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A Comparison of Two Methods of Teacher Evaluation
This study reports on an investigation of the effects of two methods of teacher evaluation on the attitudes of teachers and principals concerning the method of teacher evaluation in which each subject participated. The data indicate several broad implications. Teachers who were evaluated by the CT method had a significantly more positive feeling that teacher evaluation is more likely to be used for the improvement of instruction than teachers who were evaluated by the ADT method. CT teachers also had a more positive attitude toward their evaluation as a professional process. CT teachers had a generally more positive attitude toward evaluation, Department Chairpersons/Lead Teachers, and the principal as an instructional leader than did the ADT teachers. However, these latter differences were not significant and represented only a general attitude. Principals showed no significant difference in their attitudes as affected by the two methods of teacher evaluation. Principals who had used both methods felt that the CT method provided them more opportunity to provide instructional leadership for their teachers. The findings indicate that, although the method of teacher evaluation may have no major impact on teacher attitudes, administrators who believe that teacher evaluation should be used to improve instruction need to …
Date:
December 1977
Creator:
Cole, Charles C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Determination of the Perceived Competencies Needed by Supervisors for the Supervision of Instruction Which Is Conducted by Part-Time Faculty in a Selected Community College District
The problem of this study was to determine the perceived competencies needed by supervisors in order to supervise instruction conducted by part-time instructors in a junior/community college setting. The study was conducted in three phases. The purpose of phase one of the study was to determine the areas of responsibility and tasks which are appropriately delegated to the supervisors of part-time instructors. To accomplish this purpose, areas of responsibility and tasks were drawn from job descriptions for the position of supervisor of part-time instructors in the Dallas County Community College District. The areas of responsibility and tasks were reworded by the investigator to serve as items in a questionnaire to which participants in the First National Conference on Part-time Instructors in the Community College were asked to respond. Means and standard deviations were determined for each group in relation to each competency statement for both importance and adequacy. All 134 competency statements listed in the questionnaire were rated by all groups as important. All but four of the competencies were rated by all groups as adequately performed by present supervisors. A list of seven competencies which were deemed very important (mean score of 4.50 or more) was presented.
Date:
December 1977
Creator:
Dixon, Nancy M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The use of the semantic differential in a study of the effects of aspirational and dissociative reference group influence on consumer behavior
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of aspirational and dissociative reference group influence on consumer behavior. There are two ways in which behavior is influenced by reference groups. First, reference groups influence aspiration levels and therefore play a major role in producing satisfaction or frustration. Second, reference groups influence kinds of behavior, i.e., they establish approved patterns of behavior.
Date:
May 1977
Creator:
Evans, Alton W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Herr und Heer: the German Social Democrats and officer corps, a reappraisal
Utilizing the debates of the German Reichstag, the proceedings of the SPD, the memoirs of the leading military and Marxist figures and the principal newspapers of the Second Reich and Weimar Republic, this dissertation attempts to show how the army chiefs and the socialist leaders of Germany altered their policies not only to promote their interests but also to protect the state.
Date:
August 1977
Creator:
Pierce, Walter Rankin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Child rearing attitudes and perceived behavior patterns of natural parents and stepparents
The problem of this study is to investigate child rearing attitudes of stepparents and natural parents and differences in perceived parental behavior patterns within reconstituted and intact families.
Date:
August 1977
Creator:
Keith, Judith Ann
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trimethylsilylbromoketene and reactions of α-haloacid halides with diisopropylcarbodiimide
Trimethylsilylbromoketene was synthesized by the tri-ethylamine dehydrohalogenation of trimthylsilylbromacetyl bromide or chloride. This ketene was found not to undergo cycloaddition reactions with activated olefins, such as cyclopentadiene, ethyl vinyl ether and dihydropyan.
Date:
May 1977
Creator:
Owens, Robert Austin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Transferability of management skills from American parent firms to Pakistani subsidiaries
This research was designed to study the transferability of American management skills to an underdeveloped country such as Pakistan. The contingency theory framework was used for the general design of the study.
Date:
August 1977
Creator:
Husain, M. Zakir
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The effects of rational behavior training of emotionally disturbed adolescents in an alternative school setting
The rational emotive psychology movement has contributed significantly to the development of training approaches to explore the behavioral characteristics and emotional dynamics of full and healthy living. In response, this study was initiated to assess the effects of rational behavior training (RBT) upon emotionally disturbed adolescents in an alternative special education program.
Date:
August 1977
Creator:
Patton, Patricia L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The relationships between children's ability to conserve substance and number and their ability to solve addition and subtraction problems for missing place-holders
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between performance of first-grade students on Piagetan conservation of number and substance tasks and performance on an arithmetic test of missing place-holders, a reading readiness test, and an intelligence test.
Date:
August 1977
Creator:
Woodward, Linda R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The accumulated earnings tax: an empirical analysis of the Tax Court's implementation of Congressional intent
Taxpayers have traditionally assessed personal vulnerability to particular taxes through a study of past litigated cases. One of the premises of the study was that useful information concerning the enforcement of the accumulated earnings tax could be obtained through a statistical analysis of such cases.
