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A Survey of the Children's Magazines Published in America during the Nineteenth Century (open access)

A Survey of the Children's Magazines Published in America during the Nineteenth Century

It is the purpose of this work to compile and organize available material dealing with children's magazines published in the nineteenth century in America, and present it in a usable form.
Date: 1940
Creator: Wells, Epsa Louise
System: The UNT Digital Library
Citizens' Understanding of the Utilization of Public School Buildings as Community Centers as Interpreted by Eighty-Four Citizens of the District (open access)

Citizens' Understanding of the Utilization of Public School Buildings as Community Centers as Interpreted by Eighty-Four Citizens of the District

The problem of this study is to determine the extent to which public school buildings were used as community centers in 1939-40, and the degree to which certain citizens understood this utilization. The study is limited to the county seats in Deputy State Superintendent's District Number Seventeen of Texas, which includes the following counties: Angelina, Cherokee, Shelby, Rusk, Nacogdoches, Sabine, and San Augustine.
Date: 1940
Creator: Whitmore, C. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Value of the Critical Angle Board in Diagnosing Handedness (open access)

The Value of the Critical Angle Board in Diagnosing Handedness

The present study addresses some of the problems in human handedness studies by noting the manual choices of one hundred twenty elementary pupils in the first through fifth grades. It discusses the value of the Van Riper critical angle board, the correlation indices of handedness based upon different types of activities, and the divergence with respect to degree and pattern of hand preference in the children.
Date: 1940
Creator: Cooper, William E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Educational Qualifications and Functions of the Business Managers in the School Systems of Texas with a Scholastic Population of One Thousand or More (open access)

An Evaluation of the Educational Qualifications and Functions of the Business Managers in the School Systems of Texas with a Scholastic Population of One Thousand or More

The purpose of this study is to examine the educational qualifications and functions of the business managers in the school systems of Texas with a scholastic population of one thousand or more. This study attempts to determine from the findings what the business managers' duties should be and the needed qualifications, educational and otherwise, for performing these duties.
Date: 1940
Creator: Corse, Chancy H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Utilization of Community Resources in the Educational Program of Wise County, Texas (open access)

An Analysis of the Utilization of Community Resources in the Educational Program of Wise County, Texas

The problem forming the basis of this study has to do with an analysis of the degree of utilization of the community resources in the educational programs of the independent school districts of Wise County, Texas, for the purpose of determining how adequately these resources are being utilized by the schools for the enrichment of their curricula to the end that pupils may be released into their respective communities well-prepared to assume the duties and responsibilities of efficient, functioning citizens.
Date: 1940
Creator: Woodard, John Allen
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Influence of Certain Factors upon Popularity (open access)

An Evaluation of the Influence of Certain Factors upon Popularity

The problem of this study was to determine what influence intelligence and school achievements, personality traits, physical achievements, physical attractiveness, general health, home background, and number of times absent have upon the popularity of students.
Date: 1940
Creator: Woods, Izetta Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Probable Effect of the 1936 and the 1940 Ruling of the State Board of Education of the State of New Mexico on the High School Principal (open access)

The Probable Effect of the 1936 and the 1940 Ruling of the State Board of Education of the State of New Mexico on the High School Principal

The purposes of this study, dealing primarily with the principals of the four-year high school who are affected by the administrative requirements, are to determine (1) the probable effect of the higher standards upon the principals as judged by their responses in meeting the requirements of the 1936 ruling, (2) whether the State, the principal, or both are paying for the improvement of the administration in the public schools resulting from the 1936 ruling, (3) attitudes that resulted from the conditions arising from the demands of the standards of the 1936 ruling, and (4) the probable result of the 1940 ruling.
Date: 1940
Creator: Walker, K. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pragmatism in the Modern School (open access)

Pragmatism in the Modern School

This study proposes to (1) set forth, in a brief way, the gradual evolution of pragmatism from about 1905 down to the present, (2) to clearly define pragmatism and to differentiate between it and some other "isms" having philosophical significance, (3) and to show how pragmatism has made for itself a place in the modern school curriculum.
Date: 1940
Creator: Wallace, Audie Price
System: The UNT Digital Library
Certain Ideas of Child-Parent Companionship as Expressed by Second-Grade Pupils in the Sam Houston School, Denton, Texas (open access)

