Date of Award

5-1931

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Department

Education

First Advisor

George E. Vander Beke

Abstract

During recent years more and more attention has been paid to the supervision of the study habits and activities of high school pupils. Serious students of education have not been carried away by enthusiasm for this innovation, but they have subjected this movement to the searching test of careful analysis and statistical evaluation. It is the aim of this paper to formulate a definition of supervised study, to describe and evaluate the different methods and techniques now being employed, to arrive at conclusions on the basis of statistics which are now available, and to show that in spite of present condemnatory evidence, the :movement is basically sound and peculiarly adapted to the needs of the high school history student.

The unreliability of data baaed on opinion and on judgment, has been kept in mind throughout the entire essay. The conclusions drawn by investigators are freely quoted and compared. The :monumental work of Morrison on the adaptive-step unit in the field of high school history, has been used as the basis for the defense of the high school history workshop with its recognition of student needs. individual differences, varying levels of achievement, and true learning products. Supervised study properly conducted. brings out the tact that education is not a preparation for life but is in very ~act LIFE ITSELF.

Comments

A Thesis submitted to the Faculty or the College of Liberal Arts, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Philosophy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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