The Adequacy of the Professional Preparation of the Catholic School Superintendent (open access)

The Adequacy of the Professional Preparation of the Catholic School Superintendent

The problem of this study was to determine the adequacy of the professional preparation of the Catholic school superintendent for his role as the educational leader in the diocesan school system. The study was divided into the following subdivisions: 1) establishing evaluative criteria to measure the adequacy of the professional preparation of the Catholic school superintendent; 2) evaluating the professional preparation of the superintendent in the light of the established criteria; 3) proposing a program which might close the gap between the existing practices and the established criteria.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Meyers, John F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Analysis of the Interrelationship of Intelligence, Achievement, and Socio-Economic Status in a Selected Population of High-School Seniors (open access)

Analysis of the Interrelationship of Intelligence, Achievement, and Socio-Economic Status in a Selected Population of High-School Seniors

The problem of this study was to determine the interrelationship of intelligence, socio-economic status, and ten subtest measures of achievement in a selected population of high-school seniors. In addition to the general problem, the specific problems were as follows: 1. To determine the relative independence of dependence of each of the variables in relation to their influence on each of the other variables. 2. To determine the degree of predictive validity with which behavioral regression equations can be used in terms of intelligence, achievement, and socio-economic status.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Jordan, Billy H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Characteristics of a Negro College Environment and its Relationship to Student Value Systems (open access)

Characteristics of a Negro College Environment and its Relationship to Student Value Systems

The present study was undertaken to determine the relationships between characteristics of a Negro college environment and the value systems of its student body. The study also investigated relationships between a Negro college and non-Negro colleges based upon characteristics of the college environment and value systems of the college population.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Silverman, Pincus, 1921-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Analysis of Selected Characteristics of Intellectually Superior Female Students who Persisted and Those who did not Persist in an Advanced Placement Program (open access)

A Comparative Analysis of Selected Characteristics of Intellectually Superior Female Students who Persisted and Those who did not Persist in an Advanced Placement Program

This study was undertaken to make a comparative analysis of selected nonintellective characteristics of intellectually superior female students who persisted and those who did not persist in an Advanced Placement Program offering sequentially planned course offerings in mathematics and science. A second dimension of the study was an investigation of selected nonintellective traits to determine if the students' scores are elevated in the same direction as those of superior female adults who have been studied on essentially the same dimensions.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Morris, Ruby Pearl, 1918-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Analysis of Selected Characteristics of Intellectually Superior Male Students who Persist and Those who do not Persist in an Advanced Placement Program (open access)

A Comparative Analysis of Selected Characteristics of Intellectually Superior Male Students who Persist and Those who do not Persist in an Advanced Placement Program

This study made a comparative analysis of certain selected characteristics of a group of academically able male youth who persisted and those who did not persist in a five-year academic sequence in mathematics and science. Two major questions were dealt with in this study: 1. Can the persisting youth as a group be distinguished from those youth who did not persist in this academic sequence on the basis of their functioning in certain nonintellective areas? 2. Are the performances of the persisting youth on certain dimensions elevated in the same directions as are the performances of mature creatives who have been intensively studied on the same dimensions?
Date: May 1964
Creator: Helton, William Bernard
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Analysis of the Results of Two Approaches to Reading Instruction upon Seventh Grade Students (open access)

A Comparative Analysis of the Results of Two Approaches to Reading Instruction upon Seventh Grade Students

This study was concerned with making a comparative analysis of reading skills development resulting from two different approaches to reading instruction at the seventh-grade level. The two approaches were: (a) instruction emphasizing specifically the reading skills, Approach A, and (b) instruction using the regular classroom activities approach, Approach B.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Martin, Lois Estelle, 1914-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Personality Variables of Students in Two Contrasted Colleges (open access)

A Comparative Study of Personality Variables of Students in Two Contrasted Colleges

The nature of the problem to be dealt with in this present study involves the religious personality. Specifically, it involves the question as to the personality similarities and differences of students from a religious college and students from a state college.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Ruble, Richard Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Cuisenaire Method of Teaching Arithmetic with a Conventional Method (open access)

