Causes of Maladjustment and Some Remedial Measures (open access)

Causes of Maladjustment and Some Remedial Measures

The problem in this study is threefold: (1) to discover cases of maladjustment which exist among the students of a certain small high school; (2) to determine as far as possible the causes of these maladjustments, particularly the role of the school as a contributing agent; and (3) to suggest and to apply as far as possible remedial measures.
Date: 1951
Creator: Reeves, Isla Davidson
System: The UNT Digital Library
Certain Procedures for the Improvement of Reading Skills in the Middle Grades (open access)

Certain Procedures for the Improvement of Reading Skills in the Middle Grades

The problem of this study was to demonstrate the effectiveness of certain recommended procedures for the improvement of reading skills in one fourth grade and one fifth grade class in the Jacksboro Elementary School. The purpose was to discover through testing and observation the level of each student and his specific reading needs.
Date: 1951
Creator: Clark, Sarah Elizabeth
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Sociometric Ethnological Study (open access)

A Comparative Sociometric Ethnological Study

The purpose of this study is to compare sociometric data obtained from Negro and white pupils in fourth, fifth, and sixth grade public school classrooms in Fort Worth, Texas. An attempt will be made to determine, as nearly as possible with the methods available and other limitations of this study, to what degree socialization is affected by racial factors in groups which are comparable in terms of socio-economic status.
Date: 1951
Creator: McElroy, A. L., Jr.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Methods for Improving the Reporting of Pupil Progress (open access)

A Comparative Study of Methods for Improving the Reporting of Pupil Progress

The problem involved in this study is to determine a satisfactory way in which public schools can adequately revise their scientific evaluation system in order to develop a more effective method of marking and reporting of pupil progress to parents.
Date: 1951
Creator: Mansfield, L. C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Retention of Learning by Boys and Girls of Stonewall Jackson School, Denton, Texas (open access)

A Comparative Study of Retention of Learning by Boys and Girls of Stonewall Jackson School, Denton, Texas

This thesis presents a comparative study of retention of learning by boys and girls of Stonewall Jackson School of Denton, Texas.
Date: 1951
Creator: Robertson, George L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison in Achievement of Pupils Participating and Not-Participating in a School Lunch Program (open access)

Comparison in Achievement of Pupils Participating and Not-Participating in a School Lunch Program

The purpose of this study is to make an investigation of the achievement records and personality status of a matched group of pupils in the Lake Dallas elementary school to determine what effect, if any, participation or non-participation in the school's hot lunch program has on grade progress and disposition of the pupils. Attention is given to individual studies of pupils and to outcomes of instruction.
Date: 1951
Creator: Robinson, Ollie Scott
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Bus and Town Pupils in Educational Progress (open access)

A Comparison of Bus and Town Pupils in Educational Progress

The problem of this thesis is to determine the progress made by a group of bus and town pupils in the second grade and should indicate whether or not riding the school bus is detrimental to the academic achievement, behavior development, and personality development of the individual.
Date: 1951
Creator: Weatherred, Bernice Allene
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Cost of Transporting Pupils for the School Years 1948-49 and 1949-50 in Cameron County, Texas. (open access)

Comparison of Cost of Transporting Pupils for the School Years 1948-49 and 1949-50 in Cameron County, Texas.

The purpose of this study is to make a comparison of the unit cost of transportation per pupil in Cameron County, Texas, for the years of 1948-49 and 1949-50 to determine if the transportation provided by the Foundation Act was more economical than the transportation cost under the previous methods of providing for this in Texas schools.
Date: 1951
Creator: Renfroe, Eustace C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Traditional and Experience Methods of Teaching Percentage in Seventh-Grade Arithmetic (open access)

A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Traditional and Experience Methods of Teaching Percentage in Seventh-Grade Arithmetic

The purpose of this investigation is to make a comparative study of compiled data obtained from the results of three standardized tests that were given to six classes of pupils enrolled in seventh-grade arithmetic and to determine, within the limits established for this study, the relative effectiveness of each of the two teaching methods employed: traditional and experience.
Date: 1951
Creator: Burrus, Aleta H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Criterion Analysis: a Factorial Study of School Grades (open access)

Criterion Analysis: a Factorial Study of School Grades

It is the purpose of this paper to present a technique for analyzing grades and other criteria, and by so doing, arrive at the factors which will explain the variance of the criteria. This technique is not new; however, it has received very little use. The technique is simply that of factor analyzing a matrix of intercorrelations of variables which include the grades and related measures necessary to define the factors. The selection of the related variables is the crucial problem.
Date: 1951
Creator: Bryant, Norman Dale
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determining the Extent to Which Certain Factors are Related to Morale in Church Youth Groups (open access)

Determining the Extent to Which Certain Factors are Related to Morale in Church Youth Groups

Many types of groups have been studied by sociometrists but to the time of the present study, church youth groups have not been measured to determine the extent of morale and the conditions or factors that influence the degree of morale. In an effort to provide this information to students of group relations and to religious leaders, this study has been conceived and conducted.
Date: 1951
Creator: Sellers, Robert Dale
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Courses of Study for Teaching the Social Studies in the Primary Grades (open access)

An Evaluation of Courses of Study for Teaching the Social Studies in the Primary Grades

The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to read and analyze professional literature to determine criteria for an adequate social-studies program in an elementary grade, and (2) to evaluate a selected number of courses of study of large-city school systems and state departments of education to determine the extent to which they meet criteria.
Date: 1951
Creator: Alford, Katherine Elizabeth Bower
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Filmstrips in the Teaching of Reading in the First Grade in Tom Bean, Texas. (open access)

