DOWNING] RESULTS OF SCIENCE TESTS IN THE GRADES 63 



High School Freshmen at Gary and at the School of Education 



High School Freshmen at Gary and at the School of Education 



29 boys Gary scored 5.4 points 



25 " School of Education 5. " 



.36 girls Gary 4.2 " 



14 " School of Education 3.2 " 



65 boys and girls Gary 4.8 " 



39 " " " School of Education 4.4 " 



The second series of tests were given to the pupils' of the fourth 

 and fifth grades of the School of Education, Elementary School. 

 The purpose of these tests was to see how effective the instruction 

 has been in elementary science in the first four grades. Certain 

 common objects to which attention had been given in the course of 

 study were selected, and either the objects themselves or pictures 

 of them were mounted on cards. There were twenty-one of these 

 mounted on two large cards. These objects were as follows: 



No. I — A twig of Horse Chestnut 



No. 2 — A pod and 3. a twig of the Black Locust 



No. 4 — A small bottle containing seeds of pumpkin 



No. 5 — A small bottle containing seeds of nasturtium 



No. 6 — A piece of Granite 



No. 7 — A piece of Mica 



No. 8 — A photograph of Lombardy Poplars 



No. 9 — ^A photograph of an American Elm 



No. 10 — A colored picture of the American Goldfinch 



No. 1 1 — A cocoon of the Cecropia Moth 



No. 12 — ^A colored picture of the Mourning Cloak Butterfly 



No. 13 — A bur of the Cocklebur 



No. 14 — A colored picture of a Hyacinth plant in blossom 



No. 15 — A picture of Sheep 



No. 16 — A colored picture of the Brown Creeper 



No. 17 — A colored picture of Larva of the Monarch Butterfly 



No. 18 — ^A colored picture of the Cecropia Moth 



No. 19 — ^A small skein of Silk 



No. 20 — ^A photograph of a Snail crawling 



No. 21 — A photograph of a Grass-hopper 



