The Influence of Goal Seeking on Pupil Achievement in the Second Grade (open access)

The Influence of Goal Seeking on Pupil Achievement in the Second Grade

This thesis is a comparison and result evaluation of arithmetic, handwriting, spelling, and reading goals by students in the second grade at Sam Houston Elementary School in Denton, Texas.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Gibbins, Una
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Problems of Conflict Between High School Pupils and their Parents (open access)

Some Problems of Conflict Between High School Pupils and their Parents

This thesis presents the findings of research conducted to discover the common sources of conflict between parents and teenagers. Data for the findings came from questionnaires completed by high school students in Denton and Greenville, Texas.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Gray, William Excell
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Personnel Study of Members of Football Teams of the North Texas State Teachers College from 1930-31 through 1938 (open access)

A Personnel Study of Members of Football Teams of the North Texas State Teachers College from 1930-31 through 1938

This study presents indicates the education, sport, and extra-curricular activities that football players participated in from 1930 to 1938.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Killian, L. W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relation Between Certain Home Factors and the Social and Academic Progress of the Second-Grade Pupils in the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas (open access)

The Relation Between Certain Home Factors and the Social and Academic Progress of the Second-Grade Pupils in the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas

The correlation between home environment and educational performance is addressed in this study.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Parnell, J. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of the Growth and the Development of Extra-Curricular Activities in North Texas State Teachers College, 1919-1939 (open access)

A Survey of the Growth and the Development of Extra-Curricular Activities in North Texas State Teachers College, 1919-1939

"This survey of extra-curricular activates in North Texas State Teachers College from 1919 to 1939 was made to determine when and how extra-curricular activates made their appearances and developed in this institution."--v.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Davis, Dorothy Marie
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 1939-40 Living Conditions of Dormitory and Non-Dormitory Men Attending North Texas State Teachers College, Denton, Texas (open access)

A Comparative Study of the 1939-40 Living Conditions of Dormitory and Non-Dormitory Men Attending North Texas State Teachers College, Denton, Texas

"The purpose of the study is two-fold: (1) to compare the 1939-40 living conditions that prevailed in the men's college dormitory with living conditions that existed in sixteen college-supervised residences for men; (2) to compare the living conditions that existed in 1939-40 in both the men's dormitory and the college-supervised residences for men with standards set up by authorities in the field of college student housing."--1.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Walker, DeVere B.
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