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[Memo from Rogers W. Redding to Richard Rafes, August 14, 1987]
Memo from Rogers W. Redding to Richard Rafes, on August 14, 1987, sending a copy of the concept paper for the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, as well as a one page executive summary.
Date:
August 14, 1987
Creator:
Reddings, Rogers W.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Barbara Jungjohan to the Student Affairs Committee, August 27, 1987]
Memo from Barbara Jungjohan to members of the Student Affairs Committee, on August 27, 1987, establishing a time for the first meeting of the fall semester. An agenda is included, and she asks that she be informed if a member can't make the meeting.
Date:
August 27, 1987
Creator:
Jungjohan, Barbara
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum from Richard Rafes to Alfred Hurley, August 4, 1987]
Memorandum from Richard Rafes to Alfred Hurley on August 4, 1987, regarding a meeting with the Texas Education Association, where it was decided that the Texas Academy of Math and Science should serve as an early admissions program to college, rather than an advanced public high school. They agreed to aspects regarding funding, curriculum, admissions, extracurricular activities, residency requirements, discipline and student conduct, and regulation and reporting to TEA.
Date:
August 4, 1987
Creator:
Rafes, Richard
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Memorandum from Frank Kemerer, August 11, 1987]
Memorandum from Frank Kemerer to Julia Dunn, Barbara Jungjohan, Peter Lane, Betsy McGuire, Bruce Meeks, and Byron Medler, on August 11, 1987, informing them that Dr. Rogers Redding has accepted the assignment as Director of the Texas Academy of Math and Science. Kemerer mentions that he has turned chairmanship of the Student Affairs Committee to Barbara Jungjohan, as well as plans to expand the committee.
Date:
August 11, 1987
Creator:
Kemerer, Frank R.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Richard Rafes, August 5, 1987]
Letter from Richard Rafes to Cathy Peavler, Tom Patton, and David Thompson on August 5, 1987, thanking them for meeting with him and James Miller about the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, and summarizing the understandings they came to in regards to funding, curriculum, admissions, extracurricular activities, residency requirements, discipline and student conduct, and regulations and reporting to TEA.
Date:
August 5, 1987
Creator:
Rafes, Richard
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from Richard Rafes, August 5, 1987]
Letter from Richard Rafes to Cathy Peavler, Tom Patton, and David Thompson on August 5, 1987, thanking them for meeting with him and James Miller about the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, and summarizing the understandings they came to in regards to funding, curriculum, admissions, extracurricular activities, residency requirements, discipline and student conduct, and regulations and reporting to TEA.
Date:
August 5, 1987
Creator:
Rafes, Richard
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from James J. Muro to Hugh Grove, August 13, 1987]
Letter from James J. Muro to Hugh Grove, on August 13, 1987, sending a proposal for the James R. Doughterty Foundation to sponsor four students by donating $32,000 to the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science. The proposal is included.
Date:
August 13, 1987
Creator:
Muro, James J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Excerpt from Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated]
Excerpt from Vernon's Texas Codes Annotated, which is the legislative authority for the Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science.
Date:
August 31, 1987
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Legal Document
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Letter from James J. Muro to James D. Runzheimer, August 14, 1987]
Letter from James J. Muro to James D. Runzheimer, on August 14, 1987, noting that North Texas State University is seeking funding for the Texas Academy of Math and Science, and sending a short summary of the academy concept.
Date:
August 14, 1987
Creator:
Muro, James J.
Object Type:
Letter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
[Governor Bill Clements, Signing]
Photograph of Governor Bill Clements signing a declaration to change the name of North Texas State University to University of North Texas in Austin. He looks toward the camera with several others posing behind him.
Date:
August 12, 1987
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Photograph
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Relationships Between Teachers' Knowledge of and Attitude Toward Selected Teaching Strategies and Their Implementation in the Elementary Classroom
The purpose of this study was to explore the variables of content knowledge, individual attitude, and span of time from initial training with regard to implementation of selected teaching practices in the elementary classroom. The sample consisted of thirty-two elementary classroom teachers who teach reading or mathematics in a large suburban school district in the Dallas Metropolitan Area. After completion of the second day's training in an inservice program on teaching strategies, the teachers were given a test to measure content knowledge of and attitude toward the teaching strategies. The test results were used in determining four groups for follow-up classroom observations four weeks and eight weeks after the in-service sessions. Using three-way analysis of variance, the data were analyzed. Results indicated that teachers with high content knowledge of the teaching strategies implemented these strategies to a greater degree than did teachers with low content knowledge. No significant relationship with regard to implementation was found for the variables of attitude or span of time. It can be concluded that teachers who know the content of inservice training are able to and do implement the training in their classrooms. Of equal significance is the conclusion that teachers who do not know …
Date:
August 1987
Creator:
Speak, Lynda Overton
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Goals of Behavior, Social Interest and Parent Attitudes in an Alternative School
This study investigated whether students in an Alternative School differed significantly from students who remain on a regular high school campus on measures of goals of misbehavior which included the factors of attention, power, revenge, inadequacy, and on measures of social interest. This study also investigated whether the attitudes of parents of Alternative School students differed significantly from the attitudes of parents of regular campus students on the factors of confidence, causation, acceptance, understanding and trust.
