The Current Status of High School Mathematics Programs in North Central Texas as Related to Selected Factors (open access)

The Current Status of High School Mathematics Programs in North Central Texas as Related to Selected Factors

The problem of this study was to investigate and compare the current status of mathematics programs in large, medium, and small high schools in North Central Texas in relation to selected factors.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Miller, Edward J. (Edward Jeremiah)
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Effectiveness of Four Instructional Techniques of Teaching ARC Welding at the University Level (open access)

A Study of the Effectiveness of Four Instructional Techniques of Teaching ARC Welding at the University Level

The problem was to study the effectiveness of four instructional techniques of teaching arc welding at the university level.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Chrisman, Joseph P., 1934-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of an Education Service Center Curriculum Study on Teacher Participant Attitudes (open access)

The Effects of an Education Service Center Curriculum Study on Teacher Participant Attitudes

The purposes of this study were threefold: (1) to test the assumption that a curriculum study produces change in a school faculty in conservatism-radicalism, in anxiety, in leadership behavior, and in attitude toward the curriculum study; (2) to investigate the relationships between effects of a curriculum study on conservatism-radicalism, anxiety, leadership behavior, attitude toward the curriculum study and age, sex, and years of teaching experience of the teachers; and (3) to create a model from which replications can be made by Texas Education Service Centers.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Ivey, Ellis
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Approaches to Teaching Engineering Drafting (open access)

A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Approaches to Teaching Engineering Drafting

The problem of the study was a comparison of the relative effectiveness of two approaches to the teaching of engineering drafting.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Walker, Joe Wayne
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of the Note-test System of Teaching Basic College Chemistry on Student Achievement, Attitude, and Critical Thinking Ability (open access)

The Effect of the Note-test System of Teaching Basic College Chemistry on Student Achievement, Attitude, and Critical Thinking Ability

The problem of this study was to determine the relative effectiveness of the note-test system and the traditional lecture system of teaching basic college chemistry.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Collier, Donald Davis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Rate of Compression and Mode of Presentation on the Comprehension of a Recorded Communication to Junior College Students of Varying Aptitudes (open access)

Effect of Rate of Compression and Mode of Presentation on the Comprehension of a Recorded Communication to Junior College Students of Varying Aptitudes

The problem of this study was to assess the desirability and practicality of utilizing compressed speech as an instructional technique within a junior college setting.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Parker, Clement Cordell, 1940-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Anxieties of White and Negro Elementary and Secondary Student Teachers in Biracial Participation (open access)

Anxieties of White and Negro Elementary and Secondary Student Teachers in Biracial Participation

The purposes of this study were to determine the extent to which anxieties are created among student teachers by assigning Negro or white student teachers to cooperating teachers of the opposite race, and to analyze the implications of the anxiety on white and Negro student teachers for teacher education institutions interested in the optimum adjustment of student teachers.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Carter, Vertie Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Three Experimental Presentations on the Acquisition of Vocabulary by Graduate Students (open access)

The Effects of Three Experimental Presentations on the Acquisition of Vocabulary by Graduate Students

The first purpose of this study was to ascertain the gains in vocabulary of three selected groups of graduate students presented material by different methods: audio, visual, and audio-visual. The second purpose of this study was to determine whether these gains were maintained after a lapse of time of four weeks.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Brumbach, Virginia Whitcomb
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Early Changes in Selected Personality Components of Students in an Institutional Home  and School (open access)

A Study of Early Changes in Selected Personality Components of Students in an Institutional Home and School

The problem of this study was to specify personality changes of children during their first five months of residence in an institutional home and school, as measured by the California Test of Personality.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Stewart, James H. (James Henry), 1935-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Language Achievement of Fifth, Eigth, and Eleventh-Grade Students as Determined by an Analysis of Written Compositions (open access)

Language Achievement of Fifth, Eigth, and Eleventh-Grade Students as Determined by an Analysis of Written Compositions

The purpose set for this study was to define tentative standards of achievement through the analysis of compositions written by fifth, eighth, and eleventh-grade students in terms of quantity and quality.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Bryant, Ysleta Laverne
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Violence to the Ability, Achievement, and Adjustment of Sixth-Grade Children (open access)

The Relationship of Violence to the Ability, Achievement, and Adjustment of Sixth-Grade Children

The purpose of this research was to compare the scores on the variables of ability, achievement, and adjustment in an effort to locate areas wherein the children who perceive and project verbally a high amount of violence are significantly different from children who perceive and project a low amount of violence.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Garrish, Eunice
System: The UNT Digital Library
Small Group Counseling Compared with Freshman Orientation Classes in Reducing Attrition of Freshman Junior College Students (open access)

Small Group Counseling Compared with Freshman Orientation Classes in Reducing Attrition of Freshman Junior College Students

The problem of this study was to determine the effectiveness of small group counseling in reducing the attrition rate and in altering the adjustment and values of freshmen in a community junior college.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Locke, Charles Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Training in Interaction Analysis on Teachers' Interpersonal Behavior (open access)

The Effects of Training in Interaction Analysis on Teachers' Interpersonal Behavior

The specific purposes investigated were to ascertain the effect of training in interaction analysis upon the levels of 1. accurate empathy in teachers, 2. nonpossissive warmth in teachers, 3. genuineness in teachers, and 4. an analysis of the relationship between interaction analysis and the interpersonal behavior of the classroom teacher in view of its implications in teacher education.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Buckner, John Wordy
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Academic Performance of Two Groups of Entering College Freshmen (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Academic Performance of Two Groups of Entering College Freshmen