Certain Ideas of Child-Parent Companionship as Expressed by Second-Grade Pupils in the Sam Houston School, Denton, Texas

This purposes of this study were to discover what the second grade children seemed to consider as desirable companionship between themselves and their parents, and to recognize the apparent needs for parental companionship that seemed to exist among the pupils.
Date: 1940
Creator: Rogers, Roberta
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of some Aspects of Homogeneous Grouping and their Implications for Democracy (open access)

A Study of some Aspects of Homogeneous Grouping and their Implications for Democracy

The purpose of this thesis is to determine the implications of certain aspects of homogeneous grouping in the school and their relationship to the American conception of democracy.
Date: 1940
Creator: Swenson, Andrew B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing and Evaluating a Community Social Science Program for the Seventh Grade (open access)

Developing and Evaluating a Community Social Science Program for the Seventh Grade

The purpose of this study is to develop and to evaluate a community social science program for the seventh grade. The control group was taught in the traditional method, while the experimental group was taught with the community as the basis of all activities.
Date: 1940
Creator: Thomas, Lewis C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Effect that a Course in Design has on Skill in Judging Structural and Decorative Design (open access)

To Determine the Effect that a Course in Design has on Skill in Judging Structural and Decorative Design

The purpose of this study is to determine whether or not courses in design have better equipped prospective teachers of industrial arts to recognize good design as applied to woodworking projects.
Date: 1940
Creator: Ferguson, Charles C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with School Progress (open access)

An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with School Progress

This thesis is an analysis of certain factors associated with school progress of students of the graduating class of the Hillsboro Junior High School for 1940. The study is limited to considering the effect of age, attendance, environment, and economic status on progress during four years that these students attended junior high school.
Date: 1940
Creator: Tribble, Percy G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Extent to Which Music Students Have Well-Adjusted Personality (open access)

A Study to Determine the Extent to Which Music Students Have Well-Adjusted Personality

To determine what type of young men and women are entering the profession of music today as compared with those entering other fields is the purpose of the present investigation. It undertakes a study of ninety advanced music students divided into two groups of forty-five each, those who prefer to do solo work and those who prefer to perform in an ensemble. A control group of fifty advanced students is taken from other fields of study in order to form a basis for judgment of the music students. These groups are compared with respect to age, intelligence, and various personality adjustments.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Lawhon, John E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of Criteria for Evaluating Education Methods Courses in North Texas State Teachers College from 1920 to 1940 (open access)

The Development of Criteria for Evaluating Education Methods Courses in North Texas State Teachers College from 1920 to 1940

"The purpose of this study is to present a philosophical exegesis of the five general types of method which have characterized methods courses from years 1920 to 1940 in the North Texas State Teachers College."--1.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Phillips, Irma Adelle
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Educational and Economic Status of Fifty Government-Aided Men and Fifty Employed Men in Denton, Texas (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Educational and Economic Status of Fifty Government-Aided Men and Fifty Employed Men in Denton, Texas

"The problem of this thesis is a comparative study of the educational and economic status of fifty government-aided men in Denton, Texas and fifty employed laborers in the same city. The term 'government-aided men' refers to men who receive direct aid from Federal relief in order to live and to support their dependents. Many are members of the CCC camp; but others receive their aid from the old-age pension fund, from W.P.A. projects, or other Federal organizations. Laborers are interpreted as men who do not hold 'white-collared' jobs...educational status is used to indicate the highest grade completed in school...the term economic status means the income of the men under consideration..This study is confined to certain men in Denton, Texas, and deals with only male whites between the ages of 21 and 65 years. The problem is not concerned with what the state should do or should not do, nor does it lead to any solution of existing conditions. It is only hoped that the findings may shed some light on whether or not the educational and economic status of these men under consideration appear to have any correlation." --leaves 1-4.
Date: June 1940
Creator: Sinclair, Marguerite
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating the Provisions Made for Slow Learning Children in Iowa Park Elementary Schools (open access)

Evaluating the Provisions Made for Slow Learning Children in Iowa Park Elementary Schools