Date:
August 1977
Creator:
Madeo, Silvia Arnold
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A study of the role of the administrative assistant in Texas public schools as perceived by the superintendent
The problem of this study is to determine the role of the administrative assistant in the public schools of Texas, as perceived by superintendents, and to compare the findings with recommendations which are found in the literature.
Date:
August 1977
Creator:
LaGrone, L. Willard
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The efficacy of self-administered systematic desensitization
The purpose of this study was to test the therapeutic usefulness of a completely self-administered, behavior-therapy technique: systematic desensitization. The method involved the comparison of behavior change following the treatment of two groups of subjects. One group received the actual systematic-desensitization procedure, while the other underwent a similar but theoretically ineffective treatment termed attention-placebo.
Date:
May 1977
Creator:
Horowitz, Neil D.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Teaching haptics in the basic speech course: a study of means and effects
The problem of this study was the investigation of the desirability of teaching haptics in the basic speech classroom, the rhetorical means and strategies to be used, and the design used to describe these means.
Date:
August 1977
Creator:
Roach, Carol Ashburn
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Aaron Copland's Piano fantasy, a lecture recital, together with three recitals of selected works
The lecture recital was given June 20, 1977, Copland's treatment of the fantasy concept was discussed along with compositional techniques used in the Piano Fantasy. The Piano Fantasy was performed.
Date:
August 1977
Creator:
Rickman, Michael Lee
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Fear response of rape victims
The present investigation sough to explore the psychological responses of rape victims. A review of pertinent literature suggested a primary reaction of women to rape was fear, but the absence of controlled research and standardized observations limited the generalizability of these findings. A triparate interpretation of fear -- with autonomic, self-report, and avoidance behavior components -- was proposed. In addition, the research attempted to document negative changes in self-concept and feelings of powerlessness resultant from the rape experience.
Date:
August 1977
Creator:
Veronen, Lois J.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Admission of foreign graduate students: an analysis of judgments by selected faculty and administrators at North Texas State University
The problem of this study was to determine by means of Judgment Analysis (JAN) Technique the admission policies of selected faculty and administrators for foreign graduate students at North Texas State University.
Date:
May 1977
Creator:
Gharavi, Ebrahim
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Alternate coupling routes in carbon-13--carbon-13 coupling
With a large number of carbon-carbon spin-spin coupling constants now determined and the dihedral angle dependence of vicinal coupling constants reported, application of this coupling constants data was attempted to a conformational study.
Date:
May 1977
Creator:
Faehl, Larry G.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An empirical study of the relationship between financial accounting measurements and research and development expenditures in public corporations
The primary objective of this study is to gain a greater understanding of how the level and type of research and development expenditures are influenced by accounting measurement, if at all.
Date:
August 1977
Creator:
Nix, Paul E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Trimethylsilylated ketene cycloadditions and the chemistry of chlorotrialkyl-1, 3-cyclobutanedione
The purpose of this investigation is twofold: (1) to examine the trimethylsilyl substituent effect on the ketene functionality, (2) to study the chemistry of the novel unsymmetrical 1,3-cyclobutanediones, chlorotrialkyl-1, 3-cyclobutanediones.
Date:
May 1977
Creator:
Cheng, Theresa Chau-Ming
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A comparison of the academic achievements of seventh grade students in the semester unit plan with those in the quarter unit plan
The problem with which this dissertation is concerned is to determine whether the semester unit plan offers seventh grade students greater academic gain in the basic subject areas than does the quarter unit plan. Texas offers school districts a choice of the two plans. This study is unique in that the district of this study has both plans in operation at the secondary level.
Date:
May 1977
Creator:
Harrison, Guy T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The scope and nature of music programs in rural public community colleges
The purposes of this study are to determine the scope and nature of music programs in rural public community colleges in the United States; to determine the unique characteristics of the rural public community college music program when compared to music programs of the total population of two-year colleges; to propose criteria to serve as a basis for a music program at rural public community colleges and to recommend a music program for rural public community colleges based upon the proposed criteria.
Date:
August 1977
Creator:
Pollard, J. Marvin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
United States-Iranian relations, 1945-1947
During 1946 and 1947, Russia pressured Iran to grant an oil concession in the northern provinces. During this time, the United States supported Iran's right to make its decision free from Soviet pressure.
Date:
August 1977
Creator:
Partin, Michael Wayne
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A study of the perceptions of presidents and academic deans regarding role expectations and decision-making styles of academic deans in Texas community colleges
The purpose of this study was to determine whether similarities exist in the perceptions of the roles of academic deans in community colleges. This study attempted to determine whether role expectations and perceptions reflected separate and distinct relationships, or if administrative patterns reflected an overlapping of responsibilities.
Date:
August 1977
Creator:
Hunt, Larry W.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The attitude of the sixty-fourth Texas legislators towards serving the severely and profoundly handicapped and handicapped infants below the age of three
The problem of this study was to determine the degree of Texas Legislative support for public school services to handicapped children not presently being served (birth through two and zero reject). This study has four purposes: To identify trends in respect to educating the handicapped birth through two and zero-reject; To determine State Legislative's attitude with respect to serving; To inform the legislature and educational leaders and familiarize them with the data collected; and to present recommendations to legislators, educators, and agencies of strategies that might be considered in future planning.
Date:
August 1977
Creator:
Phillips, Arthur A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library