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The Accuracy of Teacher Rating of Pupil Personality and Achievement as Compared with Standardized Test Scores (open access)

The Accuracy of Teacher Rating of Pupil Personality and Achievement as Compared with Standardized Test Scores

This study has the following purpose: (1) to find the relationship between teacher rating of pupil personality and standardized test results; (2) to find the relationship between teacher rating of pupil achievement and standardized test results; and (3) to determine where more emphasis should be placed in order to better evaluate the child and his work.
Date: 1941
Creator: Cottrell, Lucille
System: The UNT Digital Library
Adapting a Reading Program to Individual Differences (open access)

Adapting a Reading Program to Individual Differences

The problem of this study was to test the effectiveness of adapting the reading instruction to the level and ability of individuals or small groups of a particular group of second grade children.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Manning, Lucile
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Adequacy of Financial Support Received by the Small High-School Bands in Texas (open access)

The Adequacy of Financial Support Received by the Small High-School Bands in Texas

The problem undertaken in this study is to attempt to determine the adequacy of financial support received by the small high school bands in Texas.
Date: 1951
Creator: Settle, James Bristol
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
Adequacy of Training of Junior High School Teachers of Industrial Arts in Texas (open access)

Adequacy of Training of Junior High School Teachers of Industrial Arts in Texas

"The problem of this study is to determine to what extent the junior high school teachers of industrial arts in Texas are being trained to meet the apparent needs and trends in the field. Do the teachers colleges of Texas have the facilities --curricula--to adequately train industrial arts teacher for the courses that are actually being taught in the junior high schools of Texas? The study is limited to certain aspects of industrial arts in the junior high schools and the State Teachers colleges of Texas. The offerings and trends in offerings of the junior high schools, the organization and trends in the organization, the adequacy of training of industrial arts teachers in the junior schools, and offerings and trends in the industrial arts departments of the Texas State Teachers Colleges are of major importance in this study. " --p. 1
Date: June 1938
Creator: Karnes, Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
Administering the Use of Instructional Space in Texas State-Supported Colleges and Universities (open access)

Administering the Use of Instructional Space in Texas State-Supported Colleges and Universities

The problem of this study is to determine the administrative practices for securing the optimum use of instructional space in colleges. This necessitates the development of an instrument to evaluate these practices.
Date: August 1957
Creator: Craig, Robert E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Administration of the Guidance Program for Secondary Schools (open access)

The Administration of the Guidance Program for Secondary Schools

An attempt will be made to answer these questions: (1) Why is a guidance program necessary? (2) What steps are being taken to accomplish the objectives set forth? (3) What is considered the best method of instituting a guidance program? In answering these questions a study of the guidance programs in a few of the leading cities and states of the United States has been taken into consideration. The best possible method or combination of methods will be recommended. This method will be compared with the program of guidance now in operation in the Waco High School, Waco, Texas.
Date: January 1948
Creator: Hillyer, Martha B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Administrative Problems Involved in Promoting the Building Programs of Dallas County (open access)

Administrative Problems Involved in Promoting the Building Programs of Dallas County

If the future citizens of tomorrow are to be educated, they must have, for one thing, at least, buildings in which to supply their needs adequately. This study is made with the realization that the physical plant does not make a good school, but with the idea that it does help a great deal.
Date: 1948
Creator: Douglas, Erwin D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Advantages in the Social Studies to be Derived from the Texas Centennial by Children of Junior High School Level (open access)

Advantages in the Social Studies to be Derived from the Texas Centennial by Children of Junior High School Level

The predominant theme utilized by the Texas Centennial is the historical background Texas, which encompasses a hundred years of independence and four centuries of progress. This study aims to select and classify those buildings in the Texas Centennial Exposition containing exhibits possessing educational significance for junior high school social studies students.
Date: August 1936
Creator: Martin, Anna Y.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis and Classificiation of Children's Explanations of Natural Phenomena (open access)

An Analysis and Classificiation of Children's Explanations of Natural Phenomena

The problem of this study was to analyze the answers given by four groups (grade levels) of elementary school children and one group of adults (college freshmen) to direct questions regarding natural phenomena, to classify their explanations, to determine the methods and types of explanations used by these groups when they explain typical natural phenomena, and to compare these findings with the results of other investigators, especially Jean Piaget and Mervin E. Oakes.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Smith, Robert Frank
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
Analysis and Evaluation of the Role of Elementary School Supervisors in Selected Texas Public Schools (open access)

Analysis and Evaluation of the Role of Elementary School Supervisors in Selected Texas Public Schools

