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An Analysis of Perceptions of the Criteria of a Planning Programming Budget System in Public Schools as Held by Three Groups of Educators (open access)

An Analysis of Perceptions of the Criteria of a Planning Programming Budget System in Public Schools as Held by Three Groups of Educators

The problem of this study was the development of a set of significant public school PPBS criteria based on the analysis of perceptions held by three groups of educators.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Lea, Randall John
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Application of Readability Techniques to Prediction of Difficulty Level of Shorthand Dictation Materials (open access)

An Application of Readability Techniques to Prediction of Difficulty Level of Shorthand Dictation Materials

It was the purpose of this study to determine whether one or a combination of adult readability formulas, when applied to shorthand dictation material, could predict difficulty, as well as to develop a shorthand formula for this specific purpose. In addition, the questions of comparative reliability and practicability were tested with respect to the two kinds of formulas as applied to the shorthand material.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Henshall, Joy L. (Joy Lanier)
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Case Study of Municipal Recreation Programs for Senior Citizens and the Handicapped (open access)

A Case Study of Municipal Recreation Programs for Senior Citizens and the Handicapped

This investigation is concerned with determining the extent of involvement by fifteen Texas municipal parks and recreation departments in providing programs for senior citizens, the mentally retarded, the physically handicapped, and the emotionally disturbed.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Hayes, Gene Autry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changes in Social Distance After the Inclusion of Spanish Instruction in a Fifth-grade Social Studies Unit (open access)

Changes in Social Distance After the Inclusion of Spanish Instruction in a Fifth-grade Social Studies Unit

The problem of this study is concerned with the change in social distance to foreigners after the inclusion of Spanish language instruction in a four-week, fifth-grade social studies unit on Latin America.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Kostohryz, Vernon R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Analysis of Social Alienation in Upper Elementary Student's Receiving Reading Instruction in Five Types of Environmental Settings (open access)

A Comparative Analysis of Social Alienation in Upper Elementary Student's Receiving Reading Instruction in Five Types of Environmental Settings

The problem of this study was to compare the social alienation of upper elementary students receiving reading instruction in five types of environmental settings.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Robinson, Frances Olvis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Effects of Two Methods of Teaching Concepts of American Law to High School Students (open access)

Comparative Effects of Two Methods of Teaching Concepts of American Law to High School Students

The problem of this study was to compare two approaches to teaching concepts of American law and government as to their relative effects on achievement, attitude, and critical thinking performance of high school students.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Gentry, Darrell Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparative Effects of Two Physical Conditioning Programs and Evaluation of Instruments for Measuring Physical  Fitness (open access)

Comparative Effects of Two Physical Conditioning Programs and Evaluation of Instruments for Measuring Physical Fitness

The problem of this study was to determine the effects of (1) a conditioning program designed to develop cardiovascular-respiratory efficiency and (2) a conditioning program designed to develop strength and agility on the improvement of parameters of physical fitness as measured "by the AAHPER Youth Fitness Test, basal heart rate, and physical work capacity determined by a progressive work test on the bicycle ergometer.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Montgomery, John Ray, 1933-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Freshmen Students in a Selected Multicampus Junior College District (open access)

A Comparative Study of Freshmen Students in a Selected Multicampus Junior College District

The problem of this study was to compare freshmen students in a selected multicampus junior college district with respect to attitudes, activities, vocational, and educational plans.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Calvin, Richmond Edward, 1938-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the CHEM Study Method Versus the CBA Method (open access)

A Comparative Study of the CHEM Study Method Versus the CBA Method

The purpose of the study was to conduct documented research on two of the recently designed teaching methods of high school chemistry, the Chemical Education Material Study (CHEM Study) and the Chemical Bond Approach (CBA). An attempt was made to answer certain questions concerning differences in the two methods.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Chimeno, Joseph S.
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
A Comparison of Change Toward Self-actualization in Marathon Group Counseling and Traditional Group Counseling (open access)

A Comparison of Change Toward Self-actualization in Marathon Group Counseling and Traditional Group Counseling

This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of marathon group counseling and traditional group counseling in producing certain growth changes in their particular group members. The purpose of this study was to compare the relative effectiveness of these two group counseling methods and their relationship in producing changes in self-actualization, self-concept, and level of dogmatism.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Lathey, Robert Knowlton
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 Comparison of Personality Traits Between College Students Reared Within a Selected Polar Region by Non-Native Parents and College Students Reared Within Non-Polar Regions by Native Parents (open access)

A Comparison of Personality Traits Between College Students Reared Within a Selected Polar Region by Non-Native Parents and College Students Reared Within Non-Polar Regions by Native Parents

The problem with which this study was concerned was that of determining of climatic circumstances significantly affect personality development.
Date: December 1971
Creator: Pope, John Winfred
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Small Study Groups and Traditional Classes on Acquaintance Volume, Reported Problems, and Academic Achievement (open access)

A Comparison of Small Study Groups and Traditional Classes on Acquaintance Volume, Reported Problems, and Academic Achievement

