j, BULLETIN No. 385 § 
Contribution from the States Relations Service 
A. C. TRUE, Director 
Washington, D. C. PROFESSIONAL PAPER | July 2, 1916. | 
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SCHOOL CREDIT FOR HOME one IN. AGRE 
CULTURE.' 
By F. E. Hea.p, 
Specialist in Agricultural Edycation, States Relations Service. 
CONTENTS. 
Page. Page. 
MNiLodiebionteErso Hes sas See ease ese ee tee Lf Sumimarycy kee eles serra ern alee 20 
Methods for the teacher’s use............---- 2 | Supplementary tables of labor requirements. 11 
School administration basis of credit......... 13m welectediclubwecords® 32.22. o2c coast ete oe nce 26 
Farm management basis of school credit. -.. 17 
INTRODUCTION. 
A new problem has arisen in the administration of rural schools 
due to the advent of home projects in agriculture and other subjects 
in which the home becomes the laboratory of the school. To the 
teacher falls the task of giving a rank for such home work and ap- 
plying that rank with proper weight to the general scholarship aver- 
age of the individual. 
To the superintendent of schools and other officials falls the duty 
of determining how much credit shall be allowed; whether there 
shall be prescribed or optional home work; what shall be the ratio 
between recitation hours and hours of field work; also the ratio of 
“boy hours’ of labor to ‘‘man hours.” From farm-management 
studies acceptable records of labor requirements are to be obtained 
and these are to be translated into terms of usual school rank and 
credit. No form of school credit or rank for home work is sure to 
arouse permanent interest in such work unless related to the credit 
system used for other school subjects. 
This bulletin is intended to assist the rural teacher in her part of 
this problem and to discuss the basis of such credit for the benefit 
1 Prepared under the direction of C. H. Lane, Chief Specialist in Agricultural Education. 
Note.—This bulletin is intended to assist superintendents and teachers of rural schools who desire 
te use home practice in agriculture as an educational feature, giving proper rank and credit on the school 
records. 
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