Implementation and Administration of Radical Education in Texas: Politics or Reform in Education from 1870-1873 (open access)

Implementation and Administration of Radical Education in Texas: Politics or Reform in Education from 1870-1873

This study examines the efforts of Radicals (Republicans) to establish a state-wide public school system in Texas between 1870 and 1873. Primary sources cover the chronological fringes of the period being examined. This study follows a chronological narrative with the four chapters examining first, educational trends in the southern states and Texas prior to Reconstruction, followed by examination of the Radical system in Texas, and, finally, its destruction by Conservative Texans. The final chapter focuses on immediate and long range results of Radical education. In examining the Radical educational program, an attempt has been made to dispel ideas popularly held by present-day Texans who believe that the Radical school program was simply another "carpetbagger" scheme for raiding the state treasury and building Radical patronage. This paper contends that the Radicals established as good a public school system as could be created at the time, and that it was administered in an honest and efficient manner. The system was destroyed by politicians and a grass roots revolt of taxpayers who had no faith in its methods, goals, or administrators.
Date: August 1976
Creator: McClellan, Michael E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Personality Traits Between College Students Reared Within a Selected Polar Region by Non-Native Parents and College Students Reared Within Non-Polar Regions by Native Parents (open access)

A Comparison of Personality Traits Between College Students Reared Within a Selected Polar Region by Non-Native Parents and College Students Reared Within Non-Polar Regions by Native Parents

The problem with which this study was concerned was that of determining of climatic circumstances significantly affect personality development.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Pope, John Winfred
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Emotional Stimulation on Recognition and Inference (open access)

Effect of Emotional Stimulation on Recognition and Inference

The purpose of this study was to make an assessment of the probable effects of extraneous stimulation on both cognitive achievement or learning, and emotional reactions and autonomic arousals of students. While the focus of interest was upon possible disruptive effects, the kinds of measurements projected would make it possible to observe some effects of either kind, disruptive or facilitative.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Haddan, Eugene E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationships between Patient Motivation for Physical Rehabilitiation and Subscales on the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (open access)

Relationships between Patient Motivation for Physical Rehabilitiation and Subscales on the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule

This study was concerned with the relationship between patient motivation for treatment in three of the various therapy sections of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service of the Veterans Administration General Medical and Surgical Hospital, Long Beach, California, and needs as measured by the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule. Of the six therapies under the direction of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service consideration was given to the following: Occupational Therapy (OT), Physical Therapy (PT), and Corrective Therapy (CT)
Date: August 1963
Creator: Gilbert, Algie Stephen, 1925-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Effects of Two Physical Conditioning Programs and Evaluation of Instruments for Measuring Physical  Fitness (open access)

Comparative Effects of Two Physical Conditioning Programs and Evaluation of Instruments for Measuring Physical Fitness

The problem of this study was to determine the effects of (1) a conditioning program designed to develop cardiovascular-respiratory efficiency and (2) a conditioning program designed to develop strength and agility on the improvement of parameters of physical fitness as measured "by the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test, basal heart rate, and physical work capacity determined by a progressive work test on the bicycle ergometer.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Montgomery, John Ray, 1933-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Selected Factors and Physical Fitness of White and Negro Students at Two Different Levels (open access)

The Relationship of Selected Factors and Physical Fitness of White and Negro Students at Two Different Levels

The purpose of this investigation was to extend the study of possible differences between Negro and white boys on measures of physical fitness and to determine the relationship between certain variables and physical fitness for Negro and white boys.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Dahl, Ralph L. (Ralph Loyd)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personality Variables Associated with Sociometric Status among Institutionalized Narcotic Drug Addicts (open access)

Personality Variables Associated with Sociometric Status among Institutionalized Narcotic Drug Addicts

This study was conducted to determine if drug addict patients tend to select leaders with good rehabilitation potential, as this potential is determined by examination of certain personality characteristics of the addicts.
Date: June 1967
Creator: Garrett, June Juree Mallatt
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of a Theoretical Construct of the Concepts of Touch as They Relate to Nursing (open access)

The Development of a Theoretical Construct of the Concepts of Touch as They Relate to Nursing

The problem of this study was the development of a theoretical construct based on a survey of current practices and consistent with accepted theories of touch as they related to nursing.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Barnett, E. Kathryn
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Responses to Geometric Designs to Inferiority Feelings and Certain Personality Variables (open access)

The Relationship of Responses to Geometric Designs to Inferiority Feelings and Certain Personality Variables

The present investigation was initiated in order to determine the relationship of responses to geometric designs to inferiority feelings and certain personality variables. The major problem was divided into the following sub-problems: 1. What is the relationship of responses to geometric designs to selected clinical scales on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory? (MMPI). 2. What is the relationship of responses to geometric designs to selected personality variables on the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule? (EPPS). 3. What is the relationship of responses to geometric designs to selected personality characteristics on the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey? (G-Z).
Date: January 1967
Creator: Martin, John Daniel
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between Personality Traits and Preferences for Instructional Methods (open access)

The Relationship between Personality Traits and Preferences for Instructional Methods

The purpose of this study is to develop an instrument that will measure student preference toward different classroom teaching methods; and to test whether significant differences exist between each of the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey scales for individuals preferring group-oriented and lecture-oriented instruction.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Patterson, Howard Roscoe
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stability of Interest of College Students (open access)

Stability of Interest of College Students

The problem of this study is to determine the stability of interest of male and female students at the various age levels in the School of Education of North Texas State Collage, Denton, Texas. To be more specific, the problem is to determine the relationship of age, sex, or both upon stability of interest.
Date: August 1956
Creator: Pollan, William D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Weight Loading and Repetitions, Frequency of Exercise, and Knowledge of Theoretical Principles of Weight Training on Changes in Muscular Strength (open access)

