The Contribution of Meats and of Breakfasts to the Thiamin Content of Cafeteria Selected Diets (open access)

The Contribution of Meats and of Breakfasts to the Thiamin Content of Cafeteria Selected Diets

The purpose of this study is to show how much of the thiamin content of the noon and evening meals is contributed by meats and meat dishes which appear on the cafeteria menu, as well as the thiamin contribution of the breakfast meal to the total daily intake.
Date: 1951
Creator: Holley, Bennie Caraway
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effectiveness of the Problem-Solving Method in Developing Thinking Ability in Homemaking Students (open access)

Effectiveness of the Problem-Solving Method in Developing Thinking Ability in Homemaking Students

This study attempts to compare the thinking abilities of homemaking girls with the thinking abilities of girls not taking homemaking. By emphasizing the problem-solving method in the teaching of an experimental unit, it proposes to determine whether homemaking students show greater gains in thinking ability at the end of the school year than non-homemaking students. The investigator proposes to find out if the student taught by techniques of problem-solving forms thinking habits superior to habits formed by those students who have not been taught by this method as extensively as homemaking students.
Date: 1951
Creator: Baker, Frances Basye
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Disappearance of Crude Fiber and Lignin from the Digestive Tracts of Young College Women (open access)

The Disappearance of Crude Fiber and Lignin from the Digestive Tracts of Young College Women

The purpose of this study is to investigate the disappearance of crude fiber and lignin from the digestive tracts of healthy young college women consuming a self-selected diet.
Date: 1950
Creator: McCarty, Faye A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effectiveness of Relationship Films in Changing Attitudes of Adult Homemakers (open access)

The Effectiveness of Relationship Films in Changing Attitudes of Adult Homemakers

It is the purpose of this study to determine whether the use of sound films alone, shown to homemakers in adult homemaking classes, is effective in improving attitudes relative to family and social relationships, civic responsibility, and the use of leisure time.
Date: 1950
Creator: Hall, Avis Moran
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of Certain Factors on the Adjustment of College Students of Social Fundamentals (open access)

The Influence of Certain Factors on the Adjustment of College Students of Social Fundamentals

The purpose of this study is two-fold: (1) to determine whether students of either sex, or of any particular college class or subject matter major, make greater adjustment progress than students of the opposite sex, or of another college class or major field; and (2) to study the influence of these factors on the adjustment of college students of social fundamentals.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Phelps, Isabel Stuart
System: The UNT Digital Library
Toy Preference of Pre-School Children (open access)

Toy Preference of Pre-School Children

The purpose of this study is to determine toy preference of pre-school-age children as a guide for parents and for homemaking students in the selection of toys.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Wattner, Pauline Miller
System: The UNT Digital Library
Subject Matter and Class Section as Factors in the Development of Personality Traits in College Students of Social Fundamentals (open access)

Subject Matter and Class Section as Factors in the Development of Personality Traits in College Students of Social Fundamentals

The purpose of the present study is to determine whether subject matter and the class section are factors in the development of certain personality traits in college students of social fundamentals. Specifically, the purposes are: (1) to determine whether subject matter field and class section are factors in the development of personality traits referred to as objectivity, agreeableness, and co-operativeness; and (2) to determine which subject matter fields and class sections are responsible for group differences.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Wood, Joyce McKeever
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Factors in the Development of Personality Traits in College Students Enrolled in Social Fundamentals Classes (open access)

Some Factors in the Development of Personality Traits in College Students Enrolled in Social Fundamentals Classes

Working with students in social fundamentals classes in which social comprehension has been found to influence the development of these traits, this study attempts to determine whether sex, college classification and subject-matter are factors in the development of objectivity, agreeableness, and cooperativeness.
Date: August 1954
Creator: James, Emily Watson
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of Social Comprehension on the Adjustment of College Students (open access)

The Influence of Social Comprehension on the Adjustment of College Students

The purpose of this investigation is to extend the study of the influence of social comprehension on the adjustment of college students by (1) determining the adjustment progress of students in the social fundamentals classes, and (2) comparing the adjustment progress of men and women in these home economics classes with the progress of men and women in other subject-matter fields.
Date: August 1953
Creator: Randolph, Vannie Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Total Nicotinic Acid Metabolism of Young College Women on Self-Selected Diets (open access)

Total Nicotinic Acid Metabolism of Young College Women on Self-Selected Diets

The purpose of this study is to determine the nicotinic acid values of the food consumed and the urinary and fecal excretions of young college women on self-selected diets.
Date: 1952
Creator: Fuller, Golda Faye Graham
System: The UNT Digital Library
Predicting Success in Home Economics with the Differential Aptitude Test (open access)

Predicting Success in Home Economics with the Differential Aptitude Test

"It is the purpose of this present study to investigate further the aptitude areas into which Home Economics courses may be classified, and to determine whether a relationship exists between these areas and the areas of the Differential Aptitude Test."--1.
Date: June 1956
Creator: Nowlin, Billie Hopper
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Consumption of College Athletes (open access)

Food Consumption of College Athletes

"The present study was undertaken to calculate the nutritive value of the food consumed by male college athletes eating a self-selected diet in the college athletes dining room"--3.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Ways, Rachel Wilkins
System: The UNT Digital Library