A Comparison of the Cuisenaire Method of Teaching Arithmetic with a Conventional Method

The problem of this investigation was to determine the effectiveness of the Cuisenaire method of teaching arithmetic to fourth graders, as compared with a traditional conventional method. Furthermore, a secondary aspect of the problem was to compare performances of the experimental and control groups when classified according to sex.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Steiner, Kelly Everett
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Scales of Psychiatric and Non-Psychiatric Registered Nurses for Use in Personnel Selection (open access)

A Comparison of the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Scales of Psychiatric and Non-Psychiatric Registered Nurses for Use in Personnel Selection

The problem of this study was to determine if psychiatric registered nurses differ significantly in certain personality and temperament trait characteristics from non-psychiatric registered nurses. The characteristics investigated were scores make on the individual scales of the Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey.
Date: August 1964
Creator: O'Brien, John Jude
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effectiveness of the K D Proneness Scale in the Identification and Detection of Juvenile Delinquency (open access)

The Effectiveness of the K D Proneness Scale in the Identification and Detection of Juvenile Delinquency

The present investigation was focused on the problem of identification and detection of Juvenile delinquency. The purpose of the study was to determine if Juvenile delinquents whose first offenses were runaway or auto theft differ significantly from non-delinquents of a church group. The two delinquent groups were examined to determine if a significant difference existed.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Davis, John Horace
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of a Perceptual-Motor Training Program on the Performance of Kindergarten Pupils on Metropolitan Readiness Tests (open access)

The Effects of a Perceptual-Motor Training Program on the Performance of Kindergarten Pupils on Metropolitan Readiness Tests

The problem of this study was to determine the effect of a modified form of Kephart's perceptual-motor training program on the performance of kindergarten pupils on Metropolitan Readiness Tests. This program was made up of certain perceptual-motor activities which were utilized during the regular school play periods.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Rutherford, William L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Task Difficulty and Magnitude of Reward on Mental Defectives in Level of Aspiration Tests (open access)

The Effects of Task Difficulty and Magnitude of Reward on Mental Defectives in Level of Aspiration Tests

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of task difficulty and magnitude of reinforcement upon the performance of mentally retarded institutionalized individuals in a level of aspiration situation.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Bugby, Dorothy S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evaluation of Adjustment Criteria in Institutions for the Aged (open access)

Evaluation of Adjustment Criteria in Institutions for the Aged

This thesis focuses on the question of how the elderly adjust to changed living conditions. This question is vitally important, not only to the older person but also to their relatives.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Wolford, Lenore L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Response to Procedures Used in Working with Mid-Semester Failing Students (open access)

An Evaluation of Response to Procedures Used in Working with Mid-Semester Failing Students

The primary purpose of this paper is to evaluate student and teaching faculty response to the formal procedures used at a large university to officially warn students who are in danger of failing, and to study the relationship of this process to such factors as college entrance examinations and subsequent grades.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Clark, David Derrix
System: The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Psychological Testing: A Review of the Controversy and a Comparison of Some Effective Testing Conditions with Some Stated Uses (open access)

Industrial Psychological Testing: A Review of the Controversy and a Comparison of Some Effective Testing Conditions with Some Stated Uses

The problem of this study is to interview some personnel managers that use psychological testing in personnel selection and compare their responses to the recommended use of effective testing as presented by some professional psychologists.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Jones, William Lewis
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Instrument for Rating and Selecting Successful Life Insurance Agents (open access)

An Instrument for Rating and Selecting Successful Life Insurance Agents

In this study an attempt was made to gain insight into the meaning of personality traits and how they can be arranged to build an instrument to be used for rating and selecting agents to sell life insurance.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Marchant, Zeke Bailey, 1918-
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Programed Learning in the Teaching of Harmonic Dictation in a Beginning College Music Theory Course, Volume 1 (open access)

An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Programed Learning in the Teaching of Harmonic Dictation in a Beginning College Music Theory Course, Volume 1

