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High School Freshmen at Gary and at the School of Education 



29 boys 



32 



37 girls 



22 " 



Gary 



School of Education | 



Gary 



School of Education 







scored 



5.5 points 



6 - 5 « 

 57 " 



5.5 " 



66 boys and girls 



54 " " " 



Gary 



School of Education 









5.6 " 

 6.1 





Test No. 9 — 13 possible 



points 







'th and 8th grades- 

 79 boys 

 16 " 



—Gary 

 Gary 

 School of Education 



7th grade — School of Education 

 scored 3.4 points 

 2.9 " 



95 girls 

 26 " 



Gary 



School of Education 









1.8 " 

 2.6 " 



74 boys and girls 

 42 



Gary 



School of Education 









2.5 " 

 2.8 " 



High School Freshmen at Gary and at the School of Education 



29 boys 

 25 " 



Gary 



School of Education 







scored 



5.4 points 

 5. " 



36 girls 

 14 " 



Gary 



School of Education 







■ 



4.2 " 



3.2 M 



65 boys and girls 

 39 " " " 



Gary 



School of Education 









4.8 " 



A A " 

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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. 1 — 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 



