Children’s Contributions in Elementary School General Discussion.
signed
1942 · New York
by Baker, Harold V., Ph.D.
New York: Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1942. Signed & inscribed by the Author. Octavo, brown cloth (hardcover), paper label, 150 pp. Good, with edgewear and chip to lower spine. From Editor’s Preface: In this study Dr. Harold V. Baker makes an important addition to our knowledge of changes that occur in the mental and social orientation of children during the elementary school years. Children’s preoccupations and interests, and the characteristics of their communication with one another, were studied by means of systematic records of their contributions during discussion periods...This study does not deal with the problem as to the qualities of group thinking that might be promoted at various age levels under the guidance of an actively participating adult. Rather, it reveals what children contribute, and the extent to which they take account of the contributions of others, when matters are left pretty much in their own hands. Readers will be interested in noting the clear-cut direction of the changes in the content of children’s contributions, and the increasing meeting of minds when comparisons are made between youngsters at the second, fourth, and sixth grade levels... (Inventory #: 2018gls)