The Effect of Feelings of Insecurity on Personality Characteristics of Institutionalized Adolescent Boys (open access)

The Effect of Feelings of Insecurity on Personality Characteristics of Institutionalized Adolescent Boys

This study was an investigation of the relationship between feelings of insecurity of institutionalized delinquent boys and the following personality variables: Ascendancy, Responsibility, Emotional Stability, Sociability, Cautiousness, Original Thinking, Personal Relations, and Vigor.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Kanady, Berlin L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Relationship between Manifest Rigidity and Ethnocentric Attitude (open access)

A Study of the Relationship between Manifest Rigidity and Ethnocentric Attitude

This investigation was designed to add to and clarify, somewhat, the results of previous studies concerning the relationship between rigidity and ethnocentrism. A manifest rigidity scale, based on theory, was utilized to clarify existing confusion over what constitutes rigidity.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Krapfl, Jon E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Aggressiveness in Two Groups of First Born Children (open access)

Comparison of Aggressiveness in Two Groups of First Born Children

The problem with which this investigation was concerned was to determine whether or not age difference was related to aggressiveness scores of first-born children.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Lee, Bobby J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationship of Self-Concept to Creativity (open access)

Relationship of Self-Concept to Creativity

The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to investigate the relationship between creativity and self-concept in grade school children, and (2) to discover if creative children see themselves as having traits that past studies have indicated are characteristic of creative individuals.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Smith, Brenda Dell
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Rigidity of Regional Boundaries as Found in Mental Retardates (open access)

A Study of the Rigidity of Regional Boundaries as Found in Mental Retardates

Previous studies on retardates with rigidity of boundaries phenomena have not been concerned with the presence of brain injury. The primary objective of this experiment was to ascertain the degree of difference in rigidity between brain injured and non-brain injured retardates.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Williams, Regnal Allen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Head Size Perception in Normal and Mentally Retarded Children (open access)

Head Size Perception in Normal and Mentally Retarded Children

The present study was designed to obtain evidence as to whether the distorted images drawn by mentally retarded subjects are possibly due to perceptual variables, to the lower level of motor coordination they experience, or to an interaction of both.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Jones, Randel R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationship of Mental Ability Levels to Reversal of Learning Sets by the Retarded (open access)

Relationship of Mental Ability Levels to Reversal of Learning Sets by the Retarded

Using postulations formulated by Harlow, very few investigators have experimented with discriminative learning in relation to various levels of human mental abilities to the pattern of forming a set. The present study was designed to investigate the effects of different levels of mental abilities on the formation of these sets, using mental retardates, and analyzing the formation of these sets and the abilities of these retardates to shift dimension of cues by reversing the response conditions.
Date: June 1965
Creator: McDaniel, Willard Vearl
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Self Discrepancy to Perceived Problems of Graduate and Undergraduate Students (open access)

The Relationship of Self Discrepancy to Perceived Problems of Graduate and Undergraduate Students

The problem is to determine if there are discrepancies between self-ideal concept which come about through changes in position with respect to group standing, and to what problems specifically that change is related to.
Date: June 1965
Creator: Wierenga, Jon Karl
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Delinquents and Non-Delinquents on a Delinquency Proneness Test (open access)

Comparison of Delinquents and Non-Delinquents on a Delinquency Proneness Test

The purpose of the present study was to develop further a semistructured nonverbal projective test to measure juvenile delinquency proneness. The goal in developing this test was to have a measure which would be free of the many limitations found in existing tests and scales of this nature.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Morgan, Joseph K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of the Reve Eveille Dirige (Guided Daydream) for Selection of Vocation and College Major (open access)

Use of the Reve Eveille Dirige (Guided Daydream) for Selection of Vocation and College Major

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the guided daydream technique as a method for selection of a vocation and major area of study by college students seeking vocational counseling. Choices made by each student were rated by three judges relative to their degree of correspondence with the results of a specific battery of vocational tests which that student had taken. The ratings of these students' choices were compared with similar ratings made by the same judges on a control group of students who had also made choices of vocation and college major but had not participated in the guided daydream session.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Patrick, Jerry Heard, 1933-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characteristics of High School Girls which May Lead to Early Marriage (open access)

