A Study of the Physical Facilities of Industrial Arts Metalworking Laboratories in the State of Texas (open access)

A Study of the Physical Facilities of Industrial Arts Metalworking Laboratories in the State of Texas

The purposes for conducting this study were to ascertain whether the housing for industrial arts metalworking laboratories was adequate, whether the enrollment of the school showed any correlation with the availability of a metalworking facility, and to what extent the physical facility for metalworking laboratories met current standards.
Date: December 1972
Creator: Teague, Ben W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of a Rating Scale for Use by Texas School Board Members to Evaluate a Superintendent's Performance (open access)

The Development of a Rating Scale for Use by Texas School Board Members to Evaluate a Superintendent's Performance

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of developing a scale for rating a public school superintendent in Texas in terms of his adherence to selected characteristics of administrative leadership. A secondary problem is to verify the hypothesis that very few schools in Texas, if any, use a rating scale to evaluate the performance of the superintendent. The purpose of this study will be to identify a set of administrative leadership characteristics which are accepted by members of Boards of Trustees, professors of educational leadership, and superintendents.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Craighead, Carl H., 1934-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Descriptive Study of Intercollegiate Football Participants at North Texas State University (open access)

A Descriptive Study of Intercollegiate Football Participants at North Texas State University

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of providing a current academic and racial description of the intercollegiate football participants at North Texas State University and the construction of a current participants' profile. The subjects employed were 259 football participants from the 1966 Fall Semester through the 1971 Fall Semester, The descriptive analysis is based upon 234 participants; the profile is a composite of eighty-one currently (1971) enrolled participants, This study has a twofold purpose, The first is to provide a current description of the academic status of both white and non-white participants; the second is to construct a current profile of the participants, The study is designed with the idea that the findings could be of use to coaches and administrators of this university in football programming, Transcripts, coaches, and the Public Information Office of this university provided the data used in the descriptive analysis, Eighty-one participants answering self-report questionnaires provided data for the profile,
Date: December 1972
Creator: Harrison, James Harold, 1925-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Role Expectations of the Texas Public High School Counselor as Perceived by Various Professional Groups (open access)

Role Expectations of the Texas Public High School Counselor as Perceived by Various Professional Groups

This study seeks as its purpose to establish an .objective evaluation of the counselor and his role as seen by various professional groups. The primary purpose of the investigation is to compare the perceptions of these various groups as to the tasks a counselor may perform. The study involves the distribution of an opinionn-aire to one hundred public high school counselors, one hundred public high school principals, sixty-three counselor-educators, and forty-two administrator-educators. A return percentage of seventy-nine has been realized.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Wills, Curtis Edwin, 1941-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Case Study of Selected Plan A Special Education Inservice Programs in Texas (open access)

A Case Study of Selected Plan A Special Education Inservice Programs in Texas

This investigation is concerned with determining the extent of inservice education provided for special education personnel by the five pilot programs of Plan A. The two methods of determining this involvement are a case study of the pilot programs' inservice education and its relationship to resource agencies such as the Texas Education Agency and Regional Education Service Centers. The purposes of this study include the following: (1) determining the principles underlying the philosophy formulated by school district personnel in regard to the nature and purpose of inservice training for Plan A, (2) identifying the nature, scope, and assessment of a three-year period of inservice education for the pilot Plan A programs, (3) identifying the successful components of and the problems encountered during the three-year period of inservice education, and (4) describing recommendations for future inservice education. Only the five pilot districts are described in the case studies of Plan A programs. Data is reported in the following sequence for each of the pilot districts: background information; philosophy and goals; pre-, in-, and post-service activities for 1970-1971, 1971-1972, and proposals for inservice education for 1972-1973. Also reported is information concerning the role of the Texas Education Agency and the Regional Education …
Date: December 1972
Creator: Fite, Kathleen Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposal for Instruction of Poetry at El Centro College (open access)

A Proposal for Instruction of Poetry at El Centro College

The problem of this study was to develop a proposal for the teaching of poetry for the purposes of contributing to the student's understanding and enjoyment. Surveys and summaries were made of scholarly writings on the junior college student, existential theories of education, and theories of poetry. A bibliography was constructed for each subject from resources of the North Texas State University library. Conclusions from each survey were derived from the selected resources and used to prepare the proposal for instruction of poetry.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Drake, Jesse Henry
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Model for a Speech and Drama Program for an Upper-Division College: Tyler State College (open access)

A Model for a Speech and Drama Program for an Upper-Division College: Tyler State College

