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An Examination of Internal vs. External Control in Relation to Sociometric Status (open access)

An Examination of Internal vs. External Control in Relation to Sociometric Status

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between generalized expectancies of internal versus external control and sociometric status.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Marks, Warren F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Comparisons between Conventional College Teaching Methods and a Composite of Procedures Involving Large Lecture Groups, Seminars, and Reduced Class Time (open access)

Some Comparisons between Conventional College Teaching Methods and a Composite of Procedures Involving Large Lecture Groups, Seminars, and Reduced Class Time

The problem of this study was to determine the differences in achievement, critical thinking, and attitude toward subjects of junior college freshmen which could be attributed to two approaches to the teaching of English composition and American history. The purpose of the study was to yield information for use as the basis for administrative and instructional judgments concerning pupil deployment, and plant and staff utilization.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Bean, Alvin T. (Alvin Truett)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effectiveness of a Self-Instructional Approach to Teaching a College French Diction Course for Vocal Music Students (open access)

The Effectiveness of a Self-Instructional Approach to Teaching a College French Diction Course for Vocal Music Students

The primary purpose of the study was to test a self-instructional approach to teaching a college French diction course to determine if it would equal or surpass in effectiveness a course taught by a traditional approach. The study sought to provide a partial solution to the problems of the increasing student-teacher ration in colleges, and of the individualization of teaching students who have various learning rates and backgrounds.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Capps, Verl L. (Verl Lindel)
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Effects of Two Methods of Teaching Physical Education on Physical Fitness and Attitude (open access)

A Comparison of the Effects of Two Methods of Teaching Physical Education on Physical Fitness and Attitude

The problem under consideration was a study of physical fitness and attitude utilizing two methods of teaching physical education in a metropolitan junior college.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Erickson, Charles R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Health Knowledges to Health Practices of College Freshmen at North Texas State University (open access)

The Relationship of Health Knowledges to Health Practices of College Freshmen at North Texas State University

The problem of this study was the relationship of health knowledges to health practices of college freshmen at North Texas State University.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Fisher, Millard Jay
System: The UNT Digital Library
Behavioral Outcomes of Client-Centered Play Therapy (open access)

Behavioral Outcomes of Client-Centered Play Therapy

This study was concerned with determining the effectiveness of play therapy as measured by behavioral changes in interpersonal relationships, mature behavior patterns, and more adequate use of intellectual capacities. Client-centered play therapy appears to have grown out of the concept that it is the relationship between the therapist and the child that brings about change and growth. Rather than diagnostic or as preliminary to therapy, the relationship itself is seen as therapy. Problems are seen not in terms of their historical past, but rather as they exist in the immediate present and in terms of the child's own means of expression. The relationship offers to the child the opportunity to experience growth under the most favorable conditions. Like its adult counterpart, client-centered counseling, client-centered play therapy is based upon the hypotheses that the individual has within himself the capacity for growth and self-direction, and that these growth impulses are released within the therapeutic relationship established between the therapist and the child. This study was conducted to investigate changes in behavior which occur as a result of play therapy and to determine that such changes do not occur in the absence of play therapy. It was a direct outgrowth of an …
Date: May 1969
Creator: Herd, Ruby H. (Ruby Helm)
System: The UNT Digital Library