Characteristics of High School Girls which May Lead to Early Marriage

The problem of this study was to isolate some of the characteristics of tenth-grade girls which may lead to early marriage. The characteristics studied were: sibling rank, influence of a broken home, parents* education and occupations, mental ability, aptitude, scholastic achievement, study habits and attitudes, and personal problems identified by the subjects. A further problem of the study was the effectiveness of each of the characteristics in predicting the marriage of high school girls.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Weaver, Hazel Stewart, 1960-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Isolation of GATB Aptitude Patterns for Six Major Fields of Study (open access)

The Isolation of GATB Aptitude Patterns for Six Major Fields of Study

The problem of this study was to isolate General Aptitude Test Battery patterns for persons who have succeeded in certain major fields of study at North Texas State University, Denton, Texas. In addition to the basic problem stated above, an effort was made to (1) determine the significance of the relationships between GATB scores and grade-point averages for all undergraduate courses taken; (2) determine the relationships between GATB scores and grade-point averages for all undergraduate courses in the major field of study, and (3) conduct a survey of all subjects selected for this study to determine their past, present and expected future fields of occupational endeavor since graduation from college and the relationship between such employment and the individual's major field of study in college.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Cullum, Felder Wilson
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between Reading Readiness and Level of Adjustment in the Intermediate Grades (open access)

The Relationship between Reading Readiness and Level of Adjustment in the Intermediate Grades

This investigation emphasized relationships between adjustment level in the intermediate grades and measures that differentiated it, or were related to it. Special attention was devoted to sex differences that might help account for the higher incidence of disturbance and school difficulty encountered by boys. Strong emphasis was given to investigating the postulation that physical inability to meet early school demands will be a frequent cause of failure and frustration, which might, in turn, precipitate a cycle of reading retardation and general underachievement.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Donn, Patsy A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Relationships among Sociometric Status, Teacher Ratings, and Selected Variables (open access)

An Analysis of the Relationships among Sociometric Status, Teacher Ratings, and Selected Variables

The focus of the present study was an attempt to provide data which would serve as a basis for improving teachers' judgments of sociometric status. In order to accomplish this, the interrelationships between sociometric choice status, teachers' judgments, and selected variables were investigated.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Elsom, Jackie Marvin, 1933-
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluative Study of the Public School Kindergartens in Texas (open access)

An Evaluative Study of the Public School Kindergartens in Texas

The problem of this study was to determine the present status and effectiveness of the Kindergarten programs in the public schools of Texas.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Gardner, Eva Delores
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Community Power Structure in Certain School Districts in the State of Texas and its Influence on Bond Elections (open access)

A Study of Community Power Structure in Certain School Districts in the State of Texas and its Influence on Bond Elections

The purpose of this study was to determine the community power structure and its influence on the outcome of bond elections in four selected school districts in the State of Texas. The investigation of the following subproblems was necessary: 1. To determine the involvement of power structure in the decision-making process of the school district. 2. To determine the community people who have exercised the greatest influence in school matters. 3. To determine the educator's need to become cognizant of the nature of power structure. 4. To determine to what extent leaders in school bond elections are also leaders in non-school issues.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Harper, Joe W., 1922-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modes of Resolving Motor Conflict Situations, Certain Personality Variables, and Scholastic Achievement (open access)

Modes of Resolving Motor Conflict Situations, Certain Personality Variables, and Scholastic Achievement

This was a study of modes of resolving experimentally induced motor conflict situations, certain personality variables, and scholastic achievement of a group of college students.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Mathis, James O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survey of Physical Education in Texas High Schools (open access)

