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Cognitive Styles and Aggression in Preschool Children (open access)

Cognitive Styles and Aggression in Preschool Children

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College examining aggressive preschool children (27 children between the ages of 4 and 6) and assessing them for similarities in conceptual tempo and field independence/dependence. Findings indicate that aggressive children may have less accurate decision making skills and be more impulsive.
Date: Spring 2005
Creator: Marks, Amy
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Effect of Classroom Immediacy as a Predictor of Job Satisfaction (open access)

A Study of the Effect of Classroom Immediacy as a Predictor of Job Satisfaction

Thesis written by a student in the UNT Honors College discussing the relationship between teachers, other teachers, and students and how that relates to teacher satisfaction.
Date: August 8, 2003
Creator: Daley, Hope Noël
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dimensions of Quality : Teachers' Beliefs and Practices in Texas Public Prekindergartens (open access)

Dimensions of Quality : Teachers' Beliefs and Practices in Texas Public Prekindergartens

This study explores beliefs and practices about standards of quality in Texas public prekindergartens as viewed from various perspectives, including prekindergarten teachers, administrators of prekindergarten programs, and families of prekindergarten students. These beliefs and practices are compared with widely-accepted national standards of quality for preschool programs.
Date: May 1998
Creator: Kelly, Katherine Taddie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Materials, Practices, and Perceptions Associated with Prior Participation in an Aerospace Education Workshop: a Case Study (open access)

Materials, Practices, and Perceptions Associated with Prior Participation in an Aerospace Education Workshop: a Case Study

This qualitative study was conducted in a large north Texas school district. The subjects were four elementary teachers who had previously attended a summer aerospace education workshop. The researcher observed in each classroom during science instruction and other areas where aerospace concepts might be taught to determine material usage, practices, and perceptions associated with teaching aerospace. The teachers' lesson planbooks, textbooks, and supplementary materials were also examined by the researcher. Interviews were conducted with each teacher's principal and the district science coordinator to determine their effects on the practices and perceptions of the subjects.
Date: May 1990
Creator: Boyd, Jacqueline Breeden
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction Among Texas High School Band Directors (open access)

A Study of the Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction Among Texas High School Band Directors

The problem with which this study was concerned was that of measuring and examining the level of job satisfaction among Texas high school band directors. The specific methodology included a quantitative comparison through confirmatory factor analysis of the factor structures of the sample of 109 Texas high school band directors and the norming population of 1460 industrial workers. There were two purposes for conducting the study. First, the relationships between an assortment of demographic variables and measured job satisfaction were examined. The second purpose was to measure the degree of fit of the Frederick Herzberg Dual-Factor Theory to the factor structure of the sample. Correlation, t ratio, and one-way analysis of variance were used to compare the demographic variables with measured job satisfaction. Confirmatory factor analysis through LISREL was used to examine and compare factor structures. Job satisfaction was measured with the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire which was developed and tested through the Work Adjustment Project, Industrial Relations Center at the University of Minnesota. The twenty-item short-form retained the general reliability and validity measures of the 100-item long form. The Demographic Data Sheet is a researcher-constructed document used to gather data for use in classifying respondents by educational background, school classification, …
Date: December 1986
Creator: Qualls, Barbara Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
Faculty Perceptions of the Critical Care Experience as a Part of the Generic Baccalaureate Curriculum in Nursing (open access)

Faculty Perceptions of the Critical Care Experience as a Part of the Generic Baccalaureate Curriculum in Nursing

The problem with which this study is concerned is the inclusion of actual critical care experience in generic nursing curricula in the United States. A survey instrument was sent to faculty representatives selected by the dean of each of 312 generic baccalaureate nursing programs.
Date: December 1983
Creator: Stephenson, Carol A. (Carol Ann)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Value of Visual Media in the Achievement of Instructors' Objectives as Perceived by Instructors in Predominantly Black State-Supported Colleges and Universities in the State of Louisiana (open access)

The Value of Visual Media in the Achievement of Instructors' Objectives as Perceived by Instructors in Predominantly Black State-Supported Colleges and Universities in the State of Louisiana

