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Document Type

Research

Abstract

This report is based on the answers given by twenty-five hundred children in certain Iowa public schools to a brief questionnaire viz: 1. Have you ever been punished at home? (underscore the right word) Yes, often; Seldom; Once only; Never. 2. How were you punished at home? By scolding; slapping; whipping; other ways -_______________________ 3. Have you ever been punished at school? Yes, often; Seldom; Only once; Never. 4. How were you punished at school? Scolding; Slapping; Keeping in; Whipping; Other ways ___________________ 5. If you were a parent or a teacher how would you punish a child? (underscore your choice of ways) Scolding; Take away playtime; No dinner; Send to bed early; Slapping; Whipping; _____________________ This study is concerned only with the answers to No. 2, - How were you punished at home? and the answers to No. 5 - The type of punishment the child would administer if he were a parent or a teacher.

Publication Date

1930

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

37

Issue

1

First Page

325

Last Page

328

Copyright

©1930 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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