The Role of the Saudi University in Meeting the Needs of Female Students as Perceived by Females in Two Saudi Universities (open access)

The Role of the Saudi University in Meeting the Needs of Female Students as Perceived by Females in Two Saudi Universities

The problem of this study concerns the needs of female students and their perceptions of satisfaction with the role of the two female institutions of higher education in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia: King Abdul-Aziz University (KAU) and the College of Education for Girls.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Own, Wafa M. (Wafa Mohammed)
System: The UNT Digital Library
University Effectiveness With Respect to Perceived Student Satisfaction: A Comparative Study of Selected Factors (open access)

University Effectiveness With Respect to Perceived Student Satisfaction: A Comparative Study of Selected Factors

The problem of this study concerned the needs of business students and their perceptions of effectiveness with respect to their satisfaction at two universities. A related purpose was to measure, evaluate, and analyze students' needs and perceptions of the effectiveness of their universities with respect to their level of education.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Kamuche, Felix U. (Felix Uche)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Owen Glendower and the Welsh Fight for Independence (open access)

Owen Glendower and the Welsh Fight for Independence

Owen Glendower led the last military struggle of the Welsh against the English crown for Welsh independence and nationalism. The failure of the Glendower rebellion established the supremacy of English rule over Wales. For six hundred years the status of Wales as a principality of the crown has not been seriously challenged. This paper will show how widespread the idea of "Welshness" was in 1400 and how much support existed for Wales as an independent nation. Welshmen sought to move from the status of a medieval, tribal principality to a position of an independent nation capable and ready to stand with other national in the world. The role of leadership that Owen Glendower assumed in the final rebellion against the English king, Henry IV, lifted him from a popular Welsh prince to an historical legend.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Beims, Phillip Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
The personal reading interests of third, fourth, and fifth grade children in selected Arkansas public schools (open access)

The personal reading interests of third, fourth, and fifth grade children in selected Arkansas public schools

The purpose of this study was to determine the personal reading interests of students in the third, fourth, and fifth grades and to determine if advances in technology in the past twenty years have changed their reading interests.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Berry, Mary Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Personal Reading Interests of Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade Children in Selected Arkansas Public Schools (open access)

The Personal Reading Interests of Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade Children in Selected Arkansas Public Schools

The purpose of this study was to determine the personal reading interests of students in the third, fourth and fifth grades and to determine if advances in technology in the past twenty years have changed their reading interests.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Berry, Mary Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
Influence of Computer Use on Attitudes Toward Computers, Motivation to Study, Empathy, and Creativity Among Japanese First- and Second-Grade Children (open access)

Influence of Computer Use on Attitudes Toward Computers, Motivation to Study, Empathy, and Creativity Among Japanese First- and Second-Grade Children

This study investigated the changes in attitudes of Japanese first and second grade children who were exposed to microcomputers in school. Eight hundred and three first-and second-grade children were selected from six Japanese public schools. Approximately half of the subjects were selected from urban, suburban, and rural schools using computers, while the remaining subjects were from schools not using computers. The Young Children's Computer Inventory was the instrument used for this study. It was derived from a questionnaire originally developed at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, and contained four subscales: Attitudes Toward Computers, Motivation to Study, Empathy, and Creativity. A Japanese language version of the questionnaire was mailed to the principal of each school, where teachers distributed the questionnaires.for the subjects to complete with their parents at home. Ninety-one percent of the students returned completed questionnaires. Demographic information was also collected for each classroom.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Miyashita, Keiko
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rhetorical Figures and Their Uses in I Henry IV (open access)

Rhetorical Figures and Their Uses in I Henry IV

This study is concerned with the artistic use of classical rhetorical figures in Shakespeare's I Henry IV.After the Introduction, Chapter II examines the history of rhetoric, focusing on the use of the rhetorical figures in Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, and Medieval Europe. Chapter III investigates rhetorical principles and uses of the rhetorical figures during the English Renaissance and examines the probable influence of rhetoric and the figures on William Shakespeare. Chapter IV discusses themes, characterization, structure, and language in I Henry IV and presents the contribution of the rhetorical figures to the drama's action and characterization. Chapter V considers the contribution of the figures to the major themes of I Henry IV and concludes that the figures, when used with other artistic elements, enhance meaning.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Martin, Brenda W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Language of Peace: A Burkeian Analysis of the Peace Rhetoric of William Sloane Coffin, Jr. (open access)

The Language of Peace: A Burkeian Analysis of the Peace Rhetoric of William Sloane Coffin, Jr.

