Date of Award
10-1971
Degree Type
Master's Essay - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Education (MEd)
Department
Education
First Advisor
R.A. Bernert
Second Advisor
Edward F. DeRoche
Abstract
At what age is a child ready to begin his formal education in the school setting? This question is faced each year by school administrators, teachers, and parents. For the past several years parents have been exerting pressure on the schools to lower the age at which a youngster may be admitted to school. They say that children are more ready to begin school because television has made them aware of so much more than in the past. At the same time some schools have tended to either keep the same starting age or to raise the entrance age-referring to research studies which show that older children generally seem to do better than younger children in the same grade.
Recommended Citation
Oleson, Eric, "Comparison of Readiness for First Grade By Boys and Girls In the Port Washington School District" (1971). Master's Essays (1922 - ). 2586.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/essays/2586
Comments
A Research Essay submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of the Degree of Master of Education, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.