An Evaluation of Filmstrips in the Teaching of Reading in the First Grade in Tom Bean, Texas.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the use of filmstrips as an aid in teaching reading to a group of first grade children in the Tom Bean Consolidated School. A further purpose, and probably the most important as it deals with the ultimate objective of education, is the effect that visual aid has upon the behavior of boys and girls.
Date: 1951
Creator: Odle, Neva S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Fourteen State-Adopted Readers for Sixth Grade with Respect to Certain Criteria (open access)

An Evaluation of Fourteen State-Adopted Readers for Sixth Grade with Respect to Certain Criteria

The purpose of this study is to set up criteria for judging the mechanical features and content of sixth-grade readers and to determine whether or not the fourteen sixth-grade readers of this study fit these criteria.
Date: 1951
Creator: Pickard, Mary Virginia
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Elementary School Program of Carlsbad, New Mexico (open access)

An Evaluation of the Elementary School Program of Carlsbad, New Mexico

The purpose of this study was to make an evaluation of the elementary school program of Carlsbad, New Mexico, so that as clear and accurate a picture as possible might be obtained of present practices, to compare these practices with acceptable educational information and philosophy of the present time, and to make recommendations for improving the school program. The results of the study should be beneficial to administrators and teachers alike in the improvement of the schools.
Date: 1951
Creator: Vaughn, Donald A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Los Fresnos Elementary School, Los Fresnos, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Los Fresnos Elementary School, Los Fresnos, Texas

The purpose of this study is to present the appraisal of the Los Fresnos Elementary School in terms of the criteria in the Handbook for Self-Appraisal and Improvement of Elementary Schools as made by a committee of twelve teachers of that school. Attention is given to the seven major areas of the school and to certain subtopics under each heading.
Date: 1951
Creator: James, Albert S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Public Relations Functions and Training of Non-Professional Staffs of Texas Independent School Districts (open access)

An Evaluation of the Public Relations Functions and Training of Non-Professional Staffs of Texas Independent School Districts

The problem involved in this study is an investigation of (1) the part played by the non-professional staff of a school in the development of a favorable public relations program, and (2) the needed training and qualifications for effective performance of the duties of non-professional personnel in this important phase of the public school program.
Date: 1951
Creator: Boyles, Frank D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Work of the Primary Supervisor in Tarrant County (open access)

An Evaluation of the Work of the Primary Supervisor in Tarrant County

The problem of this study is to evaluate the work of the primary supervisor of Tarrant County. The major emphasis has been the development of evaluative criteria from a review of literature in the field of democratic philosophy and modern psychology of education as the principles found in each apply to supervision.
Date: 1951
Creator: Parr, Willie D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Improvement of Reports to Parents (open access)

The Improvement of Reports to Parents

The purpose of this study is to determine an adequate and justifiable report to the parents regarding the progress of students in the public schools of the Colbert community, Colbert, Oklahoma.
Date: 1951
Creator: Mantooth, Elmer Herle
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Nature and the Extent of Errors in Written Language and the Possible Relationship between These Errors and Certain Factors (open access)

The Nature and the Extent of Errors in Written Language and the Possible Relationship between These Errors and Certain Factors

The purpose of this study is to show possible relationships between certain environmental, personality, and scholastic factors and difficulties in written language.
Date: 1951
Creator: Paul, Anna
System: The UNT Digital Library
Procedures Used in Overcoming Negative Attitudes Toward School Music (open access)

Procedures Used in Overcoming Negative Attitudes Toward School Music

The purpose of this study is to determine some probable effects of certain procedures in overcoming negative attitudes toward school music and to show the possibilities of locating and eliminating some of the factors associated with children's difficulties in music.
Date: 1951
Creator: Faires, Edith W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Progress Made by Two Age Groups of First-Grade Children (open access)

Progress Made by Two Age Groups of First-Grade Children

The three-fold purpose of this study is: 1. To contrast the physical, mental, and emotional development of children who were six to six and one-half years old with those who were older than six and one-half at the beginning of the school year. 2. To contrast the amount of progress made in subject-matter achievement and in emotional development. 3. To determine, by comparison of the two groups, which group had the advantage as far as subject-matter achievement, adjustment, and behavior were concerned.
Date: 1951
Creator: Marlin, Oleta Nedra
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposed Plan for a More Functional Method of Reporting to Parents in the Fourth Grades of Henrietta, Texas (open access)

A Proposed Plan for a More Functional Method of Reporting to Parents in the Fourth Grades of Henrietta, Texas

The problem of this study is to make a critical investigation and a thorough analysis of different methods that have been used to report pupil progress in the elementary school of Henrietta, Texas, and other elementary schools. Also, some significant changes underlying the concepts of educational achievements are to be shown and basic principles presented to develop a desirable method and procedure in establishing a more effective and functional marking and reporting program for the fourth grades in Henrietta, Texas.
Date: 1951
Creator: King, Rachel Speer
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Reading Interests of Pupils of High and Low Ability on the Different Socio-Economic Levels in the Fifth Grade of Pampa School (open access)

The Reading Interests of Pupils of High and Low Ability on the Different Socio-Economic Levels in the Fifth Grade of Pampa School

In this particular study the problem is to find which types of books pupils of the fifth grade of different abilities and of different socio-economic status like to read. This study is also concerned with the comparison of boys and girls in their choice of books and magazines.
Date: 1951
Creator: Mayo, Nova Estheu
System: The UNT Digital Library