The problem of the study was to investigate the comparative effectiveness of two methods of teaching harmonic dictation to beginning college music students. The methods were (1) the conventional teacher-classroom approach as suggested by Robert Ottman's Elementary Harmony, and (2) a linear programed book to be used in conjunction with a series of tape recordings.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Daniels, Melvin Lucas, 1931-
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Programed Learning in the Teaching of Harmonic Dictation in a Beginning College Music Theory Course, Volume 2 (open access)

An Investigation of the Effectiveness of Programed Learning in the Teaching of Harmonic Dictation in a Beginning College Music Theory Course, Volume 2

The problem of the study was to investigate the comparative effectiveness of two methods of teaching harmonic dictation to beginning college music students. The methods were (1) the conventional teacher-classroom approach as suggested by Robert Ottman's Elementary Harmony, and (2) a linear programed book to be used in conjunction with a series of tape recordings.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Daniels, Melvin Lucas, 1931-
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Effects of Deferred Rush and Pledging on a Group of Freshmen at Southern Methodist University (open access)

An Investigation of the Effects of Deferred Rush and Pledging on a Group of Freshmen at Southern Methodist University

Since the initial experiences of the college freshman were regarded as critical to his personal and social adjustment, the present study had as its primary purpose the investigation of the effects of deferred rush and pledging on a student's first year as Southern Methodist University. More specifically, the study investigated the effects of deferred rush and pledging on the following factors: 1. The effect on academic achievement of a selected group of freshmen. 2. The effect on the drop-out rate of a selected group of freshmen. 3. The effect on the extent to which a selected group of freshmen use the University Health Center. 4. The effect on the extent to which a selected group of freshmen used the Psychological Services of the University.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Bryson, Fred, Wylie, 1922-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maladjustment and the Distortion of Self-Perception (open access)

Maladjustment and the Distortion of Self-Perception

Contemporary psychology has shown an increasing interest in the self-concept of the individual. This interest has grown in large measure from studies of perception. Many theorists have felt that perception in general and self-perception in particular is a function of the needs of the organism, as well as a function of the external stimuli. It is the purpose of this study to investigate the relationships between distortions in self-perception and total level of adjustment in a population of college students.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Love, William Allen
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Organization, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Organized Guidance Program during the First Year in a Metropolitan High School (open access)

The Organization, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Organized Guidance Program during the First Year in a Metropolitan High School

The problem of the present investigation was to study the soundness of guidance practices in a metropolitan high school approximately one year after the initiation of a program of guidance services. The purposes of the study were: 1. To determine to what extent the objectives of the guidance program were met. 2. To determine to what extent students, parents, and faculty considered that the guidance program had made a contribution to the school program. 3. To determine what objective measures revealed as to the effectiveness of the guidance program.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Moses, Morgan Clay
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Personal and Social Characteristics of Normal American Preadolescents as Revealed in Research Completed since 1950 (open access)

The Personal and Social Characteristics of Normal American Preadolescents as Revealed in Research Completed since 1950

The problem of this study was twofold: first, to determine what personal and social characteristics of normal American preadolescent children are revealed in research studies completed since 1950; and, second, to integrate this research into a pattern from which implications could be drawn for use by persons who work with preadolescents.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Howard, Arthur Eugene, 1928-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Predictive Value of an English Achievement Test for Grades in Modern Foreign Languages (open access)

The Predictive Value of an English Achievement Test for Grades in Modern Foreign Languages

This study has as its objectives: (1) the determination of the degree of relationship between achievement in the study of English as measured by a standardized English achievement test and achievement in the study of foreign languages as measured by teacher's grades; (2) the determination of the amount of contribution to such a relationship of the achievement in various functional areas in the study of English as measured by the subtests of the English achievement test.
Date: January 1964
Creator: Barnard, William Kenneth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between Acceptance by Peers and Acceptance of Self (open access)

The Relationship between Acceptance by Peers and Acceptance of Self

This study investigated the adolescent self-concept. The concern was with the relationship between peer status as measured by a reputation scale and self-concept as measured by how an individual feels he is perceived by others.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Jost, Nancy J.
System: The UNT Digital Library