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
The Effect of High Speed Drill on Speed and Accuracy Development in Beginning Typewriting (open access)

The Effect of High Speed Drill on Speed and Accuracy Development in Beginning Typewriting

This study is an experiment to determine the effectiveness of high-speed drill on speed and accuracy achievement in the first semester of beginning typewriting at the high school level.
Date: May 1963
Creator: Johnson, James Roland, 1921-
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Public Relations Programs of Selected Texas Public School Systems (open access)

An Evaluation of the Public Relations Programs of Selected Texas Public School Systems

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the public relations programs in selected Texas public school systems. From this evaluation, criteria were developed which will enable the administrators, particularly those in smaller school systems, to maintain stronger public relations programs. These public relations programs were evaluated in terms of the elements of sound public relations procedures.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Kerr, Ralph Mouzon, 1911-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Predicting Achievement in a Graduate School of Education (open access)

Predicting Achievement in a Graduate School of Education

The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between selected criteria and academic achievement in graduate studies leading to certain master's degrees in education at North Texas State University. The major areas in education which were included were Elementary Education, Elementary School Administration and Supervision, Secondary Education, Secondary School Administration and Supervision, and Physical Education. Graduate grade-point average was used as the criterion for academic achievement.
Date: June 1963
Creator: Hughes, Billie Edward, 1927-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personal Characteristics in Secondary School Social Studies Student Teachers as Related to Certain Measures of Potential Teaching Behavior (open access)

Personal Characteristics in Secondary School Social Studies Student Teachers as Related to Certain Measures of Potential Teaching Behavior

The purpose of this study was to search for relationships of certain personal characteristics (authoritarianism, philosophy of social education, and instructional preferences) of a representative group of social studies student teachers to measures respectively of a) their classroom behavioral traits, b) their classroom teaching activities, and c) their pupils' classroom behavior.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Liu, Shia-Ling, 1922-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Characteristics of College Freshmen According to Sex and Ethnic Group and the Relationship of these Characteristics to Academic Achievement (open access)

Some Characteristics of College Freshmen According to Sex and Ethnic Group and the Relationship of these Characteristics to Academic Achievement

The purpose of the present study was to determine if differences exist between selected groups of male and female Anglo-American and Latin-American students with respect to scholastic aptitude as measured by the American College Test, temperament traits as measured by the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey, and beliefs in traditional values as measured by the Inventory of Beliefs.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Vaughan, George Ellis
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Educational Background and Attitudes of Teachers Toward Algebra as Related to the Attitudes and Achievements of Their Anglo-American and Latin-American Pupils in First-Year Algebra Classes of Texas (open access)

A Study of the Educational Background and Attitudes of Teachers Toward Algebra as Related to the Attitudes and Achievements of Their Anglo-American and Latin-American Pupils in First-Year Algebra Classes of Texas

The problem of this study was to determine the extent to which certain characteristics of teachers of first-year algebra were related to a) their pupils' attitudes toward algebra and b) their pupils' achievements in algebra. An additional aspect of the study was to ascertain and study the differences between Anglo- and Latin-American pupils' attitudes and achievements in algebra.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Garner, Meridon V.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Factors Associated with Success in the Doctor of Education Program at North Texas State University (open access)

Factors Associated with Success in the Doctor of Education Program at North Texas State University

The purpose of this study was to determine the significance of certain factors relating to successful completion of the program by students in the Doctor of Education program at North Texas State University. Specifically, these factors were determined by a screening of judgments of North Texas State University graduates who had successfully completed the program, students engaged in the program, and from analysis of the factors derived from student records and research in related studies.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Gleason, Dale H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effectiveness of Using Filmed Courses in Physics and Chemistry in Addition to the Traditional Lecture-Laboratory Courses in High School (open access)

The Effectiveness of Using Filmed Courses in Physics and Chemistry in Addition to the Traditional Lecture-Laboratory Courses in High School

The problem of this study was to determine the effectiveness of using filmed courses in physics and chemistry in addition to the traditional lecture-laboratory courses in high school.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Jackson, Harold Franklin
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