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To Determine the Factors Influencing the Attendance of the Latin-American Children in Wichita Falls Public Schools (open access)

To Determine the Factors Influencing the Attendance of the Latin-American Children in Wichita Falls Public Schools

The purpose of this study is three-fold: (1) to make a study of the attendance records of Latin American children in the Wichita Falls Public Schools to determine the extent of non-attendance and withdrawals; (2) to study factors causing this non-attendance and withdrawals; and (3) to plan some remedial measures to improve the educational opportunities and improve the attendance of these children.
Date: 1948
Creator: Jolly, Charles A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of Economic, Social, and Physical Factors upon Normal Development of Pupils in Two Wichita Falls Elementary Schools (open access)

The Influence of Economic, Social, and Physical Factors upon Normal Development of Pupils in Two Wichita Falls Elementary Schools

Children who learn best are physically, mentally, and emotionally adequate. In conjunction with this fact, this study attempts to show the relation that exists between the children from uncomfortable, unsatisfactory environments and those with comfortable, satisfactory environments.
Date: 1948
Creator: Cowan, Charlie Weldon
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating the Use of Comics in Teaching Fundamentals in Sixth Grade Arithmetic (open access)

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
A Comparative Study of Achievement Made in a Departmentalized and a Non-Departmentalized Fourth Grade (open access)

A Comparative Study of Achievement Made in a Departmentalized and a Non-Departmentalized Fourth Grade

This thesis has three main purposes: 1. to determine the progress made in achievement by each individual in the departmentalized and non-departmentalized groups; 2. to contrast the progress made in achievement by the groups under discussion; 3. to ascertain, by comparison of the two groups, whether any relative gain in achievement is made as a result of children working in the two different school organizations.
Date: 1948
Creator: Terry, Bulah Beatrice
System: The UNT Digital Library