Book Reviews

Advanced Level Statistics. By A. Francis . Studying Society. By Jane L. Thompson Elementary Statistics for Business. By J. S. Croucher Statistics: An Introduction. By J. S. Croucher and E. Oliver Basic Business Statistics. Concepts and Applications. By M. L. Berenson and D. M. Levine .     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books Reviewed in this Article: Statistics Template Practical Statistics By Mary Rouncefield and Peter Holmes. Practical Statistics By S. S. Cohen. Statistics for G.C.S.E. By Helen Wright. Pass Packs PROLOG, Children and Students By J. Nichol, J. Briggs and J. Dean (eds.).     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this Article: Statistics An Introduction By Alan Graham Biodiversity - Measurement and Estimation By D L Hawksworth (ed) Practical Methods for Design and Analysis of Complex Surveys By R Lehtonen & E Pahkinen Models in Biology: Mathematics, Statistics and Computing By D Brown & PRothery     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed in this Article: Elementary Statistics, By Donna H. Skane . Statistics: Principles and Methods. By R. Johnson and G. Beiattacharyya .     

Book Reviews

Introductory Statistics: Volume 1, Probability and Distribution Theory Worked Examples in Probability and Distribution Theory. Elementary Statistics Tables. By Henry R. Neave . Ideas of Statistics. By J. Leroy Folks . Advanced Mathematics Book 1. By M. Perkins and P. Perkins .     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed in this Article: Elementary Statistics. By DONALD R. BURLESON. The Readable Maths and Statistics Book. By B. EDWARDS. The Penguin Book of Mathematical and Statistical Tables. By R. D. NELSON Reason by Numbers. By PETER G. MOORE. Do you Panic about Maths. By LAURIE BUXTON     

Table of Contents

ARTICLES Growth in Disciplinary Resources for Assessment in the Liberal Arts Theresa Ford Changing the Climate for Assessment David S. Martins Using Student Focus Groups to Facilitate Communication and Improve the Learning Environment Kathleen S. Martin, Elda E. Martinez From Consensus to Performance: Formative Course Assessment in Elementary Algebra James Benner, Kathy Kapcsos COLUMN Assessment Measures Gary R. Pike with James C. Thomas     

Topic: The morale of teachers in a world at war

Science Related to Life: Book Two, Heat and Health. By Reh. American Book Co., New York, 1932. Pp. 192.

Embryology. By Mary T. Haeman. Philadelphia: Lea &; Febiger, 1932. Pp. 2–476.

Educational Biology. By William H. Atwood and Elwood D. Heiss. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son and Company, 1933. Pp. xiii + 475.

Problems in Biology. By George W. Hunter. New York: American Book Company, 1931. Pp. v + 706.

Practical Bacteriology. By T. J. Mackie and J. E. McCartney. New York: William Wood and Company, 1931. Pp. xv + 421.

The Collection and Preservation of Animal Forms. By Morris M. Wells. Chicago: General Biological Supply House, 1932. Pp. 72.

A Textbook of Histology. By J. Lewis Bremer. Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son &; Co., Inc. Pp. 568.

Elementary Bacteriology. By Joseph E. Graves and Ethelyn O. Graves. Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Company, 1932. Pp. 5–535.

Directing Language Power in the Elementary School Child. By Caroline J. Trommer and Teresa A. Regak. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. Pp. xii + 497.

Adventures, Book I; Trail Fires, Book II; Eastward Ho! Book III; Higher Levels, Book IV. By Grace Walker, Neli. F. Bartels and Mary E. Marye. (A series of work‐books) New York: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1932.

Effective Instructional Leadership. By a Committee, Rudolph D. Lindquist, Chairman. New York: Columbia University, 1933. Pp. ix + 183.

On Teaching English. By Howard Francis Seely. New York: American Book Company, 1933. Pp. xix + 391.

My Life Book. By Neal Stoddard. Cincinnati: American Book Company, 1933. Pp. vi + 106.

Fundamentals of Bookkeeping and Business. By Charles E. Bowman and Atlee L. Percy. Cincinnati: American Book Company, 1933. Pp. viii + 316.

