THE ADMINISTRATION OF SECONDARY-

SCHOOL UNITS

UNIV. OF

A DISSERTATION

SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS
AND LITERATURE IN CANDIDACY FOR THE DEGREE

OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

(DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION)

BY

LEONARD VINCENT KOOS

Supplementary Educational Monographs, Vol. I, No. 3
THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO PRESS
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS

1917

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTORY: PURPOSE AND METHOD

History of the Committee of the North Central Association of

Colleges and Secondary Schools on the Reorganization of the

Secondary School and the Definition of the Unit

Methods of Definition-Making.

1. Definition-Making by Specialists

2. Definition by Syllabus

3. Definition-Making without Adequate Regard for the Facts of

4. Definition-Making That Neglects Administrative Aspects

State Standardizing Authorities

The Carnegie Foundation Unit

The Method of This Investigation

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C. The Modern Languages

I. Distribution of Responses to the Inquiry

II. Extent of the Offering

The Time Element

Modern Languages in the Elementary Grades

Credit for a Single Year of Modern Language .

When Students May Begin the Study of a Modern Lan-

guage.

Special Provision for Students Who Begin a Modern

Language at Points in the High-School Course Two or

More Years Apart

Efforts to Meet Current Criticisms of High-School Math-

ematics

Range of Years in Which Students May Take the Various

The Particular Training the Study of the Sciences Makes

Possible

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B. Agriculture

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I. Distribution of Responses to the Inquiry in Agriculture

II. The Offering in Agriculture

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