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An Analysis of Men's Physical Education Programs in Texas State-Supported Colleges and Universities Offering the Bachelor's and Master's Degree (open access)

An Analysis of Men's Physical Education Programs in Texas State-Supported Colleges and Universities Offering the Bachelor's and Master's Degree

The purpose of this study was (1) to determine the status of the physical education program of each state-supported college and university in Texas offering a bachelor's and master's degree in physical education for men and (2) to provide each individual institution with the necessary data for the purpose of self-evaluation.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Miller, Carl Richard
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Male and Female Teachers' Approval and Disapproval Interactions with Children (open access)

A Comparison of Male and Female Teachers' Approval and Disapproval Interactions with Children

This study was designed to determine the relationships between three variables in fifth- and sixth-grade classroom verbal interactions. These variables include sex of teacher, sex of pupil, and approval/disapproval interactions between teacher and pupil.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Gage, Jimmy Allen
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Two Methods of Teaching American History at the College Level (open access)

A Comparison of Two Methods of Teaching American History at the College Level

The problem of this study was the effectiveness of directed study as a method of teaching American history at the college level. This method involved the use of small discussion groups, independent reading, and a limited use of special lectures.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Motsinger, Hillery Melton
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Two Techniques of Using Sociometric Data for Effecting Change in the Sociometric Status of the Least-Preferred Children in Grades Three through Six (open access)

A Comparison of Two Techniques of Using Sociometric Data for Effecting Change in the Sociometric Status of the Least-Preferred Children in Grades Three through Six

The problem of this study was to ascertain the effectiveness of two techniques for encouraging teachers to use sociometric data to effect change in the sociometric status of the least-preferred children in their classrooms.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Strain, Joe Patrick
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Written Compositions of Head-Start Pupils With Non-Head-Start Pupils (open access)

A Comparison of Written Compositions of Head-Start Pupils With Non-Head-Start Pupils

The problem of this study was to compare the written language development of two groups of disadvantaged children at the end of their fourth year of school.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Houston, David Ree
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Course in Freshman English Composition Based on Theories of Creativity (open access)

A Course in Freshman English Composition Based on Theories of Creativity

Today's colleges and universities are faced with the challenges of reforming their curriculums in an effort to hold a generation of students who are now demanding more than just a degree. Today prominent writers in the field of higher education point to the necessity of assessing and reconstructing college courses so that new direction will be provided. Each student entering college for the first time usually must enroll in an English composition course. Such a course offers great potential to encourage the creative capacity of the incoming student and foster an attitude of personal inquiry. The diversity of subjects and intentions which can be introduced in the beginning composition course offers a healthy reservoir of opportunity for exploring personal meaning. Introducing some of the goals and concepts of creativity may thus inspire the design of a new course given to meeting the challenges of higher education.The problem of this study was to develop a course in freshman English composition based on the theories of creativity and directed towards the development of the student's creative and critical capacity.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Garrett, Patrick Posey
System: The UNT Digital Library
Creative Ability and Perceived Parent-Child Relations (open access)

Creative Ability and Perceived Parent-Child Relations

The purpose of this study was to determine if selected perceived parent-child relationships were differentially associated with an individual's capacity to demonstrate the intellectual processes of creativity.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Elsom, Billy Fred, 1943-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Curiosity in the Reading Encounter, an Experimental Study of the Effect of Selected Questioning Procedures on Curiosity and on Reading Comprehension (open access)

Curiosity in the Reading Encounter, an Experimental Study of the Effect of Selected Questioning Procedures on Curiosity and on Reading Comprehension

The major purpose of the research was to determine whether the curiosity levels of children would be increased and whether gains would be made in children's reading comprehension when selected questioning procedures were used. The study was confined to teacher-directed instructional situations where children were engaged in reading acts. More specifically, answers were sought to the following questions: 1. Does the use of selected questioning procedures produce a significant increase in curiosity over the use of regular classroom procedures? 2. Does the use of selected questioning procedures produce a significant gain in reading comprehension over the use of regular classroom procedures?
Date: August 1969
Creator: Mays, Sue Cox
System: The UNT Digital Library
Differential Quantitative Verbal Scores and Creativity (open access)

Differential Quantitative Verbal Scores and Creativity

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between differential quantitative and linguistic abilities and creative potential in a college population.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Wolk, Edith S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of an Expressed Level of Aspiration in Determining Performance on a Subsequent Task (open access)

The Effect of an Expressed Level of Aspiration in Determining Performance on a Subsequent Task

There have been few investigations employing the level of aspiration as a motivational independent variable. The problem of the present study was to investigate the effect of an expressed level of aspiration on a subsequent level of performance on a cancellation task and to relate this effect to socio-economic classifications.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Hafner, Bruce W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Micro-Teaching Laboratory Experiences on Attitudes and Verbal Behavior of Pre-Service Elementary School Teachers (open access)

The Effect of Micro-Teaching Laboratory Experiences on Attitudes and Verbal Behavior of Pre-Service Elementary School Teachers

The problem of this study was to determine the effect of a micro-teaching laboratory experience on the attitudes of pre-service elementary school teachers toward the teaching of elementary school science and to determine the effect of a micro-teaching laboratory experience on the indirect verbal behavior of pre-service elementary school teachers.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Sparks, Rebecca Lewis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Puromycin and Electroconvulsive Shock on Retention of Shock Avoidance Training in the Goldfish (open access)

The Effect of Puromycin and Electroconvulsive Shock on Retention of Shock Avoidance Training in the Goldfish

