The Value of Filmstrips in the Third Grade (open access)

The Value of Filmstrips in the Third Grade

The purpose of this study is to determine the possible influence of the use of filmstrip material upon a group of third-grade pupils as compared with another group of third-grade pupils not using filmstrip materials.
Date: 1950
Creator: Adair, Elva Gaynelle
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Adequacy of the School Transportation Systems of Montague County, Texas (open access)

The Adequacy of the School Transportation Systems of Montague County, Texas

In this study an attempt is made to determine the adequacy of the school transportation systems of Montague County, Texas.
Date: 1950
Creator: Allen, Bill N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Stipulated, Assigned, and Acquired Duties of the Head and Assistant Football Coaches of the Class AA High Schools Within a Radius of 115 Miles of Grand Prairie, Texas (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Stipulated, Assigned, and Acquired Duties of the Head and Assistant Football Coaches of the Class AA High Schools Within a Radius of 115 Miles of Grand Prairie, Texas

The purposes of this study are (1) to make a comparison of the stipulated, assigned, and acquired duties of the head football coaches of Class AA high schools within a radius of 115 miles of Grand Prairie, Texas; and (2) to make a comparison of the stipulated, assigned, and acquired duties of the assistant football coaches of Class AA high schools within a radius of 115 miles of Grand Prairie, Texas.
Date: 1950
Creator: Ashton, Vernon C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Class Piano in Relation to the Needs and Interests of the Child (open access)

Class Piano in Relation to the Needs and Interests of the Child

The purpose of this investigation is to show how class piano can meet the needs and interests of the child. Research was made to discover the development of piano from its very beginning to the present time, thereby showing the value of class piano and how old and new methods can be used to meet the needs and interests of the child.
Date: 1950
Creator: Atchison, Ruby Dale Brown
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation to Determine Improvement in the Social Status of Children Through Concetrated Effort (open access)

An Investigation to Determine Improvement in the Social Status of Children Through Concetrated Effort

The problem of this study is an investigation of the development of social adjustment in thirty-three first-grade pupils in Gainesville, Texas, during 1949-1950. The purpose of the study is to determine each child's total readiness status at the beginning of the investigation, surround each with socializing experiences appropriate to his need, and then determine whether measurable benefits appear to result from his participation in the specific activities designed for social development.
Date: 1950
Creator: Atkins, Thelma
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influences That Audio-Visual Aids Have upon the Progress of Children in the Fifth-Grade Social Studies (open access)

The Influences That Audio-Visual Aids Have upon the Progress of Children in the Fifth-Grade Social Studies

The problem undertaken in this investigation is to determine the value of using audio-visual aids in the fifth-grade social studies program of the Austin Elementary School, Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: 1950
Creator: Avis, Burch M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Two Methods of Teaching Eighth-Grade Social Studies in the Granbury Elementary School (open access)

A Comparative Study of Two Methods of Teaching Eighth-Grade Social Studies in the Granbury Elementary School

The major purpose of this study was to compare the progress made by a group of children taught by the experience method of teaching with a group taught by the old textbook method, to determine whether the experimental group would show as much gain in academic knowledge as the control group, and in turn gain the other desired traits of the present-day personal and social needs.
Date: 1950
Creator: Baccus, Nettie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Survey of Employment Criteria and Recommended Adult Commercial Education Program at Amarillo College, Amarillo, Texas (open access)

Survey of Employment Criteria and Recommended Adult Commercial Education Program at Amarillo College, Amarillo, Texas

The purpose of this study is to attempt establishment of ways by which Amarillo College, as a community junior college, can further extend its benefits to the adults of the community through its commercial curriculum.
Date: 1950
Creator: Balderston, John F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of the School Plant of Union Grove High School in Upshur County, Texas, on the Basis of Health and Safety Environment for the School Population with Recommendations for Future Development (open access)

Evaluation of the School Plant of Union Grove High School in Upshur County, Texas, on the Basis of Health and Safety Environment for the School Population with Recommendations for Future Development

The purpose of this study was to make a critical evaluation of the school plant of Union Grove High School in Upshur County, Texas, in regards to health and safety environment.
Date: 1950
Creator: Bartlett, J. Harold
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of the Recreation Program in Certain Junior High Schools in the Texas Panhandle (open access)

Evaluation of the Recreation Program in Certain Junior High Schools in the Texas Panhandle

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the recreational program of certain junior high schools in the Texas Panhandle to determine the extent to which they meet accepted criteria for this type of program.
Date: 1950
Creator: Bass, Terrel H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Expansion of Recreation Facilities, Equipment, and Activities of the Dallas Park and Recreation Departments with the Increase in the Population of Dallas, Texas from 1940 to 1950 (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Expansion of Recreation Facilities, Equipment, and Activities of the Dallas Park and Recreation Departments with the Increase in the Population of Dallas, Texas from 1940 to 1950

The investigator had the following purposes in mind: 1. To determine the expansion of the recreational facilities equipment, and activities of the Dallas Park and Recreation Departments from 1940 to 1950. 2. To determine the increase in population of Dallas, Texas from 1940 to 1950. 3. To determine the sections of Dallas where population has shown an increase from 1940 to 1950. 4. To determine the sections of Dallas where recreational activities have increased from 1940 to 1950. 5. To determine the sections of Dallas where the need for the expansion of facilities is indicated by the growth of the population and by the existing offerings of the Recreation department.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Beasley, Betty Aneita
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine to What Extent the Social Needs of the Rural High School Students of Parker County are Being Met (open access)