Survey of Physical Education in Texas High Schools

The first purpose of this study was to determine whether the physical education programs of Texas high schools met the recommended minimum requirements of the Texas Education Agency in the following areas: 1. Appraisal of fitness 2. Body mechanics 3. Conditioning exercises 4. Gymnastics 5. Weight training (modified for girls) 6. Rhythms 7. Minimum of two team sports 8. Minimum of two individual-dual activities 9. Track and field. The second purpose of this study was to determine whether the small high schools in Texas were meeting the recommended minimum requirements of the Texas Education Agency to the same degree as large Texas schools. The third purpose of this study was to determine whether the boys' physical education program in Texas high schools were meeting the recommended minimum requirements of the Texas Education Agency to the same degree as girls' programs.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Norris, Melvin Leon, 1930-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Two Methods of Teaching Arithmetic in the First Grade (open access)

A Comparative Study of Two Methods of Teaching Arithmetic in the First Grade

This study was concerned with determining the effectiveness of two methods of teaching arithmetic in the first grade. The primary dimension of this problem was to determine and compare the arithmetic achievement of an experimental group using the Cuisenaire program and the achievement of a control group using a conventional program for the purpose of finding which was the more efficient. The secondary dimension of the problem was to determine whether socio-economic status or sex affects the achievement which results from either the conventional or the Cuisenaire method of instruction.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Crowder, Alex B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationships among Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey Profile, Choice of Field of Study in Business and Academic Performance of Upperclassmen in Business Administration (open access)

Relationships among Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey Profile, Choice of Field of Study in Business and Academic Performance of Upperclassmen in Business Administration

This study was concerned with the investigation of the relationships that may exist between certain personality characteristics, as measured by the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey, and the choice of major of students enrolled in seven fields of study in a school of business administration. It also investigated differences in these relationships between two different levels of academic performance, as measured by grade-point average. The seven fields of business included in this study were Accounting, Business Education, Banking and Finance, Insurance, Management, Marketing, and Secretarial Administration.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Pilgrim, Mary Alice Gunn
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Social Studies Programs in Texas High Schools, Grades 9-12, 1964-65 (open access)

A Survey of Social Studies Programs in Texas High Schools, Grades 9-12, 1964-65

The problem of this study was a survey of social studies programs in Texas high schools during the 1964-65 academic year. The purpose of the study was to determine the extent to which the recommendations of the Texas Education Agency as outlined in Principles and Standards for Accrediting Elementary and Secondary Schools and Description of Approved Courses, Grades 7-12 had been followed and to obtain data pertaining to offerings, innovations, supervisory services and written courses of study.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Scott, Dorothy Marie
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Selected Aspects of a Teacher Education Admissions Program (open access)

An Evaluation of Selected Aspects of a Teacher Education Admissions Program

The problem of this study was an analysis of the scores made on selected standardized tests used as one part of the procedure for admission to the teacher education program at North Texas State University. The students involved were enrolled in their first professional course in education.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Smith, Robert Gough, 1919-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Mental Health of Prospective Elementary Teachers (open access)

The Mental Health of Prospective Elementary Teachers

The purpose of this study was to determine the mental health assets and liabilities of prospective elementary teachers as compared with undergraduates outside the field of education. This investigation sought to determine differences in mental health adjustment between the prospective elementary teachers and undergraduates enrolled in selected divisions of a college other than the Department of Education. Additional attention was given to possible differences in mental health adjustment among the prospective elementary teachers when scholastic attainment, age, marital status, the urban-rural factor, and socio-economic status were considered.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Willingham, Grady Warner
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Comparative Effectiveness of Conventional and Programed Instructional Procedures in Teaching Fundamentals of Music (open access)

The Comparative Effectiveness of Conventional and Programed Instructional Procedures in Teaching Fundamentals of Music

The purpose of this study was to investigate the comparative effectiveness of three out-of-class procedures designed to augment a conventional classroom instructional method in a course in the fundamentals of music for elementary education students. The procedures examined were (a) conventional out-of-class study assignments; (b) out-of-class individual use of a programed textbook; and (c) out-of- class individual use of a teaching machine program. This study was concerned with measures of achievement in fundamentals of music as taught to elementary education students at North Texas State University, Denton, Texas, during the 1963-1964 school year. The measures of achievement in music were limited to the pre-test of fundamentals of music and to the post test, interim test, and retention test of fundamentals of music.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Cribb, George Robert, 1927-
System: The UNT Digital Library