"Implementation of Nongradedness in a School" by Mary Gertrude Wemhoff
 

Date of Award

12-1968

Degree Type

Master's Essay - Restricted

Degree Name

Master of Education (MEd)

Department

Education

First Advisor

George F. Donovan

Second Advisor

Adrian Dupuis

Third Advisor

A. Gray Thompson

Abstract

Conquest in the intellectual realm in education has reached a point of major emphasis in today's world. Evaluation of present procedures is therefore necessary to ascertain if our schools are meeting the present challenge. In their evaluation, many educators are turning a critical eye toward the traditionally graded school. Notable critics are John I. Goodlad and Robert H. Anderson. Present research findings increase the cause for concern. Research has much to say to American schools, but in the past it has taken the schools as much as forty years to listen. Individual differences is one topic which has been the subject of much of this research. Children are now known to differ in many ways, and these ways are understood much more clearly. Evidence indicates that the practice of nonpromotion has proved to be permanently detrimental to some children. Much research has also been done to determine the climate needed to promote optimum psychological functioning for students.

Comments

An Essay Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Education Department, Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Education, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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