An Analysis of the Needs of the Northwest Independent School District and the Construction of a Possible Program to Meet those Needs (open access)

An Analysis of the Needs of the Northwest Independent School District and the Construction of a Possible Program to Meet those Needs

The problem in this study was to determine the needs of the people of the Northwest District by a social survey, and then, on the basis of the results of this survey and the exploring of established community programs, to construct a possible program by which these community needs could be partially or completely met.
Date: 1950
Creator: Williams, Shirley Kimbrough
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Interest Patterns of Pre-Medical Students as Revealed by the Preference Record and the Strong Vocational Interest Inventory (open access)

A Study of the Interest Patterns of Pre-Medical Students as Revealed by the Preference Record and the Strong Vocational Interest Inventory

The problem of this study is to determine the interest patterns of students engaged in the study of a pre-medical curriculum at North Texas State College during the Fall semester of 1949 and 1950.
Date: 1950
Creator: Wisdom, Jessie R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personality Trait Differences between Popular and Unpopular Children (open access)

Personality Trait Differences between Popular and Unpopular Children

It is the purpose of this study to contribute some scientific data toward the construction of a more valid rating scale for use in the classroom situation.
Date: 1950
Creator: Bonney, Warren C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Value of High-School Marks and Psychological Examination Scores in Predicting First Term Freshmen Marks in North Texas State College (open access)

The Value of High-School Marks and Psychological Examination Scores in Predicting First Term Freshmen Marks in North Texas State College

The purpose of this study is to determine how accurately the academic success of one hundred and sixty-seven freshmen at North Texas State College could have been predicted by the American Council on Education Psychological examinations. The question studied is: Can freshman success, as indicated by first term freshman grades, be better predicted by psychological examination scores than by analysis of their high school grades? In an attempt to answer this question, the relationships existing between the high school grades, psychological examination scores and first term college grades of the freshman class entering North Texas State College in the fall of 1949 have been studied.
Date: 1950
Creator: Swinney, Lloyd F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Peer Acceptance in the Newly-Consolidated Northwest High School at Justin, Texas (open access)

A Study of Peer Acceptance in the Newly-Consolidated Northwest High School at Justin, Texas

The primary problem of this study is to investigate statistically the degree of social integration in a newly-consolidated rural high school formed from four previously existing high schools. The sociometric technique is to be used to determine the peer acceptance for the component parts of the school population, to find out, if possible, if the process of combining the four schools has created an atmosphere which is contributing to the more effective social adjustment of all the students.
Date: 1950
Creator: Watson, Velma
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Reflection of the Spirit and Procedures of the Child Health and Development Workshop at North Texas State Teachers College July 16 to August 23, 1946 (open access)

The Reflection of the Spirit and Procedures of the Child Health and Development Workshop at North Texas State Teachers College July 16 to August 23, 1946

This study is to give an authoritative reflection of the spirit and procedure of the Child Health and Development Workshop at North Texas State Teachers College, Denton, Texas, July 16 to August 23, 1946.
Date: 1950
Creator: Browning, Rubye Jewell Sullivan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Mid-Morning Lunch and Afternoon Rest on the First and Second Grade Students in the Ponder, Texas Elementary School (open access)

The Effects of Mid-Morning Lunch and Afternoon Rest on the First and Second Grade Students in the Ponder, Texas Elementary School

It is the purpose of this study to determine the effects of mid-morning lunch and afternoon rest on the general health, personality and academic advancement of the first and second grade students in the Ponder, Texas, Elementary School.
Date: 1950
Creator: Davis, Opal
System: The UNT Digital Library
Integrating Art with Other Subjects in a Fifth Grade of the Robert E. Lee School in Denton, Texas (open access)

Integrating Art with Other Subjects in a Fifth Grade of the Robert E. Lee School in Denton, Texas

The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) to develop an integrative program using art as its core which was put into effect in one of two fifth grades in the Robert E. Lee School in Denton, Texas, (2) to develop criteria for evaluating an art program used as an integrating agent, and (3) to evaluate the program in terms of the criteria and in outcomes in achievement in subject matter.
Date: 1950
Creator: Huggins, Cleo Bell
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Specific Health Factors on Interpersonal Relations in a Nursery School Group (open access)

