The Case For Latin In Secondary Schools

Author : H. A. Brown
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ISBN 13 : 9781330667156
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Study of Ability in Latin in Secondary Schools (Classic Reprint) written by H. A. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-04 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Study of Ability in Latin in Secondary Schools This investigation was begun when the writer was director of the Bureau of Educational Research connected with the New Hampshire Department of Public Instruction. A preliminary test was given in 1916. Most of the data contained in the present study were gathered near the end of the school year in 1917. The scoring of the papers and the tabulation of the data were done during the summer of that year. The study was made possible by funds with which to maintain the Bureau, granted by the General Education Board, for the purpose of carrying on scientific studies of educational practice. It should be stated that the General Education Board merely granted to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction the funds for maintaining the Bureau and in no way directed what investigations should be made. The Bureau acted entirely on its own initiative and accepts full responsibility for its findings. This monograph has been written for two classes of readers. There is a large class of people who are directly and very vitally interested in Latin as it is taught in both secondary school and college. They are mostly school and college teachers and administrators, who desire to know the results of any investigations which throw light upon defects in present methods of teaching Latin, and they are also interested in any suggestions in the direction of improved methods of instruction. Their interest is thus chiefly in the practical side of the investigation. There is also a large class, made up of scientific investigators in education, who are interested not only in the practical results of the investigation, but also in the methods by which the results are secured. They will insist upon a full presentation of the data from which the conclusions were derived. For this reason the data have been presented in as great detail as the limits of the monograph will permit. This study was undertaken for purely administrative purposes to answer certain questions with reference to the success with which Latin was being taught in the secondary schools of the State as a whole. Therefore, in many cases, a general average gives a sufficient answer. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.