The purpose of the study is to classify the retarded children from the viewpoint of selection for special education to determine the probable percentage of slow-learning children in the elementary school, and to evaluate the provisions made for the retarded group.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Kidwell, Rose Ethyle
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Appraisal of the Poor Quality of Reading of the Work-Silent Type Done by One Hundred Seventy-Seven Upper Classmen at the North Texas State Teachers College (open access)

An Appraisal of the Poor Quality of Reading of the Work-Silent Type Done by One Hundred Seventy-Seven Upper Classmen at the North Texas State Teachers College

"During the first term of the 1938 summer session at the North Texas State Teachers College, under the auspices of the reading laboratory, the Nelson-Denny Silent Reading Test was administered to students enrolled in four sections of a course in the psychology of teaching reading in the grades...For this purpose, this endeavor to analyze the existing condition has been made in order to assist in at least some small measure any future steps in alleviating this deplorable state."--1-2.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Ratchford, Mary Dorothy
System: The UNT Digital Library
How the Social Needs of the Fourth and Fifth Grade Boys in the Public Schools of Denton, Texas, Are Being Met Through Their Hobbies (open access)

How the Social Needs of the Fourth and Fifth Grade Boys in the Public Schools of Denton, Texas, Are Being Met Through Their Hobbies

"The problem of this study is to determine whether the hobbies of the fourth and fifth grade boys of the public schools in Denton, Texas, are contributing to their social needs. It is believed that the intangible attributes of living, which can be mearsured neither by rule nor square, make for the well-rounded, happy, social, individual, whether he be adult or child. The degree to which an individual is adjusted socially ranges from the completely anti-social type to the fully-integrated type. The reasons for this gradation are numerous. They include the influence of the home, the school, and the playmates, as well as other factors in the general environment of the child. The purpose of this investigation is to discover whether the hobbies of the boys under consideration are potential and actual forces for integration and socialization."--leaf 1.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Hamilton, Lucy Anise
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some of the Effects That the Development of Oil in Young County Has Had on the Educational Program of the County (open access)

Some of the Effects That the Development of Oil in Young County Has Had on the Educational Program of the County

"The problem in this study is to determine some of the effects that oil development in Young County has had on the educational program of the county. Some significant effects on the valuations for school purposes, bond rates, maintenance rates, salaries of the teachers in the common and independent schools, per capita cost of instruction, rural aid, enrollment per teacher, and total enrollment in the schools of Young County will be investigated. For comparative purposes, a study of the independent and common schools of Denton County was made for the years 1918 to 1939 inclusive."-- leaf 1.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Emanuel, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine Changes Necessary to Cause the Texas Public School Band Program to Conform to Certain Accepted Standards (open access)

A Study to Determine Changes Necessary to Cause the Texas Public School Band Program to Conform to Certain Accepted Standards

The purpose of this study was to determine changes necessary to cause Texas public school band programs to conform to a recommended standard.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Bush, Guy E. (Guy Earl)
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Correct Organization, Content, and Method of a Course of Marital Relations for Senior High School Students (open access)

To Determine the Correct Organization, Content, and Method of a Course of Marital Relations for Senior High School Students

It is the purpose of this study to determine the correct organization, content, and method of a course on marital relations for senior high school students. The organization, content, and method are to be determined by the needs and interests of the individuals concerned; educational theory, psychology, and philosophy; and medical, clinical, and research science.
Date: June 1940
Creator: Yost, Thelma Chitwood
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Tolar Elementary School, Tolar, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Tolar Elementary School, Tolar, Texas

The purpose of this study is to determine the weak points and the strong points of the Tolar Elementary School, and to offer suggestions for improvement where needed.
Date: 1940
Creator: Jones, Louis B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relation Between the Sociability of Parents and the Social Success of their Children in School (open access)

The Relation Between the Sociability of Parents and the Social Success of their Children in School

The purpose of this study is to determine what relation, if any, exists between the social interests and participation of parents and the social success of their children in elementary school. An additional purpose is to determine the relationship between occupational status of parents and social success of children.
Date: 1940
Creator: Patrick, Flora LaRue
System: The UNT Digital Library