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
An Analysis of Teachers' Ratings of Pupils as Bright or Dull (open access)

An Analysis of Teachers' Ratings of Pupils as Bright or Dull

This thesis resulted from an examination conducted to determine teacher ability to identify individual student capability based on rapport between the two parties.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Lovelace, William True
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Dallas Morning News Used Car Advertisements of Twenty Automobile Dealers for the Month of April (open access)

An Analysis of the Dallas Morning News Used Car Advertisements of Twenty Automobile Dealers for the Month of April

"It is the purpose of this study to determine the type of appeal, the size and cost, the plan of insertions, and the extent superlatives are used in The Dallas Morning News used car advertisements of twenty automobile dealers during the month of April. Fourteen advertising appeals were used by the twenty automobile dealers advertising in The Dallas Morning News in the month of April. The fourteen appeals used were: efficiency, friendliness, style, curiosity, safety, convenience-comfort, economy reliability-reputation, durability-dependability, social distinction, fear-caution, ambition, pleasure, and family affection. The economy was the one most used appeal by the dealer. As shown in Table 12, the number of advertising appeals used corresponds or exceeds very little the total number of advertising insertions. Excepting one case, the dealers place the largest advertisements in the Sunday paper. The general procedure was that of placing large advertisements in the Sunday paper and smaller ones throughout the week. The total cost for the twenty automobile dealers was $6,452.08. The total advertising cost per dealer ranged from $38.20 to $1613.81. Only nine of the twenty dealers used superlatives in advertising during the month of April. The nine dealers used nine different superlatives for a total of 281 …
Date: August 1940
Creator: Evans, Ralph L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Seasonal Food Habits of Two Species of Texas Centrarchids (open access)

An Analysis of the Seasonal Food Habits of Two Species of Texas Centrarchids

This thesis explores the feeding habits of sunfish and bluegill in Texas lakes. Data gathered for this study is aimed to aid conservation of these pan fish by making a contribution toward a greater life history understanding of each species.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Faggard, John M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Appraisal of the Poor Quality of Reading of the Work-Silent Type Done by One Hundred Seventy-Seven Upper Classmen at the North Texas State Teachers College (open access)

An Appraisal of the Poor Quality of Reading of the Work-Silent Type Done by One Hundred Seventy-Seven Upper Classmen at the North Texas State Teachers College

"During the first term of the 1938 summer session at the North Texas State Teachers College, under the auspices of the reading laboratory, the Nelson-Denny Silent Reading Test was administered to students enrolled in four sections of a course in the psychology of teaching reading in the grades...For this purpose, this endeavor to analyze the existing condition has been made in order to assist in at least some small measure any future steps in alleviating this deplorable state."--1-2.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Ratchford, Mary Dorothy
System: The UNT Digital Library
Bottom Fauna of Lake Worth (open access)

Bottom Fauna of Lake Worth

This thesis describes the vertical distribution, quality, and quantity of the fauna found at the bottom of Lake Worth in Texas.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Jenkins, Jesse Denney
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the 1939-40 Living Conditions of Dormitory and Non-Dormitory Men Attending North Texas State Teachers College, Denton, Texas (open access)

A Comparative Study of the 1939-40 Living Conditions of Dormitory and Non-Dormitory Men Attending North Texas State Teachers College, Denton, Texas

"The purpose of the study is two-fold: (1) to compare the 1939-40 living conditions that prevailed in the men's college dormitory with living conditions that existed in sixteen college-supervised residences for men; (2) to compare the living conditions that existed in 1939-40 in both the men's dormitory and the college-supervised residences for men with standards set up by authorities in the field of college student housing."--1.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Walker, DeVere B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Group and the Individual Techniques of Teaching Algebra (open access)

A Comparison of the Group and the Individual Techniques of Teaching Algebra

This thesis presents findings made during an examination and comparison of the individualized unit and traditional group methods used to teach ninth grade algebra in Hillsboro, Texas.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Knox, Beulah
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Cost of Securing a Master's Degree from a Texas State Teachers College and the Economic and Profesional Value of the Degree (open access)

The Cost of Securing a Master's Degree from a Texas State Teachers College and the Economic and Profesional Value of the Degree

The intent of this thesis is to indicate the economic cost and professional value that result from earning a graduate teaching degree. Data gathered to formulate study conclusions came from questionnaires distributed to master's recipients from five Texas teachers colleges.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Dunn, John Z.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of Spelling Achievement in the Ft. Worth, Texas, Elementary Schools (open access)

A Critical Analysis of Spelling Achievement in the Ft. Worth, Texas, Elementary Schools

This study presents an efficacy evaluation of language arts instruction in the Fort Worth, Texas elementary schools.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Lattimore, Mary E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of Criteria for Evaluating Education Methods Courses in North Texas State Teachers College from 1920 to 1940 (open access)

The Development of Criteria for Evaluating Education Methods Courses in North Texas State Teachers College from 1920 to 1940

"The purpose of this study is to present a philosophical exegesis of the five general types of method which have characterized methods courses from years 1920 to 1940 in the North Texas State Teachers College."--1.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Phillips, Irma Adelle
System: The UNT Digital Library
Discovering the Extent to which Feelings of Insecurity can be Eliminated in Children of the Third Grade (open access)

Discovering the Extent to which Feelings of Insecurity can be Eliminated in Children of the Third Grade

This thesis presents student case studies from a third grade class at an Albany, Texas elementary school. Students with insecurity issues are described and remedial treatments are suggested.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Maxey, Rachael M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluating the Provisions Made for Slow Learning Children in Iowa Park Elementary Schools (open access)

