The Possibilities of the Use of Visual Aids in Social Studies in the Intermediate Grades in the Denton Public Schools (open access)

The Possibilities of the Use of Visual Aids in Social Studies in the Intermediate Grades in the Denton Public Schools

The purpose of this study is to determine the possibilities of visual aids as an aid to the learning process in the social studies of the intermediate grades of the Denton public schools, with particular emphasis on the moving picture films and film strips available for use as visual aids in the social studies subjects.
Date: 1949
Creator: Sauls, Olga Borth
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Teacher Ratings Assigned Girls and Boys (open access)

A Comparative Study of Teacher Ratings Assigned Girls and Boys

It is the purpose of this study to determine if there is any significant difference in teacher ratings of boys and girls of equal achievement. If such differences are found to exist, an attempt will be made to explain the causes for such differences.
Date: 1949
Creator: Ussery, Sadie Maxine
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Value of Filmstrips in the First Grade of Travis School, Mineral Wells, Texas (open access)

The Value of Filmstrips in the First Grade of Travis School, Mineral Wells, Texas

The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of filmstrips upon a group of first-grade pupils as compared to another group of first-grade pupils not using filmstrips.
Date: 1949
Creator: Baker, Alene Ellis
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Public-Relations Practices of One Hundred Texas Public-School Systems (open access)

An Analysis of the Public-Relations Practices of One Hundred Texas Public-School Systems

The purpose of this study has three aspects. These are, (1) to determine what constitutes sound public-relations practices as recommended by recognized authorities in this field; (2) to determine the extent to which certain public-relations practices are employed by one hundred Texas public school systems; and (3) to determine whether the public-relations programs of one hundred Texas public-school systems meet the requirements of a sound public-relations program.
Date: 1949
Creator: Baker, Garth Elmo
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Methods of Reporting Child Progess to Parents (open access)

A Comparative Study of Methods of Reporting Child Progess to Parents

The problem involved in this study is to determine the progress in the last decade of a representative number of elementary schools of Texas in their methods of reporting child growth to parents.
Date: 1949
Creator: Boswell, Orgle M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Examine Individual Failure at the Elementary Level in a Small Texas Community, and to Determine, if Possible, the Relative Importance of Emotional Disturbance and Other Factors as Causes of Such Failures (open access)

A Study to Examine Individual Failure at the Elementary Level in a Small Texas Community, and to Determine, if Possible, the Relative Importance of Emotional Disturbance and Other Factors as Causes of Such Failures

The purpose of this study was to examine the complete number of failures for the school year, 1948-1949, in the elementary school of a small Texas town in an effort to determine the relative weight of emotional maladjustment and other factors as causes of such failures; and, if possible, to advance suggested remedies for such failures.
Date: 1949
Creator: Browning, Alta Edwards
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Soundness of the Gilmer-Aikin Plan of Financing the Public Schools of Montague County, Texas (open access)

A Study to Determine the Soundness of the Gilmer-Aikin Plan of Financing the Public Schools of Montague County, Texas

The problem of this thesis is to examine the Gilmer-Aikin plan as it will affect the Montague County, Texas, schools in order to ascertain whether present inequities, if any, will be corrected, and to present additional remedial proposals if needed.
Date: 1949
Creator: Browning, Leslie L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Casual-Factor-Removal as a Technique of Combating Juvenile Delinquency in the Cleburne Public Schools (open access)

Casual-Factor-Removal as a Technique of Combating Juvenile Delinquency in the Cleburne Public Schools

The purpose of this study is two-fold: (1) to determine the casual factors of delinquency which are the responsibility of the school, and (2) to discover possible procedures for combating delinquency, so far as it is immediately possible, in the Cleburne Public School System.
Date: 1949
Creator: Spikes, Pauline
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relation of Mental Hygiene to the Reading Achievement of the First-Grade Child (open access)

The Relation of Mental Hygiene to the Reading Achievement of the First-Grade Child

The purpose of the study is to determine what degree of relationship exists between factors of mental hygiene and of reading achievement of the first-grade child.
Date: 1949
Creator: Sprinkle, Mary Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Adequacy of the Physical Education, Health, and Recreation Facilties of the Schools of Kaufman County, Texas (open access)

To Determine the Adequacy of the Physical Education, Health, and Recreation Facilties of the Schools of Kaufman County, Texas

The purpose of this study is to determine how adequately the schools of Kaufman County are conforming to certain standards in physical education, health, and recreation.
Date: 1949
Creator: Stanford, William Y.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Extent to Which the Community Served by South Junior High School of Waco, Texas, is Meeting the Recreational Needs of its Girls (open access)

A Study to Determine the Extent to Which the Community Served by South Junior High School of Waco, Texas, is Meeting the Recreational Needs of its Girls

The purpose of this research is to make a study of the recreation program for girls served by the South Junior High School in Waco, Texas, to determine the extent to which the community meets the recreational needs of these girls.
Date: 1949
Creator: Stevens, Irene Gresham
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Extent to Which the Community Served by South Junior High School of Waco, Texas, is Meeting the Recreational Needs of its Boys (open access)

A Study to Determine the Extent to Which the Community Served by South Junior High School of Waco, Texas, is Meeting the Recreational Needs of its Boys