The problem with which this study was concerned was that of determining how the academic performance of entering college freshmen at Jarvis Christian College who participated in a summer preparatory and enrichment program would compare with the academic performance of entering college freshmen who did not participate in the program at the end of the school year.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Holmes, Lorene Barnes
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Relationship of Self-Concept and Selected Personal Characteristics of Student Teachers to Success in Student Teaching (open access)

An Investigation of the Relationship of Self-Concept and Selected Personal Characteristics of Student Teachers to Success in Student Teaching

The problem of this study was to determine the relationships that exist between elementary student teachers' personality factors and success in student teaching.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Passmore, Wynoka Sue, 1941-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationship of the Self-Concept of Fifth-Grade Negro Students with Their Knowledge of Negro Leaders and Events (open access)

Relationship of the Self-Concept of Fifth-Grade Negro Students with Their Knowledge of Negro Leaders and Events

The problem of this study was the relationship of the self-concept of fifth-grade Negro students with their knowledge of Negro leaders and events. Sub-problems of this study were (1) the relationship between the self-concept of fifth-grade students and their reading achievement and (2) the relationship of their knowledge of Negro leaders and events and their reading achievement.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Lang, Harold Wendell
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Selected Factors to Teacher and Student Preferences in Simulated Situations (open access)

The Relationship of Selected Factors to Teacher and Student Preferences in Simulated Situations

The problem of this study was to determine the relationship of teacher and peer preferences of selected fifth grade students to socio-economic level as measured by the occupation of the head of the household, academic standing as computed from the marks assigned by the teacher, achievement test score results, intelligence test scores, and the sex of the child.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Williams, Eva Louise
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Group Guidance Procedures on the Interpersonal Relationships of Inner-city Youth (open access)

The Effects of Group Guidance Procedures on the Interpersonal Relationships of Inner-city Youth

The problem of this investigation was to examine the effects of three selected group guidance procedures on the interpersonal relationships of twelve through fifteen-year old inner-city youth.
Date: December 1970
Creator: McKnight, Mamie L. (Mamie Lee)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Certain Mental Factors, Reading Factors, Aptitudes, and Situational Factors to Achievement in Selected Air Force Technical Courses (open access)

The Relationship of Certain Mental Factors, Reading Factors, Aptitudes, and Situational Factors to Achievement in Selected Air Force Technical Courses

The problem of this study was to determine the relationships between a number of mental factors, reading factors, aptitudes, situational factors, and training achievement in four Air Force civil engineering technical courses, and to determine which combination of factors was most reliable for forecasting training achievement in each of the courses.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Maxon, Lloyd Melvin
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Selected Woodworking Projects (open access)

An Evaluation of Selected Woodworking Projects

The primary purpose of the study is twofold: first, to develop a set of criteria that can be used effectively to evaluate projects that will develop in students those skills and concepts emphasized in the goals and objectives of industrial arts; and second, to evaluate these projects by using evaluative criteria developed for that purpose. After the completion of the study, a convenient source book of projects for teachers will be compiled.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Hansen, Philip W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Group Counseling on Visual Imagery and Selected Personality Factors for Junior and Senior Level High School Students (open access)

The Effect of Group Counseling on Visual Imagery and Selected Personality Factors for Junior and Senior Level High School Students

The problem of this study was to measure the effect of group counseling on visual imagery and selected personality factors of junior and senior level secondary school students. The purpose of this study was to determine if perception of visual images changed after group counseling. Also investigated was whether a concomital relationship existed among the perception of visual images and the self-concept, ascendance, and sociability.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Marth, Donald Rudell
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Selected Characteristics of Persons Twenty-Five and Older Seeking Teacher Certification (open access)

An Analysis of Selected Characteristics of Persons Twenty-Five and Older Seeking Teacher Certification

The purposes of this study were (1) to describe the persons twenty-five and older entering the teacher education program and seeking certification, and (2) to compare the persons twenty-five and older with a "typical" group of persons under twenty-five with respect to (a) ability, as measured by the Cooperative School and College Ability Test, (b) factors for entering teaching, as measured by "Factors Influencing the Decision to Become a Teacher," (c) attitudes held toward teaching, as measured by the Kerlinger Education Attitude Scale, (d) professional aspirations, and (e) role expectations, as measured by the Teacher Practices. Questionnaire.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Brooks, Robert Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of Certain Factors Related to Self-Concept, Sexual Knowledge, and Attitude toward Sex Education of a Group of Elementary Teachers (open access)

An Investigation of Certain Factors Related to Self-Concept, Sexual Knowledge, and Attitude toward Sex Education of a Group of Elementary Teachers

The problem of this study was to determine the relationship between self-concept, expressed sexual knowledge, and attitude toward sex education of a group of experienced elementary teachers. A second dimension of the problem was to investigate the relationship of the three variables above with certain other factors that could possibly influence the effectiveness of the elementary teacher of sex education. These factors were age of the teacher, sex of the teacher ,grade level of teaching, educational level of the teacher, teaching experience, marital status of the teacher, number of siblings of the teacher, and church preference or affiliation of the teacher.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Hobbs, George W. (George William), 1932-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Teaching Beginning College Mathematics by Television (open access)

The Effect of Teaching Beginning College Mathematics by Television

The purposes of this study were (1) to compare the achievement levels of students enrolled in a beginning college mathematics course when taught by (a) closed-circuit television followed by student-assisted study periods, (b) closed circuit television followed by access to videotape replay with no supervised study periods, (c) closed-circuit television followed by unsupervised study and discussion, and (d) regular lecture-recitation methods conducted by the television instructor, and (2) to ascertain the students' attitudes toward their instructor, course, and method of instruction.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Backens, Vern W. (Vern William)
System: The UNT Digital Library