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An Analysis and Evaluation of the Recreation Program of the Callisburg Public School and Community (open access)

An Analysis and Evaluation of the Recreation Program of the Callisburg Public School and Community

The purpose of this study is to analyze the recreation program of the Callisburg community in Cook County, Texas, to determine the extent to which it meets accepted standards for a community recreation program.
Date: 1949
Creator: Welch, Virgil L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of a First Year of Participation in the Texas Health Education Program by the Sanger School (open access)

An Analysis of a First Year of Participation in the Texas Health Education Program by the Sanger School

The main purpose of this study is to analyze the values and results of one year's participation of the Sanger School in a three-year Texas Health Education Program (Texas Extended School and Community Health Program) in order to determine an adequate basis for making recommendations for the further development of this program.
Date: 1949
Creator: Lockhart, Cleo M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of Age-Grade and other Indices of Pupil Progress in the Primary Grades (open access)

Analysis of Age-Grade and other Indices of Pupil Progress in the Primary Grades

The problem set forth in this study is to determine the causes of delay in school progress in the Bowie, Texas, elementary schools, and in which grade or grades the delay occurs.
Date: 1949
Creator: Dodd, Serena
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Certain Factors Related to the Freedom of Teaching in Texas (open access)

An Analysis of Certain Factors Related to the Freedom of Teaching in Texas

The purpose of this study is to make an analysis of certain factors as they are related to freedom of teaching in Texas. This study will include community relations as well as the conditions within the classroom, as for example, the freedom in discussing controversial ideas.
Date: 1949
Creator: Cokendolpher, Floyd W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Relation Between International Cooperation and Secondary Education (open access)

An Analysis of Relation Between International Cooperation and Secondary Education

In this study an attempt is made to answer the following questions: (1) Can international cooperation be helped through the proper employment of the tool called secondary education? (2) What constitutes such proper employment? (3) What effect, if any, will a sound system of secondary education have upon the objective of world peace, international understanding and good will, and better international, intercultural and interracial relations and friendship?
Date: 1949
Creator: Inkman, Will W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Activity Program Offered at El Centro, Denton's Youth Center (open access)

An Analysis of the Activity Program Offered at El Centro, Denton's Youth Center

"The problem of this thesis is to determine through survey and comparative study the effect of the activity program of Denton's El Centro, the youth center, on the youth of the City of Denton...methods of operation and internal organization of youth centers, the purpose of the centers and the results of some of the activities are outlined. Members of the Denton youth center were interviewed; the information gained from the interviews was recorded on prepared questionnaires. Various types of activities at Denton's youth center are discussed. The study also attempts to reveal by means of tables those activities which are more important to the male youth of Denton. A discussion of the treatment of the youth problem is given with conclusions based upon the principles and practices set forth in the foregoing chapters."-- leaf 2.
Date: August 1949
Creator: Anderson, Douglas Stevens
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Health Program, to Determine its Adequacy in Meeting the Child's Needs, of the Elementary Schools of Cities the Size of Cleburne, Texas (open access)

An Analysis of the Health Program, to Determine its Adequacy in Meeting the Child's Needs, of the Elementary Schools of Cities the Size of Cleburne, Texas

This study is for the purpose of making a critical analysis of the health program of the white elementary public schools of Cleburne, Texas with implications for other other cities of corresponding size. This analysis is to evaluate the effectiveness of such a health program in light of certain evaluative criteria. It is intended to call attention to the existing facilities for adequate health instruction, the need, if any, for more and better facilities and the need for teacher training in this field.
Date: 1949
Creator: Boggs, Durward
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Public-Relations Practices of One Hundred Texas Public-School Systems (open access)

An Analysis of the Public-Relations Practices of One Hundred Texas Public-School Systems

The purpose of this study has three aspects. These are, (1) to determine what constitutes sound public-relations practices as recommended by recognized authorities in this field; (2) to determine the extent to which certain public-relations practices are employed by one hundred Texas public school systems; and (3) to determine whether the public-relations programs of one hundred Texas public-school systems meet the requirements of a sound public-relations program.
Date: 1949
Creator: Baker, Garth Elmo
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Apparent Relationship between Classroom Behavior Problems and the Emotional Stability of Twenty-Five Second Grade Children in the Sam Houston Elementary School, Denton, Texas (open access)

The Apparent Relationship between Classroom Behavior Problems and the Emotional Stability of Twenty-Five Second Grade Children in the Sam Houston Elementary School, Denton, Texas

The problem of this study was to determine the apparent relationship between classroom behavior problems and the emotional stability of twenty-five pupils in the second grade of the Sam Houston Elementary School, Denton, Texas.
Date: 1949
Creator: Crain, Ruth Seat
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Authority of County Boards to Change School District Lines (open access)

The Authority of County Boards to Change School District Lines

The purpose of this study is to make an investigation of the changes that have occurred in the powers of the county board of trustees to change boundary lines of school districts in Texas.
Date: 1949
Creator: Snodgrass, Calvin Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Casual-Factor-Removal as a Technique of Combating Juvenile Delinquency in the Cleburne Public Schools (open access)

Casual-Factor-Removal as a Technique of Combating Juvenile Delinquency in the Cleburne Public Schools

The purpose of this study is two-fold: (1) to determine the casual factors of delinquency which are the responsibility of the school, and (2) to discover possible procedures for combating delinquency, so far as it is immediately possible, in the Cleburne Public School System.
Date: 1949
Creator: Spikes, Pauline
System: The UNT Digital Library
Change in Group Responsibility in the Second Grade as a Result of Concerted Effort (open access)

Change in Group Responsibility in the Second Grade as a Result of Concerted Effort

