An Evaluation of the Chico Elementary School and Some Recommendations for Improvement. (open access)

An Evaluation of the Chico Elementary School and Some Recommendations for Improvement.

A study to determine the status of the Chico Elementary School and compare it to established norms and standards.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Teague, B. E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Can the Educational Opportunities be Improved for the Colored Children of Rusk County, Texas? (open access)

How Can the Educational Opportunities be Improved for the Colored Children of Rusk County, Texas?

A comparison of white and colored schools in Rusk county found that educational opportunities for colored students was unequal. A plan for improving the colored schools of the county is set forth.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Smith, James R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Teachers' Ratings of Pupils as Bright or Dull (open access)

An Analysis of Teachers' Ratings of Pupils as Bright or Dull

This thesis resulted from an examination conducted to determine teacher ability to identify individual student capability based on rapport between the two parties.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Lovelace, William True
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cost of Securing a Master's Degree from a Texas State Teachers College and the Economic and Profesional Value of the Degree (open access)

The Cost of Securing a Master's Degree from a Texas State Teachers College and the Economic and Profesional Value of the Degree

The intent of this thesis is to indicate the economic cost and professional value that result from earning a graduate teaching degree. Data gathered to formulate study conclusions came from questionnaires distributed to master's recipients from five Texas teachers colleges.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Dunn, John Z.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relation Between Certain Home Factors and the Social and Academic Progress of the Second-Grade Pupils in the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas (open access)

The Relation Between Certain Home Factors and the Social and Academic Progress of the Second-Grade Pupils in the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas

The correlation between home environment and educational performance is addressed in this study.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Parnell, J. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discovering the Extent to which Feelings of Insecurity can be Eliminated in Children of the Third Grade (open access)

Discovering the Extent to which Feelings of Insecurity can be Eliminated in Children of the Third Grade

This thesis presents student case studies from a third grade class at an Albany, Texas elementary school. Students with insecurity issues are described and remedial treatments are suggested.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Maxey, Rachael M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Develop and to Evaluate a Mathematics Curriculum for the Mentally Retarded on the Junior High School Level (open access)

To Develop and to Evaluate a Mathematics Curriculum for the Mentally Retarded on the Junior High School Level

This thesis presents the results of a study conducted to determine the math capabilities of mentally challenged students attending Reagan Junior High School in Wichita Falls, Texas. Survey results are used to determine needed curriculum changes.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Miller, Zola Catheryn
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Animal Study of Low-cost Texas Diets in Supporting Reproduction, Lactation, and Iodine Needs (open access)

An Animal Study of Low-cost Texas Diets in Supporting Reproduction, Lactation, and Iodine Needs

A study of low-cost Texas diets to support reproduction, lactation, and iodine needs in animals.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hicks, Gladys
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Suggested Sequence for Using Six Primers Adopted by the State of Texas, Based on the Number of Common Word-Meanings (open access)

A Suggested Sequence for Using Six Primers Adopted by the State of Texas, Based on the Number of Common Word-Meanings

The present study is an analysis of six primers adopted for use in the public schools of Texas with the idea of comparing word-meanings used in the six books in order to find out possible sequences for the use of the books.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hildreth, Rosana Bucher
System: The UNT Digital Library
National Defense Training Programs of the Federal Security Agency in Texas (open access)

National Defense Training Programs of the Federal Security Agency in Texas

It is the purpose of this thesis to give the reader a picture of the labor shortage hampering the Defense Production Program, to describe the structure and development of the corporate plan for the National Defense Training Programs conducted by the Federal Security Agency for Texas, to evaluate the effectiveness of this plan, and, in conclusion, to point out such developments as might possibly effect our general educational systems.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hitt, Harold H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Interest of Junior and Senior High School Girls in the Various Home Activities Performed by Them (open access)

A Study of the Interest of Junior and Senior High School Girls in the Various Home Activities Performed by Them

The study herein described was made of the seventy-nine girls in the junior and senior high school (grades 8, 9, 10, 11, 12) of the Public School of Cranfills Gap, Texas. The study was made with the purpose of finding the interests of this group of girls in the activities required of them in their homes, so that the writer might use the information gained in building a more successfully functioning program of homemaking in the Cranfills Gap Public School.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hoff, Hannah Pauline
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of a Method of Understanding Children (open access)

A Critical Analysis of a Method of Understanding Children

This study was undertaken in order to improve the human relations in the classroom.
Date: 1946
Creator: Minick, Winnie Mallow
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Effect of Group Guidance Classes on the Attitudes and Personal Adjustments of Sophomore High School Girls (open access)

A Study of the Effect of Group Guidance Classes on the Attitudes and Personal Adjustments of Sophomore High School Girls

The purpose of this study is (1) to develop criteria by statistical methods which will show the extent of gain in personality development through a specific guidance program, and (2) to show by comparison the differences in the scores of instructed groups and those of uninstructed groups.
Date: 1946
Creator: Hatcher, Eva Hortence
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing a Reading Readiness Program in Douglas School, Tyler, Texas (open access)

