"THE HIGH SCHOOL FAILURES"

About this eBook

Author

O'Brien, F. P., 1885-

Title

The high school failures : a study of the school records of pupils failing in academic or commercial high school subjects

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Produced by Martin Agren, Lynn Bornath and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team.

Language

English

LoC Class

LC: Education: Special aspects of education

Subject

Thesis (Ph. D.)

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Text

eBook-No.

15683

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/15683

Release Date

April 22, 2005

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HIGH SCHOOL FAILURES
2. 2.A STUDY OF THE SCHOOL RECORDS OF PUPILS FAILING IN ACADEMIC OR COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS
3. 3.PREFACE
4. 4.CONTENTS — I. —THE GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF THE SUBJECT — II. —HOW EXTENSIVE ARE THE FAILURES OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS? — III. —WHAT BASIS IS DISCOVERABLE FOR A PROGNOSIS OF THE OCCURRENCE OR THE NUMBER OF FAILURES? — IV. —HOW MUCH IS GRADUATION OR THE PERSISTENCE IN SCHOOL CONDITIONED BY THE OCCURRENCE OR BY THE NUMBER OF FAILURES? — V. —ARE THE SCHOOL AGENCIES EMPLOYED IN REMEDYING THE FAILURES ADEQUATE FOR THE PURPOSE? — VI. —DO THE FAILURES REPRESENT A LACK OF CAPABILITY OR OF FITNESS FOR HIGH SCHOOL WORK ON THE PART OF THOSE PUPILS? — VII. —WHAT TREATMENT IS SUGGESTED BY THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE FACTS OF FAILURE?
5. 5.A STUDY OF THE SCHOOL RECORDS OF THE PUPILS FAILING IN ACADEMIC OR COMMERCIAL HIGH SCHOOL SUBJECTS
6. 6.CHAPTER I GENERAL INTRODUCTION OF THE SUBJECT — 1. THE RELEVANCE OF THIS STUDY — 2. THE MEANING OF 'FAILURE' IN THIS STUDY — 3. THE SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE FIELD COVERED — 4. SOURCES OF THE DATA EMPLOYED — 5. THE SELECTION AND RELIABILITY OF THESE SOURCES OF DATA — A SUMMARY OF CHAPTER I — REFERENCES:
7. 7.CHAPTER II HOW EXTENSIVE ARE THE FAILURES OF THE HIGH SCHOOL PUPILS? — 1. A DISTRIBUTION OF ALL ENTRANTS IN REFERENCE TO FAILURE — CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGES OF THE FAILING NON-GRADUATES AS THEY ARE LOST BY SEMESTERS — CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGES OF NON-FAILING NON-GRADUATES AS THEY ARE LOST BY SEMESTERS — CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGES OF ALL NON-GRADUATES LOST BY SUCCESSIVE SEMESTERS — 2. THE LATER DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY SEMESTERS — THE PERSISTENCE OF PUPILS IN SCHOOL, BY SEMESTERS — PERCENTAGE OF PUPILS FAILING OF THE PUPILS IN SCHOOL FOR THAT PERIOD — 3. THE DISTRIBUTION OF FAILURES — TABLE I — THE DISTRIBUTION OF FAILURES ACCORDING TO THE AGE AND THE SEMESTER OF THEIR OCCURRENCE [A] — TABLE II — THE DISTRIBUTION OF FAILURES ACCORDING TO THE AGES AND THE SEMESTERS OF THEIR OCCURRENCE FOR THE GRADUATING PUPILS — TABLE III — A DISTRIBUTION OF FAILING PUPILS ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF FAILURES PER PUPIL, IN EACH SEMESTER — TABLE IV — A DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAILING PUPILS WHO GRADUATE, ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF FAILURES PER PUPIL IN EACH SEMESTER — 4. DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAILURES IN REFERENCE TO THE SUBJECTS IN WHICH THEY OCCUR — NUMBER OF FAILURES DISTRIBUTED BY SCHOOL SUBJECTS — PERCENTAGES ENROLLED IN EACH SUBJECT OF THE SUM TOTAL OF THE SUBJECT ENROLLMENTS FOR ALL PUPILS AND ALL SEMESTERS — PERCENTAGE OF THE NUMBER