A Study to Determine to What Extent the Social Needs of the Rural High School Students of Parker County are Being Met

This is a study to determine to what extent the social needs of the rural high school students of Parker County, Texas, are being met by the present school program.
Date: 1950
Creator: Bell, Billie Ruth Long
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Social Guidance in Junior High School Home Rooms (open access)

An Evaluation of Social Guidance in Junior High School Home Rooms

The purposes of this study are: (1) to make an investigation of the home-room programs of the junior high schools in Wichita Falls, Texas, to discover what social guidance, if any, is offered to students; (2) to set up criteria for evaluating a social guidance program in a junior high school; and (3) to evaluate the social guidance programs of the home rooms in the junior high schools in Wichita Falls, Texas, in terms of the criteria set up for evaluation.
Date: 1950
Creator: Bell, Lois C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Validity of Brace's Basketball Achievement Tests as a Measure of Real Playing Ability of Individual Players of District 35 B University of Texas Interscholastic League for the 1950 Season (open access)

A Study of the Validity of Brace's Basketball Achievement Tests as a Measure of Real Playing Ability of Individual Players of District 35 B University of Texas Interscholastic League for the 1950 Season

The investigator made a study to determine the validity of the Brace Basketball Achievement Tests as a measure of real basketball playing ability of individual players of District 35 B of the University of Texas Interscholastic League for the 1950 season.
Date: 1950
Creator: Boldin, C. T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Use of Motion Pictures in the Teaching of American History in the High Schools of Dallas, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Use of Motion Pictures in the Teaching of American History in the High Schools of Dallas, Texas

The purpose of this study is to evaluate certain phases of the use of motion pictures in the teaching of American history in the secondary schools of Dallas, Texas.
Date: 1950
Creator: Boley, George S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Leisure Time Activities of the Boys of Big Spring High School During the School Year 1948-1949 and the Summer of 1949 with Recommendations for the Future Development of the High School Physical Education and the City Recreation Program (open access)

A Study of the Leisure Time Activities of the Boys of Big Spring High School During the School Year 1948-1949 and the Summer of 1949 with Recommendations for the Future Development of the High School Physical Education and the City Recreation Program

The purposes of this study were: (1) to determine by grade groups how the boys of Big Spring High School spend their leisure time, (2) to gain information for use in broadening the instruction in physical education and recreation, (3) to have information for possible recommendations for the physical education department and city recreation program.
Date: 1950
Creator: Bonner, Ross Wayne
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
A Study of the Reading-Readiness Program in the Elementary Schools of Collin County to Determine the Extent to Which it is Planned to Meet Present Educational Theory (open access)

A Study of the Reading-Readiness Program in the Elementary Schools of Collin County to Determine the Extent to Which it is Planned to Meet Present Educational Theory

The purpose of this study is to make an investigation of the reading readiness program of the elementary schools in Collin County, Texas, to determine whether the program is planned in accord with modern theories of education, or administered in the traditional manner of considering the subject.
Date: 1950
Creator: Bothwell, Tommie Jean Dobie
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Develop and Propose a System of Industrial Arts Accounting and Bookkeeping for the Secondary Schools of Fort Worth, Texas (open access)

A Study to Develop and Propose a System of Industrial Arts Accounting and Bookkeeping for the Secondary Schools of Fort Worth, Texas

The purpose of the study is to develop and propose a system of industrial arts accounting and bookkeeping for the secondary schools of Fort Worth, Texas, if it is found, through the study, that the instructors of industrial arts in Fort Worth, Texas, need and desire a systematic method of keeping financial records.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Boyd, Richard L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Stressed Back Vowels in the Speech of Gregg County, Texas (open access)

A Study of the Stressed Back Vowels in the Speech of Gregg County, Texas

The purpose of this paper is to contribute some knowledge of the vowel sounds in the speech of one part of East Texas, Gregg County. Although these sounds do not vary greatly from those heard in other parts of the South, the variations which do occur are of interest to the student of speech sounds, and for that reason the sounds studied are carefully recorded in this paper.
Date: 1950
Creator: Bradford, Frances R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Lueders Secondary School to Determine the Extent to Which it Meets Criteria for Educational Objectives and Youth Interests (open access)

A Study of the Lueders Secondary School to Determine the Extent to Which it Meets Criteria for Educational Objectives and Youth Interests

The purpose of this investigation is to make a study of the Lueders secondary school to determine the extent to which it is meeting educational objectives and the interests of its pupils.
Date: 1950
Creator: Bragg, C. O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Relationship Films on the Attitudes of Homemaking Girls (open access)

The Effect of Relationship Films on the Attitudes of Homemaking Girls

Films have been used with varying degrees of success to influence the attitudes of pupils of different ages and interests. Little has been done, however, to measure the attitudes of girls in high school homemaking classes. It is the purpose of this study to use films as an integral part of a group relationships unit and to determine what attitude changes, if any, are directly attributable to film content.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Brown, Mary Angeline
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
Status of Democratic Practices in the Ten Fifth Grade Groups in Denison, Texas (open access)

Status of Democratic Practices in the Ten Fifth Grade Groups in Denison, Texas

This is a study of the democratic practices in ten fifth grade groups of Denison, Texas, in administration, methods, and curriculum. The purpose of this study is three-fold: 1. To make criteria to be used in evaluating democratic action in the elementary schools. 2. To evaluate the democratic practices in ten fifth grade groups of Denison, Texas. 3. To offer recommendations for changes that could be made for the improvement of these groups.
Date: 1950
Creator: Burris, Ethel L.
System: The UNT Digital Library