The New First Course in Home Making. By Maude Richman Calvert and Anne E. Richardson. Atlanta: Smith, Hammond and Company, 1932. Pp. xiii + 507.

The Role of the Teacher in Personnel Work. By Ruth StranG. New York: Columbia University, 1932. Pp. xv + 332.

An Orientation Course in Education. By Joseph S. Butterweck and J. Conrad Seegers. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. Pp. vi + 392.

Education and Certification of Elementary Teachers. Frank P. Bachman. Field Study No. 5 of the Division of Surveys and Field Studies, Peabody College.

Modern School Administration—Its Problems and Progress. By John C. Almack. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1933. Pp. viii + 382.

The Evolving Common School. By Henry C. Morrison. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1933. Pp. 62.

State Scholarship Students at Hunter College of the City of New York. By Adele Bii dwrsee. New York: Columbia University, 1932. Pp. xii + 138.

Teaching History in the High School. Mary E. Peck. Published by the State Teachers College, Farmville, Virginia, 1933.

Forward Steps in Thinking and Writing. Wilson‐Rubado‐Scovlle and Johnson. Silver Burdett &; Co., 1933.

A Point Scale of Performance Tests. By Grace Arthur. New York: The Commonwealth Fund, 1933. Pp. xi + 106.

Principles of Genetics. By Edmund W. Sinnott and L. C. Dunn. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Company, Inc., 1932. Pp xvi + 441.

New High School Arithmetic—Revised. By Webster Wells and Walter W. Hart. New York: D. C. Heath and Company, 1933. Pp. viii + 357.

Teacher Absence and Leave Regulations. By William D. Kuhlman. New York: Columbia University, 1933. Pp. viii + 75.

Co‐operative Citizenship. By Joseph Irvin Arnold. Evanston, Ill.: Row, Peterson and Co., 1933. Pp. lii + 716.

Stimulation of Educational Undertakings. By J. Wayne Whightstone. New York: Columbia University, 1933. Pp. viii + 76.

Biology and Human Welfare (New Edition). By James Edward Peabody and Arthur Ellsworth Hunt. New York: The Macmillan Company, 1933. Pp. xii + 658.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books Reviewed in this Article: Concise Statistics by M. G. Godfrey, E M. Roebuck and A. J. Sherlock. Exploring Data: An Introduction to Data Analysis for Social Scientists by Catherine Marsh. Statistics Book 1 (also Book 2) by M. E. M. Jones. Fieldwork Studies in Geography by Jack Gilleft. How to think about Statistics by John Phillips.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this Article: Probability and Statistics with Reliability, Queuing and Computer Science Applications. By K. S. Trivedi Introducing Social Statistics. By R. Startup and E. T. Whittaker. George Allen and Unwin. 1982. Studies in Sociology: 12. 201 pages Success in Statistics. By Fred Caswell. How to Tell the Liars from the Statisticians. By Robert Hooke. Marcel Dekker, 1983. 173 pages (hardback).     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Studying Health and Disease. The Open University, Open University Press. 1985. Statistics—A Self Teaching Guide (3rd Ed.). By Donald Kwsis . 1985. People in Britain. By Daphne Turner . Introduction to Statistics for Geographers and Earth Scientists. By R. B. G. Williams . Intermediate Statistics for Geographers and Earth Scientists. By R. B. G. Williams . Probability Distributions. By V. Rothschild Workout Statistics ‘O’ Level and G.C.S.E. By T. J. Hannagan . Macmillan. 1986.     

Communication

“MR. LORD” An Appreciation of Miss Isabel McKinney's Biography of a Master-Teacher

THE YEARS By Virginia Woolf An Appreciational Review by Florence K. Johnston

The Honeysuckle and the Bee. By Sir John Squire. E. P. Dutton and Company. 282 pp. $3.00.

The Private Letters of Princess Lieven. Edited by Peter Quennell. E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc. 376 pp. $3.75.

