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A Descriptive Analysis of Selected Attitudes, Interests, and Personality Characteristics of Mature College Women
The problem of this study was to describe, by use of a questionnaire and selected testing instruments, mature college women enrolled in undergraduate curricula at a state supported university in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. Factors of marital status, major fields of study, children, employment patterns age, part time and full time enrollment, family attitudes, regarding continuing education, and membership in ethnic groups were included in this study.
Date:
August 1971
Creator:
Page, Mary Jean
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The School Journey: an Evaluation of Techniques and Procedures
The school journey is one of many visual aids in perceptual learning. It is not the purpose of the writer to over-estimate the values of this method of teaching, but to suggest it as one activity that meets the need of many individuals for growth and maturation, as well as a technique for capturing the educational values of direct contact with the world in which children live.
Date:
1942
Creator:
Williams, Uleta Ray
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Puromycin and Electroconvulsive Shock on Retention of Shock Avoidance Training in the Goldfish
In general, the objective of the present study was to incorporate some of the new psycho-biological approaches, with the theories propagating their use, in studying the phenomena of long-term memory in the goldfish.
Date:
August 1969
Creator:
Trevino, James Edward
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Change Toward Self-actualization in Marathon Group Counseling and Traditional Group Counseling
This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of marathon group counseling and traditional group counseling in producing certain growth changes in their particular group members. The purpose of this study was to compare the relative effectiveness of these two group counseling methods and their relationship in producing changes in self-actualization, self-concept, and level of dogmatism.
Date:
August 1971
Creator:
Lathey, Robert Knowlton
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine Some Relations Between Changes in Reading Skills and Self-Concepts Accompanying a Remedial Program for Boys with Low Reading Ability and Reasonably Normal Intelligence
The problem of this study was to determine some relations between changes in reading skills and changes in certain selected aspects of self-concept accompanying a remedial-reading program for elementary school boys with low reading ability and reasonably normal intelligence.
Date:
August 1960
Creator:
Seay, Lesten Clare
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Value of Selected Curiosity Tests for Predicting Academic Achievement in First and Second-Grades
This investigation was concerned with the problem of determining the value of selected curiosity tests for predicting academic achievement in first and second-grades.
Date:
August 1970
Creator:
Adkisson, Jack
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Dynamic Exercise on the Development of Physical Fitness
The problem of this study was to determine the effects of four dynamic exercise programs on physical fitness as measured by selected items from the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation Youth Fitness Test.
Date:
August 1968
Creator:
Duncan, Olen Travis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Education in Ellis County, Texas
This primary purpose of this thesis is to explore the progression of education within Ellis County. The first two chapters focus on how the county was founded, the first settlements, the formation of towns and economic developments. The rest of the paper gives the history and development of education, specifically the early schools of the county, the beginning of public schools, and the more recent trends of education.
Date:
August 1947
Creator:
Parker, Wilna
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Industrial Education Graduates and Non-Graduates of Texas Southern University with Implications for Curriculum Revision
The problem was a study of the School of Technology graduates and non-graduates of Texas Southern University with implications for curriculum revision.
Date:
May 1972
Creator:
Robinson, Clarence L. (Clarence Leslie), 1937-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Micro-Teaching Laboratory Experiences on Attitudes and Verbal Behavior of Pre-Service Elementary School Teachers
The problem of this study was to determine the effect of a micro-teaching laboratory experience on the attitudes of pre-service elementary school teachers toward the teaching of elementary school science and to determine the effect of a micro-teaching laboratory experience on the indirect verbal behavior of pre-service elementary school teachers.
Date:
August 1969
Creator:
Sparks, Rebecca Lewis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of some Aspects of Homogeneous Grouping and their Implications for Democracy
The purpose of this thesis is to determine the implications of certain aspects of homogeneous grouping in the school and their relationship to the American conception of democracy.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Swenson, Andrew B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Some Dimensions of Leadership Behavior of School Superintendents in Selected Texas School Districts
The problem of this study was an investigation of some dimensions of leadership behavior of Texas school superintendents as perceived by themselves and as perceived by their staffs.