TAKING THE SUBJECT WHO FAIL IN THAT SUBJECT — PERCENTAGES OF FAILURE BY SUBJECTS—QUOTED FOR OTHER SCHOOLS — THE FAILURES BY SCHOOL SUBJECTS FOR GRADUATES ONLY — SIMILAR PERCENTAGES FOR THE NON-GRADUATES — 5. DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS DROPPING OUT—SEMESTERS—AGES — TABLE V — DISTRIBUTION OF THE FAILING NON-GRADUATES, SHOWING THE SEMESTER AND THE AGE AT THE TIME OF DROPPING OUT — TABLE VI — DISTRIBUTION OF THE NON-FAILING NON-GRADUATES, SHOWING THE SEMESTER AND THE AGE AT THE TIME OF DROPPING OUT — PERCENTAGES IN EACH AGE GROUP OF THE TOTAL NUMBER DROPPING OUT — PERCENTAGES OF DROP-OUTS FOR EACH AGE, ON THE TOTALS FOR SUCH AGE IN THE FIRST, SECOND AND FOURTH SEMESTERS — PERCENTAGES OF FAILING DROP-OUTS IN EACH AGE GROUP, FOR BOYS AND GIRLS SEPARATELY — PERCENTAGES OF THE NON-FAILING DROP-OUTS IN EACH AGE GROUP, FOR BOYS AND GIRLS SEPARATELY — SUMMARY OF CHAPTER II — REFERENCES:
8. 8.CHAPTER III WHAT BASIS IS DISCOVERABLE FOR PROGNOSTICATING THE OCCURRENCE OF OR THE NUMBER OF FAILURES? — 1. ATTENDANCE, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DEFECTS, AND SIZE OF CLASSES ARE POSSIBLE FACTORS — 2. THE EMPLOYMENT OF THE SCHOOL ENTERING AGE FOR PROGNOSIS — DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS BY THEIR ENTRANCE AGES TO HIGH SCHOOL — PERCENTAGES OF PUPILS FOR EACH ENTERING AGE — DISTRIBUTION OF THE PUPILS WHO DO NOT FAIL, FOR EACH ENTERING-AGE-GROUP — DISTRIBUTION OF THE PUPILS GRADUATING FOR EACH ENTERING-AGE GROUP — PERCENTAGE OF THE GRADUATES WHO FINISH IN FOUR YEARS OR LESS, FOR EACH OF THE ENTERING-AGE GROUPS — 3. THE AMOUNT OF FAILURE AT EACH AGE AND ITS RELATION TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FAILING FOR THAT AGE — THE PERCENTAGES FORMED BY FAILURES AT EACH AGE ON THE POSSIBILITIES OF FAILING AT THAT AGE AND TIME, FOR THE SAME PUPILS — 4. THE INITIAL RECORD IN HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROGNOSIS OF FAILURE — TABLE VII — SUBSEQUENT RECORD OF FAILURES FOR PUPILS FAILING 1, 2, 3, ETC., TIMES THE FIRST YEAR — PERCENTAGE OF FIRST YEAR FAILING GROUPS, WHO LATER HAVE NO FAILURES — 5. THE PROGNOSIS OF FAILURES BY THE SUBJECT SELECTION — 6. THE TIME PERIOD AND THE NUMBER OF FAILURES — PERCENTAGE OF THE TOTAL FAILURES ON THE TOTAL SUBJECT ENROLLMENT, BY SEMESTERS — PERCENTAGES OF THE TOTAL FAILURES FOR THE GRADUATES ON THE TOTAL SUBJECT ENROLLMENT FOR GRADUATES, BY SEMESTERS — PERCENTAGES OF THE TOTAL FAILURES FOR THE GRADUATES ON THE TOTAL SUBJECT ENROLLMENT FOR FAILING GRADUATES, BY SEMESTERS — PERCENTAGES OF PUPILS FAILING, BY SEMESTERS — PERCENTAGES OF PUPILS FAILING, BY YEARS. (Johnson, F.W.) — PERCENTAGES OF PUPILS FAILING, BY SEMESTERS. (St. Paul) — 7. SIMILARITY OF FACTS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS — A SUMMARY OF CHAPTER III — REFERENCES:
9. 9.CHAPTER IV HOW MUCH IS THE GRADUATION OR THE PERSISTENCE IN SCHOOL CONDITIONED BY THE OCCURRENCE OR THE NUMBER OF FAILURES? — 1. COMPARISON OF THE FAILING AND THE NON-FAILING GROUPS IN REFERENCE TO GRADUATION AND PERSISTENCE — DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS IN REFERENCE TO FAILURE AND GRADUATION — DISTRIBUTION OF THE NON-GRADUATES ACCORDING TO THE NUMBERS PERSISTING TO EACH SUCCESSIVE SEMESTER — 2. THE NUMBER OF FAILURES AND THE YEARS TO GRADUATE — TABLE VIII — DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS GRADUATING, ACCORDING TO THE TOTAL FAILURES EACH AND THE TIME TAKEN TO GRADUATE — 3. THE NUMBER OF FAILURES AND THE SEMESTER OF DROPPING OUT FOR THE NON-GRADUATES — TABLE IX — DISTRIBUTION OF THE NON-GRADUATES, ACCORDING TO THE