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
To Determine the Value of a Cumulative Record in a Guidance Program (open access)

To Determine the Value of a Cumulative Record in a Guidance Program

The purposes of this investigation were to help teachers to a better understanding of children, to help each pupil to discover and to develop his potentialities for his personal good and social usefulness, to facilitate the administration of the guidance program, and to improve classroom instruction.
Date: 1948
Creator: Smith, Carrye Cornelia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating the Use of Comics in Teaching Fundamentals in Sixth Grade Arithmetic (open access)

Evaluating the Use of Comics in Teaching Fundamentals in Sixth Grade Arithmetic

The problem under consideration attempts to answer the question: Will an original comic cartoon story used in classroom study of sixth grade arithmetic influence the amount of learning as much as the use of the ordinary text book?
Date: 1948
Creator: Davis, Arvil E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine Factors Associated with Elimination of Students from White Settlement Junior High School (open access)

To Determine Factors Associated with Elimination of Students from White Settlement Junior High School

The purpose of this study is to make an investigation of some factors thought to be associated with the elimination of one hundred pupils from the White Settlement Junior High School near Fort Worth, Texas, over a period of three years.
Date: 1949
Creator: Jolly, Floyd E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Factors Influencing High School Seniors in their Decisions to Seek Further Educational or Vocational Training Following their Graduation from High School (open access)

A Study of Factors Influencing High School Seniors in their Decisions to Seek Further Educational or Vocational Training Following their Graduation from High School

The purpose of this study is to make an investigation relating to certain factors and influences that have some bearing upon decisions made by graduating seniors in high schools to attend college or vocational school before entering a vocation or professional career.
Date: 1949
Creator: Rutherford, Raymond Riley
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Adequacy of the Science Programs of the Small High Schools of North Central Texas (open access)

A Study to Determine the Adequacy of the Science Programs of the Small High Schools of North Central Texas

The purpose of this study is to determine how adequately the smaller high schools of North Central Texas are conforming to certain standards in the science field. The problem of this study is to determine whether science teachers' objectives and methods are in line with educational objectives and certain sound psychological practices and whether the science training has made any contributions to the general education of the high-school students in this area.
Date: 1950
Creator: Hoeldtke, Clara
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relation of Certain Environmental Factors to the Personality Development of the Third-Grade Child (open access)

The Relation of Certain Environmental Factors to the Personality Development of the Third-Grade Child

This study, the relation of certain environmental factors to the personality development of the third-grade child, has been made in an effort to determine the part played by the various environmental conditions found within the homes as causative factors in personality adjustment or maladjustment.
Date: 1950
Creator: Laney, Evelyn Taylor
System: The UNT Digital Library
Orientation Methods and Techniques Used in the Elementary Schools in the Lower Rio Grande Valley with Latin-American Beginners (open access)

Orientation Methods and Techniques Used in the Elementary Schools in the Lower Rio Grande Valley with Latin-American Beginners

The purpose of the study was to determine what methods and techniques seem to be the best in helping the beginning Latin-American child to understand the written and oral English as taught by our schools today and to what extent these methods and techniques meed democratic and psychological criteria governing such a program.
Date: 1955
Creator: Slavitchek, Martha Gladys Williams
System: The UNT Digital Library
Variations in Ego-strength as Related to Chronicity of Alcohol Addiction Among Males (open access)

Variations in Ego-strength as Related to Chronicity of Alcohol Addiction Among Males

The problem to be dealt with in this paper is the effect of social ridicule on the ego-strength of the individual. In being forced into the restricted social existence common with the alcohol addict, a significant decrease in ego-strength is to be expected.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Ryan, Charles Welbourne
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Self-ideal Discrepancy Scores and Anxiety in a College and Clinical Population (open access)

A Study of Self-ideal Discrepancy Scores and Anxiety in a College and Clinical Population

This thesis in concerned with the relationship of self-ideal discrepancy scores and anxiety in a college and clinical population.
Date: August 1962
Creator: Thomas, Willet Tommy
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Validity of the Bender-Gestalt Test in Making a Diagnostic Conclusion (open access)

The Validity of the Bender-Gestalt Test in Making a Diagnostic Conclusion

This study attempts to validate the hypothesis that six empirically derived signs will differentiate the alcoholic patient from other clinical groups.
Date: 1957
Creator: Bateman, William J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Memory Alteration in Schizophrenic Patients Treated with Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy (open access)

The Effects of Memory Alteration in Schizophrenic Patients Treated with Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy

The problem of this investigation is twofold. First, to demonstrate the effects of the variation of convulsive-nonconvulsive electroshock treatment used in this study in relation to memory alteration in schizophrenia as measured by the Wechsler Memory Scale. Second, to determine those aspects of memory that are the most affected, and those that are the least affected by this form of treatment.
Date: August 1957
Creator: Redding, Kaye George
System: The UNT Digital Library
Performance of Delinquents and Nondelinquents on the High School Form of the Index of Adjustment and Values (open access)

Performance of Delinquents and Nondelinquents on the High School Form of the Index of Adjustment and Values

