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An Analysis of the Education of the Children of Migrant Agricultural Workers in Arkansas Public Schools (open access)

An Analysis of the Education of the Children of Migrant Agricultural Workers in Arkansas Public Schools

The problem is the study of the education of children of migrant agricultural workers in forty-five school districts in Arkansas. The study presents data from a questionnaire, the Uniform Migrant Student Transfer Form, and the Science Research Associates Achievement Test.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Barnes, Jerome M. (Jerome Medwick), 1934-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Leisure Reading Habits of Female Teachers and Non-Teachers (open access)

A Comparison of the Leisure Reading Habits of Female Teachers and Non-Teachers

The purpose of this study was to determine, whether there was a significant difference in the leisure reading habits of two groups of women who were college graduates; one group of elementary classroom teachers, grades one through six, and another group of women who were not teachers.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Watson, Thurman O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Selected Arkansas North Central Association Secondary Schools Using the Evaluative Criteria (open access)

A Comparison of Selected Arkansas North Central Association Secondary Schools Using the Evaluative Criteria

The purpose of this study was to report the evaluation ratings and describe the Arkansas NCA secondary schools, as indicated in the Summary Reports of the Evaluative Criteria, 1960 edition, and to compare ratings on all sections and divisions, section D-J, by size classifications.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Robbins, Homer Dale
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Validity of the Uniform-Assessment Assumption Implied in the Use of Certain Measures of Local Taxpaying Ability in Arkansas (open access)

A Study to Determine the Validity of the Uniform-Assessment Assumption Implied in the Use of Certain Measures of Local Taxpaying Ability in Arkansas

This study examines the assumption that property is assessed uniformly from district to district in Arkansas.
Date: January 1956
Creator: Garner, Curtis R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between Certain School Practices and Dropout Rates of the High Schools of Arkansas (open access)

The Relationship between Certain School Practices and Dropout Rates of the High Schools of Arkansas

The problem of this study was to determine the relationship between dropout rates of the high schools of Arkansas and certain school practices.
Date: June 1963
Creator: Cook, Kenneth Oscar, 1922-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Plan of Christian Higher Education for Arkansas Baptists (open access)

A Plan of Christian Higher Education for Arkansas Baptists

The primary problem in this study was to develop a comprehensive long-range plan for Arkansas Baptists to use as a guide in meeting their needs in the field of Christian higher education. These needs were viewed in two ways: 1. Need as related to the purposes and philosophy of Christian higher education of Southern Baptists; 2. Need as related to the number of persons to be served.
Date: June 1957
Creator: Kirkman, Ralph Everett
System: The UNT Digital Library
Measures of Local Fiscal Ability to Supoort Public Schools (open access)

Measures of Local Fiscal Ability to Supoort Public Schools

The primary purposes of this study are fourfold, namely: (1) to summarize the writings of specialists in school finance and public finance which are judged to have significance concerning the nature, source, control, and measurement of local fiscal ability; (2) to develop an analytical evaluation of the "bases" of the proposed measures; (3) to develop a criterion of the relative taxpaying ability of Arkansas counties in terms of the actual valuation of real property; and (4) to determine the significance of the association among the three measures and the relative significance of the degree of relationship of each measure to the criterion.
Date: January 1959
Creator: Wetherington, Allen Burton
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teaching of Educational Administration Theory in Selected Southwestern Colleges and Universities (open access)

Teaching of Educational Administration Theory in Selected Southwestern Colleges and Universities

The problem of this study was an analysis of the processes and materials used in teaching theories of educational administration in certain courses in selected southwestern colleges and universities.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Sullivan, John Benjamin
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of College and University Athletic Trainers in Texas and Bordering States (open access)

The Role of College and University Athletic Trainers in Texas and Bordering States

The problem of this study was to compare the existing role of college and university athletic trainers in Texas and bordering states with the role of college and university athletic trainers, (1) as recommended by national athletic training specialists and (2) as recommended by college and university athletic directors in Texas and bordering states.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Patton, Robert Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Public School Library Resources in Arkansas (open access)

A Survey of Public School Library Resources in Arkansas

The purpose of this study was an examination of elementary- and secondary-school libraries in Arkansas to determine the adequacy of their resources as compared with the 1960 and the 1969 national school library standards. The findings served as a base for establishing goals and recommendations for improved school library programs in Arkansas.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Guise, Benjamin R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Counselor-Led Group Counseling and Leaderless Group Counseling on Anxiety, Self-Concept, and Study Habits Among High School Seniors (open access)

The Effects of Counselor-Led Group Counseling and Leaderless Group Counseling on Anxiety, Self-Concept, and Study Habits Among High School Seniors

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is the comparison of the effects of two group counseling approaches upon selected counselee characteristics. The purpose of the study was the determination of the relative effectiveness of counselor-led group counseling and leaderless group counseling upon anxiety, self-concept, and study habits and attitudes among high school seniors. Forty of ninety-six Russellville, Arkansas, high school seniors who were referred for group counseling by their high school teachers and counselors were randomly selected as subjects. Thirty of the students were assigned in a random manner to three ten-member experimental groups. Ten of the students were assigned in a random manner to a control group. Following treatment each group was reduced to eight subjects each because of poor participation by a few subjects in each group. The IPAT Anxiety Scale, the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale, and the Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes were administered to all subjects prior to and after ten weeks of treatment.
Date: May 1974
Creator: Birmingham, Donald R.
System: The UNT Digital Library