The problem of this study is that of developing a speech and drama program for Tyler State College which is consistent with the philosophical framework of the college as well as with the scope of upper-division institutions in Texas as stated by the Coordinating Board, Texas College and University System. Emphasis is placed on the matriculation of students from junior colleges within commuting distance of Tyler.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Kern, Judy Beth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Existing Relationships Between Enrollment Size and Methods of Financial Management in the Public Universities of Texas Participating in the Ad Valorem Tax Fund (open access)

Existing Relationships Between Enrollment Size and Methods of Financial Management in the Public Universities of Texas Participating in the Ad Valorem Tax Fund

The problem of this study is to ascertain the existing relationships between enrollment size and methods of financial management in selected public institutions of higher education. The purposes set forth for this investigation are to conduct a survey of the financial management methods of a major segment of Texas higher education, to analyze the existing relationships of these financial methods with increasing enrollments ranging from 2,537 to 26,531, and to assess the implications thereof for indicators of optimum and maximum enrollments under variable methods of financial management.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Childers, Lloyd Fred
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Case Study of Parental Involvement in the Initial Plan "A" Public School Districts in Texas (open access)

A Case Study of Parental Involvement in the Initial Plan "A" Public School Districts in Texas

The problem of this investigation is a case study of parental involvement in the initial Plan A public school districts in Texas. The components of parental involvement isolated for the study are parent education, parent participation, and parent counseling. The major sources of data are questionnaires distributed to parents, teachers, and administrators in the initial Plan A public school districts. Secondary sources of data include interviews with the three categories of respondents to the questionnaires, communication and correspondence with the Regional Education Service Centers, and correspondence and reports from the Texas Education Agency concerning parental involvement. The purposes of the case study of parental involvement are (1) to analyze the various approaches to provide parent education services in the selected Plan A programs, (2) to analyze the various types of parent participation in the initial Plan A programs, (3) to analyze the existing and projected needs for parent counseling in Plan A, (4) to summarize findings into recommendations for effective parental involvement strategies in future implementations of Plan A in Texas, and (5) to suggest modifications or to raise questions for further investigation.
Date: December 1972
Creator: Kallstrom, Christine Peterman
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Certain Factors in Students with and without Financial Aid at Austin College (open access)

A Comparison of Certain Factors in Students with and without Financial Aid at Austin College

This study compares certain factors of Austin College financial aid recipients to the same factors in their classmates who received no financial assistance. First, this study attempts to determine whether there are significant differences in selected variables between these two groups. Second, the study seeks to identify the causes for students' withdrawing from the College. Subjects were randomly selected from two groups: (l) 100 subjects receiving financial assistance; and (2) 100 subjects not receiving such assistance. The sources of data for this study were students'. records located in the Educational Advising Center, the Records Office, and the. Counseling Center.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Winder, James Boyd, 1935-
System: The UNT Digital Library
New Concepts in Drama Education: The Drama Curriculum at the Skyline Career Development Center in Dallas, Texas (open access)

New Concepts in Drama Education: The Drama Curriculum at the Skyline Career Development Center in Dallas, Texas

This thesis evaluates the Skyline drama program. The first chapter presents an overview of the program; Chapters II and III describe the core and the advanced curriculum, respectively; and Chapter IV examines the first year of operation and evaluates the entire project.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Spalding, Sharon B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Coacting Group Effects of Learning and Performance across Anxiety Levels (open access)

Coacting Group Effects of Learning and Performance across Anxiety Levels

The problem with which this study is concerned is that of determining the effects of coacting groups and test anxiety on the learning and performing abilities of children. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of small coacting groups and test anxiety on specific "performance" and "learning" tasks. This study also provides a direct test of Zajonc's theory.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Stevens, Jimmy L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Attitudes of Junior High School Female Athletes and Non-Athletes toward Physical Education (open access)

Attitudes of Junior High School Female Athletes and Non-Athletes toward Physical Education

This investigation is concerned with the problem of determining whether or not a significant difference exists between attitudes of junior high school female athletes and non-athletes toward physical education.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Stricklin, Judith K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Life History and Ecology of the Stonefly Neoperla clymene (Newman) (Plecoptera: Perlidae) (open access)

The Life History and Ecology of the Stonefly Neoperla clymene (Newman) (Plecoptera: Perlidae)

The objective of this investigation was to provide new and more detailed information on the life history and ecology of Neoperla clymene, through an intensive study of the species in the Brazos River, Texas.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Vaught, George L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Continuous Versus Non-Continuous Noise and Level of Intensity on a Serial Learning Task (open access)