The Effects of Weight Loading and Repetitions, Frequency of Exercise, and Knowledge of Theoretical Principles of Weight Training on Changes in Muscular Strength

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of weight loadings and repetitions, frequency of exercise, and knowledge of theoretical principles of weight training on changes in muscular strength. Another purpose was to analyze these effects and determine implications for coaches, physical educators, physical therapists, and others interested in determining the optimum combination of the three variables for increasing muscular strength.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Henderson, Joe Mack
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Three Conditions of Reinforcement on the Performance of Three Learning Tasks by Hospitalized Chronic Schizophrenics (open access)

The Effects of Three Conditions of Reinforcement on the Performance of Three Learning Tasks by Hospitalized Chronic Schizophrenics

This study is concerned with determining the relationship among functional educational level of groups, three types of reinforcement, and length of the study and with their resulting effects on schizophrenic performance.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Carley, John Wesley
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationships Among Individual Short-Term Counseling, Academic Achievement, Personality Factors, and College Persistence of Certain Junior College Students (open access)

Relationships Among Individual Short-Term Counseling, Academic Achievement, Personality Factors, and College Persistence of Certain Junior College Students

The problem of this study was to investigate the relationships that exist among individual short-term counseling, academic achievement, personality factors, and college persistence of students on the junior college level.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Brewer, Ted Eugene
System: The UNT Digital Library
Differences in Perception of the College Advisory Program in Schools of Education from the Perspective of Students with Different Personality Patterns and from the Perspective of Faculty Advisors (open access)

Differences in Perception of the College Advisory Program in Schools of Education from the Perspective of Students with Different Personality Patterns and from the Perspective of Faculty Advisors

The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the students' perception of the College Advisory Program and its relation to his personality patterns. A secondary purpose was to investigate the Faculty Advisors' perception of the College Advisory Program. An additional outgrowth of the study was an attempt to obtain descriptive data for improving or altering existing Advisory Programs.
Date: January 1967
Creator: Liston, Walter
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Massed and Distributed Practice Upon Motor Learning and Retention of a Novel Gross Motor Task (open access)

Effects of Massed and Distributed Practice Upon Motor Learning and Retention of a Novel Gross Motor Task

The problem of this study was to investigate the effects of massed and distributed practice upon the learning and retention of a novel gross motor task. The motor task was a soccer dribble around three evenly-spaced standards.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Murphree, Thomas Rutherford
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Participation in the Taba In-Service Education Program on Teachers' Self Concept, Attitude, and Selected Personality Characteristics (open access)

Effects of Participation in the Taba In-Service Education Program on Teachers' Self Concept, Attitude, and Selected Personality Characteristics

The problem of this study was to evaluate the effects of participation in the Hilda Taba In-Service Education Program on teachers' self concept, attitude, and selected personality characteristics.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Bennett, Margaret Ann, 1926-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Physical Education to the Personal-Social Growth of Elementary School Children (open access)

The Relationship of Physical Education to the Personal-Social Growth of Elementary School Children

The primary purpose of this study is to determine to what extent pupils who are found to be in the lowest third of their class on sociometric questions, a self-esteem inventory, and an attitude toward school scale can be helped in improving their status by calculated efforts to do so.
Date: January 1970
Creator: Del Forge, Clarence Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationships Among Sociometric Status, Prognosis, and Selected Personality Variables of State Hospital Patients (open access)

Relationships Among Sociometric Status, Prognosis, and Selected Personality Variables of State Hospital Patients

This study was designed to investigate the possibility of relationships among sociometric status, prognosis, and selected personality variables of state hospital patients.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Morris, Marvin Leon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measuring Institutional Adjustment of the Geriatric Population in Homes for the Aged (open access)

Measuring Institutional Adjustment of the Geriatric Population in Homes for the Aged

The purpose of this study was to construct and use an instrument to assess the adjustment of aged residents in an institution.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Shore, Herbert
System: The UNT Digital Library
Figures of Speech, Divergent Thinking, and Activation Theory (open access)

Figures of Speech, Divergent Thinking, and Activation Theory

The problem was to investigate the relationships between the incidence of figures of speech in selected types of pupils' compositions and pupils' divergent thinking.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Porter, Charles Mack, 1936-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Self Concept and Various Conceptual and Physical Practice Methods Upon the Performance of a Selected Basketball Motor Skill (open access)

The Effect of Self Concept and Various Conceptual and Physical Practice Methods Upon the Performance of a Selected Basketball Motor Skill

The problem investigated was the effect of various methods of conceptual, physical, and conceptual-physical practice procedures upon performance of the basketball motor skill of foul shooting. The sub-problem under investigation was the effect of self-concept upon the performance of foul shooting.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Lewis, Raymond Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Creative Ability and Perceived Parent-Child Relations (open access)

Creative Ability and Perceived Parent-Child Relations

The purpose of this study was to determine if selected perceived parent-child relationships were differentially associated with an individual's capacity to demonstrate the intellectual processes of creativity.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Elsom, Billy Fred, 1943-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationships Among Critical Thinking Ability Personality Attributes, and Attitudes of Students in a Teacher Education Program (open access)

Relationships Among Critical Thinking Ability Personality Attributes, and Attitudes of Students in a Teacher Education Program

The problem of this study was an investigation of the relationships among the attitudes, critical thinking ability,and personality attributes of students in a teacher education program.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Bradberry, Ronald David, 1936-
System: The UNT Digital Library