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Survey of the Intramural Athletic Program of Brackenridge High School, San Antonio, Texas, to Determine the Status of this Program as Compared with Standards Set by Previous Studies (open access)

Survey of the Intramural Athletic Program of Brackenridge High School, San Antonio, Texas, to Determine the Status of this Program as Compared with Standards Set by Previous Studies

This thesis is the result of an examination of a recently added intramural sports program at Brackenridge High School in San Antonio, Texas. Value and benefits are explored while, also, describing the planning and implementation of the program.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Forehand, George W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of the Secondary Education Program at Whitewright, Texas (open access)

A Critical Analysis of the Secondary Education Program at Whitewright, Texas

This thesis examines efficiency levels of the secondary school in Whitewright, Texas in order to determine the need for change in curriculum or focus.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Jernigan, James C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Limnological Study of Lake Worth (open access)

A Limnological Study of Lake Worth

This thesis presents the results of a three year study devoted to discovering the life and phenomena found in Lake Worth near Fort Worth, Texas.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Johns, William Barnette
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Needs of Second Grade Children and an Evaluation of the Methods Used in Meeting These Needs in One Second Grade Room of the Horace Mann School, Amarillo, Texas (open access)

A Study of the Needs of Second Grade Children and an Evaluation of the Methods Used in Meeting These Needs in One Second Grade Room of the Horace Mann School, Amarillo, Texas

This thesis examines the personality, social, and physical needs of children attending the second grade at Horace Mann School in Amarillo, Texas.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Johnston, Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Zavala Elementary School, Austin, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of Zavala Elementary School, Austin, Texas

This study is an evaluatioon of Zavala Elementary School in Austin, Texas in order to determine administration strengths and weaknesses.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Lamb, W. Edwin
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Equality of Educational Opportunity (open access)

An Evaluation of the Equality of Educational Opportunity

This thesis examines the equality of physical education, health, and recreation for middle school boys in Amarillo, Texas. Data gathered at three schools in the city informed the author's conclusions.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Larsen, Ross Harold
System: The UNT Digital Library
Factors Associated with the Out - of - School employment of Junior High - School Pupils (open access)

Factors Associated with the Out - of - School employment of Junior High - School Pupils

This study examines the effect of employment on the school life, progress, citizenship, and character of middle school children. Data for the study came from an examination of students attending middle school in Odessa, Texas.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Lindsey, Wesley Byron
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Problem of the Insecurity of Children (open access)

An Analysis of the Problem of the Insecurity of Children

This study is an attempt to find causes and indications of insecurity in elementary school children. Possible solutions and ways to increase security are also explored.
Date: June 1939
Creator: Little, Edith
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Economical and Practical Procedures of Insuring Public School Properties in the Common School Districts of Supervisory Area Number Five of Texas (open access)

Some Economical and Practical Procedures of Insuring Public School Properties in the Common School Districts of Supervisory Area Number Five of Texas

A study to consider loss ratio on insurance policies carried by school districts in Texas. The purpose is to identify better methods for school insurance. An attempt to compare the cost of administering insurance in Texas and South Carolina.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Moore, J. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of the Social, Mental, and Economic Status of a Group of Adamson High School Boys and Girls Who Come From Broken Homes (open access)

A Survey of the Social, Mental, and Economic Status of a Group of Adamson High School Boys and Girls Who Come From Broken Homes

A study to gather information on living conditions of boys and girls in Adamson High School who come from broken homes, in order to discover the individual needs of the students in order to promote greater interest and develop better citizenship.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Noah, Winton Eugene
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Collinsville High School, Collinsville, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Collinsville High School, Collinsville, Texas

An evaluation of Collinsville High School, Collinsville, Texas, examining the philosophy of education and rating the school according to published standards.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Pearce, Milton
System: The UNT Digital Library
Securing Maximum Educational Advantages by the Use of Cooperative Criteria (open access)

Securing Maximum Educational Advantages by the Use of Cooperative Criteria

This study is an examination of the Alvarado, Texas middle school. Advantages afforded by the school building, family income level, and cooperative standards helped indicate future success.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Ramsey, Cecil Bion
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of School Units that Affected the Community (open access)

Evaluation of School Units that Affected the Community

This study examines a change from traditional to modern teaching in the Denton, Texas public schools. Issues faced by adminitation and teachers in three examined elementary schools provide information about the implementation of a plan focused on the particular needs of children in the community.
Date: June 1939
Creator: Yarbrough, James Lafayette
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Adequacy of the Health Program in Certain Texas High Schools (open access)

An Analysis of the Adequacy of the Health Program in Certain Texas High Schools

This thesis examines the state of Texas high school health programs using federal standards first established seven years previously.
Date: June 1939
Creator: Heizer, Richmond P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Religious Factor in Social Acceptance and Emotional Stability (open access)

