Texas Elementary Educators' Professional Reading Practices (open access)

Texas Elementary Educators' Professional Reading Practices

The purposes of this study were (1) to survey the amount of time spent by elementary educators in reading professional literature; (2) to survey elementary educators' purposes for reading professional literature; (3) to survey the availability of professional literature to elementary educators; (4) to survey the circumstances which encourage or discourage the reading of professional literature by elementary educators; (5) to survey the types of sources of professional literature used by elementary educators; (6) to compare the amount of time spent by elementary teachers, elementary administrators, and elementary teach educators in reading professional literature; (7) to compare elementary teachers', elementary administrators', and elementary teach educators' purposes for reading professional literature; (8) to compare the availability of professional literature to elementary teachers, elementary administrators, and elementary teacher educators; (9) to compare the circumstances which encourage or discourage professional reading among elementary teachers, elementary administrators, and elementary teacher educators; and (10) to compare the types of sources of professional literature used by elementary teachers, elementary administrators, and elementary teacher educators.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Jones, Carl B. (Carl Bruce)
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic Development in Texas During Reconstruction, 1865-1875 (open access)

Economic Development in Texas During Reconstruction, 1865-1875

The study challenges many traditional stereotypes of Texas during Reconstruction. Contrary to what Democrats charged, the Davis government did not levy exorbitant taxes. Radical taxes seemed high in comparison to antebellum taxes, because antebellum governments had financed operations with indemnity bonds, but they were not high in comparison to taxes in other states. Radical taxes constituted only 1.77 percent of the assessed value of property in Texas, which was lower than the average for the United States and about the same for other states undergoing Reconstruction. In Texas most of the tax increases during Reconstruction were made necessary by the Civil War and the increase in population. The tax increases paid for state and local governments, frontier and local protection, public buildings, internal improvements, and public schools. Edmund J. Davis, Radical governor, contributed significantly to Texas government when he attempted to focus attention on reforming the tax system,limiting state expenses to state income, limiting state aid for railroad companies, and protecting the public from railroad company abuses.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Adams, Larry Earl
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Utilization of Shorthand by Secretaries in Large Businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area with Implications for Instruction in Business Education at the Collegiate Level (open access)

The Utilization of Shorthand by Secretaries in Large Businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area with Implications for Instruction in Business Education at the Collegiate Level

The problem of the study was to determine the implications for the collegiate secretarial curriculum based on the need for and use of shorthand by secretaries employed by large businesses in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The purposes of the study were to determine if colleges are justified in offering manual shorthand within their curriculum with the rapid growth of automation in the business world today. It was also the purpose of the study to determine if there was a demand for secretaries with the skill of manual shorthand in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Shorthand was found to be important for recording telephone messages, notes, and instructions, as indicated by the majority of the secretaries.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Barnes, Cynthia C.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Land Reform and Its Effects on Rural-Urban Migration in Iran Since 1962 (open access)

Land Reform and Its Effects on Rural-Urban Migration in Iran Since 1962

The principal objective is to study the impact of the land reform program in Iran on rural-urban migration, primarily on landless peasants who consist of more than 2/3 of the rural population. The interrelationships between economic, political, and social factors are stressed.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Faghihi, Foroozandeh
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perceived Child-Parent Relationships and Child Adjustment in Families with Both Adopted and Natural Children (open access)

Perceived Child-Parent Relationships and Child Adjustment in Families with Both Adopted and Natural Children

This study examined perceived child-parent relationships and child adjustment in families with both adopted and natural children. Of interest was the relationship between these perceptions and the social and emotional adjustment of the children. Perceived parent-child relationships were measured by the Child Parent Relationship Scale developed by Swanson. The California Test of Personality was utilized to measure the children's adjustment.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Ternay, Marilyn R.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Relationships Among Selected Personality Variables, Perceived Locus of Control and Student Preferred Learning Styles (open access)

A Study of Relationships Among Selected Personality Variables, Perceived Locus of Control and Student Preferred Learning Styles

The problem of this study was to search for relationships between selected learning styles as measured by the Grasha-Riechmann Learning Style Scales and personality variables as measured by the Eysenck Personality Inventory and Rotter's Internal-External Locus of Control Scale. An additional problem was to test for differences along the male-female dimension among the personality and attitude variables.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Mershon, Helen Elizabeth
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Peer Group Facilitation with Secondary Students in an Alternative High School (open access)

