1452. Stoner, Winifred S. The new school room. Ladies' world, 36: 8, November 1915. An illustrated article on "natural education schools for homes and small private institutions. 1453. Thwing, Charles F. Education according to Carlyle. School and society, 2: 649-61, November 6, 1915. Other articles will follow on Ruskin, Mill, The third of a series of articles. EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY-CHILD STUDY. 1454. Bloch, Ernst. Intelligenzprüfungen an hilfsschulkindern nach der methode von Binet-Simon. Zeitschrift für kinderforschung, 20: 330–42, 405– 18, February-March, April-May 1915. 1455. Boyd, William. A study of a child's dreams: with special reference to Freud's theory of dreams. Child-study (London) 8:101-8, October 1915. 1456. Breed, Frederick S., and Culp, Vernon. An application and critique of the Ayres handwriting scale. School and society, 2: 639-47, October 30, 1915. The results of this investigation support the view that the Ayres scale does not satisfactorily measure the legibility of handwriting. 1457. Claparede, E. Tests of development and of aptitude. Child-study (London) 8:101-12, October 1915. The writer makes the point that "the distinction between tests of aptitude and of development can not be established a priori, as Meumann appears to think; it must depend on long experimental determination." 1458. Drummond, William Blackley. The child, his nature and nurture. [7th ed.] London and Toronto, J. M. Dent & sons ltd., 1915. viii, 223 p. front., plates. 12°. 99 : p. v. "The two concluding chapters are entirely new 1459. Haberman, J. Victor. The intelligence examination and evaluation, and a new intelligence examination sheet. Chicago, American medical association, 1915. 16 p. 8°. Reprinted from the Journal of the American medical association, 65: 399–404, July 31, 1915. 1460. Poffenberger, A. T., jr. The influence of improvement in one simple mental process upon other related processes. Journal of educational psychology, 6: 459-74, October 1915. 1461. Porter, Frances. Difficulties in the interpretation of mental tests—types and examples. Psychological clinic, 9:140-58, 167-80, October 15, November 15, 1915. 1462. Yerkes, Robert Mearns; Bridges, James Winfred and Hardwick, Rose S. A point scale for measuring mental ability. Baltimore, Warwick & York, inc., 1915. 218 p. plates, tables, forms, diagrs. 8°. (Monograph no. 1 of the Psychopathic hospital, Boston, Massachusetts) SPECIAL METHODS OF INSTRUCTION. 1463. Averill, Lawrance A. Educational possibilities of the motion picture. Educational review, 50: 392-98, November 1915. Advantages of the motion picture, particularly in the domain of elementary history. 1464. Frohman, Daniel. The motion picture as a moral and educational force. Social service review, 2: 3, October 1915. 1465. Shedlock, Marie L. The art of the story-teller. New York, D. Appleton and company, 1915. xvii, 288 p. 12°. Another edition is published under title of The art of story-telling. London, John Murray, 1915. x, 240 p. 8°. 1466. Walker, Alberta. Dramatization and current events. school journal, 16: 125-31, November 1915. Elementary Describes a number of exercises for intermediate-grade children, such as to lead them" to visualize current events naturally and vividly and to put them into dramatic form." 1467. Williams, Alfred R. The educational kinema. (London) 47: 657-58, November 1915. A plea for the educational value of moving-pictures. Journal of education SPECIAL SUBJECTS OF CURRICULUM. 1468. Brush, Henry R. The place of composition in modern language teaching. Quarterly journal of the University of North Dakota, 6: 40-49, October 1915. 1469. Burchard, Edward L. The laboratory method in civics. School civic surveys and exhibits. Educational bi-monthly, 10: 35-45, October 1915. Tells how Chicago public schools have begun to lead the way in teaching civics by the laboratory method. 1470. Cajori, Florian. Oughtred's ideas and influence on the teaching of mathematics. Monist, 25: 495-530, October 1915. The work of William Oughtred as expressed in his Clavis of 1631 and 1647, etc. 1471. Cooper, Lane, ed. Methods and aims in the study of literature; a series of extracts and illustrations. Boston, New York [etc.] Ginn and company [1915] ix, 239 p. 12°. Contains selections on method in general, and on method in the study of literature; extracts from letters of Wordsworth on the study and practice of poetry; illustrations of the practice of great writers in composing; selections on the studies of poets, and on method in the poetry of love, with illustrations. 1472. D'Ooge, Benjamin L. The first year of Latin-what and how. American schoolmaster, 8: 352-63, October 1915. Paper read before the Classical section of the Indiana state teachers' association, at Indianapolis, October 1914. 1473. Johnson, Henry. Teaching of history in elementary and secondary schools. New York, The Macmillan company, 1915. xxix, 497 p. 12°. (Half-title: Teachers' professional library, ed. by N. M. Butler) Bibliography: p. 439-74. 