"A Study in General of Spelling and Spelling Errors and in Particular o" by John H. McGee
 

Date of Award

1-1960

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

First Advisor

Nick John Topetzes

Second Advisor

D.E. Miller

Abstract

In recent years, particularly since the end of World War II, the field of education in this country has come under close scrutiny by the those interested in its present and future welfare. The curriculum content of our schools has been examined very carefully and no "course" has been · spared. English-- and one of its fundamentals, spelling--has been no exception. The performance of college, high school, and grade school students in spelling has proved far from adequate either in academic or "life" situations. Standards of spelling are being raised and teachers are being urged to meet these standards. The fault, it is said, lies not so much with the college student as with the preparation afforded him in his high school and grade school years. This study aims to investigate what has been done and is being done in the teaching of spelling on the ninth grade level, with particular emphasis on a section of a ninth year class in a midwestern school.

Comments

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

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