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Introduction to the scientific study of education

Chapter 4: LIST OF TABLES
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This textbook presents a systematic, scientific approach to studying educational problems for beginning teachers. It surveys historical and comparative methods, the social and public character of schooling, compulsory attendance, fiscal organization, school administration and supervision, curriculum and classroom methods, and measurement of pupil progress, illustrated by empirical studies, tables, and diagrams. Chapters combine conceptual discussion with practical exercises, observation guides, and references to facilitate classroom application. The central aim is to train educators to analyze policy, organization, and instruction with empirical evidence and administrative awareness to improve efficiency, equity, and professional practice in schools.

LIST OF TABLES

TABLE PAGE
I. Expenditures for public elementary and secondary schools compared for a period of years, including also a comparison of population for the same periods 48
II. Per cent of total governmental cost payments devoted to various city departments 51
III. Cost per pupil in elementary schools and high schools in selected cities 55
IV. Cost, per thousand student hours, of instruction in high schools in the various subjects of the curriculum 57
V. The portion of each thousand dollars spent for instruction in each subject in each of the first six elementary grades 58
VI. Percentages of failures in the chief subjects of instruction in the five high schools of Denver in June, 1915 107