A Study of the Relationship of a Mother's Age and the Child's Intelligence, Achievement, Personality, and Behavior (open access)

A Study of the Relationship of a Mother's Age and the Child's Intelligence, Achievement, Personality, and Behavior

The primary purpose of this study is to determine what influence, if any, the age of the mother at the time of a child's birth has on the child's intelligence, educational growth, personal characteristics, and behavior.
Date: 1951
Creator: Bedell, Alleathia Boyd
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine a Sound Treatment of Intercultural Differences in the Public Schools (open access)

A Study to Determine a Sound Treatment of Intercultural Differences in the Public Schools

It is the purpose of this study to determine a sound treatment of intercultural differences. The study has as its fundamental thesis the belief that the race and cultural conflicts that are serious threats to the well-being of individuals, of communities, and of the American nation as a whole can be lessened and, in certain instances, eliminated by a carefully planned educational program.
Date: 1949
Creator: Bresenhan, Maurice Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Pupil-Teacher Ratings of the Amount of Democracy Practiced in the William James Junior High School, Fort Worth, Texas (open access)

A Comparative Study of Pupil-Teacher Ratings of the Amount of Democracy Practiced in the William James Junior High School, Fort Worth, Texas

This study undertakes to measure by means of a questionnaire the spirit of democracy in the William James Junior High School of Fort Worth, Texas. The problem was the outgrowth of a personal interest in the boys and girls in the public schools of our nation and a feeling that strict application of the principles of democracy to school practices would result in happier school relationships.
Date: 1942
Creator: Mayo, Vera
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development and Introduction of a Sound Guidance Program (open access)

Development and Introduction of a Sound Guidance Program

The purpose of the study is to analyze and evaluate the soundness of a guidance program in its introduction and development in a secondary school.
Date: 1947
Creator: Lasater, Ira Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with Teacher Supply and Demand in Texas (open access)

An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with Teacher Supply and Demand in Texas

The problem of this study is to determine what are the factors associated with teacher supply and demand in Texas, to analyze and interpret these factors, and to offer recommendations regarding the problem.
Date: 1950
Creator: Jones, George Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Friedrich Nietzsche: His Life, Philosophy, and Some Evidences of His Philosophy in Modern Germany (open access)

Friedrich Nietzsche: His Life, Philosophy, and Some Evidences of His Philosophy in Modern Germany

This thesis constitutes a study of the life and philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche and an examination of the more prominent evidences of his philosophy in modern Germany.
Date: 1941
Creator: Williams, Lloyd Pyron
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Philosophy of the Activity Movement (open access)

The Philosophy of the Activity Movement

The problem of this research is to analyze the philosophy of the activity movement in the United States from a sociological point of view. Specifically, the purpose of the study is to discover whether or not the activity movement grew out of the social conditions of the times and was designed to meet the staggering problems of social development and reconstruction in America.
Date: 1941
Creator: Glover, Lila Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine a Sound Curriculum for the Junior High School Based on the Psychological, Sociological, and Democratic Needs of Youth (open access)

To Determine a Sound Curriculum for the Junior High School Based on the Psychological, Sociological, and Democratic Needs of Youth

The purpose of this study is to provide a sound curriculum for the junior high school based on the psychological, sociological, and democratic needs of youth. One of several reason given for the establishment of the junior high school was to adjust the curriculum to the needs of youth.
Date: August 1949
Creator: Manire, Charles O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Correct Organization, Content, and Method of a Course of Marital Relations for Senior High School Students (open access)

To Determine the Correct Organization, Content, and Method of a Course of Marital Relations for Senior High School Students

It is the purpose of this study to determine the correct organization, content, and method of a course on marital relations for senior high school students. The organization, content, and method are to be determined by the needs and interests of the individuals concerned; educational theory, psychology, and philosophy; and medical, clinical, and research science.
Date: June 1940
Creator: Yost, Thelma Chitwood
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Some Factors Influencing the Social-Economic-Political Attitudes of College Students (open access)

A Study of Some Factors Influencing the Social-Economic-Political Attitudes of College Students

The problem of this thesis is to show the relationship between liberalism, radicalism, conservatism and certain associated factors.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hammett, Lee Seguin
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evaluation of the Degree of Democracy in a Community Situation (open access)

The Evaluation of the Degree of Democracy in a Community Situation

The problem of this study is to develop and apply a technique to evaluate the degree of democracy in a community situation.
Date: 1946
Creator: Sanders, William B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Animal Study of Low-cost Texas Diets in Supporting Reproduction, Lactation, and Iodine Needs (open access)

An Animal Study of Low-cost Texas Diets in Supporting Reproduction, Lactation, and Iodine Needs

A study of low-cost Texas diets to support reproduction, lactation, and iodine needs in animals.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hicks, Gladys
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Contribution of a Given Educational System to the Defense of Democracy (open access)

An Analysis of the Contribution of a Given Educational System to the Defense of Democracy

The purpose of this study is four-fold: (1) to present through an analysis of life needs the nature and source of a curriculum best adapted to democracy; (2) to present fairly some of the reasons why a curriculum must be founded on democracy if democracy survives the dangerous forces that threaten to obliterate its very existence; (3) to make an unprejudiced analysis of the regular situation now existing in Oklahoma schools at the present time to find whether her schools are meeting this challenge to democracy; and (4) to offer from the comparison of the summaries of these data recommendations whereby all schools may have a curriculum "rooted in the life of its people"--a program that contributes to democracy and permanent national defense.
Date: 1941
Creator: Maxwell, Maude Napier
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Extent to Which the Parent-Teacher Association is Achieving its Objectives in the Thirteenth District of the Congress of Parents and Teachers in Texas (open access)