Date:
August 1969
Creator:
Murphy, Marcus Dean
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Rating Scale for the Measurement of Teacher Readiness for the Role of Administrative Leadership
This study has a twofold purpose. The first is to demonstrate the use of the Forced-Choice Technique in developing a rating scale for the selection of teachers adjudged to be ready to assume responsibility of an administrative nature and a role of leadership. The second is to develop a tentative rating scale for this purpose in the Dallas Independent School District, Dallas, Texas,
Date:
August 1953
Creator:
Hitt, Harold H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Certain Effects of Aesthetic Development upon First-grade Pupils in the Travis School of Mineral Wells, Texas.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether emphasis on aesthetic development appeared to foster educational growth and desirable behavior development to a greater degree than did participation in a traditional-type program.
Date:
August 1952
Creator:
Holmes, Grace Porter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of the Self Concept, Ideal Self Concept, Values, and Parental Self-Concept to the Vocational Aspiration of Adolescent Negro Males
The problem of this study was to determine the relationship of the self concept, ideal self concept, values, and parental self concept to the vocational aspiration of adolescent Negro males.
Date:
August 1969
Creator:
George, Flavil Hall
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Determination of the Status of Adjustment and Value Indices for Teachers in Certain Large Metropolitan School Systems
The purpose of the study was to examine the personnel administration application of teachers' self-concept, self-acceptance, self-ideal and self-concept self-ideal discrepancy scores. More specifically the study was to investigate the possible need for personnel administrators of large school systems to use some sort of psychological tool in their personnel work, and to isolate groups of teachers whose adjustment and value indices differed significantly from the indices of other groups.
Date:
August 1966
Creator:
Blaser, Frank T., Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Self-Concept, Personality Adjustment, and Measurable Intelligence of Delinquent Boys
The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the change in self-concept, personality adjustment, and measurable intelligence of delinquent boys after a period of training received in the State Training School for Boys operated by the Texas Youth Council at Gatesville, Texas. Inherent in the study was an attempt to isolate factors which can be assumed to identify those individuals who might be more likely to profit from the training received.
Date:
August 1969
Creator:
Robbins, William Callaway, 1912-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Characteristics of a Negro College Environment and its Relationship to Student Value Systems
The present study was undertaken to determine the relationships between characteristics of a Negro college environment and the value systems of its student body. The study also investigated relationships between a Negro college and non-Negro colleges based upon characteristics of the college environment and value systems of the college population.
Date:
August 1964
Creator:
Silverman, Pincus, 1921-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Special Programs on Mean Gains in Reading
This study was designed to determine the effect upon reading achievement of students who choose an elective course in either life science, creative writing, or accelerated reading in lieu of regular reading classes.
Date:
August 1963
Creator:
Best, Bill Arnold
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Teacher Judgments as Related to Certain Predictors of Artistic Creativity in Senior High-School Students
The problem of this study was to ascertain the degree and kind of relation which might exist between a) certain measured indices of general creativity, ingenuity, and artistic judgment, and b) teacher judgments of artistic creativity within a senior high-school art population. One of the major purposes of this study was to identify a test or tests of creativity which might be used with senior high-school students to find those students with artistic potential who either should be counseled into art classes or for whom particular kinds of teaching procedures should be developed.
Date:
January 1964
Creator:
Alford, Mary Lee, 1912-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Three Different Presentations of Reading Material Presented to Fifth-Grade Children
The purposes of this study were (1) to ascertain the effect of three approaches of presenting reading material to fifth-grade children, (2) to analyze the results of each approach in relationship to reading ability, mental ability, and sex, and (3) to ascertain the implications of these approaches for elementary teachers and principals.
Date:
August 1970
Creator:
Hill, John Paul, 1940-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine Sound Methods of Teaching High School Geography
The purpose of this study is to endeavor to formulate a sound method of teaching geography so that it may contribute to intelligent problem solving in our democratic way of life.
Date:
1950
Creator:
Bales, Robert H.
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
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