The problem of this study was to determine the effect of a small-study-group method of teaching on the achievement, acquaintance volume, reported problems, and willingness to discuss problems of college students enrolled in Introduction to Psychology classes.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Reed, John Calvin
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Academic Achievement in Reading and Mathematics of Negro Children whose Parents are Interested, Not Interested, or Involved in a Program of Suzuki Violin (open access)

A Comparison of the Academic Achievement in Reading and Mathematics of Negro Children whose Parents are Interested, Not Interested, or Involved in a Program of Suzuki Violin

The problem of the study was manifested in the question: Does the use of the Suzuki violin method of instruction with young children affect achievement in selected academic areas? Also, do children, where parents evidence interest in their school activities, make greater achievement than children where parents do not indicate such an interest?
Date: August 1971
Creator: Weeden, Robert Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Grouping Plans for Teaching Community College First-semester Freshman English Composition (open access)

A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Two Grouping Plans for Teaching Community College First-semester Freshman English Composition

This study was designed to determine the differences in achievement, critical thinking, and attitude toward English composition of community college students which may be attributed to two approaches to the teaching of first-semester freshman English composition. An ancillary purpose of the study was to provide factual information which could be used as a basis for administrative and instructional judgments in determining the expansion or discontinuance of an experimental English program.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Gilbert, Jack P.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Two Methods of Teaching Life Career Planning to Junior High School Students (open access)

A Comparison of Two Methods of Teaching Life Career Planning to Junior High School Students

The problem of this study was a comparison of two methods of teaching life career planning to junior high school students. In this study, the experimental group was taught by means of the Life Career game, and the control group was taught by a teacher-directed technique using more traditional methods and materials.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Joyce, John F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Two Methods of Teaching Spanish to Non-Spanish-Speaking Fourth-Grade Students with the Aid of Non-Specialist Teachers (open access)

A Comparison of Two Methods of Teaching Spanish to Non-Spanish-Speaking Fourth-Grade Students with the Aid of Non-Specialist Teachers

The problem of this study was to compare the effectiveness of two methods of teaching Spanish by non-specialist teachers in grade four. This study was planned to investigate the effectiveness of two programs designed to teach Spanish to non-Spanish-speaking fourth grade students.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Dalton, Thomas Edward, 1936-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Correlational Analysis of Client Change In Sheltered Workshops with Selected Characteristics of the Client, Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and Workshop Supervisor (open access)

A Correlational Analysis of Client Change In Sheltered Workshops with Selected Characteristics of the Client, Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor and Workshop Supervisor

This investigation was designed to assess the amount of attitudinal change experienced by the client and certain selected characteristics of the client, his vocational rehabilitation counselor, immediate workshop supervisor and his sheltered workshop.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Schieffer, Larry Francis, 1940-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Descriptive Analysis of Selected Attitudes, Interests, and Personality Characteristics of Mature College Women (open access)

A Descriptive Analysis of Selected Attitudes, Interests, and Personality Characteristics of Mature College Women

The problem of this study was to describe, by use of a questionnaire and selected testing instruments, mature college women enrolled in undergraduate curricula at a state supported university in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. Factors of marital status, major fields of study, children, employment patterns age, part time and full time enrollment, family attitudes, regarding continuing education, and membership in ethnic groups were included in this study.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Page, Mary Jean
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Descriptive Analysis of the Process of Client-centered Play Therapy (open access)

A Descriptive Analysis of the Process of Client-centered Play Therapy

The problem of this study was a descriptive analysis of the process of client-centered play therapy. The purposes of this study were (l) to investigate and describe the patterns of play activities, nonverbal expressions, and verbal comments during the process of client-centered play therapy; (2) to determine whether phases of emotional and/or social development do exist during the process of client-centered play therapy; and, (3) to describe any identified phases of emotional and/or social development that exist during the process of client-centered play therapy.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Hendricks, Shirley Jo
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of A Philosophy  for Advising Elementary Education Majors in their Selection of an Academic Area of Specialization (open access)

The Development of A Philosophy for Advising Elementary Education Majors in their Selection of an Academic Area of Specialization

This study is concerned with the problem of providing a program of formal advising for aiding elementary education majors in their selection of an academic area of specialization. .
Date: August 1971
Creator: Anthony, Virgil Allen, 1930-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of a Theory of Sports Competitiveness (open access)

The Development of a Theory of Sports Competitiveness

The purpose of this study was to construct a theory of sports competitiveness which would (1) contribute to a greater understanding of competitiveness as an aspect of human behavior affecting sports performance, and (2) serve as a source of hypotheses for experimental research and as a framework for interpretation of the results of experimental studies of competitiveness.
Date: December 1971
Creator: McNeal, Larry Winford, 1940-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Differences in Attitudes of Public School Students Toward Selected Drugs and the Relationship Between these Attitudes and Drug Knowledge (open access)

Differences in Attitudes of Public School Students Toward Selected Drugs and the Relationship Between these Attitudes and Drug Knowledge

The problem was to identify the differences in attitudes of public school students at various educational levels toward selected drugs, and to determine the relationship between those attitudes and students' knowledge of drugs.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Brown, Jim Mack, 1940-
System: The UNT Digital Library