Evaluating the Provisions Made for Slow Learning Children in Iowa Park Elementary Schools

The purpose of the study is to classify the retarded children from the viewpoint of selection for special education to determine the probable percentage of slow-learning children in the elementary school, and to evaluate the provisions made for the retarded group.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Kidwell, Rose Ethyle
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of a Cooperative Community Survey as a Training in Service for Teachers (open access)

An Evaluation of a Cooperative Community Survey as a Training in Service for Teachers

This thesis resulted from an examination conducted on the living conditions of Port Arthur, Texas elementary school student who resided in Port Acres.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Hensarling, Paul
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Present Practice in the Education of School Music Teachers in Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of Present Practice in the Education of School Music Teachers in Texas

For a long time there has been a growing conviction among the music graduates from colleges in Texas that the training of music teachers has been limited both from the standpoint of the number of hours offered in music for a degree and of the adequacy of the training received. The trends in music teacher education in Texas need to be evaluated in order to determine whether or not teacher training in this state is adequate. In comparing the adequacy of the school curriculum as far as the number of hours and courses is concerned, McEachern's A Survey and Evaluation of the Education of School Music Teachers in the United States will be used as a source of comparison, since this study is inclusive of the curricula of colleges over the United States.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Bevill, Anna Mary
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Bowie Secondary School Bowie, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Bowie Secondary School Bowie, Texas

This thesis presents findings of an examination conducted on the Bowie, Texas secondary school to discover the characteristics of the school.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Johnson, C. D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Trinidad High School, Trinidad, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Trinidad High School, Trinidad, Texas

This thesis is the result of an examination of Trindad High school in Trinidad, Texas. Teaching philosophy, student demographics, student activity types, and student resources are some of the considered aspects of this evaluation.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Fincher, E. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Guidance Factors in the Selection of Students for the Study of Instrumental Music in the Public Schools of Tulsa, Oklahoma (open access)

Guidance Factors in the Selection of Students for the Study of Instrumental Music in the Public Schools of Tulsa, Oklahoma

Instrumental music classes in the public schools of Tulsa, Oklahoma, have experienced a phenomenal growth during the past twenty years. Prior to this period, opportunity for instrumental music expression was limited to the high school band and orchestra,which rehearsed outside of school hours. No instruction other than this was provided and the student who wished to play in the school band or orchestra studied first from private instructors. In this study the investigator has examined a great many devices for measuring capacities and aptitudes which are known to the profession. He has attempted to evaluate these procedures in the light of sound educational philosophy. He has set forth a plan which he believes will materially improve the instrumental program through discovering unsuspected musical capacity and through sound guidance in the selection of suitable instruments.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Hayes, Kenneth, 1908-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History of Education of Wise County (open access)

The History of Education of Wise County

The purpose of this study was to collect, organize, and present information pertaining to the development of the educational system of Wise County, Texas. While there has been much interest in the collecting of material and information that relates to the early history, as well as much knowledge of the historical development, data concerning the educational progress of the county have been neglected by historians. It is important that this neglect be remedied. Since the history of education is of a professional nature, the collection, the preservation, and the interpretation of the historical information may be considered the special duty of the persons who are in some way connected with the educational system
Date: August 1940
Creator: Barker, Wiliam Franklin
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of the North Texas State Teachers College Demonstration School (open access)

A History of the North Texas State Teachers College Demonstration School

Covers the development of training schools, the history of the North Texas State Teachers College demonstration school, facilities and personnel, curriculum, and a comparison with other studies.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Martin, Doris M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History of the Texas Negro and His Development Since 1900 (open access)

The History of the Texas Negro and His Development Since 1900

This thesis is a descriptive account of the history of Negroes in Texas including how they came to reside in Texas, their population trends, and the developments they have made since 1900 in areas such as politics, education, and the work force.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Chambers, Bill
System: The UNT Digital Library
How the Social Needs of the Fourth and Fifth Grade Boys in the Public Schools of Denton, Texas, Are Being Met Through Their Hobbies (open access)

How the Social Needs of the Fourth and Fifth Grade Boys in the Public Schools of Denton, Texas, Are Being Met Through Their Hobbies

"The problem of this study is to determine whether the hobbies of the fourth and fifth grade boys of the public schools in Denton, Texas, are contributing to their social needs. It is believed that the intangible attributes of living, which can be mearsured neither by rule nor square, make for the well-rounded, happy, social, individual, whether he be adult or child. The degree to which an individual is adjusted socially ranges from the completely anti-social type to the fully-integrated type. The reasons for this gradation are numerous. They include the influence of the home, the school, and the playmates, as well as other factors in the general environment of the child. The purpose of this investigation is to discover whether the hobbies of the boys under consideration are potential and actual forces for integration and socialization."--leaf 1.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Hamilton, Lucy Anise
System: The UNT Digital Library
Importance of Charleston in Southern History (open access)

Importance of Charleston in Southern History

This study describes the history of Charleston, South Carolina before the Civil War.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Miles, Jim Tom
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Importance of Red River in the History of the Southwest (open access)

The Importance of Red River in the History of the Southwest

For four hundred years the Red River Valley has been the battleground between contending Indian tribes and European races, and for almost three hundred of these years the river has been a disputed boundary line, either between rival nations, or between neighboring states of our country. The river has never been of much importance as a commercial route, yet very few rivers in all the United States have played so an important and persistent a part in this history of their sections as the Red River has played in the history of the Southwest.
Date: August 1940
Creator: Rains, Cleo
System: The UNT Digital Library