Date:
August 1987
Creator:
Downing, Rebecca
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Perceptions and Assessments of Power in Legislative Politics for Texas Public Community College Administrative Leadership
The problem with which this study was concerned is the political influence of community/junior college chief executive officers (CEOs) and campus presidents on the state legislature, both directly and indirectly, in the funding of community colleges in Texas. Perceptions of effectiveness were recorded by survey from campus presidents and CEOs as well as from legislators and key legislators. In addition, interviews were conducted with several key legislators and the chief administrators of the two statewide community college organizations. The purpose of the study was to analyze the policy-making process in Texas of which community/junior colleges are a part. The influential relationships and interactions of the sixty-five CEOs and campus presidents of the public community college districts and campuses in Texas were analyzed after a survey instrument was administered. Perceptions of rank—and—file legislators were gathered through use of another survey instrument and perceptions of key legislators were gathered in the same manner but with the addition of a personal interview. Certain questions were asked of them concerning interactions and communication with leaders of community colleges. With the legislators and the presidents certain demographic data was collected and analyzed as a part of the study. Among the findings, campus presidents and CEOs …
Date:
August 1987
Creator:
Stanglin, Gerald Minor
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Role Expectations of the Athletic Director as Perceived by Athletic Directors, Superintendents and Principals in the State of Texas
This study examines the extent of agreement or disagreement among and between Texas superintendents, principals and athletic directors toward fifty specifically defined role expectations for the full-time athletic administrator. By defining the athletic director's role expectations, the superintendents, principals and athletic directors may function more effectively in discharging their duties and implementing quality interscholastic athletic programs. Parents and educational leaders are very interested in athletic programs which contribute to the emotional, social, physical, and mental growth of youth. Given the increasing number of athletic programs and participants, it is important to analyze and report data related to athletic administration. The perceptions of the superintendents, principals, and athletic directors to the specifically defined role expectations for the athletic director provided data for analysis to determine the extent of role conflict and the role of the athletic director. The main findings are the following. (1) There is a minimal role conflict for the athletic director based upon the perceptions of the superintendents, principals, and athletic directors. (2) The majority of the respondents agreed or strongly agreed with forty-four of the specifically defined role expectations for the athletic director. (3) The majority of the respondents disagreed or strongly disagreed with the athletic director …
Date:
August 1987
Creator:
Thompson, Jay C. (Jay Charles), 1946-
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Retention and Attrition Among First Time College Freshmen at North Texas State University
This study was designed to examine freshman students at North Texas State University and to determine some of the factors contributing to attrition and retention. The instrument used in the study was the Student Information Questionnaire (SIQ). The instrument was created to aid the objective assessment knowledge relating to student retention and attrition. The categories of knowledge selected included demographics, individual attributes, family background, and educational experience.
