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A Suggested City-Excursion Program for Social Studies in the Junior High Schools of Dallas, Texas, with Emphasis on Functional Citizenship
The purpose of the investigation was two fold: first, to analyze the school excursion as a teaching and learning aid; and second, to develop a suggested school-excursion program for the social studies in the junior high schools of Dallas, base upon the findings and evaluations reported by educational observers and by experienced users of excursions.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Crawford, Ethel Gertrude
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A History of the Dallas Public Evening Schools
The purpose of this study is to collect and to preserve existing data and information concerning the history and growth of the Dallas Public Evening Schools. The study will show how Dallas has been interested in the promotion and extension of education at all levels of learning, whether the learner is of the age to attend public school or has reached the age of eighty or more.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Wells, Zada
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Physical Education Status and the Academic Status of One Hundred Senior Girls of N. R. Crozier Technical High School of Dallas, Texas, in May, 1947
The purposes of the study were: (1) To determine the relation of the ratings of the students in activities in the physical education program by physical education instructors and the General Motor Capacity Scores made by the students; (2) To determine the relation of the physical education grades and the General Motor Capacity Scores of the students; (3) To determine the relation of the physical education grades and the academic grades of the students; (4) To determine the relation of the Intelligence Quotients and the General Motor Capacity Scores of the students; (5) To determine the relation of the academic grades and the General Motor Capacity Scores of the students.
Date:
1947
Creator:
White, Maribel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Educational Value of the Comics
This study is made to determine any educational values to be derived from the use of the comics. The problem shall be to show (1) what those values are, (2) how they shall be attained, and (3) which comics are best suited to aid in the attainment of those values, as shown by the data to be assembled.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Barton, Lillie V.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Needs of the Community of Highland Park for the Industrial Arts
The problem of this study is to determine to what extent the present industrial arts program of the Highland Park Schools of Dallas, Texas, serve the actual needs of the community.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Bishop, Alvin C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship Between Delinquency and the Home in Lisbon School, Dallas, Texas
The question arises, how are the homes in the Lisbon School District contributing to delinquency? The answer to this question is the problem for this study.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Kendrick, Searcy Laura
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of a Method of Making Sixth Grade Arithmetic Meaningful
The problem of this study is to analyze and evaluate methods of making sixth grade arithmetic meaningful. In the accomplishment of the purpose, the writer made an intensive investigation into teaching methods of arithmetic as set forth by writers from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day, with special interest centered upon the place of the teacher in the development and utilization of meaningful situations.
Date:
1948
Creator:
McKinnon, Bobbie Sue Moore
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Discount Operations of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
It is the purpose of this thesis to give a factual presentation of the operation of the discount system of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas, covering the years 1914 through 1935.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Richardson, Jean
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Hearing to School Achievement
The problem of this study is to determine the relationship of hearing to school achievement. More specifically, the problem is to compare the hard-of-hearing child with the normal hearing child of approximately the same intelligence quotient and similar home background in their academic progress in the elementary school to determine the educational loss due to this specific defect.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Skelton, Zenobia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Teacher Ratings Assigned Girls and Boys
It is the purpose of this study to determine if there is any significant difference in teacher ratings of boys and girls of equal achievement. If such differences are found to exist, an attempt will be made to explain the causes for such differences.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Ussery, Sadie Maxine
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Value of Motion Pictures in Coordination with Sixth-Grade Social Studies
The problem undertaken in this survey was to determine the value of motion pictures in the social-studies program of the elementary school, with special emphasis upon the learning and retention of facts and general information related to the social studies at the sixth-grade level.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Gibson, Margaret Lucile
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Personality to Accident-Prone and Accident-Free Pupils in the North Dallas High School
It is the purpose of this study to determine the relationship between personality and accident-proneness in a group of pupils in the North Dallas High School.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Thompson, Billye Faye
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Functional Rhythm Activity Program of Thomas A. Edison School
The purpose of a rhythm activity program in the Thomas A. Edison School is to achieve the following: 1. The building within each child a better coordination of mind and body. 2. The satisfying of each child with a knowledge that he has the ability of achievement. 3. A healthful, happy, and social relationship between the sexes. 4. For the pupil the realization of the pure joy and exhilaration of living. 5. Poise and self confidence within the child. 6. The carrying over of this program into other closely related classes such as, playground, art, auditorium, and music. 7. An ambition within each pupil to make his community life more desirable.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Herzinger, Faye Poe
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Effectiveness of the American Junior Red Cross
The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of the American Junior Red Cross. Special emphasis was given to the development, benefits, and services of Dallas County Chapter of the American Junior Red Cross.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Maffett, Callie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Relationship Between Visual Imagery, Drafting Achievement and Mechanical Aptitude
The problem of this study is to determine the relation of a pupil's capacity in spatial and visual imagery to his drafting achievement, and to his mechanical aptitude.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Barrett, L. S.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
A Study of the Outstanding Skills and Personality Traits Desirable in Office Workers
The purpose of this study is threefold: (1) to find out the qualities employers expect in beginning workers, (2) to investigate the importance attached to personality by some writers in the literature of the business education field, and (3) to compile information that will be of aid to students of Dallas Technical High School in developing the needed personal qualities and skills.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Wolf, Clara
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Service Rating Used in Manufacturing Plants of Dallas County, Texas
This study is an effort to review and compare the qualities of service ratings currently being used in the manufacturing plants of Dallas County, Texas, with the recommended qualities for service ratings as set forth in the sources available in the North Texas State Teachers College Library. Also, individual service ratings selected from the group under study will be compared to each other and discussed in detail.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Freeland, Donald Keith
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Carrollton Elementary School, Carrollton, Texas
The purpose of this study was to determine the present status of the Carrollton Elementary School, Carrollton, Texas. Further study was directed toward notations of major needs and next steps for improvement.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Kent, E. L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
To Revise the Program of Playground Activities for Grades One, Two, and Three for Rosemont Elementary School of Dallas, Texas, Based on the Evaluation of Twenty-Nine Playground Teachers and on the Game Choices of 750 Third-Grade Children of the Dallas City Schools
The purpose of this study was to collect and tabulate material which would be embodied in a revised course of study for the playground activities for grades one, two, and three of the elementary schools of Dallas, Texas.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Cannon, Ola Fae Johnson
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine some Means of Strengthening the Already Established Program of Home and Family Life Education with Adults in the Dallas Independent Schools
The purpose of this study is to determine some means of strengthening the already established program of Home and Family Life Education with adults in the Dallas Independent Schools, Dallas, Texas.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Conner, Thelma R.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of the Growth and Development of Extra-Curricular Activities in Woodrow Wilson High School 1929-1949
This study of the extra-curricular activities of the Woodrow Wilson High School of Dallas, Texas, was made to determine who and why each of the activities developed, the life span of each, the percentage of the student body enrolled in the various groups, and the value of each extra-curricular activity from the viewpoint of the teachers, of the students, and of authorities in the field.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Cooper, Edith Roberts
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Relationship of Children's Attitudes toward Some Social Problems and Personality Adjustment
The problem chosen for investigation was to attempt to determine the relationship of children's attitude toward some social problems and their personality adjustment.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Darnall, Julia Josephine
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Evaluation of Four Dallas Elementary School Libraries
This study was undertaken in an attempt to discover the adequacy of the libraries when they were measured by certain established criteria. The ultimate purpose is to improve the weaknesses which might be found and to improve the services of the libraries in question.
Date:
1950
Creator:
Herndon, Evelyn
System:
The UNT Digital Library