The problem of this study was to determine the extent to which instructors perceived visual media as being valuable in achieving their classroom objectives in predominantly black, state-supported colleges and universities in the State of Louisiana. Questionnaires were mailed to 165 college and university instructors in colleges of education in predominantly black state-supported universities in Louisiana. Of the 165 questionnaires mailed, 139 were returned. All participants used in the study were teaching at least one course in education during the time the questionnaire was administered. The study is descriptive. The data were collected by means of a questionnaire, and analyzed by percentages, means, and standard deviations. One-way analysis of variance was used to test the differences in attitudes among the faculty members in the study. The level of significance was set at .05.
Date: December 1980
Creator: Pennywell, Phillip
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Role of Staff Development Trainer in Organizations (open access)

A Study of the Role of Staff Development Trainer in Organizations

This investigation examines the differences in perception of the role of staff-development trainer in organizations, a role identified as an emerging occupation, held by three professional groups. The focus is on sources of stress and strain in the job performance of the trainer. Purposes of the study are (1) to collect data from three coworker groups, administrators, directors of nursing, and trainers relative to the role of the trainer, (2) to examine differences in perception between the groups, (3) to examine the differences as potential sources of stress when viewed from the perspective of role theory, and (4) to delineate the role. This study indicates that knowledge about behavioral sciences and skill at interpersonal communications are important areas in both background and in personal qualities needed. Nurses and trainers widely perceive a lack of commitment to training by administrators. This relates to sources of strain in the role of trainer. There is a generally held expectation in the field that the role will grow in importance and scope.
Date: August 1978
Creator: Ragsdale, Kathryn A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Implementation and Administration of Radical Education in Texas: Politics or Reform in Education from 1870-1873 (open access)

Implementation and Administration of Radical Education in Texas: Politics or Reform in Education from 1870-1873

This study examines the efforts of Radicals (Republicans) to establish a state-wide public school system in Texas between 1870 and 1873. Primary sources cover the chronological fringes of the period being examined. This study follows a chronological narrative with the four chapters examining first, educational trends in the southern states and Texas prior to Reconstruction, followed by examination of the Radical system in Texas, and, finally, its destruction by Conservative Texans. The final chapter focuses on immediate and long range results of Radical education. In examining the Radical educational program, an attempt has been made to dispel ideas popularly held by present-day Texans who believe that the Radical school program was simply another "carpetbagger" scheme for raiding the state treasury and building Radical patronage. This paper contends that the Radicals established as good a public school system as could be created at the time, and that it was administered in an honest and efficient manner. The system was destroyed by politicians and a grass roots revolt of taxpayers who had no faith in its methods, goals, or administrators.
Date: August 1976
Creator: McClellan, Michael E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Parental Decision-Making Regarding Preschool Programs for Four-Year-Old Children (open access)

A Survey of Parental Decision-Making Regarding Preschool Programs for Four-Year-Old Children

The study was an investigation of parental decision-making regarding preschool programs for their children. Data indicated that parents investigated a preschool program beyond a conversation with the preschool director and that non-educational aspects of preschool programs were important considerations in the selection of a preschool program by parents. Parents educational preferences tended to coincide with the educational programs of the preschools they selected, although parents indicated favorable opinions of more educational variables than any of the preschools surveyed offered. Levels of education attained by mothers appeared to have little effect on educational preferences, and parents whose first child was attending preschool had educational preferences similar to those of parents whose older children had attended preschool.
Date: August 1976
Creator: Vargo, Melinda T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Attitudes, Perceptions, and Personal Problems of Three Groups of High School Students (open access)

Attitudes, Perceptions, and Personal Problems of Three Groups of High School Students

The problem of the study was to compare three groups of high school seniors--college preparatory, vocational preparatory, and general diploma students--in scholastic achievement, attitudes, and types of personal problems.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Arnold, Anna Beth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Communications Programs in the Public Junior Colleges of the United States (open access)

Communications Programs in the Public Junior Colleges of the United States

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of determining the status of communications programs for the terminal technical-vocational student in the public junior colleges of the United States.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Barrett, Anita Goucher
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Impact of the Regional Education Service Centers on the Public School Superintendency in Texas (open access)

The Impact of the Regional Education Service Centers on the Public School Superintendency in Texas

The problem of this study was to determine the impact of the Regional Education Service Centers on the public school superintendency in Texas and the desired future development of the centers.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Watson, Forrest E., 1935-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of the Principal in Open Plan Elementary Schools in Texas as Perceived by the Principals of theses Schools (open access)

The Role of the Principal in Open Plan Elementary Schools in Texas as Perceived by the Principals of theses Schools

