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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
An Evaluation of Parent-Teacher Associations in the Second District of Texas
The problem under consideration in this study is one having to do with an attempted analysis of the efficiency and worth of parent-teacher associations in the schools of North Texas.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Sargent, Georgia
System:
The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Effect of Certain Environmental Conditions upon Study
The problem under consideration is to determine the effect of certain environmental conditions upon the process of studying. This study attempts to answer the question, How much effect, positive or negative, will various environmental conditions have upon study?
Date:
1947
Creator:
Daniel, Artie Arwell
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Auditory and Visual Aids in Eighty Public Schools of Texas
The problem of this investigation was two-fold: first, to obtain general information on auditory and visual aids and their apparent values in the schoolroom; and second, to find out to what extent these aids were used in eighty representative schools of Texas during 1945-1946.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Fagg, James Noel
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Pupil Failures as they Exist in the Senior High School of Stamford, Texas
The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) to determine the degree of pupil failure as it exists in the Senior High School, Stamford, Texas; (2) to consider the extent to which the "basic factors" of failure contribute to pupil failure in this school; and (3) to submit suggestions as to how pupil failure may be reduced to a minimum in the Stamford Senior High School.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Flemins, Mabel Bryan
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Growth and Trends of the Social Studies Curriculum in the Schools of Texas from 1886 to 1948
The purpose of the present investigation is to make a study of the growth and trends of the social studies curriculum in the schools of Texas from pioneer days up to the present time, 1948.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Cade, Albert Guy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Role of the Teacher in the Health Service Program of the Elementary Schools of Dallas, Texas
It was the purpose of this study, first, to determine how and to what extent a teacher can be instrumental in improving the health status of the Dallas elementary school child, and second, to ascertain the importance of a teacher's evaluation of physical aspects from the standpoint of their effect on the mental, social, and emotional well-being of the school child.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Williams, Beatrice Mabry
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study between the Achievement Test Results and Teacher Ratings Assigned Boys and Those Received by Girls of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grades in the Stonewall Jackson School, Denton, Texas
It is the purpose of the writer to discover if there is any significant difference between the teacher ratings of boys and girls with equated intelligence quotients. And if such differences are found to exist, an attempt will be made to determine to what extent they prevail.
Date:
1948
Creator:
McPherson, Pat Clark
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Initiating, Developing, and Evaluating a Sound School Council for a Small High School
This problem will seek to determine a program for initiating, developing, and evaluating a sound school council for a small high school. It is the purpose of this study to propose a working situation that may be made immediately applicable to small Texas high schools.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Taylor, Thomas Wayne
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Classroom Environmental Control in Smith County
The purpose of this study is to attempt to show the development, growth, and some of the outstanding accomplishments with methods used in developing the environmental control in Smith County school rooms since October, 1946.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Rosson, Mattie Lowe
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
The Value of Filmstrips in the First Grade of Travis School, Mineral Wells, Texas
The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of filmstrips upon a group of first-grade pupils as compared to another group of first-grade pupils not using filmstrips.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Baker, Alene Ellis
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Public-Relations Practices of One Hundred Texas Public-School Systems
The purpose of this study has three aspects. These are, (1) to determine what constitutes sound public-relations practices as recommended by recognized authorities in this field; (2) to determine the extent to which certain public-relations practices are employed by one hundred Texas public school systems; and (3) to determine whether the public-relations programs of one hundred Texas public-school systems meet the requirements of a sound public-relations program.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Baker, Garth Elmo
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Examine Individual Failure at the Elementary Level in a Small Texas Community, and to Determine, if Possible, the Relative Importance of Emotional Disturbance and Other Factors as Causes of Such Failures
The purpose of this study was to examine the complete number of failures for the school year, 1948-1949, in the elementary school of a small Texas town in an effort to determine the relative weight of emotional maladjustment and other factors as causes of such failures; and, if possible, to advance suggested remedies for such failures.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Browning, Alta Edwards
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Source Reference for the Study of the Petroleum Industry and its Terminology Especially for the Ector County School System
The problem, to make a study of the petroleum industry in Ector County, Texas, and, in addition, a study of the terminology of this industry, was selected as a result of the realization that the major industry of the community was not understood by the teachers, and that it did not have a place in the curriculum.
Date:
1947
Creator:
Smith, Evelyn M.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Reliability and Validity of a Sociometric Scale on the Elementary School Level
This problem developed in a class dealing with sociometry. The class created a new sociometric scale and gave it to several groups of children. The need for statistical information on the reliability and the validity of the scale became apparent, but was beyond the scope of the course. In order that future classes, or other groups, could feel free to use this scale, and could rely on the results obtained from it, this study was made.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Cox, John Arlington, Jr.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating the Use of Comics in Teaching Fundamentals in Sixth Grade Arithmetic
The problem under consideration attempts to answer the question: Will an original comic cartoon story used in classroom study of sixth grade arithmetic influence the amount of learning as much as the use of the ordinary text book?
Date:
1948
Creator:
Davis, Arvil E.
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
Evaluation of a Need and Organization of Guidance in the Sanger Public School
The problem involved in this investigation is to determine and evaluate the need of a functional guidance program within the Sanger, Texas, Public School, and to effect an organization which will adequately meet the needs of the students, both individually and collectively.
Date:
1948
Creator:
Habern, Reo C.
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
The Significance of Classroom Environmental Control in the Azle Elementary School
The objective of this investigation was to make two surveys relating to environmental control in the Azle Elementary School, Azle, Texas. The first survey was designed to furnish a list of favorable and unfavorable factors in classroom environment as they existed in the Azle Elementary School at the close of the school session of 1946-1947, and the second survey , conducted in the same school approximately a year later, was for the purpose of ascertaining what improvements had been made in the interim in order to increase the educative values in the classroom environment of this school.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Wood, Roy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Grouping First Graders in Gainesville Schools
The purpose of this study is an attempt to define the needs in the primary grades in Gainesville, to find the most successful criteria used for grouping children upon their entrance into the first grade, and to find the best plan for primary grades in Gainesville schools.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Doty, Lillian
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of a Traditional and an Integrated Program of Instruction in an Elementary School
The purpose of this study is to determine if elementary school children progress faster in academic or tool subjects when taught through interest units in an integrated curriculum or when taught the separate subjects by a traditional method. Reading, spelling, and handwriting are used as illustrative subjects in the sixth grade with reading only in the second grade.
Date:
1949
Creator:
Elder, Franklin L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library