The Effects of Continuous Versus Non-Continuous Noise and Level of Intensity on a Serial Learning Task

The present study was designed to investigate the effects of two noise conditions, continuous and noncontinuous noise, and three intensity levels, upon a serial learning task and the interaction effects of these factors on learning.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Ware, William S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Some Differences Between Black Students at Predominantly Black and Integrated Institutions of Higher Learning (open access)

Some Differences Between Black Students at Predominantly Black and Integrated Institutions of Higher Learning

Black students now have a choice of predominantly Black or integrated colleges. This investigation is concerned with the possible differences between Black students at these two types of institutions. It was hypothesized that these two student groups differ significantly in socioeconomic status, social mobility expectations, and type of orientation in regard to choice of school.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Williams, Sandra E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Drafting in Texas: A Survey of Course Content as It Related to Teacher Usage of Information Compiled by the Texas Education Agency (open access)

Drafting in Texas: A Survey of Course Content as It Related to Teacher Usage of Information Compiled by the Texas Education Agency

This study measures the extent to which the Texas Education Agency's 1963 monograph on drafting, Drafting, Grades 7-12, A Tentative Bulletin, is used in the state's secondary schools and its effects upon classroom activities. Information for the study comes from a questionnaire completed by a random selection of seventy-eight drafting instructors.
Date: December 1972
Creator: Crutchfield, J. Stuart
System: The UNT Digital Library
Density, Distribution, Production and Drift of Benthic Fauna in a Reservoir Receiving Thermal Discharges from a Steam Electric Generating Plant (open access)

Density, Distribution, Production and Drift of Benthic Fauna in a Reservoir Receiving Thermal Discharges from a Steam Electric Generating Plant

The effects of thermal discharges on the density, distribution, production, and drift of benthic organisms were studied at North Lake reservoir.
Date: December 1972
Creator: Durrett, Charles W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Food Habits and Dietary Overlap of Four Species of Rodents from the Mesquite Plains of Texas (open access)

Food Habits and Dietary Overlap of Four Species of Rodents from the Mesquite Plains of Texas

The coexistence of Dipodomys ordii and Perognathus hispidus with Peromyscus maniculatus and Reithrodontomys montanus was studied in a grassland association of central Texas. The food habits of these species were compared with information from habitat vegetation analysis in an effort to determine food selectivity and the amount and importance of niche overlap and competition among these rodents.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Alcoze, Thomas M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Personality Characteristics of High School Male Gymnasts (open access)

The Personality Characteristics of High School Male Gymnasts

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the personality characteristics of high school male gymnasts and the personality characteristics of high school football athletes and non-athletes. An attempt was made to answer three specific questions: I. Do personality differences exist between the gymnastic group and the non-athletic group? II. Do personality differences exist between the gymnastic group and the football group? III. Do personality differences exist between the football group and the non-athletic group?
Date: May 1972
Creator: Bennington, Gary L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Geographic Variation in Chromosomes and Morphology of Peromyscus Maniculatus in Texas and Oklahoma (open access)

Geographic Variation in Chromosomes and Morphology of Peromyscus Maniculatus in Texas and Oklahoma

This study was initiated after finding two chromosomal types of Peromyscus maniculatus north and south of the Red River in Texas and Oklahoma. The problem was to explain the chromosomal variations and their implications to the systematics of the grassland subspecies of P. maniculatus in this region.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Caire, William, 1946-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Lipid Cycles in the Lizard Cnemidophorus Tigris (open access)

Annual Lipid Cycles in the Lizard Cnemidophorus Tigris

Annual lipid cycles were determined for adult male and female Cnemidophorus tigris collected near El Paso, Texas during 1970-1971.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Gaffney, Fred G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Junior College Plastics Curriculums and the Requirements of the Reinforced Plastics Industry in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area (open access)

A Study of Junior College Plastics Curriculums and the Requirements of the Reinforced Plastics Industry in the Dallas-Fort Worth Area

The study is a comparison of junior college plastics curriculums in Dallas, Tarrant, and surrounding counties and the requirements of the reinforced plastics industry in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Gier, DeWayne H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Birth Order and Parent-Child Relations (open access)

Birth Order and Parent-Child Relations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the birth order differences in perception of parental child-rearing practices in one-and two-sibling families. The two-sibling families were separated into all the possible sex permutations (male-male, female-female, male-female, female-male) to assess the influence of sex of sibling in viewing the parents' child-rearing practices.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Hale, Allyn Kay
System: The UNT Digital Library