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An Evaluation of a Cooperative Community Survey as a Training in Service for Teachers (open access)

An Evaluation of a Cooperative Community Survey as a Training in Service for Teachers

This thesis resulted from an examination conducted on the living conditions of Port Arthur, Texas elementary school student who resided in Port Acres.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Hensarling, Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Problems of Conflict Between High School Pupils and their Parents (open access)

Some Problems of Conflict Between High School Pupils and their Parents

This thesis presents the findings of research conducted to discover the common sources of conflict between parents and teenagers. Data for the findings came from questionnaires completed by high school students in Denton and Greenville, Texas.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Gray, William Excell
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Group and the Individual Techniques of Teaching Algebra (open access)

A Comparison of the Group and the Individual Techniques of Teaching Algebra

This thesis presents findings made during an examination and comparison of the individualized unit and traditional group methods used to teach ninth grade algebra in Hillsboro, Texas.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Knox, Beulah
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of Spelling Achievement in the Ft. Worth, Texas, Elementary Schools (open access)

A Critical Analysis of Spelling Achievement in the Ft. Worth, Texas, Elementary Schools

This study presents an efficacy evaluation of language arts instruction in the Fort Worth, Texas elementary schools.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Lattimore, Mary E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Personnel Study of Members of Football Teams of the North Texas State Teachers College from 1930-31 through 1938 (open access)

A Personnel Study of Members of Football Teams of the North Texas State Teachers College from 1930-31 through 1938

This study presents indicates the education, sport, and extra-curricular activities that football players participated in from 1930 to 1938.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Killian, L. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Bowie Secondary School Bowie, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Bowie Secondary School Bowie, Texas

This thesis presents findings of an examination conducted on the Bowie, Texas secondary school to discover the characteristics of the school.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Johnson, C. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Mineral Wells High School, Mineral Wells. Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Mineral Wells High School, Mineral Wells. Texas

This thesis offers an evaluation of the Mineral Wells, Texas high school. Fifteen hundred points associated with curriculum and school operation were evaluated to draw presented conclusions.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Hendley, Ben P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Ways in Which the Canadian County Oklahoma Farm Women's Home Demonstration Club Market Members Earned and Used Their Income 1931 - 1938 (open access)

A Study of the Ways in Which the Canadian County Oklahoma Farm Women's Home Demonstration Club Market Members Earned and Used Their Income 1931 - 1938

This study examines the membership of the Canadian County Oklahoma Farm Women's Home Demonstration Club Market and its funding usage between the years 1931 and 1938.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Thompson, Harvey Anne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Racially Mixed Texas Public High School Social Studies Students' and Teachers' Perceptions Toward Citizenship and Factors Which May Influence Student Perceptions of the Bill Of Rights (open access)

Selected Racially Mixed Texas Public High School Social Studies Students' and Teachers' Perceptions Toward Citizenship and Factors Which May Influence Student Perceptions of the Bill Of Rights

This study's purposes were to (1) determine perceptions toward citizenship and the Bill of Rights among social studies students and teachers and (2) examine variables useful in predicting their degree of support for the Bill of Rights. To accomplish these purposes, a thirty-item perceptions scale and a demographic questionnaire was administered to 72 teachers and 249 5 students in 25 racially mixed Texas public high schools. A random sample of 703 students was drawn for statistical analysis with the original teacher sample. A mean score was computed for each subject and analysis of variance utilized to test for differences between means of various groups
Date: August 1981
Creator: Montgomery, Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Library Service in the Sam Houston School, Corsicana, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Library Service in the Sam Houston School, Corsicana, Texas

This study is the result of an evaluation conducted at the Sam Houston Secondary School library in Corsicana, Texas to determine if the needs of students were being met.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Wallace, Frank James
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Perceptions Concerning Differential Salary Compensation for Teachers in the Eight Largest School Districts of Texas (open access)

A Comparison of Perceptions Concerning Differential Salary Compensation for Teachers in the Eight Largest School Districts of Texas