In the analysis and evaluation of the role of the elementary school supervisor, the purpose was (1) to investigate relationships which might exist between certain personal and professional background characteristics of elementary school supervisors and the activities in which they engaged, (2) to determine the activities in which elementary school supervisors engaged, (3) to determine emphasis placed upon those activities in which elementary school supervisors engaged, and (4) to evaluate those activities in which elementary school supervisors engaged.
Date: June 1963
Creator: Todd, Cyrus Edwin, 1911-
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis and Evaluation of Two Methods of Teaching Language Arts (open access)

An Analysis and Evaluation of Two Methods of Teaching Language Arts

This study compares and and provides an evaluation of language arts progress made by elementary school children using two different methods of instruction. One traditional method stressed grammar and the other experimentally focused on mechanics.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Harrell, Ruth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Analysis and Some of the Factors Associated with High School Transfers in Hill County (open access)

The Analysis and Some of the Factors Associated with High School Transfers in Hill County

The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the thirteen accredited high schools in Hill County to determine some of the factors associated with high school transfers in Hill County, and their results.
Date: August 1938
Creator: Ballew, Harvey Conway
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of a First Year of Participation in the Texas Health Education Program by the Sanger School (open access)

An Analysis of a First Year of Participation in the Texas Health Education Program by the Sanger School

The main purpose of this study is to analyze the values and results of one year's participation of the Sanger School in a three-year Texas Health Education Program (Texas Extended School and Community Health Program) in order to determine an adequate basis for making recommendations for the further development of this program.
Date: 1949
Creator: Lockhart, Cleo M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Age-Grade and other Indices of Pupil Progress in the Primary Grades (open access)

Analysis of Age-Grade and other Indices of Pupil Progress in the Primary Grades

The problem set forth in this study is to determine the causes of delay in school progress in the Bowie, Texas, elementary schools, and in which grade or grades the delay occurs.
Date: 1949
Creator: Dodd, Serena
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Appropriate Science Material for the Teaching of Elementary Science in the Jefferson School of Sherman, Texas (open access)

An Analysis of Appropriate Science Material for the Teaching of Elementary Science in the Jefferson School of Sherman, Texas

The purpose of this study is to investigate the current methods of teaching and the available science material for the teaching of elementary science in order to prepare a proposed plan of instruction for the seventh and eighth grades of Jefferson School for the 1941-1942 school year.
Date: 1941
Creator: Shelton, J. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with Financing Capital Outlay for Texas Public Schools (open access)

An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with Financing Capital Outlay for Texas Public Schools

The problem of this study is to determine the desirable characteristics of a sound program for financing Texas public school buildings--commensurate with need and with an equitable relation between state and local effort.
Date: June 1956
Creator: Herndon, Allen James
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with School Progress (open access)

An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with School Progress

This thesis is an analysis of certain factors associated with school progress of students of the graduating class of the Hillsboro Junior High School for 1940. The study is limited to considering the effect of age, attendance, environment, and economic status on progress during four years that these students attended junior high school.
Date: 1940
Creator: Tribble, Percy G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with Teacher Supply and Demand in Texas (open access)

An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with Teacher Supply and Demand in Texas

The problem of this study is to determine what are the factors associated with teacher supply and demand in Texas, to analyze and interpret these factors, and to offer recommendations regarding the problem.
Date: 1950
Creator: Jones, George Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with Teachers' Use of Credit (open access)

An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with Teachers' Use of Credit

The purpose of this study is to determine what factors make it necessary for teachers to seek credit, how the credit needs of teachers are now being met, and possible solutions for the problems that exist because of these conditions.
Date: 1940
Creator: Wooden, Henry A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Certain Factors Related to the Freedom of Teaching in Texas (open access)

An Analysis of Certain Factors Related to the Freedom of Teaching in Texas

The purpose of this study is to make an analysis of certain factors as they are related to freedom of teaching in Texas. This study will include community relations as well as the conditions within the classroom, as for example, the freedom in discussing controversial ideas.
Date: 1949
Creator: Cokendolpher, Floyd W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Democracy in Special Education (open access)

An Analysis of Democracy in Special Education

The problem of this study is to make an analysis of some democratic procedures for planning and conducting special education for exceptional children.
Date: 1948
Creator: Ford, Lola
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Educational Equalization Legislation in Texas (open access)

An Analysis of Educational Equalization Legislation in Texas

It is the purpose of this study to make the following investigations: (1) to trace briefly the historical background of equalization in the United States; (2) to present briefly a cross-section of the plans of equalization used by representative states in the United States; (3) to analyze the principal legal provisions of the equalization laws of Texas for the purpose of showing the growth and development of the State's equalization policy; and (4) to present a summary, to draw conclusions, and to make certain recommendations in the light of the information derived from the study.
Date: 1940
Creator: Rogers, D. K.
System: The UNT Digital Library