The problem of this study was to analyze the role of the principal in open plan elementary schools in Texas. The analysis was limited to the principals' perception of their role in these schools.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Wakeland, Justin
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Status of the Teaching of Negro History in the Public High Schools of Texas (open access)

The Status of the Teaching of Negro History in the Public High Schools of Texas

The problem of this study was to ascertain the status of the teaching of Negro history in American history classes in the public high schools of Texas.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Polk, Travis R., 1935-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Industrial Education Graduates and Non-Graduates of Texas Southern University with Implications for Curriculum Revision (open access)

A Study of Industrial Education Graduates and Non-Graduates of Texas Southern University with Implications for Curriculum Revision

The problem was a study of the School of Technology graduates and non-graduates of Texas Southern University with implications for curriculum revision.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Robinson, Clarence L. (Clarence Leslie), 1937-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Historical Study of Selected Title III Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965, PACE Projects in Texas (open access)

A Historical Study of Selected Title III Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965, PACE Projects in Texas

The problem of this study is to analyze some of the effects of selected ESEA, Title III, PACE projects on the educational processes in Texas.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Young, Crandall Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History of Speech and Drama Education in the Dallas Public Schools (1884-1970) (open access)

The History of Speech and Drama Education in the Dallas Public Schools (1884-1970)

The problem of this study was the writing of a comprehensive history of speech and drama education in the Dallas Public Schools from 188^-1970. This necessitated the recording of the facts, events, and circumstances which have determined the condition and progress of speech and drama education in the Dallas Public Schools during this period of time.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Rumbley, Rose-Mary, 1922-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Importance of Selected Characteristics of Elementary Teachers as Perceived by Student Teachers and Supervising Teachers (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Importance of Selected Characteristics of Elementary Teachers as Perceived by Student Teachers and Supervising Teachers

This research had three main purposes. The first was to determine some of the major characteristics of elementary teachers. Second was to see how student teachers and supervising teachers perceive the importance of certain characteristics of elementary teachers. The third was to discover what changes result in the perceptions of student teachers as to the importance of these characteristics after completing student teaching.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Wellington, Charles Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Lab Method Films with Traditional Instruction in the Introductory Physics Laboratory (open access)

A Comparison of Lab Method Films with Traditional Instruction in the Introductory Physics Laboratory

The problem of this study is a comparison of lab method films with traditional instruction in the introductory, non-technical college physics laboratory.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Hughes, James Erie
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Two Methods of Reporting Pupil Progress on Adjustment and Achievement of Fourth Grade Students in a Suburban Elementary School (open access)

The Effect of Two Methods of Reporting Pupil Progress on Adjustment and Achievement of Fourth Grade Students in a Suburban Elementary School

The present research was an investigation of the effect of two methods of reporting pupil progress on adjustment and achievement of fourth grade pupils in a suburban elementary school. One method involved the use of an evaluation form reflecting performance in terms of ability, parent-teacher conferences, and work samples. The other method was comprised primarily of competitive grading and marking procedures, utilizing a standard report card to report results.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Horn, John Duane, 1941-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interaction Effects of Office Education Programs, Community Size, and Teacher Attitude on the Attitudes Held by High School Office Education Students Toward Office Employment (open access)

Interaction Effects of Office Education Programs, Community Size, and Teacher Attitude on the Attitudes Held by High School Office Education Students Toward Office Employment

The purpose of the study was to ascertain whether significant differences in attitudes held by office education students are associated with (l) the type of office education program in which students were enrolled, (2) the size of the community in which the students lived, and (3) the attitude held by the classroom teacher.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Pitko, Anita Jane, 1922-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposed Industrial Arts Program for Langston University (open access)

A Proposed Industrial Arts Program for Langston University

The problem of this study was the development of a proposal for an industrial arts program for Langston University. Particular emphasis was placed upon curriculum changes, faculty improvement, and modification of physical facilities.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Johnson, Raymond Carl
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Nondestructive Testing and Inspection Processes Used in Industry with Implications for Program Planning in the Junior Colleges of Texas (open access)

A Study of Nondestructive Testing and Inspection Processes Used in Industry with Implications for Program Planning in the Junior Colleges of Texas

The problem was obtaining relevant subject matter pertaining to nondestructive testing and inspection processes used in industry for program planning purposes in the junior colleges of Texas.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Stokes, Vernon L.
System: The UNT Digital Library