The Effects of Two Types of Group Counseling Procedures with Junior College Students (open access)

The Effects of Two Types of Group Counseling Procedures with Junior College Students

The problem with which this investigation was concerned was to measure personal adjustment, emotional adjustment, home adjustment, and self-concept changes that took place in junior college students as a result of one-counselor group counseling and male-and-female co-counselor group counseling. The rationale for male-and-female co-counselor group counseling relied on the formation of a simulated family in which individuals could socialize their feelings.
Date: August 1971
Creator: West, William George
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Selected Aptitude Test Scores for Predicting Achievement in Modern Foreign Languages at North Texas State University (open access)

The Use of Selected Aptitude Test Scores for Predicting Achievement in Modern Foreign Languages at North Texas State University

The problem of this study was to determine the value of certain selected aptitude test scores for predicting student achievement in Spanish, French, and German at North Texas State University. Particular emphasis was placed on freshmen enrolled in beginning courses.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Akins, Dolores C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Intensive Remotivation Techniques on Institutionalized Geriatric Mental Patients in a State Mental Hospital (open access)

The Effect of Intensive Remotivation Techniques on Institutionalized Geriatric Mental Patients in a State Mental Hospital

The problem with which this study is concerned is that of ascertaining the effects of intensive Remotivation Techniques on institutionalized geriatric mental patients in terms of their ward behavior, self-concept, and visual-motor perceptions and to compare these with the effects of a similar group experience that does not emphasize patient-staff or patient-patient interactions, and a third group which acts a a control. The investigation is designed to answer or obtain information concerning the following questions: (1) Do institutionalized geriatric mental patients in a state mental hospital manifest measurable changes in terms of their (A) ward behavior as defined as raw scores on the Hospital tment Scale (including interpersonal communication and interpersonal relations; self care and social responsibility; level of participation in ward activities, recreation and work therapy; total score), (B) self-concept as defined as Goodenough raw scores on the Draw-a-Person Test, and (C) awareness of environment as defined as Pascal and Suttell raw scores on the Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test, as a result of experiencing the social and verbal interactions of intensive Remotivation Techniques? (2) Is the Remotivation Technique more effective in producing these changes than a similar group experience that does not emphasize social and verbal interactions?
Date: August 1971
Creator: Bovey, John A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Attitude Change toward Student Teaching as Expressed by Students Pursuing Certification to Teach Speech and Drama Courses (open access)

A Study of Attitude Change toward Student Teaching as Expressed by Students Pursuing Certification to Teach Speech and Drama Courses

The purpose of this study was to determine attitude and attitude change toward,student teaching as expressed by students who were pursuing certification to teach speech and/or drama courses in the public school at the secondary level.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Smith, Doyle D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History of Speech and Drama Education in the Dallas Public Schools (1884-1970) (open access)

The History of Speech and Drama Education in the Dallas Public Schools (1884-1970)

The problem of this study was the writing of a comprehensive history of speech and drama education in the Dallas Public Schools from 188^-1970. This necessitated the recording of the facts, events, and circumstances which have determined the condition and progress of speech and drama education in the Dallas Public Schools during this period of time.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Rumbley, Rose-Mary, 1922-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Historical Study of Selected Title III Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965, PACE Projects in Texas (open access)

A Historical Study of Selected Title III Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965, PACE Projects in Texas

The problem of this study is to analyze some of the effects of selected ESEA, Title III, PACE projects on the educational processes in Texas.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Young, Crandall Joe
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Importance of Selected Characteristics of Elementary Teachers as Perceived by Student Teachers and Supervising Teachers (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Importance of Selected Characteristics of Elementary Teachers as Perceived by Student Teachers and Supervising Teachers

This research had three main purposes. The first was to determine some of the major characteristics of elementary teachers. Second was to see how student teachers and supervising teachers perceive the importance of certain characteristics of elementary teachers. The third was to discover what changes result in the perceptions of student teachers as to the importance of these characteristics after completing student teaching.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Wellington, Charles Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Group Counseling Upon Selected Personality and Behavioral Variables in Delinquent Adolescents (open access)

The Effect of Group Counseling Upon Selected Personality and Behavioral Variables in Delinquent Adolescents

This study was conducted to investigate the effects of group counseling upon personality and behavior changes in delinquent girls confined in a state training school in Texas.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Williams, Mary Janet
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Two Methods of Reporting Pupil Progress on Adjustment and Achievement of Fourth Grade Students in a Suburban Elementary School (open access)

The Effect of Two Methods of Reporting Pupil Progress on Adjustment and Achievement of Fourth Grade Students in a Suburban Elementary School

The present research was an investigation of the effect of two methods of reporting pupil progress on adjustment and achievement of fourth grade pupils in a suburban elementary school. One method involved the use of an evaluation form reflecting performance in terms of ability, parent-teacher conferences, and work samples. The other method was comprised primarily of competitive grading and marking procedures, utilizing a standard report card to report results.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Horn, John Duane, 1941-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Lab Method Films with Traditional Instruction in the Introductory Physics Laboratory (open access)

A Comparison of Lab Method Films with Traditional Instruction in the Introductory Physics Laboratory

The problem of this study is a comparison of lab method films with traditional instruction in the introductory, non-technical college physics laboratory.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Hughes, James Erie
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of All American History Textbooks Adopted for the Public High Schools of Texas from 1919 to 1970 (open access)

A Survey of All American History Textbooks Adopted for the Public High Schools of Texas from 1919 to 1970

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is the contextual changes which have occurred in American history textbooks adopted for use in the public high schools of the state of Texas from 1919 to 1970. The purpose of the study is to trace the development of high school American history textbooks by analyzing the following five areas: verbal aids, graphic aids, subject content, three areas of historiography, and the prefaces.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Durham, Kenneth Reuben
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Senior High School Student Councils in the State of Texas (open access)

A Study of the Senior High School Student Councils in the State of Texas

The purposes of this study were to determine the current practices, as reported by the sponsors, of the senior high school student councils in the state of Texas and to compare these practices with those recommended by national student council specialists. A subsidiary purpose was to give direction for future district and state workshops.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Scheer, Glenna Jean
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between Client Social Character and Counselor Orientation as a Variable in Individual Counseling (open access)

The Relationship between Client Social Character and Counselor Orientation as a Variable in Individual Counseling

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between two counseling approaches (cognitive and affective) and two types of client social character (inner-directed and other-directed) and to measure the effect of congruence between the two from the client's frame of reference.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Koeppen, Arlene K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Meaningfulness and Position on Cue Selection in Verbal Paired-Associate Learning of Children (open access)

The Effect of Meaningfulness and Position on Cue Selection in Verbal Paired-Associate Learning of Children

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of stimulus meaningfulness and position on the cue selection of elementary school children in verbal paired-associate learning.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Molavi, Hossein
System: The UNT Digital Library