The purpose of this research was to identify the motives and use of language of William Sloane Coffin, Jr., president of SANE/FREEZE organization. The rhetorical elements of his peace speeches between the years 1978-1988 were analyzed using Kenneth Burke's dramatistic pentad as a method of analysis.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Hambrick, Margaret, 1959-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Rational Choice Theory of Bureaucratic Responsiveness in Democracies (open access)

A Rational Choice Theory of Bureaucratic Responsiveness in Democracies

This dissertation addresses a question fundamental to democratic government: Under what conditions are bureaucrats responsive to citizens and elected officials?
Date: December 1991
Creator: Smith, Barry Vaughan
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Craft of the Old English Glossator: Latin Hymns in the Anglo-Saxon Hymnarium (open access)

The Craft of the Old English Glossator: Latin Hymns in the Anglo-Saxon Hymnarium

The ten hymns of this study cover such overlapping categories as doctrine, solemn occasions in the rites of the Anglo-Saxon Church, and hymns prescribed in the Regularis concordia for the "little hours" of the daily office, as well as a historical overview from the fourth to the early tenth centuries.
Date: August 1991
Creator: McKenzie, Hope Bussey
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Emergence of the Individual in Eleventh and Twelfth Century Europe: Cistercians to Cowboys (open access)

The Emergence of the Individual in Eleventh and Twelfth Century Europe: Cistercians to Cowboys

The purpose and scope of this paper is to discuss the emergence of the individual in the eleventh and twelfth centuries in light of the societal changes occurring at the time, and to establish the fact that this beginning of individualism can be seen particularly in the arts of the time. The evidence presented gives rise to the supposition that the society of the eleventh and twelfth centuries can be defined as humanistic, given that humanism implies a concern with and a concentration upon life on earth as opposed to life in heaven.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Cain, Elizabeth P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Literary Illusion (open access)

Literary Illusion

Thesis in short fiction written by a student in the UNT Honors College about a young writer living with a wealthy couple.
Date: Summer 1991
Creator: Midkiff, Brandi Leigh
System: The UNT Digital Library
Philosophical approaches to teacher evaluation (open access)

Philosophical approaches to teacher evaluation

The problem of this study is to educe and examine philosophical ideas embedded in major models of teacher evaluation. This study is qualitative, involving the presentation and analysis of ideas which affect educational practice.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Schwarz, Gretchen E. (Gretchen Ellen)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The governance style of Irl Allison, Sr., as evidenced in documentation of the development of the National Guild of Piano Teachers, 1929-1963 (open access)

The governance style of Irl Allison, Sr., as evidenced in documentation of the development of the National Guild of Piano Teachers, 1929-1963

The purpose of this study was to examine the governance style of Irl Allison, Sr., as evidenced in documentation of the development of the NGPT. The questions guiding the study were to find: (1) how Dr. Allison involved others in the early development of the Guild; (2) whether he resolved issues of importance to the development of the Guild in consultation with others or by himself, and (3) how issues of concern to the membership were resolved.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Hatch, Sarah J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Humphrey Duke of Gloucester and the Introduction of Italian Humanism in Fifteenth Century England (open access)

Humphrey Duke of Gloucester and the Introduction of Italian Humanism in Fifteenth Century England

Duke Humphrey of Gloucester is often given credit for the renaissance of English learning in the fifteenth century. It is true that the donations of books he made to Oxford, his patronage of English and Italian writers, and his patronage of administrators who had humanist training resulted in the transmittal of humanist values to England. But is it also true that these accomplishments were mainly the by-product of his self-aggrandizing style, rather than a conscious effort on the duke's part to promote learning. The duke, however, does deserve recognition for what he unwittingly may have done.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Doyle, John F. (John Francis)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The history and development of the Criswell College, 1971-1990 (open access)

The history and development of the Criswell College, 1971-1990

This study is a historical analysis of the significant events from 1971 leading to the establishment of The Criswell College and a depiction of the actions of key individuals contributing to the development of The Criswell College.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Jacobs, Paul David
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Stress, Cognitive Appraisal and Dating Violence (open access)

The Relationship of Stress, Cognitive Appraisal and Dating Violence

The purpose of the present study was to test a specific path model. It was hypothesized that the relationship between the impact (amount and valence) of stress and an outcome (expressing violence toward a partner) would be mediated by an individual's cognitive appraisal of stressful events. Multiple regression procedures were used to test the model. Standardized beta coefficients indicated the strength of the relationships among the variables. Significant findings indicated that the strength of specific relationships among the ten variables (impact of events, three types of primary appraisal, four types of secondary appraisal and the expression of threats and acts of physical violence toward a partner) differed depending upon subject sex and whether the impact of the events was perceived as positive or negative.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Vitanza, Stephanie A. (Stephanie Andrea)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Job Rating and Satisfaction of Radio Station General Managers in the Institutional Climate of Deregulation (open access)

Job Rating and Satisfaction of Radio Station General Managers in the Institutional Climate of Deregulation

