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Differences in Personality Characteristics among Two Groups of Art Majors Varying in Creativity and a Control Group (open access)

Differences in Personality Characteristics among Two Groups of Art Majors Varying in Creativity and a Control Group

The present study is somewhat exploratory in nature in that it is interested in determining some of the factors which correlate with creativity. The study will limit itself to investigating the factors measured by Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire as they relate to creativity among high and low Creative art majors and non-art majors. To this end, it is hypothesized that a difference will be found among the mean scores of the three groups for at least thirteen of the sixteen factors.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Allred, Raymond Coye, 1930-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Dominance-Feeling in College Women (open access)

A Study of Dominance-Feeling in College Women

The purposes of this study are as follows: 1. To measure, compare, and evaluate the level of self-esteem of college women in two colleges. 2. To show the relationship of certain background factors to dominance-feeling in college women.
Date: 1946
Creator: Anderson, Dan L.
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
Changes in Attitudes, Personality, and Effectiveness of Counselor Trainees in Counseling Practicums (open access)

Changes in Attitudes, Personality, and Effectiveness of Counselor Trainees in Counseling Practicums

The purpose of this study was to compare three different approaches to the counselor practicum—-or campus practicum, an off-campus practicum, and a role-playing practicum—-with regard to the changes in attitudes, personality, and effectiveness of counseling behavior of counselor trainees produced by each type of practicum.
Date: August 1968
Creator: Anderson, Sharon Jane
System: The UNT Digital Library
Differences in Social Behavior Between Elementary School Children Who Have Attended Nursery School and Those Who Have Not Attended Nursery School (open access)

Differences in Social Behavior Between Elementary School Children Who Have Attended Nursery School and Those Who Have Not Attended Nursery School

The purpose of this study is to attempt to discover any observable differences in social behavior between elementary school pupils who have attended nursery school and those who have had no nursery school experience.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Angell, Dorothy B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Study of Some Factors Related to Mutual Friendship on the High School Level (open access)

Study of Some Factors Related to Mutual Friendship on the High School Level

This study has been made for the purpose of determining the similarities and dissimilarities in certain factors related to mutual friendships.
Date: 1945
Creator: Averitt, Lois Jane
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Report and an Evaluation of an Internship Program in Speech Education (open access)

A Report and an Evaluation of an Internship Program in Speech Education

This thesis describes the experience of a graduate speech student as an intern during the 1949-1950 school year at North Texas High School.
Date: 1951
Creator: Baker, F. Virginia
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Predictive Value of an English Achievement Test for Grades in Modern Foreign Languages (open access)

The Predictive Value of an English Achievement Test for Grades in Modern Foreign Languages

This study has as its objectives: (1) the determination of the degree of relationship between achievement in the study of English as measured by a standardized English achievement test and achievement in the study of foreign languages as measured by teacher's grades; (2) the determination of the amount of contribution to such a relationship of the achievement in various functional areas in the study of English as measured by the subtests of the English achievement test.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Barnard, William Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Responsibility of the Secondary School for the Social Development of its Students (open access)

Responsibility of the Secondary School for the Social Development of its Students

The problem in this study is twofold. First, there will be an attempt to determine the values that organizations in the secondary school have for the development of its students. Second, a survey will be made of the four-year accredited high schools in District Five of Texas to determine how and to what extent they are realizing their responsibilities in this respect.
Date: 1947
Creator: Baxter, Billie Otella
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Anxiety between Science and Art Majors (open access)

A Comparative Study of Anxiety between Science and Art Majors

The purpose of this study is to determine the levels of anxiety in college freshmen and seniors from the Departments of Science and Art at North Texas State College by using the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale. It is hoped that the findings uncovered by this study will be of help to others interested in investigating and exploring this area.
Date: May 1960
Creator: Benningfield, Milo Francis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Two Methods of Programming upon the Development of the Orchestra in a Secondary School (open access)

The Effect of Two Methods of Programming upon the Development of the Orchestra in a Secondary School

The present study was designed for the purpose of comparing the effectiveness of two methods of orchestral programming, demonstration and non-demonstration, upon (1) the musical perception of the members of a student body audience, and (2) the attitudes of the members of a student body toward orchestra as a school subject. This comparison of demonstration and non-demonstration programming involved the question concerning the effectiveness of instructive listening as compared with free listening in the development of musical perception and attitudes. The problem of the present study is presented in the following major areas: (1) musical perception, end (2) attitudes.
Date: June 1966
Creator: Boney, Joan Ellen, 1937-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personality Trait Differences between Popular and Unpopular Children (open access)

Personality Trait Differences between Popular and Unpopular Children

It is the purpose of this study to contribute some scientific data toward the construction of a more valid rating scale for use in the classroom situation.
Date: 1950
Creator: Bonney, Warren C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effect of Anxiety on Achievement Test Scores of Children in the Sixth Grade (open access)

Effect of Anxiety on Achievement Test Scores of Children in the Sixth Grade

The purpose of the present study will be to test the relation between Test Anxiety Scores and Stanford-Achievement Test scores and to determine whether there sill be differences of significant values within the sub-tests on the achievement tests.
Date: June 1963
Creator: Booth, Dorothy J. (Dorothy Johnson)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relation of Sociometric Status, Frequency of Verbalizations, and a Measure of Self-Actualization (open access)

