- Frank Morton McMurry
Frank Morton McMurry (1862–1936) was an American educator and a brother of
Charles Alexander McMurry .Born near
Crawfordsville, Indiana , McMurry studied at theUniversity of Michigan and at Halle andJena in Europe, earning a Ph.D. in 1889. Before teaching in higher education, he served as the principal of Carter High School (Englewood). He taught at several colleges, first as professor of pedagogics at theUniversity of Illinois and then atColumbia University where he was appointed professor in 1898. While at theUniversity of Illinois he introduced the "practice-teaching" method, which is now commonly known as "student teaching" and is found in most teacher training programs across the country. WithRalph Stockman Tarr he published the "Tarr and McMurry Common School Geographies" (1900), and with his brother Charles, "Method of the Recitation" (1903).McMurry also was the author of "How to Study and Teaching How to Study" (1900) and "Elementary School Standards" (1913).
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*gutenberg author| id=Frank+M.+McMurry | name=Frank Morton McMurry
* [http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=6109 "How to Study and Teaching How to Study"] fromProject Gutenberg
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