The problem of this study was to determine if educationally, politically, and economically viable alternatives to the single salary schedule for teachers exist in the eight largest school districts in Texas. After a review of the literature, a questionnaire was developed designed to obtain views of superintendents, school board members, randomly selected principals, teachers, and PTA members in the eight school districts on these issues: whether a multi-factor teacher salary schedule should be developed; which factors should be included in such a system; what amount of monetary compensation should be awarded for each factor; and if teacher job performance is a factor, what criteria should be used to evaluate teachers and who would conduct the evaluations. Analyses of the data were conducted according to the following demographic variables: school district; position, sex, and ethnicity of the respondents; whether the respondents owned homes in the school districts; and whether the respondents had children enrolled in the district schools. The results were presented for the respondents as a whole and according to the various demographic variables.
Date: August 1981
Creator: Schroeder, Carolyn K. (Carolyn Koller)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marketing Strategies Employed in Public Community Colleges, Public and Private Colleges and Universities in Texas for Nontraditional Students (open access)

Marketing Strategies Employed in Public Community Colleges, Public and Private Colleges and Universities in Texas for Nontraditional Students

The problem of this study concerned the marketing strategies utilized by public community colleges, public and private colleges and universities for the nontraditional student in Texas. Subjects of this study consisted of 101, or 78.9 percent of the original population of 128 regionally accredited colleges and universities in Texas as listed in the Educational Directory, Colleges & Universities, 1980-81. Out of original subpopulations of 56 public community colleges, 48, or 85.7 percent; 26, or 76.5 percent of the 34 public colleges and universities; and, 27, or 71.1 percent, of the 38 private colleges and universities surveyed participated in the study. Contact persons for the study were primarily public relations officers.
Date: August 1982
Creator: Losher, John J. (John Jay)
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Commercial and Non-commercial High School Graduates. (open access)

A Comparative Study of Commercial and Non-commercial High School Graduates.

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Date: August 1939
Creator: Stewart, J. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perceptions of the Arkansas Student Assessment Program by State Legislators, Superintendents and Teachers (open access)

Perceptions of the Arkansas Student Assessment Program by State Legislators, Superintendents and Teachers

The problem of this study was to compare the perceptions o£ Kansas state legislators, superintendents, and teachers toward the Arkansas Student Assessment Program. The purpose was to generate data which would benefit educational planners in Arkansas. Hypotheses which focused on current national issues in the statewide testing movement and on issues pertinent to the Arkansas program were constructed, and a questionnaire was developed to test the hypotheses. The questionnaire was mailed to all Arkansas state legislators and to the superintendent and a fourth-grade teacher in 100 randomly selected Arkansas school districts. Responses were received selected Arkansas school districts. 70 percent of superintendent from 50 percent of legislators, 70 per dents, and 74 per cent of teachers. The chi-square statistic was applied to individual questions in test for significance of difference between the groups, the Kruskal-Wallace one-way analysis of variance by ranks was applied to the hypotheses to test for significant differences between groups. In examining individual questions relating to legislators, superintendents, and teachers, significant differences were found on twenty three of the forty items on the questionnaire. A significant difference was found on each of the seven hypotheses, as follows: (1) superintendents and teachers understand the program better than legislators, …
Date: August 1984
Creator: Higginbotham, Ed
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship Between Degrees of Burnout and Educational Tracks Among Registered Nurses in Texas (open access)

The Relationship Between Degrees of Burnout and Educational Tracks Among Registered Nurses in Texas

The problem of this investigation was threefold: ascertaining differences in degrees of burnout as a function of registered nurses' educational tracks in Texas, ascertaining degrees of burnout for registered nurses as a function of job tenure, and examining certain demographic variables and their relationships with registered nurses' educational tracks. Nurses were classified by educational track (diploma, associate degree, baccalaureate degree) and employment (full time, part time, not active). The instrument employed comprised the Pines and Aronson Tedium-Burnout Diagnosis, for which reliability and validity were previously established, and a demographic questionnaire.
Date: May 1984
Creator: Louis, Donald R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Student Retention Efforts iIn Generic Baccalaureate Schools Of Nursing (open access)