The purpose of this study is to make an investigation of the extent to which the community served by the South Junior High School of Waco, Texas, meets the recreational needs of its boys.
Date: 1949
Creator: Stevens, Marvin Alexander
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influence of a Summer Round Up Program on the Progress of First-Grade Children (open access)

The Influence of a Summer Round Up Program on the Progress of First-Grade Children

The purpose of this study is to determine the extent, if any, to which the Summer Round Up Program, as planned and executed by the North Elementary School of Odessa, Texas, helped the first-grade children adjust to school life.
Date: 1949
Creator: Stewart, Bessie Ames
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Personality to Accident-Prone and Accident-Free Pupils in the North Dallas High School (open access)

The Relationship of Personality to Accident-Prone and Accident-Free Pupils in the North Dallas High School

It is the purpose of this study to determine the relationship between personality and accident-proneness in a group of pupils in the North Dallas High School.
Date: 1949
Creator: Thompson, Billye Faye
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Educational Progress of Under-Age Children (open access)

The Educational Progress of Under-Age Children

The problem of this study was to determine the relationship between chronological age and reading achievement and between chronological age and personality development in school children.
Date: 1949
Creator: Tunnell, Lucile Stallings
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine a Sound Solution for the Educational Print Shop with Regard to What Action Should be Taken by High Schools and Colleges in the Matter of Equipment for Offset and Letterpress Printing (open access)

A Study to Determine a Sound Solution for the Educational Print Shop with Regard to What Action Should be Taken by High Schools and Colleges in the Matter of Equipment for Offset and Letterpress Printing

This is a study to determine the present and future status of offset printing as compared to letterpress printing in Texas, based on the opinions of qualified teachers of printing and commercial printers taken from sixteen groups of different sizes.
Date: 1949
Creator: Walker, Leonard K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Recreation Programs of Selected Secondary Schools (open access)

An Evaluation of Recreation Programs of Selected Secondary Schools

This study was undertaken to determine whether or not the secondary schools of Texas have recreational programs that measure up to accepted standard objectives. The activities within the recreation curriculum were measured to determine the value of each.
Date: 1949
Creator: Ward, Forrest Elmer
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Home-School-Community Relationships in Texas Schools (open access)

A Study of Home-School-Community Relationships in Texas Schools

The problem of this study is to determine to what apparent extent schools use the recommendations of educators in promoting home-school-community relations. An effort is made to ascertain the status of home-school-community relations, and to evaluate the findings and methods of promoting these relations.
Date: 1949
Creator: Weber, Bonnie Sheets
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis and Evaluation of the Recreation Program of the Callisburg Public School and Community (open access)

An Analysis and Evaluation of the Recreation Program of the Callisburg Public School and Community

The purpose of this study is to analyze the recreation program of the Callisburg community in Cook County, Texas, to determine the extent to which it meets accepted standards for a community recreation program.
Date: 1949
Creator: Welch, Virgil L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Special Education Program for Exceptional Children in Port Arthur, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Special Education Program for Exceptional Children in Port Arthur, Texas

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the educational program for the exceptional child in Port Arthur, Texas, and in light of the findings to make recommendations for an improvement of that program.
Date: 1949
Creator: White, Frances Cornelia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of the Present Methods of Reporting the Progress of Primary Pupils in City Schools of Texas and the Development of a More Desirable System (open access)

Evaluation of the Present Methods of Reporting the Progress of Primary Pupils in City Schools of Texas and the Development of a More Desirable System

The problem of this study is to evaluate the methods of reporting pupil progress in the primary grades of Texas schools comparable in size to that of Wichita Falls, Texas, and to set up criteria from which could be developed a more desirable reporting system for the primary grades. The main purpose is to establish a more adequate program for parent-teacher-pupil relationship and understanding through a philosophy based on the development of the whole child.
Date: 1949
Creator: Wilson, Rachel Rebecca
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Significance of Classroom Environmental Control in the Azle Elementary School (open access)

The Significance of Classroom Environmental Control in the Azle Elementary School

The objective of this investigation was to make two surveys relating to environmental control in the Azle Elementary School, Azle, Texas. The first survey was designed to furnish a list of favorable and unfavorable factors in classroom environment as they existed in the Azle Elementary School at the close of the school session of 1946-1947, and the second survey , conducted in the same school approximately a year later, was for the purpose of ascertaining what improvements had been made in the interim in order to increase the educative values in the classroom environment of this school.
Date: 1949
Creator: Wood, Roy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Grouping First Graders in Gainesville Schools (open access)

Grouping First Graders in Gainesville Schools

The purpose of this study is an attempt to define the needs in the primary grades in Gainesville, to find the most successful criteria used for grouping children upon their entrance into the first grade, and to find the best plan for primary grades in Gainesville schools.
Date: 1949
Creator: Doty, Lillian
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of a Traditional and an Integrated Program of Instruction in an Elementary School (open access)

Comparison of a Traditional and an Integrated Program of Instruction in an Elementary School

The purpose of this study is to determine if elementary school children progress faster in academic or tool subjects when taught through interest units in an integrated curriculum or when taught the separate subjects by a traditional method. Reading, spelling, and handwriting are used as illustrative subjects in the sixth grade with reading only in the second grade.
Date: 1949
Creator: Elder, Franklin L.
System: The UNT Digital Library