Mary C Baker
Biographic Data
| ID | 6207535 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary C Baker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary C |
| FAMILY NAME | Baker |
| SIGNATURE | BAKER M C |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1940 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1948 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Dis‐honor rolls
The validity of scholastic grades as a single index of ability is questionable. At best they can be no more than a statistical representation of the child's capacity to reproduce information and materials. Grades, in other words, indicate an ability to store facts, and, when the proper stimulus occurs, to reproduce them. The reactions of two fourth-grade boys to a decision in a spelling match comes to mind. Andrew, the last boy standing but not o…
Rescue from mechanism
to refute much, if any, of the arguments advanced by physical educators to justify their function. These are undoubtedly some of the reasons why the profession has suffered so much adverse criticism. The layman lacks both time and training to seek behind the obvious for the real issues involved. The teachers and specialists owe it to themselves to provide information of a more reliable and intelligible nature. In these days of straitened finance,…
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Rescue from mechanism
to refute much, if any, of the arguments advanced by physical educators to justify their function. These are undoubtedly some of the reasons why the profession has suffered so much adverse criticism. The layman lacks both time and training to seek behind the obvious for the real issues involved. The teachers and specialists owe it to themselves to provide information of a more reliable and intelligible nature. In these days of straitened finance,…
Dis‐honor rolls
The validity of scholastic grades as a single index of ability is questionable. At best they can be no more than a statistical representation of the child's capacity to reproduce information and materials. Grades, in other words, indicate an ability to store facts, and, when the proper stimulus occurs, to reproduce them. The reactions of two fourth-grade boys to a decision in a spelling match comes to mind. Andrew, the last boy standing but not o…
Mathematics education (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Criticism (1 works) · Curriculum (1 works) · Developmental psychology (1 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (1 works) · Economics (1 works)