Publication Date

8-1936

Advisor(s) - Committee Chair

Lee Jones, Gordon Wilson, Finley Grise

Degree Program

School of Teacher Education

Degree Type

Master of Arts

Abstract

Secondary school science consists of biology, chemistry, physics, or a combination course known as general science. General science deals only with the practical side of the laws of physics. It fails to go into detail and very often omits the law entirely. Physics in high school requires a special room in the building which is not easily adapted to other use. A large amount of expensive equipment is need to teach it efficiently. Can all of this expense be justified? Is the student who ends his school career with high school graduation sent out into life with a large amount of useful information? Is the student who goes on into college given a clearer conception of the subject? Is he able to go farther in his college science because of his high school background? This study will try to answer these last two questions.

Disciplines

Curriculum and Instruction | Education | Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research | Physical Sciences and Mathematics | Physics | Science and Mathematics Education

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