Date of Award
5-1931
Degree Type
Bachelors Essay
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts (BA)
Department
Education
First Advisor
George E. Vander Beke
Second Advisor
William J. Grace
Abstract
"The development of reading as a branch of study began with the Reformation. This widespread movement necessitated on the part of the common people a familiarity with the Bible, and as a result reading and writing were introduced into the elementary curriculum and training in them became general." The books used at this time contained only extracts from the Bible. They were religious in character. The German word for primer means "little Bible". This primer appeared in 1419. Schulte in 1532 published the A.B.C. books which he tried to make more interesting for children. Basedaw 1723-1790 aided by advocating the teaching of reading through play in eating. "The earliest teaching of reading in England was done with the abacus. The was an arrangement of the first nine letters of the alphabet in 'Christ-cross-row' afterwards called a 'chriss-cross-row'. When these were mastered other letters were given. AS the letters were learned in every possible direction, the device proved laborious in the extreme."
Recommended Citation
Thompson, Elsie Dickerhoff, "Diagnostic and Remedial Measures in Reading in the Intermediate Grades" (1931). Bachelors’ Theses. 1444.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/1444
Included in
Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research Commons, Elementary Education Commons, Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching Commons, Language and Literacy Education Commons
Comments
A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the College of Liberal Arts, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment or the Requirements for the Degree or Bachelor of Philosophy. MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN