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Dimensions of Quality : Teachers' Beliefs and Practices in Texas Public Prekindergartens
This study explores beliefs and practices about standards of quality in Texas public prekindergartens as viewed from various perspectives, including prekindergarten teachers, administrators of prekindergarten programs, and families of prekindergarten students. These beliefs and practices are compared with widely-accepted national standards of quality for preschool programs.
Date:
May 1998
Creator:
Kelly, Katherine Taddie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Materials, Practices, and Perceptions Associated with Prior Participation in an Aerospace Education Workshop: a Case Study
This qualitative study was conducted in a large north Texas school district. The subjects were four elementary teachers who had previously attended a summer aerospace education workshop. The researcher observed in each classroom during science instruction and other areas where aerospace concepts might be taught to determine material usage, practices, and perceptions associated with teaching aerospace. The teachers' lesson planbooks, textbooks, and supplementary materials were also examined by the researcher. Interviews were conducted with each teacher's principal and the district science coordinator to determine their effects on the practices and perceptions of the subjects.
Date:
May 1990
Creator:
Boyd, Jacqueline Breeden
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Factors Influencing Job Satisfaction Among Texas High School Band Directors
The problem with which this study was concerned was that of measuring and examining the level of job satisfaction among Texas high school band directors. The specific methodology included a quantitative comparison through confirmatory factor analysis of the factor structures of the sample of 109 Texas high school band directors and the norming population of 1460 industrial workers. There were two purposes for conducting the study. First, the relationships between an assortment of demographic variables and measured job satisfaction were examined. The second purpose was to measure the degree of fit of the Frederick Herzberg Dual-Factor Theory to the factor structure of the sample. Correlation, t ratio, and one-way analysis of variance were used to compare the demographic variables with measured job satisfaction. Confirmatory factor analysis through LISREL was used to examine and compare factor structures. Job satisfaction was measured with the Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire which was developed and tested through the Work Adjustment Project, Industrial Relations Center at the University of Minnesota. The twenty-item short-form retained the general reliability and validity measures of the 100-item long form. The Demographic Data Sheet is a researcher-constructed document used to gather data for use in classifying respondents by educational background, school classification, …
Date:
December 1986
Creator:
Qualls, Barbara Ann
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Role of Staff Development Trainer in Organizations
This investigation examines the differences in perception of the role of staff-development trainer in organizations, a role identified as an emerging occupation, held by three professional groups. The focus is on sources of stress and strain in the job performance of the trainer. Purposes of the study are (1) to collect data from three coworker groups, administrators, directors of nursing, and trainers relative to the role of the trainer, (2) to examine differences in perception between the groups, (3) to examine the differences as potential sources of stress when viewed from the perspective of role theory, and (4) to delineate the role. This study indicates that knowledge about behavioral sciences and skill at interpersonal communications are important areas in both background and in personal qualities needed. Nurses and trainers widely perceive a lack of commitment to training by administrators. This relates to sources of strain in the role of trainer. There is a generally held expectation in the field that the role will grow in importance and scope.
Date:
August 1978
Creator:
Ragsdale, Kathryn A.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Implementation and Administration of Radical Education in Texas: Politics or Reform in Education from 1870-1873
This study examines the efforts of Radicals (Republicans) to establish a state-wide public school system in Texas between 1870 and 1873. Primary sources cover the chronological fringes of the period being examined. This study follows a chronological narrative with the four chapters examining first, educational trends in the southern states and Texas prior to Reconstruction, followed by examination of the Radical system in Texas, and, finally, its destruction by Conservative Texans. The final chapter focuses on immediate and long range results of Radical education. In examining the Radical educational program, an attempt has been made to dispel ideas popularly held by present-day Texans who believe that the Radical school program was simply another "carpetbagger" scheme for raiding the state treasury and building Radical patronage. This paper contends that the Radicals established as good a public school system as could be created at the time, and that it was administered in an honest and efficient manner. The system was destroyed by politicians and a grass roots revolt of taxpayers who had no faith in its methods, goals, or administrators.
Date:
August 1976
Creator:
McClellan, Michael E.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Parental Decision-Making Regarding Preschool Programs for Four-Year-Old Children
The study was an investigation of parental decision-making regarding preschool programs for their children. Data indicated that parents investigated a preschool program beyond a conversation with the preschool director and that non-educational aspects of preschool programs were important considerations in the selection of a preschool program by parents. Parents educational preferences tended to coincide with the educational programs of the preschools they selected, although parents indicated favorable opinions of more educational variables than any of the preschools surveyed offered. Levels of education attained by mothers appeared to have little effect on educational preferences, and parents whose first child was attending preschool had educational preferences similar to those of parents whose older children had attended preschool.
Date:
August 1976
Creator:
Vargo, Melinda T.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Attitudes, Perceptions, and Personal Problems of Three Groups of High School Students
The problem of the study was to compare three groups of high school seniors--college preparatory, vocational preparatory, and general diploma students--in scholastic achievement, attitudes, and types of personal problems.
Date:
August 1972
Creator:
Arnold, Anna Beth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Impact of the Regional Education Service Centers on the Public School Superintendency in Texas
The problem of this study was to determine the impact of the Regional Education Service Centers on the public school superintendency in Texas and the desired future development of the centers.
Date:
May 1972
Creator:
Watson, Forrest E., 1935-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Role of the Principal in Open Plan Elementary Schools in Texas as Perceived by the Principals of theses Schools
The problem of this study was to analyze the role of the principal in open plan elementary schools in Texas. The analysis was limited to the principals' perception of their role in these schools.