A First Course in Statistics: Their Use and Interpretation in Education and Psychology. By E. F. Lindquist. Houghton, Mifflin and Company. 226 pp. $2.25.

Study Manual for a First Course in Statistics. By E. F. Lindquist. Houghton, Mifflin and Company. 122 pp. $.80.

America Yesterday and America Today. By Roy F. Nichols, William C. Bagley, and Charles A. Beard. Illustrated. The Macmillan Company. 415 pp. each. $1.40, each.

An Introduction to Progressive Education. By Samuel Engle Burr. The C. A. Gregory Company, 345 Calhoun Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. 84 pp. $.50.

Educational Psychology. By Noel B. Cuff. The Standard Printing Company, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky. 387 pp. $2.50.

Child Guidance Procedures: Methods and Techniques Employed at the Institute for Juvenile Research. By The Staff of the Institute for Juvenile Research, Paul L. Schroeder, Director. D. Appleton-Century Company, Inc. 345 pp. $2.50.

Elementary Practical Physics. By Newton Henry Black and Harvey Nathaniel Davis. The Macmillan Company. 710 pp. $2.00.

Guide to High School Biology. By Edna Craig and George K. Stone. The Macmillan Company. 146 pp. $.96.

High School Biology. By Ralph C. Benedict, Warren W. Knox, and George K. Stone. Illustrated. The Macmillan Co. 724 pp. $2.00.

How to Teach. By Claude C. Crawford. Southern California School Book Depository, Los Angeles, California. 501 pp. $2.50.

Humanized Geometray: An Introduction to Thinking. By J. Herbert Blackhurst. The University Press, 26th and University Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa. 272 pp. $1.33.

Personal and Social Adjustment. By Willis L. Uhl and Francis F. Powers. Illustrated. The Macmillan Company. 475 pp. $1.40.

Problems in American Democracy. By S. Howard Patterson, A. W. Selwyn Little, and Henry Reed Burch. The Macmillan Company. 726 pp. $1.88.

Reorganizing the Social Studies. By Vernon B. Hampton. The John Willig Press, Stapleton, New York. 91 pp. $1.25.

Secretarial Assistance in Teachers Colleges and Normal Schools. By Luther Jordan Bennett. Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York. 86 pp. $1.60.

Social Interpretation: Principles and Practices of Community and Public School Interpretation. By Arthur B. Moehlman. D. Appleton-Century Company. 485 pp. $3.00.

The Progress Arithmetics. By Philip A. Boyer, W. Walker Cheyney and Holman White. Book E. Accompanied by a Teacher's Manual. The Macmillan Company. 189 pp. and 29 pp. $.48.

The Student Editor. By James W. Mann. The Macmillan Company. 149 pp. $1.00.

A Mighty Fortress. By Le Grand Cannon, Jr. Farrar and Rinehart. 336 pp. $2.50.

Grass on the Mountain. By Henry and Sylvia Lieferant. E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc. 443 pp. $2.50.

Robinson of England. By John Drinkwater. Illustrated by J. H. Dowd. The Macmillan Company. 326 pp. $2.50.

The Hush-Hush Murders. By Margaret Taylor Yates. The Macmillan Company. 344 pp. $2.00.

The Wooden Spoon. By Wyn Griffith. E. P. Dutton and Co., Inc., 318 pp. $2.50.

Time Piece. By Naomi Jacob. The Macmillan Company. 352 pp. $2.50.

Victoria Four-Thirty. By Cecil Roberts. The Macmillan Company. 364 pp. $2.50.

The Concept of Morals. By W. T. Stace. The Macmillan Company. 307 pp. $2.50.

Differential Psychology. By Anne Anastasi. The Macmillan Company. 615 pp. $2.00.

In the Name of Common Sense. By Matthew N. Campbell. The Macmillan Co. 192 pp. $1.75.

Earth-Lore: Geology Without Jargon. By S. J. Shand. Illustrated. E. P. Dutton and Company. 144 pp. $1.25.

Living Safely. By Earl C. Bowman and Paul F. Boston. The Macmillan Company. 177 pp. $.52.     