Developing a Reading Readiness Program in Douglas School, Tyler, Texas

The purpose of this study is to develop a readiness program which will be an aid in eliminating many failures in reading and to help the children be happy while learning to read.
Date: 1946
Creator: Henley, Bertha Roser
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Incidence of Colon Bacteria on the Hands of North Texas State Teachers College Students (open access)

The Incidence of Colon Bacteria on the Hands of North Texas State Teachers College Students

This investigation has for its aim the determination, in a measure, of the degree of personal sanitation existent among students at North Texas State Teachers College, Denton, Texas.
Date: 1946
Creator: Hooper, Eugene
System: The UNT Digital Library
Occupational Opportunities for the Woman College Graduate in Specialized Business Fields (open access)

Occupational Opportunities for the Woman College Graduate in Specialized Business Fields

The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the opportunities in the business world for the woman college graduate. Attention has been given to the general status of women workers, the training given by colleges in business administration, and the opportunities for the employment and advancement in the business world.
Date: 1946
Creator: Long, Ruth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing Range Condition Classes for the North Grand Prairie of Texas (open access)

Developing Range Condition Classes for the North Grand Prairie of Texas

This paper deals with a study of the ranch lands in Cooke, Wise, Denton, and Montague Counties, which are located in the North Grand Prairie of Texas.
Date: 1946
Creator: McConnell, Mack
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposed Correlated Health, Physical, and Safety Education Program for Boys in Texas High Schools with Enrollment of Not More Than Two Hundred Fifty Students (open access)

A Proposed Correlated Health, Physical, and Safety Education Program for Boys in Texas High Schools with Enrollment of Not More Than Two Hundred Fifty Students

The purpose of this study is an attempt to briefly set up a plan of organization and to suggest a flexible program of activities designed to meet the needs of many of the smaller schools of our state in arranging a practical correlated health, physical, and safety education program for high school boys.
Date: 1946
Creator: Malone, H. F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Need for Teacher Tenure in Texas (open access)

To Determine the Need for Teacher Tenure in Texas

The purpose of this study is to determine the need for teacher tenure in Texas. In order to determine this need, it will be necessary to investigate not only the need for tenure in the teaching profession, but also the advantages and disadvantages of tenure, the standards necessary for adequate tenure legislation, and the tenure situation as it exists in the public schools of Texas today.
Date: 1946
Creator: Martin, Wesley
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Two Types of Teaching Reading Upon Reading Progress, Social Maturity Progress, and Arithmetic Reasoning and Computation (open access)

The Effects of Two Types of Teaching Reading Upon Reading Progress, Social Maturity Progress, and Arithmetic Reasoning and Computation

The problem of this thesis is to evaluate the progress in general reading efficiency of a group of children taught by the socialized group plan, as compared to a group of children taught by the traditional reading plan and to determine whether the socialized group plan aids in the development of certain other general attributes, such as arithmetic reasoning, arithmetic computation, and social maturity growth.
Date: 1942
Creator: Mathis, Floye
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Two Methods Used in the Teaching of Arithmetic in the Seventh Grade (open access)

A Comparative Study of Two Methods Used in the Teaching of Arithmetic in the Seventh Grade

This comparative study of methods used in teaching arithmetic was carried out in the La Vega Public School, McLennan County, Texas, during the 1941-1942 school term.
Date: 1942
Creator: Maury, Mary Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Pupil-Teacher Ratings of the Amount of Democracy Practiced in the William James Junior High School, Fort Worth, Texas (open access)

A Comparative Study of Pupil-Teacher Ratings of the Amount of Democracy Practiced in the William James Junior High School, Fort Worth, Texas

This study undertakes to measure by means of a questionnaire the spirit of democracy in the William James Junior High School of Fort Worth, Texas. The problem was the outgrowth of a personal interest in the boys and girls in the public schools of our nation and a feeling that strict application of the principles of democracy to school practices would result in happier school relationships.
Date: 1942
Creator: Mayo, Vera
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Age, Growth, and Food Habits of the Lake Dallas White Bass, Lepibema Chrysops (Rafinesque) (open access)

The Age, Growth, and Food Habits of the Lake Dallas White Bass, Lepibema Chrysops (Rafinesque)

This study was made to secure certain new information concerning the food habits and growth of the white bass, Lepibema chrysops (Rafinesque), which is quite generally considered a good game and good fish.
Date: 1942
Creator: Micks, Don W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Studies in Geography -- Textbook and Free Materials Versus Textbook and Library Supplements (open access)

Comparative Studies in Geography -- Textbook and Free Materials Versus Textbook and Library Supplements

The problem involved in this study was to carry on an experiment of two methods of teaching eighth-grade geography and to compare the two. Briefly stated, the problem of this thesis was to determine the value of the use of free materials as compared with library supplements.
Date: 1942
Creator: Kelsay, Laura E.
System: The UNT Digital Library