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The Accuracy of Teacher Rating of Pupil Personality and Achievement as Compared with Standardized Test Scores (open access)

The Accuracy of Teacher Rating of Pupil Personality and Achievement as Compared with Standardized Test Scores

This study has the following purpose: (1) to find the relationship between teacher rating of pupil personality and standardized test results; (2) to find the relationship between teacher rating of pupil achievement and standardized test results; and (3) to determine where more emphasis should be placed in order to better evaluate the child and his work.
Date: 1941
Creator: Cottrell, Lucille
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adapting a Reading Program to Individual Differences (open access)

Adapting a Reading Program to Individual Differences

The problem of this study was to test the effectiveness of adapting the reading instruction to the level and ability of individuals or small groups of a particular group of second grade children.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Manning, Lucile
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Adequacy of the School Transportation Systems of Montague County, Texas (open access)

The Adequacy of the School Transportation Systems of Montague County, Texas

In this study an attempt is made to determine the adequacy of the school transportation systems of Montague County, Texas.
Date: 1950
Creator: Allen, Bill N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adequacy of Training of Junior High School Teachers of Industrial Arts in Texas (open access)

Adequacy of Training of Junior High School Teachers of Industrial Arts in Texas

"The problem of this study is to determine to what extent the junior high school teachers of industrial arts in Texas are being trained to meet the apparent needs and trends in the field. Do the teachers colleges of Texas have the facilities --curricula--to adequately train industrial arts teacher for the courses that are actually being taught in the junior high schools of Texas? The study is limited to certain aspects of industrial arts in the junior high schools and the State Teachers colleges of Texas. The offerings and trends in offerings of the junior high schools, the organization and trends in the organization, the adequacy of training of industrial arts teachers in the junior schools, and offerings and trends in the industrial arts departments of the Texas State Teachers Colleges are of major importance in this study. " --p. 1
Date: June 1938
Creator: Karnes, Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
Administrative Problems Involved in Promoting the Building Programs of Dallas County (open access)

Administrative Problems Involved in Promoting the Building Programs of Dallas County

If the future citizens of tomorrow are to be educated, they must have, for one thing, at least, buildings in which to supply their needs adequately. This study is made with the realization that the physical plant does not make a good school, but with the idea that it does help a great deal.
Date: 1948
Creator: Douglas, Erwin D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis and Evaluation of the Recreation Program of the Callisburg Public School and Community (open access)

An Analysis and Evaluation of the Recreation Program of the Callisburg Public School and Community

The purpose of this study is to analyze the recreation program of the Callisburg community in Cook County, Texas, to determine the extent to which it meets accepted standards for a community recreation program.
Date: 1949
Creator: Welch, Virgil L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Analysis and Some of the Factors Associated with High School Transfers in Hill County (open access)

The Analysis and Some of the Factors Associated with High School Transfers in Hill County

The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the thirteen accredited high schools in Hill County to determine some of the factors associated with high school transfers in Hill County, and their results.
Date: August 1938
Creator: Ballew, Harvey Conway
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of a First Year of Participation in the Texas Health Education Program by the Sanger School (open access)

An Analysis of a First Year of Participation in the Texas Health Education Program by the Sanger School

The main purpose of this study is to analyze the values and results of one year's participation of the Sanger School in a three-year Texas Health Education Program (Texas Extended School and Community Health Program) in order to determine an adequate basis for making recommendations for the further development of this program.
Date: 1949
Creator: Lockhart, Cleo M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Appropriate Science Material for the Teaching of Elementary Science in the Jefferson School of Sherman, Texas (open access)

An Analysis of Appropriate Science Material for the Teaching of Elementary Science in the Jefferson School of Sherman, Texas

The purpose of this study is to investigate the current methods of teaching and the available science material for the teaching of elementary science in order to prepare a proposed plan of instruction for the seventh and eighth grades of Jefferson School for the 1941-1942 school year.
Date: 1941
Creator: Shelton, J. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with School Progress (open access)

An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with School Progress

This thesis is an analysis of certain factors associated with school progress of students of the graduating class of the Hillsboro Junior High School for 1940. The study is limited to considering the effect of age, attendance, environment, and economic status on progress during four years that these students attended junior high school.
Date: 1940
Creator: Tribble, Percy G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with Teacher Supply and Demand in Texas (open access)

An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with Teacher Supply and Demand in Texas

The problem of this study is to determine what are the factors associated with teacher supply and demand in Texas, to analyze and interpret these factors, and to offer recommendations regarding the problem.
Date: 1950
Creator: Jones, George Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with Teachers' Use of Credit (open access)

An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with Teachers' Use of Credit

The purpose of this study is to determine what factors make it necessary for teachers to seek credit, how the credit needs of teachers are now being met, and possible solutions for the problems that exist because of these conditions.
Date: 1940
Creator: Wooden, Henry A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Certain Factors Related to the Freedom of Teaching in Texas (open access)

