ISBN: 9781130738230

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 88 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purc… Mehr…

RareBooksClub. Paperback. New. This item is printed on demand. Paperback. 88 pages. Dimensions: 9.7in. x 7.4in. x 0.2in.This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 Excerpt: . . . Handwriting Measured; Educl. Admin. and Supv. . May. 1015. Stone. quoted by Thorndike. Investigation covers seven school systems and about 3. 000 children. Teachers College Record. March. 1010. duce them on the printed page it was necessary to reduce the writing one-half in size, which detracts from its legibility. Selection on the basis of the median means that there are as many children in these grades in Salt Lake City who can write better than the specimens shown in Figure 20 as there are who cannot write so well. It can be said that these samples fairly represent the kind of writing which is now being done by the average children of each grade in the city. The average business man, before grumbling about the writing taught in the schools, will do well to place his own writing by the side of either of the last two of these specimens before arguing that the children of the public schools cannot write. It is true that some of GRADE 2LT -f GRADE MI Fig. 20. Samples Representing The Median Achievement In Writing In Each Grade (Reduced y in size) the writing was done with a cramped hand, and that it is somewhat childish looking, but it must be added that it is easily legible, and that legibility is the final test which the world puts upon writing. NEEDED CHANGES IN INSTRUCTION In conclusion, we must say that the writing work in the schools of this city is well up to the standard; that in the light of present practice this work is being accomplished in a reasonable amount of time; and that the basis for promotion in the different schools appears to be equal, but that more careful individualization of instruction for the lower five to ten per cent, of each grade, and the temporary relieving from formal training of those who are several points ahead of the. . . This item ships from La Vergne,TN., RareBooksClub<