An analysis of selected personality characteristics of guidance associates at North Texas State University (open access)

An analysis of selected personality characteristics of guidance associates at North Texas State University

The problem under investigation was a description and analysis of change in selected personality characteristics of guidance associate students during the first and second year of training in the undergraduate curriculum designed for the Guidance Associate Degree at North Texas State University.
Date: December 1975
Creator: Carrier, Jerry E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A partial needs assessment of the fashion design program of the Department of Art at North Texas State University with implications for curriculum revision (open access)

A partial needs assessment of the fashion design program of the Department of Art at North Texas State University with implications for curriculum revision

The problem of this study concerned the relationships that exist between the actual practices of designers in the apparel industry and the present academic training of future designers. Purposes of this inquiry were to determine the expectations of designers by questioning commercial apparel manufacturers to ascertain the types of functions the fashion designer is expected to perform, to determine the importance the manufacturer places on that activity, and to make an appraisal of the industry's willingness to take an active part in the education of these designers.
Date: August 1976
Creator: Andrews, Jean
System: The UNT Digital Library
A study of the effects of personality, subculture and place of residence on college student recreation participation (open access)

A study of the effects of personality, subculture and place of residence on college student recreation participation

The problem of this investigation was to determine whether knowledge of student personality, subculture, or place of residence could predict university student recreation participation for men and women. Factors of age, marital status, class in college, and Greek affiliation were also examined for any relationship to recreation participation of university men and women.
Date: May 1976
Creator: Winfrey, William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Predictors, Correlates, and Consequences of Job Satisfaction in a University Library (open access)

Predictors, Correlates, and Consequences of Job Satisfaction in a University Library

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of determining the predictors, correlates, and consequences of job satisfaction in a university library. A managerial model was constructed for the purpose of providing an overall framework of analysis. It was hypothesized, in the managerial model, that organizational effectiveness in any organization is linked closely to the concepts of job satisfaction and employee satisfactoriness. These two concepts, in turn, are closely related to managerial behavior.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Vaughn, William John
System: The UNT Digital Library
A study of the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor development of children attending half-day and full-day state-supported kindergartens (open access)

A study of the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor development of children attending half-day and full-day state-supported kindergartens

The purpose of this study was to determine whether or not a significant difference existed in the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor development of kindergarten children as a function of half-day or full-day kindergarten programs. Four public school district in Education Service Center Region XIII in Texas participated in the study.
Date: December 1978
Creator: Hatcher, Barbara Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
A study of the role of the administrative assistant in Texas public schools as perceived by the superintendent (open access)

A study of the role of the administrative assistant in Texas public schools as perceived by the superintendent

The problem of this study is to determine the role of the administrative assistant in the public schools of Texas, as perceived by superintendents, and to compare the findings with recommendations which are found in the literature.
Date: August 1977
Creator: LaGrone, L. Willard
System: The UNT Digital Library
A study of two staff-development techniques for teachers of adult reading in Texas (open access)

A study of two staff-development techniques for teachers of adult reading in Texas

This study examines two methods of in-service preparation for teachers of adult reading. The first method, known as Developing Adult Reading in Texas (DART), uses single concept modules which deal with five specific components of the reading process. The components are Comprehension, Vocabulary, Motivation, Word-Attack Skills, and Diagnosis. The modules provide for teacher involvement and focus on one reading concept at a time. The second method is defined as non-focused reading instruction. Subjects receive information of a general nature concerning the same five components of a reading process. A lecture format is used.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Radeka, Cynthia L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A study of the perceptions of presidents and academic deans regarding role expectations and decision-making styles of academic deans in Texas community colleges (open access)

A study of the perceptions of presidents and academic deans regarding role expectations and decision-making styles of academic deans in Texas community colleges

The purpose of this study was to determine whether similarities exist in the perceptions of the roles of academic deans in community colleges. This study attempted to determine whether role expectations and perceptions reflected separate and distinct relationships, or if administrative patterns reflected an overlapping of responsibilities.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Hunt, Larry W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A history of Lon Morris College (open access)

A history of Lon Morris College

The problem with which this study is concerned is that of analyzing the implementation of the stated purposes of analyzing the implementation of the stated purposes of Lon Morris College of Jacksonville, Texas from 1847 to 1973. Histories and Journals of the period, records and publications of the school and other institutions, and oral interviews of persons involved in its development provide data for the study. As a historical analysis, the study is divided according to successive periods in the school's development.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Jones, Glendell A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Admission, Curricula, and Degree Requirements for the Art Education Doctoral Degree, 1974-1975 (open access)

Admission, Curricula, and Degree Requirements for the Art Education Doctoral Degree, 1974-1975

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Date: August 1976
Creator: Hicks, Margaret Katharine
System: The UNT Digital Library
A comparison of the effects of electromyographic biofeedback on muscular tension in selected personality states from the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory (open access)

A comparison of the effects of electromyographic biofeedback on muscular tension in selected personality states from the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory

This investigation was concerned with the effects of electromyographic biofeedback on the muscular tension of patients diagnosed in a particular personality state. These personality traits were manic, agitated, depressed, and a comparison group.
Date: June 1978
Creator: Blue, Lisa
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Correlational Analysis of Maternal Warmth and Infant Mental Development (open access)

A Correlational Analysis of Maternal Warmth and Infant Mental Development

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Date: May 1973
Creator: Schieffer, Carol A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Growth and Development of the Canal Zone College (open access)