The problem under consideration is to determine the changes in group responsibility in a second grade as a result of concerted effort. The concerted efforts made in this experiment were telling, reading, and dramatizing stories, poems, and songs of responsibility; discussing of stories, poems, songs, and filmstrips of responsibility; the assigning of definite classroom responsibility; and the assigning of definite study responsibility. This study attempts to answer the question, how much change, positive or negative, will occur in group responsibility as a result of the above-mentioned efforts?
Date: 1949
Creator: Daniel, Wilma Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
Children's Reading Interests as Shown by the Books Checked from the Huey School Library in Wichita Falls, Texas, and the Relation of These Interests to Classroom Work (open access)

Children's Reading Interests as Shown by the Books Checked from the Huey School Library in Wichita Falls, Texas, and the Relation of These Interests to Classroom Work

This study has four main purposes: 1. To determine whether there is a preference for certain types of stories. 2. To find whether boys prefer one type story and girls another. 3. To determine whether the physical make-up or format of the book has any influence on the selection of books. 4. To find how these interests are related to classroom work.
Date: 1949
Creator: Latimer, Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study Between the Achievement Test Results and Teacher's Ratings Assigned Latin Americans and Those Received by Anglo Americans of Classes Seven X, Eight X, and Eight Y in a Southwest Texas Junior High School (open access)

A Comparative Study Between the Achievement Test Results and Teacher's Ratings Assigned Latin Americans and Those Received by Anglo Americans of Classes Seven X, Eight X, and Eight Y in a Southwest Texas Junior High School

It is the purpose of this writer to determine if there is any significant difference between the teacher ratings of Latin-Americans and Anglo-Americans and if such differences are found to exist, an attempt will be made to determine the extent to which they prevail.
Date: 1949
Creator: McCulloh, Rayburn E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Kindergarten and Non-Kindergarten Children in the First Grade (open access)

A Comparative Study of Kindergarten and Non-Kindergarten Children in the First Grade

The problem of this investigation is to make a comparative study of first-grade children to determine, if possible, whether the child who attends kindergarten has any advantages over one who does not attend.
Date: 1949
Creator: Syler, Rachel Lu
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Methods of Reporting Child Progess to Parents (open access)

A Comparative Study of Methods of Reporting Child Progess to Parents

The problem involved in this study is to determine the progress in the last decade of a representative number of elementary schools of Texas in their methods of reporting child growth to parents.
Date: 1949
Creator: Boswell, Orgle M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Personality Traits of Experienced Teachers (open access)

A Comparative Study of Personality Traits of Experienced Teachers

The main purpose is to determine whether or not the modern teacher has developed a well-integrated personality and to locate traits that are most in need of correction.
Date: 1949
Creator: King, Clyde D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Teacher Ratings Assigned Girls and Boys (open access)

A Comparative Study of Teacher Ratings Assigned Girls and Boys

It is the purpose of this study to determine if there is any significant difference in teacher ratings of boys and girls of equal achievement. If such differences are found to exist, an attempt will be made to explain the causes for such differences.
Date: 1949
Creator: Ussery, Sadie Maxine
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Personality Traits of Handicapped and Normal Children (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Personality Traits of Handicapped and Normal Children

The purpose of this study is to compare the personality traits of the physically handicapped children with the personality traits of normal children. An attempt will be made to answer two questions. First, how do physically defective children compare with Physically normal children in self-adjustment and social-adjustment? Second, is there an associated emotional or personality pattern which accompanies physical handicaps?
Date: June 1949
Creator: Eager, Mary Floy
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Requirements for Certification of Public School Administrators in the United States (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Requirements for Certification of Public School Administrators in the United States

The specific purposes of this study may be briefly stated as follows: (1) to determine the present status of administrative certification in the United States; (2) to determine whether the various states have set up requirements which will insure that their public schools shall have administrators who are capable of directing and supervising the educational program; (3) to indicate the degree of uniformity of requirements in the various states; (4) to secure recommendations for the certification of public school administrators from leading educators in the United States; and, on the basis of such data, (5) to make certain recommendations for a sound administrative certification program.
Date: 1949
Creator: Reeve, Charles A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of a Traditional and an Integrated Program of Instruction in an Elementary School (open access)

Comparison of a Traditional and an Integrated Program of Instruction in an Elementary School

The purpose of this study is to determine if elementary school children progress faster in academic or tool subjects when taught through interest units in an integrated curriculum or when taught the separate subjects by a traditional method. Reading, spelling, and handwriting are used as illustrative subjects in the sixth grade with reading only in the second grade.
Date: 1949
Creator: Elder, Franklin L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of the Effectiveness of Modern and Traditional Methods of Teaching the Social Studies in the Eighth Grade (open access)

Comparison of the Effectiveness of Modern and Traditional Methods of Teaching the Social Studies in the Eighth Grade

The problem of this study was to determine, if possible, whether any significant difference in achievement existed when eighth-grade social studies were taught by two distinct methods, namely, the traditional and the progressive.
Date: 1949
Creator: Matzinger, John Dewitt
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Value of Two Methods of Teaching Reading (open access)

A Comparison of the Value of Two Methods of Teaching Reading

The problem of this study is to determine the value the group method of teaching reading has over the traditional method in overcoming reading difficulties.
Date: 1949
Creator: Davis, Frances Roberta
System: The UNT Digital Library
Correlation between Laboratory Test Scores and Practical Test Scores in Driver Education and Training (open access)

Correlation between Laboratory Test Scores and Practical Test Scores in Driver Education and Training

The problem of this thesis is to determine the degree of relationship existing between laboratory test scores and practical test scores in driver education and training. The tests considered in this study are depth perception, visual acuity, reaction time, and field of vision.
Date: 1949
Creator: Pertuit, Ted L.
System: The UNT Digital Library