Student Retention Efforts iIn Generic Baccalaureate Schools Of Nursing

The purposes of this study are to identify student retention strategies in generic baccalaureate schools of nursing and their supporting institutions to determine if these strategies vary according to identified characteristics of the school of nursing and its supporting institution and to determine the perceived effectiveness of the strategies. Data were collected from 313 administrative heads of schools of nursing that offer generic baccalaureate programs accredited by the National League for Nursing; 217 returned usable questionnaires constituted a national response rate of 69.3 per cent. Frequency distribution and the chi-square test of independence, significant at the .05 level, were used for statistical treatment of the data.
Date: December 1983
Creator: Okimi, Patricia H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Chico Elementary School and Some Recommendations for Improvement. (open access)

An Evaluation of the Chico Elementary School and Some Recommendations for Improvement.

A study to determine the status of the Chico Elementary School and compare it to established norms and standards.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Teague, B. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Can the Educational Opportunities be Improved for the Colored Children of Rusk County, Texas? (open access)

How Can the Educational Opportunities be Improved for the Colored Children of Rusk County, Texas?

A comparison of white and colored schools in Rusk county found that educational opportunities for colored students was unequal. A plan for improving the colored schools of the county is set forth.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Smith, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Teachers' Ratings of Pupils as Bright or Dull (open access)

An Analysis of Teachers' Ratings of Pupils as Bright or Dull

This thesis resulted from an examination conducted to determine teacher ability to identify individual student capability based on rapport between the two parties.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Lovelace, William True
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cost of Securing a Master's Degree from a Texas State Teachers College and the Economic and Profesional Value of the Degree (open access)

The Cost of Securing a Master's Degree from a Texas State Teachers College and the Economic and Profesional Value of the Degree

The intent of this thesis is to indicate the economic cost and professional value that result from earning a graduate teaching degree. Data gathered to formulate study conclusions came from questionnaires distributed to master's recipients from five Texas teachers colleges.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Dunn, John Z.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relation Between Certain Home Factors and the Social and Academic Progress of the Second-Grade Pupils in the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas (open access)

The Relation Between Certain Home Factors and the Social and Academic Progress of the Second-Grade Pupils in the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas

The correlation between home environment and educational performance is addressed in this study.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Parnell, J. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discovering the Extent to which Feelings of Insecurity can be Eliminated in Children of the Third Grade (open access)

Discovering the Extent to which Feelings of Insecurity can be Eliminated in Children of the Third Grade

This thesis presents student case studies from a third grade class at an Albany, Texas elementary school. Students with insecurity issues are described and remedial treatments are suggested.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Maxey, Rachael M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Develop and to Evaluate a Mathematics Curriculum for the Mentally Retarded on the Junior High School Level (open access)

To Develop and to Evaluate a Mathematics Curriculum for the Mentally Retarded on the Junior High School Level

This thesis presents the results of a study conducted to determine the math capabilities of mentally challenged students attending Reagan Junior High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. Survey results are used to determine needed curriculum changes.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Miller, Zola Catheryn
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Certain Phases of the Home Economics and Industrial Education Graduates with the Regular Men and Women Graduates of North Texas State Teachers College for the Years of 1919,1923, 1927, and 1931 (open access)

A Comparative Study of Certain Phases of the Home Economics and Industrial Education Graduates with the Regular Men and Women Graduates of North Texas State Teachers College for the Years of 1919,1923, 1927, and 1931

The purpose of this study is to determine the status of Industrial Education graduates and Home Economics graduates as compared with the status of all men and women graduates of North Texas State Teachers College, with reference to background before entering college, high school status, college status, college entrance and graduation ages, number and percentage of transfers, grades, major fields, amount of transiency and tenure.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Ray, Elizabeth Gibson
System: The UNT Digital Library