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
To Determine the Factors Influencing the Attendance of the Latin-American Children in Wichita Falls Public Schools (open access)

To Determine the Factors Influencing the Attendance of the Latin-American Children in Wichita Falls Public Schools

The purpose of this study is three-fold: (1) to make a study of the attendance records of Latin American children in the Wichita Falls Public Schools to determine the extent of non-attendance and withdrawals; (2) to study factors causing this non-attendance and withdrawals; and (3) to plan some remedial measures to improve the educational opportunities and improve the attendance of these children.
Date: 1948
Creator: Jolly, Charles A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Develop and to Evaluate a Mathematics Curriculum for the Mentally Retarded on the Junior High School Level (open access)

To Develop and to Evaluate a Mathematics Curriculum for the Mentally Retarded on the Junior High School Level

This thesis presents the results of a study conducted to determine the math capabilities of mentally challenged students attending Reagan Junior High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. Survey results are used to determine needed curriculum changes.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Miller, Zola Catheryn
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Portrait of a Boom Town: Burkburnett (open access)

The Portrait of a Boom Town: Burkburnett

This thesis details the history of Burkburnett, Texas through the early 1800s through the early 1950s.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Benton, Minnie M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Implications for the Homemaking Program Found in the Home Activities of Junior High School Girls (open access)

Implications for the Homemaking Program Found in the Home Activities of Junior High School Girls

The purposes of this study are these: (1) To determine the types of home activities carried on by junior high school girls; (2) To determine the time spent on these activities; (3) To determine the extent to which the activities are self-directed; (4) To point out some implications which these activities have for the school homemaking program.
Date: 1947
Creator: McLean, Estella Price
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Effect of Certain Environmental Conditions upon Study (open access)

To Determine the Effect of Certain Environmental Conditions upon Study

The problem under consideration is to determine the effect of certain environmental conditions upon the process of studying. This study attempts to answer the question, How much effect, positive or negative, will various environmental conditions have upon study?
Date: 1947
Creator: Daniel, Artie Arwell
System: The UNT Digital Library
Children's Reading Interests as Shown by the Books Checked from the Huey School Library in Wichita Falls, Texas, and the Relation of These Interests to Classroom Work (open access)

Children's Reading Interests as Shown by the Books Checked from the Huey School Library in Wichita Falls, Texas, and the Relation of These Interests to Classroom Work

This study has four main purposes: 1. To determine whether there is a preference for certain types of stories. 2. To find whether boys prefer one type story and girls another. 3. To determine whether the physical make-up or format of the book has any influence on the selection of books. 4. To find how these interests are related to classroom work.
Date: 1949
Creator: Latimer, Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library