Page 6 Summer Session Kansan Friday, June 28, 1957
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JOB WELL DONE—Keith Lawton (left), director of physical plant operation, talks with Glen Henrichsen, superintendent of construction of the nearly completed band and orchestra rehearsal room in the new Fine Arts Building. In the final stages of construction, the building will be ready for use in the fall.
It's The Use Of Study Time That Affects Grade Quality
A high IQ and long hours of study do not guarantee good grades in college.
Results of a survey at Illinois Institute of Technology indicate that it's the use of study time and not the actual hours spent poring over the books that counts.
"And the grades may not bear a close relation to the amount learned," says William D. Diemer, Illinois Tech mechanics instructor, who made the survey.
"Personality characteristics, which may not be measurable, may be more important in determining a student's grades than either ability or amount of time spent in study," he explained.
Over a hundred students—representing a cross-section of the student body—reported their activities around the clock for a typical one-week period in the school year.
Total study time averaged 25.9 hours per week for students with high, medium, and low grade point averages. Freshmen being surveyed
spent an average of 20 hours a week in study, sophomores, 30 hours, juniors, 29 hours, and seniors, 24 hours. Time Doesn't Matter.
Of those who studied more than the average, the grade point averages ranged from a-perfect 4 (A) to a low 1.38 (D). Those studying less than one hour per hour of credit had grade point averages ranging from 3.88 (A-) to 1.28 (D).
"In general," says Diemer, "students who spend more than the average amount of time (1.5 hours per hour of class) studying underestimate study time, and those spending less than the average overestimated time spent studying."
The correlation between IQ and grades indicated that, even though
This is one of the conclusions in a survey of demand and supply of technical manpower in the metropolitan area by Dr. Frank T. Stockton, director of special projects and professor of economics at KU. He released his final report on the survey this month.
Only 10 per cent of recent graduates who majored in chemistry, mathematics, physics or engineering at area colleges found jobs in greater Kansas City.
The report, based on the four-county Kansas City metropolitan area, shows that greater Kansas City employers of college-trained scientists and engineers have openings for nearly 11 per cent more than the nearly 4,000 they now hire, with an additional 1,500 neede by 1961 to meet expansion plans.
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Despite anticipated increased output by the 19 colleges and universities included in the survey, Dr. Stockton's report indicates that unless the percentage of area graduates employed in Kansas City is raised, the city will fall short of meeting its future needs from the regional schools.
The survey was sponsored by the Missouri and Kansas Divisions of Employment Security with funds allocated by the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Employment Security. The survey was started last summer.
Returns covered 1,181 firms,
ability was taken into account, there was little clear relation between the two.
Natural Resources Report Available
After this phase of his "Survey on the Use of Student Time," Diemer intends to use the same material to analyze student use of leisure time.
A complete report on the Kansas Natural Resources Conference, held at KU in April, 1956, is now available from the KU State Geological Survey.
The report, prepared by University Extension and the State Geological Survey in cooperation with the Governmental Research Center, contains all proceedings of the conference.
businesses or agencies (including government) in Jackson and Clay Counties in Missouri and Wyandotte and Johnson Counties in Kansas. The engineering group included aeronautical, architectural, chemical, civil, electrical, mechanical and metallurical.
The conference was intended to give a well-rounded appraisal of the natural resources of Kansas.
Dr. Stockton reports that planned expansion in greater Kansas City by 1961 calls for 226 additional scientists and 1,383 more engineers, including the current vacancies. The reporting firms also must find replacements for 33 scientists and 270 engineers who will retire or leave the field by 1961.
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Dr. Stockton believes this is the first survey to determine specific employment of scientists and engineers by specialty, industry and actual job assignment. The breakdown shows a heavy concentration of engineers in three fields, civil, electrical and mechanical. These fields also have the greatest number of existing vacancies, as well as future places in planned expansion.
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