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An Analysis and Evaluation of the Elementary Science Curricula in the State Universities and Leading Teachers Colleges in the United States
The purpose of this study is to determine the status of elementary science curricula in the different state universities and the leading teachers colleges in the United States.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Sanders, Agnes Ruth
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Distribution of the Public School Funds
The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent the present laws for distributing the public school funds meet certain criteria set up for apportioning the public school funds of Texas.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Bentley, Jack C.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Interscholastic League Activities in the Elementary Schools of Texas
The purpose of this study is to present an analysis of University Interscholastic League activities in the light of modern objectives and principles and to evaluate the reaction of the elementary school teachers and principals to the League activities as they affect children, teachers, and the community. It will attempt to point out and analyze the objectives and principles for elementary school activities. It is hoped that it will cause elementary school teachers and principals of the state to cooperate in solving the problem of Interscholastic League activities in the elementary schools of Texas.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Webb, Escoe Lamar
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the School News Appearing in Seven Navarro County Newspapers in so far as the News Pertains to Twelve School Districts
The problem in this study is to determine and evaluate the practices of twelve small town schools in Navarro County in giving information about the schools to the people of the communities through the newspapers of the county.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Ross, Clyde H.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Utilization of Community Resources in the Educational Program of Wise County, Texas
The problem forming the basis of this study has to do with an analysis of the degree of utilization of the community resources in the educational programs of the independent school districts of Wise County, Texas, for the purpose of determining how adequately these resources are being utilized by the schools for the enrichment of their curricula to the end that pupils may be released into their respective communities well-prepared to assume the duties and responsibilities of efficient, functioning citizens.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Woodard, John Allen
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
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
"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
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
A Bio-Chemical Comparative Study of the Plankton in Lake Dallas and Pecan Creek
The purpose of this investigation is to compare the dissolved and suspended organic material in Lake Dallas to that coming into the lake through Pecan Creek.
Date:
1940
Creator:
Brooks, Benjy Frances
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
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
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 155, Ed. 1 Monday, January 1, 1940
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 1, 1940
Creator:
Stein, J. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 156, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 2, 1940
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 2, 1940
Creator:
Stein, J. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 156, Ed. 2 Tuesday, January 2, 1940
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 2, 1940
Creator:
Stein, J. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 157, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 3, 1940
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 3, 1940
Creator:
Stein, J. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 157, Ed. 2 Wednesday, January 3, 1940
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 3, 1940
Creator:
Stein, J. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 158, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1940
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 4, 1940
Creator:
Stein, J. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 158, Ed. 2 Thursday, January 4, 1940
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 4, 1940
Creator:
Stein, J. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 159, Ed. 1 Friday, January 5, 1940
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1940
Creator:
Stein, J. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 48, No. 159, Ed. 2 Friday, January 5, 1940
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
January 5, 1940
Creator:
Stein, J. M.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History