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An Experimental Investigation of the Relation Between the Percentage of Possible Gain in Reading Comprehension and Academic Success in Major Fields of Study (open access)

An Experimental Investigation of the Relation Between the Percentage of Possible Gain in Reading Comprehension and Academic Success in Major Fields of Study

Determination of gains made in reading comprehension and the relationship of these gains to the academic success of 545 college freshmen of North Texas State Teachers College is the main consideration of this study.
Date: 1946
Creator: Porter, Thomas Warner
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Two Methods of Grouping Students in the Intermediate Grades of the Hobbs Public Schools, Hobbs, New Mexico (open access)

A Comparative Study of Two Methods of Grouping Students in the Intermediate Grades of the Hobbs Public Schools, Hobbs, New Mexico

The purpose of this study is to determine, in the light of available data, which of two methods of grouping students for instructional purposes is best suited to the needs of the Hobbs Elementary Schools, Hobbs, New Mexico.
Date: 1946
Creator: Roberts, Gerald Wiles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Personality Trait Differences Between Popular and Unpopular High School Students (open access)

Personality Trait Differences Between Popular and Unpopular High School Students

The following study was undertaken to discover some of the ways in which high school students who are popular differ from those who are not so popular.
Date: 1946
Creator: Roe, Wilder A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evaluation of the Degree of Democracy in a Community Situation (open access)

The Evaluation of the Degree of Democracy in a Community Situation

The problem of this study is to develop and apply a technique to evaluate the degree of democracy in a community situation.
Date: 1946
Creator: Sanders, William B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concepts and Effects of Some Influential Ideas (open access)

Concepts and Effects of Some Influential Ideas

The specific aim of this study is to survey the two main types of ideas -- realism and idealism -- and their history.
Date: 1946
Creator: Scruggs, Herman
System: The UNT Digital Library
School Organization Administration as a Correlative of the Philosophy of Progressive Education (open access)

School Organization Administration as a Correlative of the Philosophy of Progressive Education

An attempt to show how schools should be organized, administered, and financed in accordance with modern educational philosophies.
Date: 1946
Creator: Sharp, J. B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Philosophical Basis of Nazism (open access)

The Philosophical Basis of Nazism

The purpose of this study is to examine the work of a number of prominent German philosophers to determine the philosophical basis of Nazism, if it is granted that there is such a basis.
Date: 1946
Creator: Shires, Donna
System: The UNT Digital Library
What Makes Right and Wrong? (open access)

What Makes Right and Wrong?

This thesis is an attempt to find out what makes right and wrong.
Date: 1946
Creator: Skinner, John W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pragmatism in Modern Educational Theory (open access)

Pragmatism in Modern Educational Theory

The purpose of this thesis is to show that the philosophy of pragmatism is responsible for the techniques in modern educational theory.
Date: 1946
Creator: Smith, Lilly Mae
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Comprehension in Pre-Directed Informational Reading and in Non-Directed Informational Reading at the Primary Level, Based upon a Survey of Professional Literature in the Field (open access)

Comparison of Comprehension in Pre-Directed Informational Reading and in Non-Directed Informational Reading at the Primary Level, Based upon a Survey of Professional Literature in the Field

The problem for consideration in this thesis is a comparison of comprehension in pre-directed informational reading and in non-directed informational reading at the primary level, based upon a survey of professional literature in the field.
Date: 1946
Creator: Smith, Ruby Sargent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Significant Philosophies of the Mind (open access)

Significant Philosophies of the Mind

The purpose of this study is to collect information on the significant philosophies of the mind and make a comparison of these concepts and their relation to education, religion, and morals.
Date: 1946
Creator: Terry, Sally G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Philosophic Bases Underlying Mathematics Interpretations in Secondary Schools (open access)

Some Philosophic Bases Underlying Mathematics Interpretations in Secondary Schools

The purpose of this study is to make a survey of some changes in the aims, techniques, and methods of teaching mathematics in the secondary schools and to some philosophical bases underlying the changes.
Date: 1946
Creator: Vermillion, Bonnie
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Conflicts in the Philosophy and Implementation of the New Deal with That of Traditional Philosophy (open access)

Some Conflicts in the Philosophy and Implementation of the New Deal with That of Traditional Philosophy