An Analysis of Certain Factors Related to the Freedom of Teaching in Texas

The purpose of this study is to make an analysis of certain factors as they are related to freedom of teaching in Texas. This study will include community relations as well as the conditions within the classroom, as for example, the freedom in discussing controversial ideas.
Date: 1949
Creator: Cokendolpher, Floyd W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Democracy in Special Education (open access)

An Analysis of Democracy in Special Education

The problem of this study is to make an analysis of some democratic procedures for planning and conducting special education for exceptional children.
Date: 1948
Creator: Ford, Lola
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Educational Equalization Legislation in Texas (open access)

An Analysis of Educational Equalization Legislation in Texas

It is the purpose of this study to make the following investigations: (1) to trace briefly the historical background of equalization in the United States; (2) to present briefly a cross-section of the plans of equalization used by representative states in the United States; (3) to analyze the principal legal provisions of the equalization laws of Texas for the purpose of showing the growth and development of the State's equalization policy; and (4) to present a summary, to draw conclusions, and to make certain recommendations in the light of the information derived from the study.
Date: 1940
Creator: Rogers, D. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Ferris First-Grade Reading Program in Relation to Recognized Plans for Progress (open access)

An Analysis of Ferris First-Grade Reading Program in Relation to Recognized Plans for Progress

The problem of the study was to analyze the first-grade reading program of the elementary school of Ferris, Texas, in relation to the recognized plans for progress in first-grade reading.
Date: 1948
Creator: Ford, Edna
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Items on a Personality Questionnaire (open access)

Analysis of Items on a Personality Questionnaire

The purpose of this study is to determine which items on a personality rating scale are most valid in describing individuals who have been selected on the basis of social acceptance.
Date: 1947
Creator: Darnall, Erie Marshall
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of One Hundred Divorce Suits Filed in Dallas County, Texas, May and June, 1948 (open access)

An Analysis of One Hundred Divorce Suits Filed in Dallas County, Texas, May and June, 1948

The problem is limited to an analysis of the first one hundred divorce suits involving children filed in Dallas County, Texas, during the months of May and June, 1948. The general factors considered are: (a) family background; (b) age; (c) educational background; (d) economic status; (e) previous marital relations; and (f) the number of children.
Date: August 1948
Creator: Gibson, Harville
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Relations of Popularity to Certain Factors in Learning (open access)

An Analysis of Relations of Popularity to Certain Factors in Learning

Today educators are faced with the task of shifting the aim of education from that of teaching subject matter to that of providing experiences that are effective in stimulating wholesome personality development. With this in mind the writer was interested in providing opportunities and experiences for the development of efficient, balanced, harmonious, dynamic personalities, and in observing the relationship existing between these factors, social acceptance, home environment or socio-economic status, and the intelligence quotient, and the effects of these relationships upon the child's school success or academic status.
Date: 1942
Creator: Peery, Mary Glenn Frisby
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Scientific Learning in Growing Silkworms (open access)

An Analysis of Scientific Learning in Growing Silkworms

The purpose of this study is to give the results of a science experiment in an elementary grade in raising silkworms. The purpose of the experiment was not to learn the laws and principles of science, but to determine whether the life cycle of the silkworm would create a greater interest in the field of science.
Date: 1947
Creator: Roberts, Odessa Hensley
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of some Possible Organizations for the Schools of Wise County, Texas (open access)

An Analysis of some Possible Organizations for the Schools of Wise County, Texas

This problem is to determine what form of organization has most advantages for the schools of Wise County, Texas.
Date: 1946
Creator: George, Cecil Bennett
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Activity Program Offered at El Centro, Denton's Youth Center (open access)

An Analysis of the Activity Program Offered at El Centro, Denton's Youth Center

"The problem of this thesis is to determine through survey and comparative study the effect of the activity program of Denton's El Centro, the youth center, on the youth of the City of Denton...methods of operation and internal organization of youth centers, the purpose of the centers and the results of some of the activities are outlined. Members of the Denton youth center were interviewed; the information gained from the interviews was recorded on prepared questionnaires. Various types of activities at Denton's youth center are discussed. The study also attempts to reveal by means of tables those activities which are more important to the male youth of Denton. A discussion of the treatment of the youth problem is given with conclusions based upon the principles and practices set forth in the foregoing chapters."-- leaf 2.
Date: August 1949
Creator: Anderson, Douglas Stevens
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Changes and the Development of Negro Education in Rural Harrison County, 1940-1950 (open access)

An Analysis of the Changes and the Development of Negro Education in Rural Harrison County, 1940-1950

"The problem of this study is to trace the changes and the development of Negro education in rural Harrison County, Texas, from 1940-1950." --pg. 1
Date: August 1950
Creator: Stone, Pearle Pippen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Distribution of the Public School Funds (open access)

Analysis of the Distribution of the Public School Funds

The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent the present laws for distributing the public school funds meet certain criteria set up for apportioning the public school funds of Texas.
Date: 1940
Creator: Bentley, Jack C.
System: The UNT Digital Library