The Religious Factor in Social Acceptance and Emotional Stability

This study examines the role that religion plays in the lives of high school children. A study conducted on Hondo, Texas high school children yielded data for the study.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Dailey, John T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determining the Functional Health Content of a Health Education Course for Sixth-Grade Pupils in the DeQueen School in Port Arthur, Texas (open access)

Determining the Functional Health Content of a Health Education Course for Sixth-Grade Pupils in the DeQueen School in Port Arthur, Texas

This thesis is an examination of the material covered by a sixth - grade health education course and indicates areas requiring improvement. Data for the thesis came from DeQueen Elementary School in Port Arthur, Texas.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Duck, Howard B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Educational Achievement of Two Groups of Seventh Grade Students Matched on the Basis of Intelligence Quotient, One Group from Independent School Districts, the Other from Common School Districts in Young County, Texas (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Educational Achievement of Two Groups of Seventh Grade Students Matched on the Basis of Intelligence Quotient, One Group from Independent School Districts, the Other from Common School Districts in Young County, Texas

This study is the result of testing conducted on seventh grade students to determine the influence of environment on academic achievement.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Fain, William Floyd
System: The UNT Digital Library
Preferences Shown by One Hundred Children in Each of the First, Third, and Fifth Grades of the Gladewater, Texas, Elementary School in Illustrating Six Types of Nature Poems (open access)

Preferences Shown by One Hundred Children in Each of the First, Third, and Fifth Grades of the Gladewater, Texas, Elementary School in Illustrating Six Types of Nature Poems

This thesis indicates the nature poetry preferences of fifth grade elementary school children. Data gathered helped determine the preferred aspect of nature and choices of girls compared to boys.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Fawcett, Genevieve
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Effect of Teacher - Pupil Ratio upon the Child's Achievement (open access)

A Study of the Effect of Teacher - Pupil Ratio upon the Child's Achievement

This study examines the impact that classroom size makes on the development of secondary students. To gather data, the author focused on Leverett's Chapel School near Kilgore, Texas.
Date: August 1938
Creator: Tate, Curtis Baxter
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Certain Classroom Procedures Combined with Certain Factors on Pupil Growth (open access)

The Effect of Certain Classroom Procedures Combined with Certain Factors on Pupil Growth

This thesis presents the results of standardized testing conducted on two groups of elementary school students. Test results indicated the progress and growth of traditionally educated sixth graders in Phillips, Texas when compared to newer trends.
Date: August 1938
Creator: Turpin, John L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Correlation of Humus and Water Content on Saba Clay, Denton, Texas (open access)

Correlation of Humus and Water Content on Saba Clay, Denton, Texas

This study is an attempt to determine the relationship between humus and the water found in it and how both effect soil in Denton county, Texas.
Date: August 1938
Creator: Wilson, Clyde Byron
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Certification of Teachers in Texas (open access)

The Certification of Teachers in Texas

This study examines the developmental history of teacher's certifications in Texas as a means to highlight needed improvements.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Lowe, Frank, Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Alignment of Middle School Core TEKS with Visual Arts TEKS (open access)

Alignment of Middle School Core TEKS with Visual Arts TEKS

This descriptive study uses a qualitative, content analysis to examine the middle school visual arts and core Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) to determine the potential common learning activities that can be aligned between the two. By performing an alignment of the potential common learning activities present in the middle school visual art TEKS and the middle school core TEKS, I demonstrate that there is a foundation for curriculum integration in the Texas middle school visual arts classroom.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Hartman, Jennifer
System: The UNT Digital Library
A select study of Texas Principal Preparation Programs and their Relationship to Adult Learning and the Professional Leadership Responsibilities of their Graduates (open access)

A select study of Texas Principal Preparation Programs and their Relationship to Adult Learning and the Professional Leadership Responsibilities of their Graduates

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between principal preparation programs in Texas and professional leadership practices and responsibilities based on Mid-continent Research for Educational and Learning's (McREL) 21 leadership responsibilities. The study also examined the relationship between Texas principal preparation programs and Knowles's principles of adult learning. Through an online survey, the study solicited practicing principals' perceptions as to whether McREL's 21 leadership responsibilities and Knowles's principles of adult learning were included in their principal preparation programs. Quantitative findings indicated there were no significant differences between principals' perceptions of their principal preparation programs and the university/certification program in which they obtained their principal certification. Additionally, there were no significant differences between principals' perceptions of their programs and the year their principal certification was completed. There were also no significant differences between principals' perceptions of their programs and the geographic location of the school district in which they were presently employed. However, the study found there were significant differences in two areas of leadership responsibilities when comparisons were generated between principals who were fully certified before assuming the role of principal and those who were not fully certified: 1) ideas/beliefs and 2) optimizer. Principals who had not …
Date: December 2010
Creator: Styles, Delesa Haynes
System: The UNT Digital Library