The Role of the Teacher in the Health Service Program of the Elementary Schools of Dallas, Texas (open access)

The Role of the Teacher in the Health Service Program of the Elementary Schools of Dallas, Texas

It was the purpose of this study, first, to determine how and to what extent a teacher can be instrumental in improving the health status of the Dallas elementary school child, and second, to ascertain the importance of a teacher's evaluation of physical aspects from the standpoint of their effect on the mental, social, and emotional well-being of the school child.
Date: 1947
Creator: Williams, Beatrice Mabry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Initiating, Developing, and Evaluating a Sound School Council for a Small High School (open access)

Initiating, Developing, and Evaluating a Sound School Council for a Small High School

This problem will seek to determine a program for initiating, developing, and evaluating a sound school council for a small high school. It is the purpose of this study to propose a working situation that may be made immediately applicable to small Texas high schools.
Date: 1947
Creator: Taylor, Thomas Wayne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development and Evaluation of Teacher Retirement Systems in the United States (open access)

Development and Evaluation of Teacher Retirement Systems in the United States

The purpose of this study is to collect, organize, and present information pertaining to the development of teacher retirement systems in the United States, with special emphasis upon the benefits and services such systems can render to the thousands and thousands of teachers who have given their lives to the cause of teaching the youth of America.
Date: 1947
Creator: Robertson, Martha Fairfax
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Incidence of Non-Promotion in the Intermediate Grades of the Elementary School and some of its Relationships (open access)

The Incidence of Non-Promotion in the Intermediate Grades of the Elementary School and some of its Relationships

The purpose of this investigation is to determine the incidence of retardation or non-promotion and the relationship of various characteristics of the retarded children in the fourth, fifth, and sixth grades of Sunset School.
Date: 1947
Creator: Morgan, Blanche Petty
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Responsibility of the Primary School in the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency (open access)

The Responsibility of the Primary School in the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency

It is not the intent of this study to deal with the legal term, juvenile delinquency, but to deal with maladjusted behaviors as symptomatic of frustrations or tensions who need help. The purpose of this study is to survey the needs of children, their difficulties, the attempts that have been made to meet these needs, and to solve these difficulties.
Date: 1947
Creator: Parrish, Bessie May
System: The UNT Digital Library
Applying Democratic Principles to Social Studies Practices (open access)

Applying Democratic Principles to Social Studies Practices

The problem is to determine how a philosophy of democracy can be translated into democratic action in teaching social studies in the senior high school.
Date: 1947
Creator: Armstrong, Vernon L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Responsibility of the Secondary School for the Social Development of its Students (open access)

Responsibility of the Secondary School for the Social Development of its Students

The problem in this study is twofold. First, there will be an attempt to determine the values that organizations in the secondary school have for the development of its students. Second, a survey will be made of the four-year accredited high schools in District Five of Texas to determine how and to what extent they are realizing their responsibilities in this respect.
Date: 1947
Creator: Baxter, Billie Otella
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Parent-Teacher Associations in the Second District of Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of Parent-Teacher Associations in the Second District of Texas

The problem under consideration in this study is one having to do with an attempted analysis of the efficiency and worth of parent-teacher associations in the schools of North Texas.
Date: 1947
Creator: Sargent, Georgia
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Effect of Certain Environmental Conditions upon Study (open access)

To Determine the Effect of Certain Environmental Conditions upon Study

The problem under consideration is to determine the effect of certain environmental conditions upon the process of studying. This study attempts to answer the question, How much effect, positive or negative, will various environmental conditions have upon study?
Date: 1947
Creator: Daniel, Artie Arwell
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Auditory and Visual Aids in Eighty Public Schools of Texas (open access)

The Use of Auditory and Visual Aids in Eighty Public Schools of Texas

The problem of this investigation was two-fold: first, to obtain general information on auditory and visual aids and their apparent values in the schoolroom; and second, to find out to what extent these aids were used in eighty representative schools of Texas during 1945-1946.
Date: 1947
Creator: Fagg, James Noel
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Pupil Failures as they Exist in the Senior High School of Stamford, Texas (open access)

A Study of Pupil Failures as they Exist in the Senior High School of Stamford, Texas

The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) to determine the degree of pupil failure as it exists in the Senior High School, Stamford, Texas; (2) to consider the extent to which the "basic factors" of failure contribute to pupil failure in this school; and (3) to submit suggestions as to how pupil failure may be reduced to a minimum in the Stamford Senior High School.
Date: 1947
Creator: Flemins, Mabel Bryan
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Source Reference for the Study of the Petroleum Industry and its Terminology Especially for the Ector County School System (open access)

A Source Reference for the Study of the Petroleum Industry and its Terminology Especially for the Ector County School System

The problem, to make a study of the petroleum industry in Ector County, Texas, and, in addition, a study of the terminology of this industry, was selected as a result of the realization that the major industry of the community was not understood by the teachers, and that it did not have a place in the curriculum.
Date: 1947
Creator: Smith, Evelyn M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Education in Ellis County, Texas (open access)

Education in Ellis County, Texas

This primary purpose of this thesis is to explore the progression of education within Ellis County. The first two chapters focus on how the county was founded, the first settlements, the formation of towns and economic developments. The rest of the paper gives the history and development of education, specifically the early schools of the county, the beginning of public schools, and the more recent trends of education.
Date: August 1947
Creator: Parker, Wilna
System: The UNT Digital Library