An Evaluation of the Newbery Medal Books (open access)

An Evaluation of the Newbery Medal Books

The writer's purpose in this study has been to make a thorough investigation of the Newbery Medal books to determine if they represent the best literature suitable for children's reading that has been published since 1922, and to investigate carefully the group as a whole to see if the books possess those rare qualities and characteristics which, deservedly, would set them apart from the ordinary type of books usually designated as suitable for children's reading.
Date: 1947
Creator: Lewis, Katherine
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Plan for Improving the Health, Physical Education, and Intramural Program for Boys in West Columbia High School (open access)

A Plan for Improving the Health, Physical Education, and Intramural Program for Boys in West Columbia High School

The purpose of this study is to develop plans for a program in health education, physical education and intramural sports for boys in the West Columbia High School, West Columbia, Texas.
Date: 1947
Creator: Long, Lewis B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Analysis of the Reasons for and the Lack of Attendance at the Parent-Teacher Association of the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas (open access)

The Analysis of the Reasons for and the Lack of Attendance at the Parent-Teacher Association of the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas

The problem of this study is to analyze the reasons for attendance and lack of attendance at Parent-Teacher Association meetings of sixty selected parents of the Parent-Teacher Association in the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas.
Date: 1947
Creator: Lowe, Mary Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evaluation of a Vocational Guidance Project in the Diamond Hill Senior High School Fort Worth, Texas (open access)

The Evaluation of a Vocational Guidance Project in the Diamond Hill Senior High School Fort Worth, Texas

The purpose here is to evaluate an assigned vocational guidance project in the Diamond Hill Senior High School, Fort Worth, Texas, which was executed in certain English and speech classes.
Date: 1947
Creator: Wyatt, Verna Wilkinson
System: The UNT Digital Library
Marionettes, Puppets and Shadow Plays (open access)

Marionettes, Puppets and Shadow Plays

It is the purpose of this thesis to determine the function of marionette, puppet and shadow plays as a tool for learning in the elementary school.
Date: 1947
Creator: Nickle, Emma Dean
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Psychologically and Democratically Sound Solution of the Distribution of High School Offerings in an American City (open access)

A Psychologically and Democratically Sound Solution of the Distribution of High School Offerings in an American City

This is a study to determine a psychologically and democratically sound solution of the distribution of high school offerings in an American city.
Date: 1947
Creator: Smith, Joseph Doyle
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Psychological Principles of Learning Used in the Social Studies Curriculum of the Elementary Grades (open access)

An Evaluation of the Psychological Principles of Learning Used in the Social Studies Curriculum of the Elementary Grades

The problem of this study is to establish criteria of psychological factors that should be included in a social studies educational program of the elementary grades to measure the program planned for the social studies of the elementary grades of the Houston, El Paso, Fort Worth, and Amarillo, Texas, public schools.
Date: 1947
Creator: Stucker, Myrtle
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Juvenile Delinquency in Winkler County, Texas (open access)

A Study of Juvenile Delinquency in Winkler County, Texas

The problem of this study is two fold: (1) to determine the nature and extent of juvenile delinquency in Winkler County, Texas, during the years 1941 to 1946 inclusive; and (2) to discover some of the factors contributing to delinquency during that period.
Date: 1947
Creator: Varnell, William Tracy
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of the Dallas Public Evening Schools (open access)

A History of the Dallas Public Evening Schools

The purpose of this study is to collect and to preserve existing data and information concerning the history and growth of the Dallas Public Evening Schools. The study will show how Dallas has been interested in the promotion and extension of education at all levels of learning, whether the learner is of the age to attend public school or has reached the age of eighty or more.
Date: 1947
Creator: Wells, Zada
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Child-Study Program of the Corpus Christi, Texas, Public Schools (open access)

An Evaluation of the Child-Study Program of the Corpus Christi, Texas, Public Schools

The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the Child Study Program as it has been carried on in Corpus Christi since 1944, and to determine if the work has been a definite help to the teachers participating in the program.
Date: 1947
Creator: Whitehead, William W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Scientific Learning in Growing Silkworms (open access)

An Analysis of Scientific Learning in Growing Silkworms

The purpose of this study is to give the results of a science experiment in an elementary grade in raising silkworms. The purpose of the experiment was not to learn the laws and principles of science, but to determine whether the life cycle of the silkworm would create a greater interest in the field of science.
Date: 1947
Creator: Roberts, Odessa Hensley
System: The UNT Digital Library
Domination and Persuasion as Means of Social Control in a Boy Scout Organization (open access)

Domination and Persuasion as Means of Social Control in a Boy Scout Organization

The problem of this study is to determine the extent to which domination and persuasion are employed as methods of social control in fifteen Boy Scout troops in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: 1947
Creator: Shaw, Euline
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Gainesville Junior High School with the Accepted Standards for Junior High School Outline (open access)

A Comparison of Gainesville Junior High School with the Accepted Standards for Junior High School Outline

The purpose of this study is to make an evaluation of Gainesville Junior High School to determine the extent to which it meets criteria for this type of school. The different phases of the school evaluated were: plant and equipment, library, course of study, techniques of teaching, and extra-curricular activities.
Date: 1947
Creator: Moore, Walter Travis
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposed Plan for Administering Special Education in the Allen Independent School (open access)

A Proposed Plan for Administering Special Education in the Allen Independent School

The purpose of this study is to set up, by reading, observing, and discussing the different phases of Special Education, a proposed plan for administering a more adequate educational program for the exceptional children of the Allen Public School.
Date: 1947
Creator: Moseley, Wendell H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Place of a Sound Guidance Program in the Secondary School (open access)

To Determine the Place of a Sound Guidance Program in the Secondary School

This study has undertaken to determine the characteristics of a sound guidance program and its place in the secondary school.
Date: 1947
Creator: Andrews, Nannie D.
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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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 (open access)

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
Problems of the Latin-American Schools (open access)

Problems of the Latin-American Schools

The purpose of this study is to determine the extent of some of the problems of the Latin-American schools, survey one such school in operation, and study some proposed remedies for any inequalities that might exist.
Date: 1947
Creator: Howard, Emmett L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development and Introduction of a Sound Guidance Program (open access)

Development and Introduction of a Sound Guidance Program

The purpose of the study is to analyze and evaluate the soundness of a guidance program in its introduction and development in a secondary school.
Date: 1947
Creator: Lasater, Ira Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library