Part 7 (1/2)

English and Math 178 180 163 169 81 140

Latin, German, French 176 175 151 76 30

Apparently the full story has by no eneral decline in the percentages of failure by years or semesters First, the failures of the drop-outs should be included, so far as it is at all feasible; second, the percentage should be based on the total enrollment in the subject, not on the final product, if ish to disclose the real situation; third, the continuous or required subjects should be distinguished in order to give a full statees of failure for the 1,125 failing graduates alone, as found in this study, the greater portion of whose work, as it actually happened, consisted of 3- and 4-year subjects continuous froes of failure increase to the ninth semester

7 SIMILARITY OF FACTS FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

Nowhere is there any definite indication that any of these factors of prognosis operates irls Some variations do occur, but differences between the sexes in personal attitudes, social interests, or conventional standards ht differences such as have been already noted To simplify the stateirls has, in general, been attempted where there was only similarity to be shown

A SUMMARY OF CHAPTER III

The influence of non-attendance as a factor in school failure is partly provided for here, but no statistical data were secured

The percentage of physical and h school pupils except in the case of vision

The facts regarding size of classes were unobtainable

The pupils are distributed by their ages of entrance froer entering pupils are distinctly ly raduate

The older pupils who fail have a higher percentage of failure on the subjects taken

The first year's record has real prognostic value for pupils persistingearlier have no failures This includes nearly 60 per cent of all the non-failing pupils, but less than 32 per cent of the failing ones have gone that early

Prediction of failure by subjects is relatively easy and sure, and the later years seee of failure on the total possibility of failure increases with the time period up to the seventh seraduates when considered alone Fifty-six per cent of the failures for the graduates occur after the second year The longer stay in school actually begets an increase of failures The boys and girls are sinosis

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14 Keyes, CH _Progress Through the Grades_, pp 23, 62

15 Terence_, p 68

16 Bronner, AE _Psychology of Special Abilities and Disabilities_

17 Ayres, LP ”The Effect of Physical Defects on School Progress,”

_Psychological Clinic_, 3:71

18 Gulick, LH, Ayres, LP _Medical Inspection in the Schools_, p

194

19 _Standards of The North Central association of Colleges and Secondary Schools_

20 Hall-Quest, AL, in Johnson's _Modern High School_, p 270