The article presents an interview with the author on the teaching of cost accounting. The article also presents comments of scholar Gould L. Harris on answers given by the author. In response to a query about the future use of cost accounting by students, the author replied that during the last ten year I have made a practice of asking my cost accounting students whether or not they expected to work in a factory after graduating. Less than five percent replied in the affirmative. This percentage is all the more important because most of my students have been residents of Washington and Baltimore. Therefore, it can be stated that the main purpose of the Cost Accounting course is not to directly prepare students for future work in factories. Indirect uses students will make of cost accounting seem to be chief reasons for giving the course. All students will use ideas that are given of, accounting controls, systems of internal check, computing costs according to suitable bases, departmentalization of expenses, detailed interlocking of paper work, adaptation of paper work and accounting routine to meet local company's condition, preparation and use of budgets, use of budgetary reserves and preparation and use of accounting reports.
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- 1931
50. GRADUATE COURSES IN ACCOUNTING.
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Newlove, G. H.
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COLLEGE graduates ,CURRICULUM ,PROFESSIONAL education ,ACCOUNTING education ,UNIVERSITIES & colleges ,ECONOMICS ,HIGHER education ,ACCOUNTING - Abstract
The purpose of the present paper is to ascertain just what graduate courses in accounting are offered by the universities listed by the collegiate department of the United States Bureau of Education as giving graduate work in applied economics. In order to simplify the figures, no distinction is made between a term course and a semester course. Likewise, no distinction is made between courses given only to graduates and those given to both graduate and undergraduates; strictly undergraduate courses are ignored. Data presented in the article shows that the graduate courses in accounting are largely concentrated in the basic subjects. While twenty-one different accounting studies are given, 71.7 per cent of the courses are given in the subjects that a student already familiar with the elementary principles of accounting must pursue. In order to become a professional accountant; and although prospective Certified Public Accountants (C.P.A.) candidates form only a small portion of the total number of accounting students, it still is advisable to offer adequate preparation for the C.P.A. examinations. The relatively weak showing of the subjects not absolutely needed in the professional accounting curriculum is due to the fact that accounting must be studied in logical sequence.
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- 1927
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