TOTAL FAILURES EACH AND THE TIME OF DROPPING OUT — DROP-OUTS FAILING IN 50 PER CENT OR MORE OF THEIR TOTAL WORK, AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION BY SEMESTERS OF DROPPING OUT — THE PERCENTAGE OF NON-GRADUATES WHO DROP OUT WITH — 4. THE PERCENTAGES THAT THE NON-GRADUATE GROUPS FORM OF THE PUPILS WHO HAVE EACH SUCCESSIVELY HIGHER NUMBER OF FAILURES — THE PERCENTAGE FORMED BY NON-GRADUATES WITH 0, 1, 2, 3, ETC., FAILURES ON THE TOTAL NUMBER WHO HAVE 0, 1, 2, 3, ETC., FAILURES — (A CONDENSED FORM OF THE PRECEDING STATEMENT) — 5. TIME EXTENSION FOR THE FAILING GRADUATES — THE PERCENTAGES OF NON-FAILING GRADUATES FOR EACH PERIOD — A SUMMARY OF CHAPTER IV — REFERENCES:
10. 10.CHAPTER V ARE THE SCHOOL AGENCIES EMPLOYED IN REMEDYING FAILURES ADEQUATE FOR THE PURPOSE? — THE DISPOSITION MADE OF THE SCHOOL FAILURES — 1. REPETITION AS A REMEDY FOR FAILURES — GRADES SECURED IN THE SUBJECTS REPEATED — a. Size of Schedule and Results of Repeating — SIZE OF SCHEDULES FOR PUPILS TAKING REPEATED SUBJECTS — GRADES FOR SUBJECTS REPEATED BY FAILING PUPILS WHO CARRIED A REDUCED OR NORMAL SCHEDULE — GRADES FOR THE SUBJECTS REPEATED, WITH AN EXTRA SCHEDULE — b. Later Grades in the Same Kind of Subjects, Following Repetition and Without It — LATER GRADES IN THE SAME KIND OF SUBJECT, AFTER FAILURE AND REPETITION OF THE SUBJECT — LATER GRADES IN THE SAME KIND OF SUBJECTS, FOLLOWING FAILURE BUT WITH NO REPETITION — c. The Grades in Repeated Subjects and in the New Work, for the Same Semester and the Same Pupils — THE GRADES SECURED IN NEW WORK, AT SAME TIME AND BY SAME PUPILS AS THE GRADES SECURED IN THE REPEATED SUBJECTS — d. The Number and Results of Identical Repetitions — TABLE X — THE NUMBERS AND RESULTS OF REPEATED REPETITIONS, FOR IDENTICAL SUBJECTS — 2. DISCONTINUANCE OF SUBJECT OR COURSE, AND THE SUBSTITUTION OF OTHERS — 3. EMPLOYMENT OF SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS — 4. THE SERVICE RENDERED BY THE REGENTS' EXAMINATIONS IN NEW YORK STATE — SUCCESS OF THE FAILING PUPILS IN THE REGENTS' EXAMINATIONS — 5. CONTINUATION OF SUBJECT WITHOUT REPETITION — GRADES FOR FAILING PUPILS WHO CONTINUE THE SUBJECT WITHOUT REPETITION — A SUMMARY OF CHAPTER V — REFERENCES:
11. 11.CHAPTER VI DO THE FAILURES REPRESENT A LACK OF CAPABILITY OR OF FITNESS FOR HIGH SCHOOL WORK ON THE PART OF THOSE PUPILS? — 1. SOME ARE EVIDENTLY MISFITS — 2. MOST OF THE FAILING PUPILS LACK NEITHER ABILITY OR EARNESTNESS — GRADES OF THE FAILING PUPILS IN THE SEMESTER NEXT PRECEDING THE FAILURES — GRADES OF THE FAILING PUPILS IN THE SEMESTER NEXT SUCCEEDING THE FAILURES — 3. THE SCHOOL EMPHASIS AND THE SCHOOL FAILURES ARE BOTH CULMINATIVE IN PARTICULAR SCHOOL SUBJECTS — DISTRIBUTION OF PUPILS ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER OF TIMES THEY HAVE FAILED IN THE SAME SUBJECT — 4. AN INDICTMENT AGAINST THE SUBJECT-MATTER AND THE TEACHING ENDS, AS FACTORS IN PRODUCING FAILURES — SUMMARY OF CHAPTER VI — REFERENCES:
12. 12.CHAPTER VII WHAT TREATMENT IS SUGGESTED BY THE DIAGNOSIS OF THE FACTS OF FAILURE? — 1. ORGANIZATION AND ADAPTATION IN RECOGNITION OF THE INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN ABILITIES AND INTERESTS — 2. FACULTY STUDENT ADVISERS FROM THE TIME OF ENTRANCE — 3. GREATER FLEXIBILITY AND DIFFERENTIATION REQUIRED — 4. PROVISION FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE PUPILS' STUDY — 5. A GREATER RECOGNITION AND EXPOSITION OF THE FACTS AS REVEALED BY ACCURATE AND COMPLETE SCHOOL RECORDS — SUMMARY OF CHAPTER VII — REFERENCES:
13. 13.VITA

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