Moral education : an experimental investigation / by William T. Whitney.

  • Whitney, William T., 1878-
Date:
[1915], ©1915
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Credit: Moral education : an experimental investigation / by William T. Whitney. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    boys in the higher standards of deportment and home training and a perceptible decrease in the lower stand- ard. Six per cent of the girls are poor in deportment with corresponding home training as against Io per cent for boys. A noticeable and characteristic thing is shown by these tables. The distinction between ex- cellent and good is a matter which can with difficulty be ascertained. It seems that the distinction must be somewhat arbitrary, and this is undoubtedly true. Another characteristic to be noticed is that of curve fair. It seems to be a rather definite line and yet shows the characteristic of indefiniteness in the following re- spects: it varies more than either of the other three curves, and this is undoubtedly due to the fact that it is as difficult to decide between the fair and the poor standard as between the good and the excellent. Tables VII and VIII show the correlation of deport- ment and scholarship. A glance at the tables shows one noticeable grouping compared with the grouping of the other tables —that there is a higher average maintained by the girls than by the boys, and that the groupings have changed somewhat. The groupings for the lower standards remain steady, while those for the upper have changed in their location in the tables. This is as would naturally be expected. A high degree of mentality is not always coincident with high stand- ards of deportment, yet low standards of deportment seem to follow closely low standards of scholarship. It is-hardly necessary to explain further in detail the various figures. They but represent graphically the results as shown in the tables. [15]