This study tested the job satisfaction of major market radio station general managers in the aftermath of deregulation. The study consisted of two phases, a quantitative, anonymous, mail survey utilizing the nationally recognized Job Descriptive Index (JDI); and a qualitative follow-up telephone interview. Of 246 general managers solicited, 144 returned usable JDI surveys. The JDI consisted of six separate scales, each measuring satisfaction on a different aspect of the job. The followup telephone interview comprised seven questions designed specifically to explore the effects of broadcast deregulation on the respondents. Two hypotheses were tested. The hypotheses tested for differences in job satisfaction scores between radio station general managers and the normative scores of individuals of similar education and job tenure in other industries. In most of the subscales tested there was no significant difference between the two groups. The qualitative telephone survey found widespread dissatisfaction with the effects of deregulation on the broadcast medium.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Loomis, Kenneth D. (Kenneth Dwight)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The concept of vision in American school reform: a study of visions of 21st century schooling (open access)

The concept of vision in American school reform: a study of visions of 21st century schooling

The primary objective of this study was to describe and analyze visions of 21st century education articulated by prominent individuals involved with current school reform and restructuring efforts. A second objective was to describe and analyze those images of the most likely educational scenario in the 21st century and the perceived barriers that would prevent realization of those idealized visions.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Holmes, Kathleen Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
Black and White Members and Ministers in the United Methodist Church : A Comparative Analysis (open access)

Black and White Members and Ministers in the United Methodist Church : A Comparative Analysis

Two primary sources of data were utilized: official church records, and a questionnaire survey administered to a random sample of Anglo and African-American United Methodists in the North Texas area. Questions covered socio-demographic and theological matters as well as perceptions of racism in the church. Ministers and lay members were surveyed separately.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Dunagin, Richard L. (Richard Lee)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sikh Terrorism in India 1984-1990: A Time Series Analysis (open access)

Sikh Terrorism in India 1984-1990: A Time Series Analysis

In recent times, religion has become a powerful force in giving legitimacy to terrorist actions. The present work considers this highly salient fact, as well as stresses the necessity to consider the historical and social contexts and group power resources in any meaningful analysis of violent protest movements. Quantitative rigor is combined with a sensitivity to context. Terrorism is operationalized by taking a time-based count of terrorist killings of innocent people. Regime acts of omission and commission are coded as time series interventions. The analysis also includes a continuous variable measuring the incidence of economic distress in Punjab. A case is also made for the superiority of Box- Jenkins time series techniques for the quantitative analysis of problems of this nature.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Singh, Karandeep
System: The UNT Digital Library
Factors Related to the Professional Progress of Academic Librarians in Louisiana (open access)

Factors Related to the Professional Progress of Academic Librarians in Louisiana

Three groups of Academic librarians in Louisiana were surveyed to determine what factors other than job performance influenced professional progress (Salary increases, promotion and tenure) for them. Staff development activities were also investigated to determine if they played any significant role in influencing professional progress. Three opinion questions were also asked in this investigation about the feasibility of using an index that was developed to assess quantitatively staff development activities.
Date: May 1991
Creator: Brazile, Orella Ramsey, 1945-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Labor Policy in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 1961-1987 (open access)

Comparative Labor Policy in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 1961-1987

It is increasingly recognized that manpower planning and policies are a major component of a country's development efforts. The purpose of this study is to examine the labor market in Jordan and to identify the main determinants of employment (labor force) during the period from 1961 to 1987 in order to advise policy makers as to the best course of action to achieve full employment. This period was divided into two periods: 1961 to 1972 and 1973 to 1987 for comparative purposes. The socio-economic and political framework of the labor market, as well as the labor policies during the period were examined in an effort to determine the determinants affecting the labor market in the two periods. The findings of this study reveal that Jordan's labor market and policies over the last three decades have been influenced by changes and events not only in Jordan, but by changes and events in the entire region. The study also indicates that factors influencing the labor market differ under different conditions. The impact of the independent variables tested in this study differ between the two periods, 1961 to 1972 and 1973 to 1987. Policy which may serve the country's best interest during the …
Date: May 1991
Creator: Dwairi, Musa A. (Musa Ayesh)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Humanism in the Middle Ages: Peter Abailard and the Breakdown of Medieval Theology (open access)

Humanism in the Middle Ages: Peter Abailard and the Breakdown of Medieval Theology

Abailard expanded Anselm's sola ratione methodology, and in so doing he anticipated Renaissance humanism. His theory of abstraction justified the use of dialectic in theology, and was the basis for his entire theological system. He distinguished faith from mere belief by the application of dialectic, and created a theology which focused on the individual. The Renaissance humanists emphasized individual moral edification, which was evident in their interest in rhetoric. Abailard anticipated these rhetorical concerns, focusing on the individual's moral life rather than on metaphysical arguments. His logical treatises developed a theory of language as a mediator between reality and the conceptual order, and this argument was further developed in Sic et non. Sic et non was more than a collection of contradictions; it was a comprehensive theory of language as an inexact picture of reality, which forced the individual to reach his own understanding of scripture. Abailard's development of the power of reason anticipated developments in the Renaissance.
Date: December 1991
Creator: Vess, Deborah L. (Deborah Lynn)
System: The UNT Digital Library