Date:
May 1972
Creator:
Wakeland, Justin
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Status of the Teaching of Negro History in the Public High Schools of Texas
The problem of this study was to ascertain the status of the teaching of Negro history in American history classes in the public high schools of Texas.
Date:
May 1972
Creator:
Polk, Travis R., 1935-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Industrial Education Graduates and Non-Graduates of Texas Southern University with Implications for Curriculum Revision
The problem was a study of the School of Technology graduates and non-graduates of Texas Southern University with implications for curriculum revision.
Date:
May 1972
Creator:
Robinson, Clarence L. (Clarence Leslie), 1937-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Historical Study of Selected Title III Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965, PACE Projects in Texas
The problem of this study is to analyze some of the effects of selected ESEA, Title III, PACE projects on the educational processes in Texas.
Date:
December 1971
Creator:
Young, Crandall Joe
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The History of Speech and Drama Education in the Dallas Public Schools (1884-1970)
The problem of this study was the writing of a comprehensive history of speech and drama education in the Dallas Public Schools from 188^-1970. This necessitated the recording of the facts, events, and circumstances which have determined the condition and progress of speech and drama education in the Dallas Public Schools during this period of time.
Date:
December 1971
Creator:
Rumbley, Rose-Mary, 1922-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Importance of Selected Characteristics of Elementary Teachers as Perceived by Student Teachers and Supervising Teachers
This research had three main purposes. The first was to determine some of the major characteristics of elementary teachers. Second was to see how student teachers and supervising teachers perceive the importance of certain characteristics of elementary teachers. The third was to discover what changes result in the perceptions of student teachers as to the importance of these characteristics after completing student teaching.
Date:
August 1971
Creator:
Wellington, Charles Edward
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Lab Method Films with Traditional Instruction in the Introductory Physics Laboratory
The problem of this study is a comparison of lab method films with traditional instruction in the introductory, non-technical college physics laboratory.
Date:
August 1971
Creator:
Hughes, James Erie
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Two Methods of Reporting Pupil Progress on Adjustment and Achievement of Fourth Grade Students in a Suburban Elementary School
The present research was an investigation of the effect of two methods of reporting pupil progress on adjustment and achievement of fourth grade pupils in a suburban elementary school. One method involved the use of an evaluation form reflecting performance in terms of ability, parent-teacher conferences, and work samples. The other method was comprised primarily of competitive grading and marking procedures, utilizing a standard report card to report results.
Date:
August 1971
Creator:
Horn, John Duane, 1941-
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Nondestructive Testing and Inspection Processes Used in Industry with Implications for Program Planning in the Junior Colleges of Texas
The problem was obtaining relevant subject matter pertaining to nondestructive testing and inspection processes used in industry for program planning purposes in the junior colleges of Texas.
Date:
August 1971
Creator:
Stokes, Vernon L.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of All American History Textbooks Adopted for the Public High Schools of Texas from 1919 to 1970
The problem with which this investigation is concerned is the contextual changes which have occurred in American history textbooks adopted for use in the public high schools of the state of Texas from 1919 to 1970. The purpose of the study is to trace the development of high school American history textbooks by analyzing the following five areas: verbal aids, graphic aids, subject content, three areas of historiography, and the prefaces.
Date:
August 1971
Creator:
Durham, Kenneth Reuben
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Selected Kindergarten Programs for the Development of Large Muscle Skills and Activities
The problem of this investigation is to survey the total programs of selected kindergartens. Major emphasis on the program for the development of large muscle skills and activities will be carried out in the analysis.
Date:
August 1971
Creator:
Nicosia, Ralph Timothy
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Selected Kindergarten Programs in Terms of Language Development
The purpose of this study was to survey the significant characteristics of language development programs in selected kindergartens. These findings were then compared to the recommendations of authorities in the field.
Date:
August 1971
Creator:
Taylor, Pauline Elizabeth
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Public Law 815 and its Operation in Texas
The problem of this study is to review the background, the development, the present status, and the significance of Public Law 815 with special reference to its operation in Texas.
Date:
May 1971
Creator:
Taylor, Orace C.
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Title II, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and an Evaluation of Its Impact in Texas
The problem of this study was to determine the purpose of ESEA Title II, 1965, and evaluate the impact of the operation of this legislation on selected public schools of Texas.
Date:
May 1971
Creator:
Buell, Frank G. (Frank Garvin)
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Argumentation Used in the Sex Education Issue in the Dallas Independent School District
The primary purpose of the study was to identify and describe the arguments used in the sex education controversy in the Dallas Independent School District. The issue was examined as a debate and as a social movement promoted and resisted by community rhetoricians. Arguments were elicited from interviews with rhetoricians on both sides of the issue.
Date:
December 1970
Creator:
Ingalls, Arthur Bradford
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Men's Physical Education Programs in Texas Baptist Colleges and a Comparison of Physical Education Programs in Texas Baptist Colleges with Selected Texas State Colleges and Universities
The problem was (1) an analysis of the physical education program for men in Texas Baptist colleges offering a baccalaureate degree with a major in the area of physical education, and (2) a comparison of physical education programs in Texas Baptist colleges with selected Texas state colleges and universities.
Date:
August 1970
Creator:
Smith, Claudius Ray
System:
The UNT Digital Library