The Relation of Sociometric Status, Frequency of Verbalizations, and a Measure of Self-Actualization

It is felt that additional research concerning the relationship of mental health to sociometric status is needed in view of the fact that Mill concluded that the Rorschach variables were not sufficiently sensitive for group comparison. The POI, an objectively scored test, was selected for the purpose of the present study.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Boozer, Howard O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Educational Concepts as Expressed by Workshop Participants and by Dewey (open access)

A Comparison of Educational Concepts as Expressed by Workshop Participants and by Dewey

The problem involved in this research was a comparative study of the educational philosophy of the 1943 Child Development Workshop at the North Texas State Teachers College, as expressed by consultants and participants, and John Dewey's principles of education.
Date: 1943
Creator: Boyd, Onata
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Relationships between Masculinity-Femininity and Anxiety (open access)

Selected Relationships between Masculinity-Femininity and Anxiety

The purpose of the present thesis will be to test the general hypothesis that femininity in men is positively related with anxiety and to investigate the relationship of femininity and anxiety in women.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Boykin, Melvin F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Guilt and Anxiety as Related to Certain Psychological and Sociological Variables (open access)

A Study of Guilt and Anxiety as Related to Certain Psychological and Sociological Variables

The problem of this study was to determine the relationship between guilt and anxiety as well as the relationship of these factors to certain psychological and sociological variables. The variables were sex, ordinal position, marital status, education, religious beliefs, church attendance, happiness of childhood, discipline from parents, happiness now, parental happiness, parental education, and parental occupation.
Date: June 1967
Creator: Bradbury, Beverly Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Function of Mental Hygiene in the Curriculum of the Elementary School (open access)

The Function of Mental Hygiene in the Curriculum of the Elementary School

The problem of this investigation is to determine the part that mental hygiene should and could assume in promoting the general efficiency of the educational program in the elementary grades.
Date: 1942
Creator: Brashears, Willie Pearl
System: The UNT Digital Library
Student Teacher Values and Behavior Patterns (open access)

Student Teacher Values and Behavior Patterns

The problem of this study concerned the difference in relationships between major teaching behaving styles and dominant personality interests expressed in values.
Date: August 1966
Creator: Briggs, Kenneth Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of the Public School System of Denton, Texas, with Reference to the Financial Status, the School Plants, the Instructional Staff, the Pupil Personnel, and the Libraries (open access)

A Survey of the Public School System of Denton, Texas, with Reference to the Financial Status, the School Plants, the Instructional Staff, the Pupil Personnel, and the Libraries

The purpose of this study is to report a survey which the writer made of the public school system of Denton, Texas, dealing with the financial status, the school plants, the teaching personnel, the pupil personnel, and the libraries. The goal was to evaluate the schools in light of accepted standards for the factors considered, and to make certain recommendations regarding improvements.
Date: 1943
Creator: Brooks, Marjorie Lynn Collier
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Selected Characteristics of Persons Twenty-Five and Older Seeking Teacher Certification (open access)

An Analysis of Selected Characteristics of Persons Twenty-Five and Older Seeking Teacher Certification

The purposes of this study were (1) to describe the persons twenty-five and older entering the teacher education program and seeking certification, and (2) to compare the persons twenty-five and older with a "typical" group of persons under twenty-five with respect to (a) ability, as measured by the Cooperative School and College Ability Test, (b) factors for entering teaching, as measured by "Factors Influencing the Decision to Become a Teacher," (c) attitudes held toward teaching, as measured by the Kerlinger Education Attitude Scale, (d) professional aspirations, and (e) role expectations, as measured by the Teacher Practices. Questionnaire.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Brooks, Robert Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Reflection of the Spirit and Procedures of the Child Health and Development Workshop at North Texas State Teachers College July 16 to August 23, 1946 (open access)

The Reflection of the Spirit and Procedures of the Child Health and Development Workshop at North Texas State Teachers College July 16 to August 23, 1946

This study is to give an authoritative reflection of the spirit and procedure of the Child Health and Development Workshop at North Texas State Teachers College, Denton, Texas, July 16 to August 23, 1946.
Date: 1950
Creator: Browning, Rubye Jewell Sullivan
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of an Integrated Didactic and Experiential Approach with the Traditional Approach in the Preparation of Counselors (open access)

A Comparison of an Integrated Didactic and Experiential Approach with the Traditional Approach in the Preparation of Counselors

The problem was to compare the effectiveness of an integrated didactic and experiential approach in the training of graduate counseling practicum students with that of the traditional approach in counseling practicum training.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Buckner, Joyce Pannell
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effectiveness of a Self-Instructional Approach to Teaching a College French Diction Course for Vocal Music Students (open access)

The Effectiveness of a Self-Instructional Approach to Teaching a College French Diction Course for Vocal Music Students

The primary purpose of the study was to test a self-instructional approach to teaching a college French diction course to determine if it would equal or surpass in effectiveness a course taught by a traditional approach. The study sought to provide a partial solution to the problems of the increasing student-teacher ration in colleges, and of the individualization of teaching students who have various learning rates and backgrounds.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Capps, Verl L. (Verl Lindel)
System: The UNT Digital Library