Peer Group Facilitation with Secondary Students in an Alternative High School

This study investigates the relationship between peer group facilitation and the changes in self-concept, interpersonal relations and school interest of secondary students in an alternative school. To carry out the study, a peer group facilitation program was incorporated into the curriculum of an alternative high school.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Kelley, Anne Elizabeth Richards
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1980 (open access)

The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 131, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1980

Weekly newspaper from Rusk, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: August 14, 1980
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Translation of Personal Perceptions into Physical Space and Abstract Form (open access)

Translation of Personal Perceptions into Physical Space and Abstract Form

In this investigation I use the term perception as Arthur Comb and Donald Snygg do when they state that perception is any differentiation the individual is capable of making in his personal field. Perception has to do with the organization one gives to his world. Behavior and learning are products of perceiving. Immanuel Kant said: "We see things not as they are but as we are." During this effort to organize my world I realized that I was concerned with myself as an experiencing individual. I felt that one is built out of his experiences and that the best vantage point for understanding behavior is from the internal frame of reference of the individual himself. I was taking a somewhat phenomenological approach to my problem.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Bagley, Frances Stevens
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, August 25, 1980 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, August 25, 1980

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: August 25, 1980
Creator: Donchin, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, August 25, 1980 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, August 25, 1980

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: August 25, 1980
Creator: Donchin, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A Comparison of Tenth and Eleventh Grade Art Students with and without a Junior High Art Experience (open access)

A Comparison of Tenth and Eleventh Grade Art Students with and without a Junior High Art Experience

The purpose of this study was to determine if there was any difference between beginning high school art students at Calhoun High School, Port Lavaca, Texas, who had had a junior high art experience and those who had no such experience in regard to their art information, art attitudes, and ability to produce quality art work. The Eisner Art Information and Art Attitude Inventories and three art performance tasks were administered to the population. Those with junior high art experience scored significantly higher on the art information inventory and art performance tasks than those without. The data support the positive effect of a junior high art experience on beginning high school art students.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Leinneweber, Margo
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Ethnographic Investigation of the Influence of the Home Environment on the Developing Reading Skills of First Grade Children (open access)

An Ethnographic Investigation of the Influence of the Home Environment on the Developing Reading Skills of First Grade Children

This study described (a) the factors and activities in the home environment which appear to affect children's reading competence and affective dimensions of reading, (b) the parents' language style when interacting with their children, (c) the rate of reading acquisition for children from differing home environments, and (d) observable behaviors as children learn to read.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Kingore, Bertha Wilhelm
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of Principal's Leadership Behavior as Perceived by Secondary School Principals and Teachers in Nakorn Pathom, Thailand (open access)

An Investigation of Principal's Leadership Behavior as Perceived by Secondary School Principals and Teachers in Nakorn Pathom, Thailand

This study sought to investigate the secondary school principal's leadership behavior as perceived by secondary school teachers and principals in Nakorn Pathom, Thailand. The study had two purposes: to determine whether significant differences existed between teachers' perceptions of principal leadership behavior based on the variables of sex, years of teaching experience, educational level, and size of school; and to determine whether significant differences existed between the perceptions of principals and teachers with regard to the principal's leadership behavior.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Sukhabanij, Sariya
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of an Instructional Program on the Creative Thinking Skills, Self-Concept, and Leadership of Intellectually and Academically Gifted Elementary Students (open access)

The Effect of an Instructional Program on the Creative Thinking Skills, Self-Concept, and Leadership of Intellectually and Academically Gifted Elementary Students

This study sought to determine the effectiveness of an instructional program for developing creative thinking, a positive self-concept, and leadership among intellectually and academically gifted elementary students in grades four, five, and six. The purposes of the study were to determine the effect of experimental treatment on test scores measuring creativity, self-concept, and leadership; to compare the performance of the moderately intellectually gifted with that of the highly intellectually gifted; to determine whether boys or girls benefited more from instruction; and to determine whether fourth-, fifth-, or sixth-grade students achieved greater test gains after experimental treatment.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Fults, Elizabeth Ann
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Leadership Styles of the Chief Student Affairs Administrators in Southern Baptist Colleges and Universities (open access)

A Study of the Leadership Styles of the Chief Student Affairs Administrators in Southern Baptist Colleges and Universities