This study is an attempt to obtain information on the self-concept and juvenile delinquency.
Date: May 1965
Creator: William, R. Naylor
System: The UNT Digital Library
Differential Diagnostic Factors of the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test (open access)

Differential Diagnostic Factors of the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test

The primary purpose of the study is to evaluate the ability of the Bender Gestalt to differentiate between two groups of psychiatric patients. A second aspect of the study concerns itself with the ability of the Bender Gestalt to differentiate between psychiatric patients and normals.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Goff, Larry Vernon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ego Strength, Dogmatism, and Anxiety in College Students (open access)

Ego Strength, Dogmatism, and Anxiety in College Students

It is the intent of this present study to investigate the nature of the relationships which might exist between ego strength, dogmatism, and anxiety.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Griffin, Alan N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Philosophy of Certain Authors Relative to Reading Readiness (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Philosophy of Certain Authors Relative to Reading Readiness

The problem of this investigation is to determine the amount of agreement or disagreement in the philosophies of certain authors relative to reading readiness in the first grade. Comparative data are included on evidences of the need for reading-readiness program, major factors involved, and desirable types of activities. The purpose of the study is to determine the apparent agreement or disparity found in current educational literature.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Stockstill, Zana
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Adequacy of Texas Public School Transportation Service and Support Under the Foundation Program Act (open access)

A Study to Determine the Adequacy of Texas Public School Transportation Service and Support Under the Foundation Program Act

The problem of this study was to evaluate the quality of service and the adequacy of financial support by the State of the Texas public school transportation system and to indicate what improvements, if any, are needed in order to met ideal standards.
Date: June 1961
Creator: McGregor, Alfred Louis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development and Validation of a Sound Plan of Reorganization of the Public School Districts in Texas (open access)

Development and Validation of a Sound Plan of Reorganization of the Public School Districts in Texas

The problem of this study was to develop and validate a sound plan of reorganization of the public school districts in Texas. It may best be stated if considered as two subproblems: (l) to develop and validate criteria for reorganization of public school districts in the light of sound guiding principles; and (2) to devise a plan for school district reorganization In Texas in the light of the criteria established.
Date: August 1961
Creator: Gilliam, L. Camp
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Academic Dean and His Role in the Improvement of Instruction (open access)

The Academic Dean and His Role in the Improvement of Instruction

The purpose of this study was to determine changes in practices and beliefs which would be needed by certain academic deans to provide a sound program for the improvement of college instruction.
Date: January 1960
Creator: Eskew, Cletis Theodore
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between Principal's Evaluations of Professional Behavior Characteristics of Secondary School Teachers and These Teachers' Self-Descriptions (open access)

The Relationship between Principal's Evaluations of Professional Behavior Characteristics of Secondary School Teachers and These Teachers' Self-Descriptions

The problem of this study was to ascertain the relationship between secondary school principals' evaluation of professional behavior patterns of secondary teachers and these teachers' self-descriptions.
Date: May 1963
Creator: Redden, Joseph Eugene, 1918-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survey of Physical Education in Texas High Schools (open access)

Survey of Physical Education in Texas High Schools

The first purpose of this study was to determine whether the physical education programs of Texas high schools met the recommended minimum requirements of the Texas Education Agency in the following areas: 1. Appraisal of fitness 2. Body mechanics 3. Conditioning exercises 4. Gymnastics 5. Weight training (modified for girls) 6. Rhythms 7. Minimum of two team sports 8. Minimum of two individual-dual activities 9. Track and field. The second purpose of this study was to determine whether the small high schools in Texas were meeting the recommended minimum requirements of the Texas Education Agency to the same degree as large Texas schools. The third purpose of this study was to determine whether the boys' physical education program in Texas high schools were meeting the recommended minimum requirements of the Texas Education Agency to the same degree as girls' programs.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Norris, Melvin Leon, 1930-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Certain Mental Factors, Reading Factors, Aptitudes, and Situational Factors to Achievement in Selected Air Force Technical Courses (open access)

The Relationship of Certain Mental Factors, Reading Factors, Aptitudes, and Situational Factors to Achievement in Selected Air Force Technical Courses

The problem of this study was to determine the relationships between a number of mental factors, reading factors, aptitudes, situational factors, and training achievement in four Air Force civil engineering technical courses, and to determine which combination of factors was most reliable for forecasting training achievement in each of the courses.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Maxon, Lloyd Melvin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationships Among Sociometric Status, Prognosis, and Selected Personality Variables of State Hospital Patients (open access)

Relationships Among Sociometric Status, Prognosis, and Selected Personality Variables of State Hospital Patients

This study was designed to investigate the possibility of relationships among sociometric status, prognosis, and selected personality variables of state hospital patients.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Morris, Marvin Leon
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Technique for the Development and Validation of Job Evaluation Cases (open access)

A Technique for the Development and Validation of Job Evaluation Cases

The primary purpose of this dissertation was to provide a technique for the development, evaluation, and validation of cases to be used for teaching courses in job evaluation. The same technique as developed in this study might have some degree of application to business cases other than those found in job evaluation. The secondary purpose was to provide an initial set of cases to be used in teaching job evaluation.
Date: August 1955
Creator: Dobbs, Louis H.
System: The UNT Digital Library