1474. Keyser, Cassius J. The human significance of mathematics. n. s. 42: 663-80, November 12, 1915. Science, Says that mathematics is, in many ways, "the most precious response that the human spirit has made to the call of the infinite and eternal." Discusses the philosophy of mathematics. 1475. Leach, A. F. The Renaissance and the study of Greek. Journal of education (London) 47: 639-41, November 1915. The writer says that the argument that the Renaissance was due to the revival of Greek must be dropped, for it is not based on facts. 1476. Lietzmann, Walther. Die ausbildung der mathematiklehrer an den höheren schulen Deutschlands. Leipzig und Berlin, B. G. Teubner, 1915. p. 311-328. 4°. (Berichte und mitteilungen, veranlasst durch die Internationale mathematische unterrichtskommission. 1. folge, XI) 1477. Lyman, R. L. Oral English in the high school. Quarterly journal of public speaking, 1: 241-59, October 1915. 1478. Mierow, Charles C. The college entrance requirements in Latin and the schools: an investigation. Classical journal, 11: 85-94, November 1915. Opinions compiled from answers received from a questionnaire sent out on February 20, 1915, to 100 private preparatory schools and some of the larger public high schools, mainly in the middle states. Says that surprisingly few schools have availed themselves "to the full of the wider range of reading allowed by the report of the Commission on college entrance requirements in Latin." The majority seem still to read Caesar, Cicero, and Vergil in the timehonored selections. 1479. Millikan, Robert A. The new physics. School review, 23: 607-20, November 1915. Discusses the underlying philosophy of physics, and the results which might follow in other departments of life from the general extension of the methods of science. 1480. Pitcher, Arthur D. The organization of the mathematical curriculum in secondary schools. Mathematics teacher, 8: 1-15, September 1915. An address delivered before the Association of mathematical teachers in New England at Manchester, New Hampshire, February 27, 1915. 1481. Routh, James. Rhetoric in the graduate school. South Atlantic quarterly, 14:307-14, October 1915. Presents the necessity for post-graduate work in rhetoric. 1482. Senger, Harry L. Latin in the commercial high school. Classical journal, 11: 106-11, November 1915. Work accomplished in the Woodward high school, Cincinnati, Ohio. Good results obtained. Pupils have gained much in the mastery of English. 1483. Storm, Grace E. Roman history in the fourth grade. Elementary school journal, 16: 132-46, November 1915. Describes methods of teaching Roman history as worked out in the Chicago university elementary school. Presents type study. Illustrated. 1484. Trueblood, Thomas C. College courses in public speaking. Quarterly journal of public speaking, 1: 260-65, October 1915. Read at the convention of the National speech arts association, San Francisco, Cal., July 2, 1915. 1485. Ward, C. H. English apparatus. Education, 36: 172-81, November 1915. Criticises the Hillegas scale of measurement as too mechanical. Does not think much of mechanical aids to uniformity in grading themes. 1486. [Whitbeck, Ray Hughes.] Ideals and aims in elementary geography. Journal of geography, 14: 65–70, November 1915. 1487. Wilson, Edmund B. Science and liberal education. Science, n. s. 42: 625-30, November 5, 1915. Says that science should lead us "to place a higher valuation on observation and experiment than on authority and precedent." KINDERGARTEN AND PRIMARY SCHOOL. 1488. Boone, Richard G. Intensive and extensive training for kindergartners. Kindergarten review, 26: 131-38, November 1915. 1489. Dillard, Annie. Montessori in a public school first grade. Freedom for the child, 2: 10-16, October 1915. "An account of some of the results obtained through the use of the Montessori didactic apparatus in a large group of first grade public school children in Lexington, Kentucky, with one teacher and no assistant." 1490. Holmes, Elizabeth G. Plan for kindergarten course of study. Kindergarten review, 26: 148-65, November 1915. 1491. Merrill, Jenny B. Kindergarten self-government. 10: 49-50, December 1915. Mother's magazine, Simple methods of teaching very young children to form rules of action and to live up to them. 1492. Taylor, J. Madison. Training children of the nursery age, the basis of success in teaching. Child-welfare magazine, 10: 83-87, November 1915. RURAL EDUCATION. 1493. Virginia. University. Rural life conference. Proceedings of the eighth Rural life conference, held at the University of Virginia summer school, July 5-9, 1915. Charlottesville, Va., University of Virginia press, 1915. p. 445-553. 8°. (Alumni bulletin of the University of Virginia, vol. 8, no. 4, August 1915) Contains: 1. W. M. Forrest: The challenge of the country to the church, p. 448-56. 2. R. A. Lapsley: The country church and its problems, p. 457-70. 3. R. A. Lapsley: The country church: its forces and its allies, p. 470-81. 4. W. M. Forrest: Correlated and accredited Bible study, p. 504-8. 5. A. L. Hall-Quest: The teaching methods of Jesus, p. 509-17. 6. G. L. Carter: The one room country Sunday school, p. 517–22. 7. A. E. Chamberlain : The opportunity and duty of the rural teacher, p. 523–29. 