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Books Reviewed in this Articles: The Statistician at Work: A Glimpse of a Profession in Action Centre for Statistical Education, University of Sheffield, 1987. Devised by Toby Lewis Statistical Investigations in the Secondary School, Open University. Understanding Data By P. Sprenf The Teaching of Practical Statistics By C. W Anderson and R. M. Loynes. Statistics Explained: Basic Concepts and Met hods, By R. Kapadia and G. Anderson.     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed in this Article: Statistical Thinking-A Structural Approach (2nd Ed.) . By JOHN L. PHILLIPS. Statistics for Advanced Level Mathematics. By I. GWYN EVANS. General Statistics . By W. CHASE and F. BROWN. Wiley. Statistics: Problems and Solutions. By E. E. BASSETT et al. Work Out Statistics GCSE . By T. J. HANNAGAN.     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed in this Article: Mathematical Statistics 4th Edition . By J. E. FREUND and R. E. WALPOLE. Graded Examples in Mathematics: Sets, Probability and Statistics . By M. R. HEYLINGS. Applied Statistics: Analysis of Variance and Regression, 2nd Ed . By O. J. DUNN and V. A. CLARK. Practical Statistics . Perry Barr Enterprises, 1986. Multivariate Data Analysis with Readings. By J. F. HAIR, R. E. ANDERSON and R. L. TATHAM.     

An Examination of the Outcomes of a Brief and Innovative Partnership: SJSU and Udacity

In an examination of a brief and innovative partnership, we compared outcomes for two disciplines, Elementary Statistics and General Psychology, across three formats: online as part of the San José State University-Udacity partnership (termed SJSU Plus), face-to-face (FTF), and online in a redesigned course offering. We also examine predictors of student performance in the SJSU Plus courses. The first offerings of the SJSU Plus courses showed poorer performance compared to their FTF and redesigned online equivalents. Redesigned online courses and FTF courses had similar pass rates. SJSU Plus course performance was significantly improved in the second offering of the Elementary Statistics course. More completed assignments in the SJSU Plus courses were associated with higher exam scores and final grades. We conclude that mode of delivery did not contribute significantly to variations in pass rates.     

Letters

Books Reviewed in this Article: Facts and Figures: A practical approach to Statistics By David Baker. Stanley Thornes. 1989. Statistical Reasoning in Law and Public Policy: Volume 1, Statistical Concepts and Issues of Fairness By Joseph L. Gastwirth. Data Handling Skills in G.C.S.E. Science By Ian Pritchard.     

A sociologist looks at the twelve‐month school year

Elementary Manual of Physiology. By Russell Burton‐Opitz (Columbia University). Philadelphia: W. B. Saunders Co., 1925. Pp.413. Price, $2.50.

Geology in Its Relation to Landscape. By Juntos Henderson. Boston: Stratford Co. Pp. 362; 94 illustrations, half‐tones. Price, $2.50.

The Psychology of Social Institutions. By Charles Hubbard Judd (University of Chicago). New York: Macmillan Co., 1926. Pp. ix + 346.

Why Children Succeed. By Stuart A. Courtis (Detroit Teachers College). Detroit: Courtis Standard Tests, 1925. Pp. 271.

Applied Print‐Shop Mathematics. By C. W. Hague (The Stout Institute, Menomonie, Wis.). Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Co., 1925. Pp. 32. Price, 28 cents.

Automotive Repair. By Homer J. Smith (University of Minnesota) and Roy S. Kern. Peoria: The Manual Arts Press, 1925. Pp. 123. Price, $1.

Permanent Bird Houses. By Gladstone Califf. Milwaukee: The Bruce Publishing Co., 1924. Pp. 64. Price, $1.

Caleb Heathcote. By Dixon Ryan Pox. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Pp. vii + 301. Price, $3.

Wood Finishing. By Harry R. Jeffrey (Kansas State Teachers College). Peoria: The Manual Arts Press, 1924. Pp. 175. Price, $1.50.

Vertebrate Zoölogy. By Henry Sherring Pratt (Haverford College). Boston: Ginn &; Co., 1925. Pp. xi + 341. Price, $2.20.