In general, the objective of the present study was to incorporate some of the new psycho-biological approaches, with the theories propagating their use, in studying the phenomena of long-term memory in the goldfish.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Trevino, James Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effectiveness of Using Workbooks in the Teaching of Eighth-Grade English Grammar (open access)

The Effectiveness of Using Workbooks in the Teaching of Eighth-Grade English Grammar

The purpose of this study was to examine selected effects of using workbooks in the teaching of eighth-grade English grammar.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Graves, Robert B. (Robert Bradley)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Ability Grouping in Physical Education Upon Attitude and Achievement (open access)

The Effects of Ability Grouping in Physical Education Upon Attitude and Achievement

The problem under consideration was a study of the effects of two grouping procedures upon attitude and achievement of male college freshmen and sophomores of low and high motor ability.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Brown, Joe Albert, 1934-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Feedback on Teachers' Verbal Behavior and Attitudes Toward In-Service Education (open access)

The Effects of Feedback on Teachers' Verbal Behavior and Attitudes Toward In-Service Education

The problem of this study was to determine the effect of the use of Flanders' system of interaction analysis on the verbal behavior of an elementary school faculty and on their attitudes toward in-service education.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Bond, Patricia Y. (Patricia Yarborough)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Oral Planning on Fifth-Grade Composition (open access)

The Effects of Oral Planning on Fifth-Grade Composition

The problem of this study was an investigation of the effects of oral preparation on certain quantitative aspects of composition in a fifth-grade classroom.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Beeker, Ruth Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Preregistration Advisement of Students by a Counselor on the Choice of College Majors and Other Selected Criterion Measures (open access)

The Effects of Preregistration Advisement of Students by a Counselor on the Choice of College Majors and Other Selected Criterion Measures

The problem for consideration in this study was an investigation of the effects of two methods of preregistration advisement of junior college freshmen. Specifically, the following questions were posed. What would be the effects on college students of an individual preregistration advisement interview with a member of the professional counseling staff as compared to a group advisement session? Would the advisement interview for students produce differences in (1) the types of majors selected, (2) probabilities of success in declared educational objectives, (3) perceptions of the environment, (4) changes of major, (5) course changes, (6) failures to complete registration, (7) withdrawals during the first eight weeks of classes, and (8) number of course deficiencies reported at mid-semester? An auxiliary consideration was the following. What would be the effects of providing information about technical-occupational programs in the form of brochures?
Date: August 1969
Creator: Smith, Royal Everett
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Verbal Reinforcement on the Behavior of Mild and Moderate Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Children (open access)

The Effects of Verbal Reinforcement on the Behavior of Mild and Moderate Institutionalized Mentally Retarded Children

The present study is an effort to investigate some of the pertinent implications, principles, and postulates revealed by learning theorists, specifically McCandless, using mentally retarded children as subjects.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Wheat, Darryl G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Music Appreciation Courses in Selected Institutions of Higher Learning by Measuring Change in the Sensitivity of the Students to Form and Style in Unfamiliar Music (open access)

An Evaluation of Music Appreciation Courses in Selected Institutions of Higher Learning by Measuring Change in the Sensitivity of the Students to Form and Style in Unfamiliar Music

The present study is an evaluation of music appreciation courses in selected institutions of higher learning by measuring change in the sensitivity of the students to form and style in unfamiliar music.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Smith, George Francis, 1931-
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Prescriptive Teaching of Seventh-Grade Arithmetic (open access)

An Evaluation of Prescriptive Teaching of Seventh-Grade Arithmetic

The problem of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of prescriptive teaching of arithmetic to seventh grade pupils who were achieving at least one year below grade level in mathematics.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Scott, Allen Wayne
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Exploratory Study of a Self-Rating, Sentence Completion Method for Evaluating Marital Difficulties (open access)

An Exploratory Study of a Self-Rating, Sentence Completion Method for Evaluating Marital Difficulties

The purpose of this study is to explore a possible method of diagnosing marital difficulties. This is an exploratory investigation into the possibility of developing a particular method for marital diagnosis rather than a specific test for such a diagnosis. This method consists of a series of related sentence stems which the subject completes and then rates as to their degree of difficulty.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Walker, Martha Jane
System: The UNT Digital Library
Factors Relating to Personal-Social Adjustments of First- and Second-Grade Children in Self-Contained and Team-Teaching Classrooms (open access)

Factors Relating to Personal-Social Adjustments of First- and Second-Grade Children in Self-Contained and Team-Teaching Classrooms

This study was undertaken in order to compare the self-contained classroom with team-teaching organizations according to pupil behavior and personal-social adjustment in children of first- and second-grade level. A comparison was made of pupil behavior and personal-social adjustments between (1) children in the first grade after one year in the self-contained classroom and children in the first grade after one year in a team-teaching organization and (2) children in the second grade after two years in the self-contained classrooms and children in the second grade after two years in team-teaching organizations.
Date: August 1969
Creator: McDaniel, Norman H. (Norman Haskell)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Generality of Cognitive Complexity (open access)

The Generality of Cognitive Complexity

The purpose of the present investigation was to investigate the relationship of cognitive complexity, as measured by a quantitative index of human movement responses, and the number of different constructs in one psychological system.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Rosen, Eugene E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Immediate Effects of Classroom Integration on the Academic Progress, Self-Concept, and Racial Attitude of Negro Elementary Children (open access)

The Immediate Effects of Classroom Integration on the Academic Progress, Self-Concept, and Racial Attitude of Negro Elementary Children

The problem of the present study is to determine if there is a measurable effect on the academic progress, self-concepts, and racial attitudes of newly integrated Negro students in grades four, five, and six after one year of integration.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Evans, Charles Lee, 1924-
System: The UNT Digital Library