The problem with which this investigation was concerned was the level of knowledge about the leadership style of the chief student affairs administrators in Southern Baptist colleges and universities. The four purposes of the study were as follows: 1. To determine the prevalent leadership style of the chief student affairs administrators in Southern Baptist colleges and universities in terms of the Blake and Mouton Managerial Grid concept• 2. To determine if self-reported leadership style is congruent with the leadership style determination obtained through an instrument developed to analyze leadership style; 3. To determine if the following are factors in the leadership choice of the chief student affairs administrators in Southern Baptist colleges and universities: - Size and complexity of the institution. - Age. - Years of experience as a chief student affairs administrator. - Educational preparation, i.e. academic, administrative, or religious
Date: August 1980
Creator: Richardson, Dennie K.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1980 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1980

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: August 28, 1980
Creator: Donchin, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1980 (open access)

The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 67, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1980

Student newspaper of the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Oklahoma that includes national, local, and campus news along with advertising.
Date: August 28, 1980
Creator: Donchin, David
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Programmed Instruction as a Means of Enhancing Group Intelligence Test Performance of Externalizing Children (open access)

Programmed Instruction as a Means of Enhancing Group Intelligence Test Performance of Externalizing Children

This study focused on two major areas of investigation: (1) locus of control and (2) the influence on test performance of anxiety and motivation. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the efficacy of programmed instruction dealing with motivation, anxiety, and test-wiseness as a means of enhancing group intelligence test performance of externalizing children. While earlier research demonstrated the viability of this technique x^ith a heterogeneous sample, no studies have utilized any kind of instruction to facilitate the performance of externalizers on standardized tests. It was hypothesized that intelligence test performance would be enhanced by programmed instruction. Furthermore, externalizers were expected to demonstrate greater gains than internalizers, which would thereby suggest that locus of control provides a source of variance in intellectual assessment.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Petty, Nancy Elizabeth
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Examination of Locus of Control, Personality Traits, and Selected Demographic Variables as Factors Relating to the Success of First-Year Students in an Associate Degree Nursing Program (open access)

An Examination of Locus of Control, Personality Traits, and Selected Demographic Variables as Factors Relating to the Success of First-Year Students in an Associate Degree Nursing Program

Two major purposes existed for this study. The first purpose was to compare how persisters and nonpersisters in the first year of a two-year nursing program differed in locus of control, selected personality traits, and seven demographic variables. The second major purpose was to develop a predictive model for the persisters and the nonpersisters. The particular personality variables examined were intelligence, superego strength, extraversion, anxiety, tough poise, and independence as measured by the 16PF. The summary findings were that persisters had significantly higher scores on the NDRT and the B and G traits, significantly lower externality, and were generally younger with no previous nursing experience, and more likely not to have prekindergarten age children than the nonpersisters. The major significance of this research comes from its use of data gathered at the beginning of an educational program to make predictions which can be available to teachers, counselors, and administrators who may make use of the information to improve the chance potential nonpersisters have of completing the nursing program, or perhaps to assist students in reexamination of their career choice.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Bell, Bob J.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Propaganda in the United States During World War II (open access)

China's Propaganda in the United States During World War II

The study examined China's conduct of its most important overseas propaganda activities in the United States during World War II. The findings showed that the main characteristics of China's propaganda in the United States in the war years included, (a) official propaganda in the United States was operated by the Chinese News Service and its branch offices in several cities; (b) unofficial propaganda involved work by both Americans and Chinese, among them, missionaries, newspapermen, and businessmen who tried to help China for different reasons; (c) both China lobby and Red China lobby, changed people's image about China, either the Nationalists or the Communists; and (d) propaganda toward the overseas Chinese in the United States was to collect donations and stir up patriotism.
Date: August 1980
Creator: Tsang, Kuo-jen
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Cedar Hill Chronicle (Cedar Hill, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1980 (open access)

Cedar Hill Chronicle (Cedar Hill, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 14, 1980

Weekly newspaper from Cedar Hill, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 14, 1980
Creator: Hardin, Ken
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1980 (open access)

The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 38, Ed. 1 Friday, August 22, 1980

Daily newspaper from Hereford, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 22, 1980
Creator: Sims, Paul
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 187, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 7, 1980 (open access)

Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 187, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 7, 1980

Daily newspaper from Sulphur Springs, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: August 7, 1980
Creator: Keys, Clarke
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History