Date of Award

7-1954

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

First Advisor

George J. Mouly

Abstract

Every teacher is faced with the problem of fitting reading material to children's reading ability. Any attempt 1n the past to give children suitable material has been largely a matter of guesswork. This i s true especially in regard to religion textbooks. The vocabulary and the structural elements of the passages in the religion textbooks are too difficult for the average child ·to comprehend. An objective method of determining what material is suitable for children of given reading ability is needed by every classroom teacher. In selecting textbooks, the superintendent and the supervisor should have a means of knowing whether the books are within the reading ability of the children for whom they are intended. It is of utmost importance that writers of textbooks for children have an objective method for determining whether their vocabulary and sentence structure are such as will offer no serious obstacles to children who are to read them.

Comments

A Research Paper Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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