1494. Averill, Lawrence A. Some financial aspects of the New England rural school. Education, 36: 146-56, November 1915. A plea for greater efficiency and better appropriations for rural schools of New England states. 1495. Bashore, Harvey B. Overcrowding and defective housing in the rural districts. New York, J. Wiley & sons, inc., 1915. 92 p. illus. 12°. Chapter IV, Overcrowded and defective schools, p. 66-79. 1496. Lull, Herbert G. The social and economic basis of the administration of rural education. Example: Klickitat county, Washington. American journal of sociology, 21: 202-16, September 1915. to "The problem is how to get the social and economic consciousness include the school as an essential institution in the social and economic development of the community." 1497. Pickard, Andrew Ezra. Rural education; a complete course of study for modern rural schools. St. Paul, Minn., Webb publishing company, 1915. 429 p. 12°. 1498. Quick, Herbert. The brown mouse. Indianapolis, The Bobbs-Merrill company [1915] 310 p. illus. 12°. "The story of a Lincoln-like farm-hand, a genius in blue jeans, who upsets an Iowa district, and in the end the whole country, with a new kind of rural school." 1499. Wood, Thomas D. Child welfare and rural schools. School and society, 2: 589-92, October 23, 1915. Essential provisions for the welfare of rural school children should include the following: Sanitary and attractive schoolhouses and grounds; bettertrained and better-paid teachers; health examinations, including dental inspection should be provided for all children; the school régime should provide adequate health care of pupils; and, provision by the community for correction and removal of all remedial, injurious physical defects. SECONDARY EDUCATION. 1500. Brown, J. C. A study of the preferences of secondary school pupils for the various subjects and of the ranking of the various subjects on the basis of utility as judged by the pupils. Educational administration and supervision, 1: 527-45, October 1915. Continued by J. C. Brown and J. H. Minnick in same periodical for November 1915, p. 599–610. 1501. Brown, J. Stanley. Future outlook and possibilities in secondary education. Educational bi-monthly, 2: 26-34, October 1915. 1502. Henderson, Joseph Lindsey. State systems of high school inspection. Educational administration and supervision, 1: 493–510, October 1915. First, discusses variations in state systems of high school inspection, second, gives a digest of state systems, and finally gives a list of official high school inspectors in the United States, 1914-1915. 1503. Heyl, Charles C. Why not orthopedagogics? Teacher, 19: 247-49, November 1915. Thinks that if there should be a uniform course of study for the first year of high school it would do away with the elective troubles of our pupils. The final selection of a definite course would be made in the high school with the aid of the high school teacher, and after the advantage of several months' opportunity for observant familiarity and contact with the individual features of the problem. 1504. Hill, Clyde M. The junior high school movement. Bulletin of the Missouri state normal school (Springfield) 10: 21-48, October 1915. Discusses, first, the indictments against the upper (seventh and eighth) grades, and then, in what manner the junior high school will accomplish its purposes. 1505. Hollister, Horace A. High school and class management. Boston, New York [etc.] D. C. Heath & co. [1915] xvi, 314 p. 12°. "A pioneer attempt to define the principles which will insure an effective organization, wise management, and efficient instruction, and which will permit the high school of the future to come into its full fruition."-Lotus D. Coffman in Introduction. 1506. Jessup, Walter A. Tendencies in secondary education in the Middle West. School review, 23: 621-30, November 1915. Discusses all phases of the question: Size of high schools; courses of study; experience and training of teachers; and vocational education. 1507. Latham, Helen B. The high school hydra. 360-68, November 1915. Educational review, 50: Discusses the high school fraternity question pro and con. Thinks that children should develop their own organizations. 1508. Tuell, Harriet E. How far does the high school course in history fit for the college history course? A high school view. History teacher's magazine, 6: 272-77, November 1915. A paper read before the New England history teacher's association, Boston, Mass., October 24, 1914. TEACHERS: TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL STATUS. 1509. Brooklyn teachers' association. An Committee on school problems. ad-interim report of an investigation of the absence of teachers of New York city caused by physical disability during the school year 1913–14, with a view to determining the possible existence of occupational diseases. [New York?] 1915. [12] p. 4°. Oswald Schlockow, chairman. 1510. The Chicago school board and the teachers' federation. school, 1: 241-42, September 1915. American A review of the history of the events which led up to the trouble between the Chicago board of education and the Chicago teachers' federation. See also editorial comment on pages 228-29. |