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Group Implosive Therapy in the Treatment of Test Anxiety (open access)

Group Implosive Therapy in the Treatment of Test Anxiety

The purposes of the study were to: 1. Determine the level of test anxiety present, as measured by the Test Anxiety Questionnaire (TAQ), prior to treatment. 2. Develop an implosive therapy procedure to reduce test anxiety. 3. Administer implosive therapy to subjects in the experimental treatment group. 4. Determine the post-treatment level of test anxiety in the implosive therapy group, placebo-attention control group, and the no-treatment control group. 5. Determine if there were any significant differences in the test anxiety levels in the three groups on the post-treatment TAQ. 6. Investigate the results of a one month follow-up administration of the TAQ to determine the relative stability of test scores.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Dawley, Harold H., 1940-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Attitudes Held by Superintendents and Principals toward Career Education in Texas (open access)

A Study of Attitudes Held by Superintendents and Principals toward Career Education in Texas

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is to identify attitudes held by superintendents and principals in Texas public schools toward career education. Particular attention is given to the nature of career education and the development of career education from the management structure point of view. The emphasis of this study is determining what would be desirable in the planning and establishing of new directions and structures for career education in Texas public schools.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Harrison, Denist (Denist Dewain), 1944-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relative Effectiveness of Two Methodologies in the Development of Composition Skills in College Freshman English (open access)

The Relative Effectiveness of Two Methodologies in the Development of Composition Skills in College Freshman English

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of determining the relative effectiveness of the Christensen Rhetoric Program and of a traditional write-revise approach in freshman English composition classes.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Hazen, Carl Leon
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Result of Differential Seating Arrangements upon Students' Anxiety Level, Acquaintance Volume, and Perceived Social Distance (open access)

The Result of Differential Seating Arrangements upon Students' Anxiety Level, Acquaintance Volume, and Perceived Social Distance

The study was conducted to investigate the result of three differential seating arrangements in college classrooms on anxiety level, acquaintance volume, and perceived social distance among students.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Wang, Yu Tsun
System: The UNT Digital Library