The purpose of this study is to examine some aspects of the traditional philosophy of America and contrast these with the principles of the New Deal philosophy.
Date: 1946
Creator: Watkins, Virgil M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the History and Educational Development of the Schools in Ellis County, Texas, to 1945 (open access)

A Study of the History and Educational Development of the Schools in Ellis County, Texas, to 1945

The purpose of this study is to determine to what extent Ellis County, Texas, has kept its educational program abreast of the development of the community and thereby has met the educational needs of the children in this section of the state.
Date: 1946
Creator: Wilkerson, Mattie Vail
System: The UNT Digital Library
Reading Interests of Students of Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School, Gainesville, Texas, in the School Year 1944-1945 (open access)

Reading Interests of Students of Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School, Gainesville, Texas, in the School Year 1944-1945

The purpose of this thesis is to determine and summarize the various facts concerning the reading interests and library habits of the second, third, and fourth year students enrolled in the Newsome Dougherty Memorial High School of Gainesville, Texas, for the school year of 1944-1945 as revealed through data collected by questionnaires and from library records.
Date: 1946
Creator: Young, Martha Ruth
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Friendships in Senior High School (open access)

A Study of Friendships in Senior High School

One of the problems in human relationships is to determine what factors enter into friendship. One method of investigating this is to study traits as compared between reciprocal and unreciprocal friendships. This present study is an effort to make contributions towards this problem.
Date: 1946
Creator: Younger, Yucola
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Dominance-Feeling in College Women (open access)

A Study of Dominance-Feeling in College Women

The purposes of this study are as follows: 1. To measure, compare, and evaluate the level of self-esteem of college women in two colleges. 2. To show the relationship of certain background factors to dominance-feeling in college women.
Date: 1946
Creator: Anderson, Dan L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Objectives, Methods, and Materials in Fourth Grade Social Studies as Found in Five Courses of Study (open access)

An Analysis of Objectives, Methods, and Materials in Fourth Grade Social Studies as Found in Five Courses of Study

The purpose of this study is to examine courses of study for social studies in the fourth grade, and after analyzing the objectives, methods, and the materials of each, to decide whether they meet the criteria prescribed in educational literature.
Date: 1946
Creator: Melear, Mary Katherine
System: The UNT Digital Library
How Educational Aims Have Been Set Up and Achieved (open access)

How Educational Aims Have Been Set Up and Achieved

The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the aims of education and the ways in which they have been achieved. Special attention is given to the influences which have been influential in producing changes in these aims, and to the modifications which have been made.
Date: 1946
Creator: Michels, Otto K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of a Method of Understanding Children (open access)

A Critical Analysis of a Method of Understanding Children

This study was undertaken in order to improve the human relations in the classroom.
Date: 1946
Creator: Minick, Winnie Mallow
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Effect of Group Guidance Classes on the Attitudes and Personal Adjustments of Sophomore High School Girls (open access)

A Study of the Effect of Group Guidance Classes on the Attitudes and Personal Adjustments of Sophomore High School Girls

The purpose of this study is (1) to develop criteria by statistical methods which will show the extent of gain in personality development through a specific guidance program, and (2) to show by comparison the differences in the scores of instructed groups and those of uninstructed groups.
Date: 1946
Creator: Hatcher, Eva Hortence
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing a Reading Readiness Program in Douglas School, Tyler, Texas (open access)

Developing a Reading Readiness Program in Douglas School, Tyler, Texas

The purpose of this study is to develop a readiness program which will be an aid in eliminating many failures in reading and to help the children be happy while learning to read.
Date: 1946
Creator: Henley, Bertha Roser
System: The UNT Digital Library
Future Farmers and Non-Classified Students in Pottawatomie County High Schools (open access)

Future Farmers and Non-Classified Students in Pottawatomie County High Schools

This study has been made for the purpose of determining what relationships exist between 4-H Club membership and Future Farmers of America Club membership and the grades, extra-curricular activities, and the future education, which includes specifically college training and post-graduate work done in high schools.
Date: 1946
Creator: Johnson, W. Wallace
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Democratic Approach to the Problem of Educating for Life in a Changing World (open access)

A Study of the Democratic Approach to the Problem of Educating for Life in a Changing World

The purpose of this study is to investigate the need for a democratic approach to the problem of educating for life in a changing world and to show, too, how this approach can be made through a democratic administration, a democratic curriculum, and democratic methods.
Date: 1946
Creator: McAlister, Elbert W.
System: The UNT Digital Library