Date:
August 1987
Creator:
Gonzales, Joseph L. (Joseph Louis)
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Imaginative Involvement and Hypnotic Susceptibility
J. Hilgard (1970, 1972, 1974, 1979), utilizing an interview format, asserted that a personality variable, namely, an individual's capacity to become imaginatively involved in experiences outside of hypnosis, was significantly correlated with his or her hypnotic susceptibility. Tellegen and Atkinson (1974) operationalized the imaginative involvement variable in a 37-item questionnaire, the Tellegen Absorption Scale (TAS) that correlated significantly with hypnotic susceptibility (e.g., Crawford, 1982). However, Council, Kirsch, and Hafner (1986) suggested that the relationship between the TAS and hypnotic susceptibility is a context-mediated artifact in that the two correlate only when the TAS is administered within a context clearly identified as involving hypnosis. As the interviews conducted by J. Hilgard (1970, 1972, 1974, 1979) were done within a context clearly identified as involving hypnosis, the possibility exists that the relationship between imaginative involvement and hypnotic susceptibility is also a context-mediated artifact. In a test of this possibility, 86 subjects were interviewed concerning their imaginative involvements. Forty-three subjects were interviewed within a context defined as "research investigating hypnosis" and 43 subjects were interviewed within a context defined as "research investigating imagination." Hypnotic susceptibility was assessed in sessions separate from the interviews. In the present study, an individual's hypnotic susceptibility was not …
Date:
August 1987
Creator:
Drake, Stephen Douglas
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Content and Focus of Dissertations in the College of Education at North Texas State University from 1975 through 1986
The problem of this study was to determine the degree and level of research activity in the College of Education at North Texas State University through an examination of the doctoral dissertations produced by its graduates. The study had three basic purposes. One purpose was to analyze the dissertations in terms of types of study, focus of each study, subject headings of each study, design characteristics, statistical treatment of data, general results of experimental studies and data collection techniques. The second purpose was to synthesize the data of the present study with that obtained by Novak in her study, in order to provide an overall description of the characteristics of dissertation research in the College of Education from 1953 through 1986. The third purpose was to examine the research activity taking place in the College of Education in terms of the quality of dissertations produced by its graduates. Seven hundred and ninety-five dissertations were the sources of data for this study. The format developed and validated by Novak in her study of dissertation research from 1953 through 1974 was used in the analysis of the dissertations completed from 1975 through 1986. Based on the findings of this study, the following …
Date:
August 1987
Creator:
Sharmsar, Behrouz
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Academic Achievement and the Ability of Post-Secondary Students to Read Assigned Materials
This study provides a rationale for adopting course materials. It demonstrates the relationship between ability to read assigned materials and academic achievement, and that selection of materials creates two groups having different probabilities of success. The sample was selected from a population of all students enrolled in Principles of Economics courses at North Texas State University in the spring semester of 1986. The Nelson-Denny Reading Test was used to determine reading ability. Assigned materials were analyzed for readability. A frustration level was determined and used to divide the sample: the group of interest, those with reading abilities below the frustration level who underwent the treatment of reading materials written above their ability to comprehend; and the comparison group, those with reading abilities above the frustration level who did not undergo the treatment.
Date:
August 1987
Creator:
Cohick, Mikel William
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Impact on Charitable Classes in Dallas County, Texas, Resulting from Changes in the Tax Economics of Private Philanthropy
Private philanthropy is important in America. In 1985, philanthropy totaled almost 80 billion dollars. Philanthropy is partially a function of price. Absent a tax benefit, the price of charitable giving is unity. When tax benefits are available, the price of cash giving is one minus the marginal tax rate of the donor. Philanthropy is not evenly distributed among all classes of organizations. Changes in tax cost bring about changes in the distribution of gifts among organizations. Predictions have been made of a six to twelve billion dollar decline in individual giving as a result of the Tax Reform Act of 1986. The question is, "Whose ox gets gored?" In 1962, the Internal Revenue Service collected data directly linking itemized charitable contributions to class of donee organization. Prior works by Taussig, Schwartz, Feldstein, and Clotfelter have been principally based on this data. Their works document differing elasticities of price on charitable giving. The current research gathered 1985 data on the relationships between income, price, and charitable donee for 298 Dallas County, Texas, taxpayers. Data was obtained from selected certified public accountants in Dallas County who prepared income tax returns for individuals as part of their practice. Two hundred fifty usable responses …
Date:
August 1987
Creator:
McClure, Ronnie C. (Ronnie Clyde)
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Holistic Evaluation of Peer Writings by Able and Less Able Readers in Eighth and Tenth Grades
