An Analytical Study of the Instructional Procedures Utilized by the Coaching Staff at the Grand Prairie High School, Grand Prairie, Texas, in the Teaching of the T-Wing Football Formation (open access)

An Analytical Study of the Instructional Procedures Utilized by the Coaching Staff at the Grand Prairie High School, Grand Prairie, Texas, in the Teaching of the T-Wing Football Formation

The purposes of this study may be stated as follows: 1. To analyze the instructional procedures utilized by the coaching staff in the development of the T-wing football formation at the Grand Prairie High School, Grand Prairie, Texas. 2. To gain a better understanding of the functions of the T-wing football formation as it is taught at the Grand Prairie High School. 3. To make recommendations and to propose further developments for the instructional procedures used in coaching the T-wing football formation at the Grand Prairie High School.
Date: 1953
Creator: Pruett, Tom
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analytical Study of the Recreation Program of the Dallas County Juvenile Home Dallas, Texas (open access)

An Analytical Study of the Recreation Program of the Dallas County Juvenile Home Dallas, Texas

"It has been the purpose of this study to make an analysis of the recreational program at the Dallas County Juvenile Home...certain conclusions concerning the recreational program have been reached. 1. The principles upon which the recreational program is based are in line with the recommendations of the National Recreation Association. 2. In practice, recreation in the Dallas County Juvenile Home has not reached maximum efficiency. 3. The program is built largely to fill the needs of the majority of the boys who are detained at the home. 4. The program has been modified in some cases to meet the needs of the individual groups. 5. The recreation program serves as a means for the boys to express themselves; therefore, the supervisors and the case workers are able to establish better rapport with each boy. 5. The better rapport with each boy enables the case worker to determine the proper placement of the boy. 7. Through the efforts of recreation many personality adjustments have been made. 8. The study shows that the majority or 51 percent of the boys chose yard play as a first choice of activities offered at the home. 9. Because of the maintained interest of the …
Date: August 1953
Creator: Taylor, Ralph R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Correlation between Academic and Art Achievement of Children in the Upper-Elementary Grades (open access)

An Investigation of the Correlation between Academic and Art Achievement of Children in the Upper-Elementary Grades

In this research, the author has undertaken to investigate what relationship, if any, exists between academic achievement of the child in the upper-elementary grades and his achievement in both or either, of the two- and three-dimensional arts.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Spencer, Wesley David
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Rating Scale for the Measurement of Teacher Readiness for the Role of Administrative Leadership (open access)

A Rating Scale for the Measurement of Teacher Readiness for the Role of Administrative Leadership

This study has a twofold purpose. The first is to demonstrate the use of the Forced-Choice Technique in developing a rating scale for the selection of teachers adjudged to be ready to assume responsibility of an administrative nature and a role of leadership. The second is to develop a tentative rating scale for this purpose in the Dallas Independent School District, Dallas, Texas,
Date: August 1953
Creator: Hitt, Harold H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Denton's Shopping Goods Trade Losses to Dallas and Fort Worth (open access)

A Study of Denton's Shopping Goods Trade Losses to Dallas and Fort Worth

"The primary objective of this study was to determine the proportion of shopping goods trade Denton merchants are losing to other cities. A secondary objective was to find reasons for the loss of trade. Since Denton is within the trade orbit of Dallas and Fort Worth, special emphasis was placed on finding the percentage of trade going to these two cities...The major finding of this study is the indication that approximately 81 percent of Denton's retail shopping goods trade is actually done in Denton. "-- leaves 1,58.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Anderson, Roy C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of some Relationships between Level of Self-Concept, Academic Achievement and Classroom Adjustment (open access)

A Study of some Relationships between Level of Self-Concept, Academic Achievement and Classroom Adjustment

The purpose of this study is two-fold: (1) to evaluate an instrument for measuring the self-concept of middle grade children; and (2) to determine the relationship of a middle-grade child's self-concept to his peer status, his classification by the teacher as a problem in behavior or classroom management, and to his academic achievement.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Reeder, Thelma Adams
System: The UNT Digital Library