The Growth and Development of the Canal Zone College

This study deals with the growth and development of higher education in the Canal Zone from 1933 to the present. This study uses information obtained from the special Panama Collection available at the Canal Zone Public Library, government documents, letters, and administrative memoranda on file in the Agency Record Center, interviews, personal correspondence, newspapers, Panama Canal publications, minutes of meetings held by local chapters of Association of University Professors and Advisory Council, annual reports, reports made by Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, bulletins, and yearbooks.
Date: August 1973
Creator: Smith, Michael E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Compression of Verbal Messages as a Factor Related to Aural Comprehension of Verbal Messages and Verbal Aptitude of Community College Students (open access)

The Compression of Verbal Messages as a Factor Related to Aural Comprehension of Verbal Messages and Verbal Aptitude of Community College Students

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of determining if recent studies showing no significant comprehension loss at compressed rates were valid for a learning situation.
Date: December 1975
Creator: Lagbara, Ga Oloku
System: The UNT Digital Library
The effects of audiotape suggestions on study habits, self-concept, and level of anxiety among college freshman (open access)

The effects of audiotape suggestions on study habits, self-concept, and level of anxiety among college freshman

This study investigates an application of hypnotic audiotapes to a specific group of college freshmen. Hypnotherapy is recognized as a viable adjunct to counseling, and it is known that hypnosis is possible via audiotapes. The study examines the use of hypnotic audiotapes designed to affect study habits and attitudes.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Kelly, Brian J. (Brian Joseph)
System: The UNT Digital Library
A comparison of biological science in general education programs among black institutions of higher learning in 1967 and 1973 (open access)

A comparison of biological science in general education programs among black institutions of higher learning in 1967 and 1973

The problem with which this study was concerned was that of comparing biological science in general education among black institutions of higher learning in the United States in 1976 and 1973.
Date: December 1975
Creator: Capers, Joseph W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Description of Altered Visual Perceptual Differentiation as Affected by Instructional Procedures Upon the Responses of Individuals to Visual Data (open access)

A Description of Altered Visual Perceptual Differentiation as Affected by Instructional Procedures Upon the Responses of Individuals to Visual Data

The purpose of this study was to analyze, evaluate, expand, and implement instructional procedures designed in order to increase visual perceptual differentiation. The literature revealed visual perceptual differentiation to be pervasive and stable across situational variables.
Date: August 1976
Creator: McCarter, Samuel Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
A study of the effectiveness of the use of the electronic calculators in teaching the simplex method to business and economics majors (open access)

A study of the effectiveness of the use of the electronic calculators in teaching the simplex method to business and economics majors

The problem of this study was to analyze the effect of using electronic calculators in the teaching of the simplex method upon students' attitudes and achievement in mathematics.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Smith, Buddy Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tutoring as a Way of Aiding the Underachiever (open access)

Tutoring as a Way of Aiding the Underachiever

The study called for the identification of a group of underachievers at the eleventh and tenth grade levels.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Read, Betty M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Herr und Heer: the German Social Democrats and officer corps, a reappraisal (open access)

Herr und Heer: the German Social Democrats and officer corps, a reappraisal

Utilizing the debates of the German Reichstag, the proceedings of the SPD, the memoirs of the leading military and Marxist figures and the principal newspapers of the Second Reich and Weimar Republic, this dissertation attempts to show how the army chiefs and the socialist leaders of Germany altered their policies not only to promote their interests but also to protect the state.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Pierce, Walter Rankin
System: The UNT Digital Library
An empirical study of the relationship between financial accounting measurements and research and development expenditures in public corporations (open access)

An empirical study of the relationship between financial accounting measurements and research and development expenditures in public corporations

The primary objective of this study is to gain a greater understanding of how the level and type of research and development expenditures are influenced by accounting measurement, if at all.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Nix, Paul E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The scope and nature of music programs in rural public community colleges (open access)

The scope and nature of music programs in rural public community colleges

The purposes of this study are to determine the scope and nature of music programs in rural public community colleges in the United States; to determine the unique characteristics of the rural public community college music program when compared to music programs of the total population of two-year colleges; to propose criteria to serve as a basis for a music program at rural public community colleges and to recommend a music program for rural public community colleges based upon the proposed criteria.
Date: August 1977
Creator: Pollard, J. Marvin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Behavioral outcomes of short-term nondirective play therapy with preschool deaf children (open access)

Behavioral outcomes of short-term nondirective play therapy with preschool deaf children

This study was conducted to investigate change (as measured by positive growth changes in total personality adjustment, social maturity, and behavior patterns) in pre-school deaf children with behavioral problems who experienced short-term, nondirective play therapy. Change in behavior of these children was also investigated ten weeks after therapy.
Date: December 1975
Creator: Oualline, Viola Jackson
System: The UNT Digital Library
The utility of an ethnic Spanish translation of the Iowa test of basic skills with second grade Mexican-American children (open access)

The utility of an ethnic Spanish translation of the Iowa test of basic skills with second grade Mexican-American children

The purpose of this study was to examine the utility of an ethnic Spanish translation of portions of the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, Level 7, Form 5, with second-grade Mexican-American children to measure growth in the fundamental skills of listening, vocabulary, word analysis, reading, and mathematics.
Date: August 1976
Creator: Granado, Joe F.
System: The UNT Digital Library