The purpose of this study was to examine the use of general impression scoring by teachers and students, and to compare the criteria used in evaluating student writings. Subjects for the study were 40 eighth grade and tenth grade students of varying reading ability in regular English classes in a suburban school district. Teachers and students evaluated two sets of writings in the narrative, classificatory and descriptive modes, generated by ninth grade students in regular English classes in the same school district. In addition, a comment, citing criteria upon which evaluation was based, was made on each writing. The design for this study was an extended factorial analysis. A three way analysis of variance was computed for ability and grade for each level of quality of writing in each mode of discourse. Six hypotheses were tested. Hypotheses one and two dealt with comparison of ratings by students who differed by ability and grade. No significant differences were found. Hypotheses three and four dealt with interaction between grade, ability and mode of discourse. No significant interaction was found. Hypotheses five and six dealt with differences in evaluations between teachers and students of varying ability. A significant difference was found in how …
Date:
August 1987
Creator:
Peters, Elaine
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Children's Intensity of Task-Involvement in a Selected Nursery School
The problem of this study was a comparison of young children's intensity of task—involvement in child—selected activities. A group of 23 children, four to six years of age, was selected as the subjects from a university affiliated child development laboratory school. These children were observed during child-selected activities for five consecutive weeks. The instrument utilized to collect the data was the Intensity Of Involvement Scale, composed of seven categories of intensity from "Unoccupied" to "Complete." To obtain reliable data, two observers were involved in the observation and a carefully planned procedure of observation was followed accurately. The comparison of children's intensity of task-involvement among child-selected activities, using statistical methods of mean and standard deviation, yielded a similar result among various groups of children. The learning centers in which children were involved most intensely were water play, family living, manipulative, and art centers. The children, however, were involved in the reading, block, and writing centers less intensely. In comparing children's intensity of task-involvement between age-groups and sex-groups, the analyses of two-way t-test revealed that age-differences were significant (p<.05) but sex-differences were not significant in children's overall intensity of task-involvement. Also, the results showed that the significance of differences in children's intensity …
Date:
August 1987
Creator:
Roan, Bi-Sho
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Sources of Support and Parental Performances a Descriptive Study of Mexican-American Female Single Parents
This is a descriptive study of the statistical association between the amounts of financial—emotional supports available and their impact on the degree of difficulty in the performance of the parental roles of a nonrandom sample of eighty-six Mexican-American female single parents from McAllen, Texas. The sample was divided into four socioeconomic status categories. A total of twenty-nine variables were correlated: twenty independent, financial-emotional and nine dependent parental performance variables. The twenty variables were defined in terms of socioeconomic resources: child-care availability and satisfaction, nature of personal/children problems, and frequency of interaction with significant others defined emotional supports. Parental role performances were defined in terms of having children with medical, learning or emotional problems, and the degree of difficulty in caring for sick children, spending time with them, yelling and screaming, use of corporal punishment and feeling overwhelmed by parental demands. Analyses indicated that these families functioned in a stable and viable manner, with little evidence of disintegration or "pathology." The parents had extensive social networks comprised of kin# coworkers, and friends, and they interacted with these support people on a regular basis, usually several times per week, but at the same time the parents rarely interacted with the ex-husbands or …
Date:
August 1987
Creator:
Maldonado, Alfred C.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Texas Energy Banks: Problems and Prospects
The forces that shaped banking practices in the late 1970s and which fostered attempts by the banks to rapidly expand their markets are examined. Why, and to what extent, the Texas energy banks committed themselves to the oil industry in those years, as well as the effects of the oil industry's four-and-one-half year decline on the banks' financial strength is detailed. How banks structured loans to various energy borrowers and why these borrowers lost their ability to service their debts is analyzed. The changes that the Texas banks' painfully learned lessons will bring about in energy and other specialized lending is considered.
Date:
August 1987
Creator:
Seley, Joan Bonness
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Les Morceaux de Concours de Flûte du Conservatoire de Paris: A Structural Comparison of Selected Works of Jean-Louis Tulou and Joseph-Henri Altès: A Lecture Recital Together with Three Recitals of Selected Works of Mozart, Halffter, Gaubert and Others
The lecture was presented April 7, 1987. This presentation centered on the flute music literature used for the Concours of the Conservatoire de Paris from 1828 through 1893. The historical parameter began with Jean-Louis Tulou's tenure as flute professor at the Conservatoire and ended with Joseph-Henri Altes'tenure in the same capacity. The Concours is an annual performance competition to determine which students on each instrument will graduate from the Conservatoire. The majority of Concours pieces for flute during the tenures of professors from Tulou through Altes were composed by those two men. Short biographies of Tulou and Altes were presented. Discussion of interim professors Victor Coche and Vincent-Joseph Dorus was included, with focus on the role of these two men in bringing acceptance of the Boehm system flute to the Conservatoire. Tulou's fifteen Grands Solos were compared in form, key center and tonal progression. His themes and passagework are constructed to best display the conical-bore, old system-flute with small toneholes. His Solos continued to be used for the Concours, in alternation with Altes', throughout the tenures of both Vincent-Joseph Dorus and Altes. Tulou's Cinquieme Grand Solo was used for more detailed analysis and performance. Altes wrote his Solos de Concours …
Date:
August 1987
Creator:
Lattimore, Lee Ian
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library