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An Analysis of Educational Equalization Legislation in Texas
It is the purpose of this study to make the following investigations: (1) to trace briefly the historical background of equalization in the United States; (2) to present briefly a cross-section of the plans of equalization used by representative states in the United States; (3) to analyze the principal legal provisions of the equalization laws of Texas for the purpose of showing the growth and development of the State's equalization policy; and (4) to present a summary, to draw conclusions, and to make certain recommendations in the light of the information derived from the study.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Rogers, D. K.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the School News Appearing in Seven Navarro County Newspapers in so far as the News Pertains to Twelve School Districts
The problem in this study is to determine and evaluate the practices of twelve small town schools in Navarro County in giving information about the schools to the people of the communities through the newspapers of the county.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Ross, Clyde H.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Distribution of the Public School Funds
The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent the present laws for distributing the public school funds meet certain criteria set up for apportioning the public school funds of Texas.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Bentley, Jack C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Socio-Economic Status with the School Status of the Third and Fourth-Grade Pupils of the Jermyn, Texas, Public School
The present study is concerned with the relation of the existent socio-economic family status to the school status of twenty-four third and fourth grade pupils in the Jermyn, Texas public school.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Register, Celeste
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Child of Foreign Parentage
It is the purpose of this study to take a group of first, second, and third grade children of foreign parentage who are in a segregated school in Fort Worth, Texas, and a group who are in a non-segregated school and compare them.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Gill, Mary Sodd
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Relation of Drawing to Behavior Problems in Children
This study was made to determine to what extent behavior problems in fourth grade children in the Palo Pinto Common School, Palo Pinto, Texas, were revealed in their drawings.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Thomas, Martha Jewell
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Teaching Loads of Teachers in the High Schools of Texas
The problem of this study is to determine the normal teaching load of teachers teaching in the various fields in certain selected high schools of Texas.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Blanton, Earle B.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Extent to Which the Point of View of the School Patrons of Wichita Falls, Texas, Has a Background of Progressivism or of Essentialism
The purpose of this study is to learn to what extent the point of view of patrons of Wichita Falls, Texas, has a background of progressivism or of essentialism and to what extent, if possible, the children are influenced in school by the point of view held by the parents; also which part of the school system -- general education, the curriculum, the child, or the administration -- has the most progressive approval of the parents.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Denton, Edith
System:
The UNT Digital Library
To Determine Whether There is Parallel Advancement in Industrial Arts and Industry in Texas
A study to determine whether there is parallel advancement in industrial arts and industry in Texas.
Date:
1944
Creator:
Greer, William David
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Program of Phonetic Instruction in Relation to Reading in the Schools of Panola County
The problem of this study is to evaluate the program of phonetic teaching in the Panola County schools in terms of criteria developed from current literature on the history, theories, and studies relating to the teaching of phonics in connection with the reading program in the elementary grades.
Date:
1943
Creator:
Atkinson, Emma Jane
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Experimental Investigation of the Relation Between the Percentage of Possible Gain in Reading Comprehension and Academic Success in Major Fields of Study
Determination of gains made in reading comprehension and the relationship of these gains to the academic success of 545 college freshmen of North Texas State Teachers College is the main consideration of this study.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Porter, Thomas Warner
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Two Methods of Grouping Students in the Intermediate Grades of the Hobbs Public Schools, Hobbs, New Mexico
The purpose of this study is to determine, in the light of available data, which of two methods of grouping students for instructional purposes is best suited to the needs of the Hobbs Elementary Schools, Hobbs, New Mexico.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Roberts, Gerald Wiles
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Personality Trait Differences Between Popular and Unpopular High School Students
The following study was undertaken to discover some of the ways in which high school students who are popular differ from those who are not so popular.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Roe, Wilder A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Vegetable Consumption and Vegetable Likes and Dislikes of Pupils in the J. M. Lindsay Elementary School, Gainesville, Texas
The problem of this investigation was to survey the noon-meal vegetable consumption of 248 elementary-school children in the J. M. Lindsay School, Gainesville, Texas, for a period of ten days, and to compile lists of the vegetables which the children indicated that they liked or disliked.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Blanton, Adeline Piott
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Modern Philosophy and Modern Psychology of Education
The purpose of this study is three-fold: 1. To make a study of modern philosophy and modern psychology of education. 2. To show by comparison how well the Gainesville elementary schools comply in a modern philosophy and a modern psychology of education. 3. To make recommendations for changes that could be made for the improvement of the Gainesville elementary school system.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Clements, Bess
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Items on a Personality Questionnaire
The purpose of this study is to determine which items on a personality rating scale are most valid in describing individuals who have been selected on the basis of social acceptance.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Darnall, Erie Marshall
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Need and Proposed Course of Study in First-Aid Recommended for Texas Junior High Schools
The purpose of this study is to show the need for placing the teaching of accident prevention and first-aid into the curricula of all public schools of the State of Texas on a compulsory basis and to prescribe definite criteria for the work.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Davis, Wallace T.
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
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
The Problem of Juvenile Delinquency in Dallas and the Educational Program as a Medium of Attack
It is the purpose of this study to determine to what extent the present educational program in Dallas, Texas, is meeting the problem of juvenile delinquency. To determine this, an analysis will be made of the types of conduct deviations of juveniles, of modern educational psychology, and the relation between these two things.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Hill, Irvin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Socio-Economic Status with the School Status of the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth-Grade Pupils of the Montague, Texas, Public Schools
The purpose of this study is a comparison of the socio-economic status with the school status of the seventh, eighth, and ninth-grade pupils of the Montague, Texas, public schools. In this study the socio-economic status is interpreted as meaning the position that the individual, or family, occupies with reference to average standards based on the home status indexes.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Hodge, Robert Bee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the History and Educational Development of the Schools in Ellis County, Texas, to 1945
The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent Ellis County, Texas, has kept its educational program abreast of the development of the community and thereby has met the educational needs of the children in this section of the state.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Wilkerson, Mattie Vail
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Reading Interests of Students of Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School, Gainesville, Texas, in the School Year 1944-1945
The purpose of this thesis is to determine and summarize the various facts concerning the reading interests and library habits of the second, third, and fourth year students enrolled in the Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School of Gainesville, Texas, for the school year of 1944-1945 as revealed through data collected by questionnaires and from library records.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Young, Martha Ruth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Friendships in Senior High School
One of the problems in human relationships is to determine what factors enter into friendship. One method of investigating this is to study traits as compared between reciprocal and unreciprocal friendships. This present study is an effort to make contributions towards this problem.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Younger, Yucola
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Dominance-Feeling in College Women
The purposes of this study are as follows: 1. To measure, compare, and evaluate the level of self-esteem of college women in two colleges. 2. To show the relationship of certain background factors to dominance-feeling in college women.
Date:
1946
Creator:
Anderson, Dan L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library