Constructive School Discipline. By Walter Robinson Smith (University of Kansas). Cincinnati: American Book Co., 1924. Pp.275. Price, $1.40.

Far Away and Long Ago. By W. H. Hudson. New York: E. P. Dutton &; Co., 1925. Pp. xiv + 332. Price, $1.10.

Elements of Chemistry. By William Foster (Princeton University). New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1925. Pp. xviii + 576. Price, $2.

Brief Guide to the Project Method. By James F. Hosic and Sara E. Chase. Yonkers, N. Y.: World Book Co., 1924. Pp. x + 243.

Expository Writing. By William S. Dye, Jr. (Pennsylvania State College). Richmond, Va: Johnson Publishing Co., 1926. Pp. ix + 372.

Oral and Written English. Upper Book. By Milton C. Potter, H. Jeschke, and Harry O. Gillet. Boston: Ginn &; Co., 1926. Pp. xvi + 510. Price, $0.96.

Elements of Astronomy. By Edward A. Fath (Carleton College). New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Co., Inc., 1926. Pp. viii + 307. Price, $3.

National Spelling Scale for Senior High Schools. By John J. Tipton (Assistant Superintendent, Allegany County, Md.). Mountain Lake Park, Md.: National Publishing Co., 1926.

The Music of the Spheres; a Nature Lover's Astronomy. By Florence A. Grondal. New York: The Macmillan Co., 1926. Pp. xiii + 334. Price, $5.

Investigations in the Teaching of Science. By Francis D. Curtis (University of Michigan). Philadelphia: P. Blakiston's Son &; Co., 1926. Pp. xvii + 341. Price, $2.

Food Study for High Schools. By Mabel T. Wellman. Boston: Little, Brown &; Co., 1926. Pp. xix + 528. Price, $1.50.

The Science of Things About Us. By Charles E. Rush and Amy Winslow. Boston: Little, Brown &; Co., 1926. Pp. xiii + 318. Price, 90 cents.

Introductory College Chemistry. By Neil E. Gordon (University of Maryland). Yonkers: World Book Co., 1926. Pp. xiv + 688. Price, $3.80.

The Learner and His Attitude. By Garry Cleveland Myers (Cleveland School of Education). Chicago: Benj. H. Sanborn &; Co., 1925. Pp. xiii + 418.

The Psychology of Elementary Education. By A. S. Edwards (University of Georgia). Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1925. Pp. xvi + 333.

Children's Drawings. Stella Agnes McCarty, editor. Baltimore: Williams &; Wilkins Co., 1924. Pp. 164. Price, $3.

Methods of Handling Test Scores. By Luella Cole Pressey (The Ohio State University) and Sidney Leavitt Pressey (The Ohio State University). Yonkers: World Book Co., 1926. Pp. iv + 60. Price, $0.60.

One Hundred and One Famous Poems. Published by The Cable Co., Chicago, 1924. Pp. 186. Prices: Paper binding, $0.25; cloth binding, $1; De Luxe edition, $1.50.

The Word Builder. By Nina Joy Bellinger and Belle A. Mackinnon. New York: Charles Scribnert Sons, 1926. Pp. viii+ 162.

Our Unitarian Heritage. By Earl Morse Wilbur (Pacific Unitarian School for the Ministry). Boston: The Beacon Press, Inc., 1925. Pp. xiii + 485.

American Literature. By John Calvin Metcalf (University of Virginia). Richmond, Va.: Johnson Publishing Co., 1925. Pp. 562.

Office Training and Standards. By Frank C. McClelland. Chicago: A. W. Shaw Co., 1925. Pp. xviii + 283.

Letters from Famous People. By Sharpless D. Green. New York: The Gregg Publishing Co., 1925. Pp. xvii + 362.

Chemical Calculations. By Bernard Jaffe. Yonkers, N. Y.: World Book Co., 1926. Pp. xv + 159. Price, $1.28.

Stories for Junior High Schools. Edited by William Rabenort. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1926. Pp. 416.