The Effects of Specific Health Factors on Interpersonal Relations in a Nursery School Group

The problem in general is to investigate whether or not there is a relationship between certain specific health factors in the individual preschool child and his personal relationships with other children.
Date: 1950
Creator: Shepherd, Dorothy Wright
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationship of Achievement and Personality in the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grades of the Northwest Elementary School, Justin, Texas (open access)

Relationship of Achievement and Personality in the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grades of the Northwest Elementary School, Justin, Texas

The purpose of the study is to make a comparison of the achievement and personality traits of a selected group of pupils to determine differences and relationships existing between these important factors, and to study their significance for the classroom teacher.
Date: 1950
Creator: Curry, Edna Mae
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of Sunday School Attendance on Behavior in the Elementary Grades of North Texas Demonstration School (open access)

The Influence of Sunday School Attendance on Behavior in the Elementary Grades of North Texas Demonstration School

The problem of this study is to determine the influence that Sunday school attendance has on behavior of children now enrolled in the elementary grades of North Texas State College Demonstration School of Denton, Texas.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Neely, Lucile Balthrop
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Family Size upon Friendship Choices in the First Six Grades of the Northwest Elementary School, Justin, Texas (open access)

The Relationship of Family Size upon Friendship Choices in the First Six Grades of the Northwest Elementary School, Justin, Texas

It is the purpose of this study to determine if there is any difference in the choice of friends of children in smaller families as related to those in larger families.
Date: 1950
Creator: Pennington, Mada Lucille
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine Democratic Practices in the Pilot Point, Texas, High School (open access)

A Study to Determine Democratic Practices in the Pilot Point, Texas, High School

The purpose of this investigation was to reveal certain strong and weak points in the school's program, so that corrective measures might be administered for the betterment of the pupils, the staff, and the community in general.
Date: 1950
Creator: Wailing, Bessie
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Teaching Techniques as Evidenced by the Guilford-Martin Temperament Inventory (open access)

An Evaluation of Teaching Techniques as Evidenced by the Guilford-Martin Temperament Inventory

The primary problem of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of two teaching techniques in relation to their respective influence on changing behavior by a group process.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Pinkston, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Home Food Production by Veteran Farm Families in the Aubrey, Texas Area and the Food Standard Recommended for Farm Families (open access)

A Comparative Study of Home Food Production by Veteran Farm Families in the Aubrey, Texas Area and the Food Standard Recommended for Farm Families

"The problem involved in this study is to determine the status of the live-at-home program of typical veteran farm families in the Aubrey, Texas, area with the view of providing an adequate diet for preschool and school-age children. An adequate diet, which is used for comparison, has been set up by the home demonstration agents of the Texas Extension Service...Recommendations are made to show how the average veteran farm family maybe supplement the present substandard dietary level with farm-produced foods...Data for this study have been procured and organized from a survey of twenty representative veteran farm families in the Aubrey, Texas, area. Personal contacts in the form of visits in the home at least once a month for twelve months in 1949 were made to assist the veterans in recording farm and home income and expenses." -- leaf 1.
Date: June 1950
Creator: Parker, Nannie Cynthia Gilmer
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposed Guidance Program for the Denton, Texas Senior High School (open access)

A Proposed Guidance Program for the Denton, Texas Senior High School

Since this is the study of a proposed guidance program for the Denton Senior High School, the problem of the study may be stated as follows: (1) to survey related literature in the field of guidance in order to determine the best educational thought as to what constitutes a good guidance program; (2) with the literature and thought of educational authorities as guideposts, to establish certain principles and criteria of a sound guidance program; and (3) to set up for the Denton, Texas, Senior High School a proposed guidance program which will observe the principles and meet these established criteria of soundness in guidance.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Hall, Opal Roderick
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Changes and the Development of Negro Education in Rural Harrison County, 1940-1950 (open access)

An Analysis of the Changes and the Development of Negro Education in Rural Harrison County, 1940-1950

"The problem of this study is to trace the changes and the development of Negro education in rural Harrison County, Texas, from 1940-1950." --pg. 1
Date: August 1950
Creator: Stone, Pearle Pippen
System: The UNT Digital Library