The Extent to Which the Parent-Teacher Association is Achieving its Objectives in the Thirteenth District of the Congress of Parents and Teachers in Texas

The purpose of this study is to examine the relations of the different channels of the (parent-teacher) association, the functions of the association, and the work that the thirteenth district of Texas is doing through its different channels.
Date: August 1938
Creator: McAlister, Grover E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of an Organizational Plan for the Intermediate School of Edinburg, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of an Organizational Plan for the Intermediate School of Edinburg, Texas

The problem of this thesis is to determine what implications a democratic society and the biological explanation of growth and learning make to an educational program and to measure the program planned for the Intermediate School of Edinburg, Texas, by these implications.
Date: 1942
Creator: Newsom, Herman A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Review of Literature on the Consumption of Vegetables in America (open access)

A Review of Literature on the Consumption of Vegetables in America

This thesis is a review of thirty-two investigations made from 1917 to 1944 relative to vegetables in the diet of the American people.
Date: 1946
Creator: Ware, Martha
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposed Plan to Improve the Present System of Administering Special Education for Exceptional Children on a County-Wide Basis in Collin County (open access)

A Proposed Plan to Improve the Present System of Administering Special Education for Exceptional Children on a County-Wide Basis in Collin County

This problem sets forth a proposal whereby the children who are classified in one of the categories for Special Education for "exceptional children", in Collin County Texas, may receive the most benefits from a program that is administered on a county-wide basis.
Date: 1947
Creator: Haralson, G. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guidance Work Practices in Class A Schools in Texas (open access)

Guidance Work Practices in Class A Schools in Texas

The objective of this thesis is to determine guidance practices in four-year, Class A High Schools in Texas by: (1) surveying related literature in the field of guidance to determine what the experts consider a good guidance program for secondary schools; (2) means of a survey in the form of a questionnaire, to determine what is actually being done in guidance work in Texas Class A Schools; (3) arriving at a conclusion concerning good guidance work practices for four year, Class A High Schools in Texas.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Copeland, Alva Beach
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Factors Involved in the Adoption of Children (open access)

Some Factors Involved in the Adoption of Children

This study is made from a practical standpoint. I shall endeavor to answer some of the questions that may arise in the minds of prospective parents as they consider the adoption of a child. There are many questions that will not be answered because the problems involved are so broad and take in so many angles that it is impossible to consider them all. The central problem itself begins when prospective adoptive parents first consider adopting a child.
Date: 1942
Creator: Boyd, Mae Wadley
System: The UNT Digital Library
Is There an Answer to the Current Lack of a Satisfying Philosophy Among the American People? (open access)

Is There an Answer to the Current Lack of a Satisfying Philosophy Among the American People?

This study will seek to show that what appears to be the cause of a lack of a satisfying philosophy among the American people, as evidenced by restless, disintegrating behavior of individuals, is in reality the effect of such a lack.
Date: 1945
Creator: Stovall, Edith Edwards
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposed Plan for a More Functional Method of Reporting to Parents in the Fourth Grades of Henrietta, Texas (open access)

A Proposed Plan for a More Functional Method of Reporting to Parents in the Fourth Grades of Henrietta, Texas

The problem of this study is to make a critical investigation and a thorough analysis of different methods that have been used to report pupil progress in the elementary school of Henrietta, Texas, and other elementary schools. Also, some significant changes underlying the concepts of educational achievements are to be shown and basic principles presented to develop a desirable method and procedure in establishing a more effective and functional marking and reporting program for the fourth grades in Henrietta, Texas.
Date: 1951
Creator: King, Rachel Speer
System: The UNT Digital Library
Speech Correction in Secondary Education (open access)

Speech Correction in Secondary Education

The purpose of this study was to determine the speech defects found in the high Schools of Denton County and the corrective measures best adapted to the treatment of such handicaps Based on the data analysis, conclusions and recommendations have been made specific to the country as well as for all high school systems.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Higginbotham, Christine. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Suggested Sequence for Using Six Primers Adopted by the State of Texas, Based on the Number of Common Word-Meanings (open access)

A Suggested Sequence for Using Six Primers Adopted by the State of Texas, Based on the Number of Common Word-Meanings

The present study is an analysis of six primers adopted for use in the public schools of Texas with the idea of comparing word-meanings used in the six books in order to find out possible sequences for the use of the books.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hildreth, Rosana Bucher
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating a Junior High School Program in Relation to Purposes (open access)

Evaluating a Junior High School Program in Relation to Purposes

This is a comparative study of the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades in the Gainesville Junior High School, Gainesville, Texas, to determine the relative progress in meeting the purposes of education in an American democracy, as outlined by the Policies Commission of the National Education Association. This study is made for the purpose of ascertaining the progress made to date in the Gainesville Junior High School and for use as a guide in improving its educational standards in line with the recommendations of the National Educational Policies Commission.
Date: 1941
Creator: Robinson, William C.
System: The UNT Digital Library