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A Comparison of Small Study Groups and Traditional Classes on Acquaintance Volume, Reported Problems, and Academic Achievement (open access)

A Comparison of Small Study Groups and Traditional Classes on Acquaintance Volume, Reported Problems, and Academic Achievement

The problem of this study was to determine the effect of a small-study-group method of teaching on the achievement, acquaintance volume, reported problems, and willingness to discuss problems of college students enrolled in Introduction to Psychology classes.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Reed, John Calvin
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Analysis of Social Alienation in Upper Elementary Student's Receiving Reading Instruction in Five Types of Environmental Settings (open access)

A Comparative Analysis of Social Alienation in Upper Elementary Student's Receiving Reading Instruction in Five Types of Environmental Settings

The problem of this study was to compare the social alienation of upper elementary students receiving reading instruction in five types of environmental settings.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Robinson, Frances Olvis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Effects of Participation in the Taba In-Service Education Program on Teachers' Self Concept, Attitude, and Selected Personality Characteristics (open access)

Effects of Participation in the Taba In-Service Education Program on Teachers' Self Concept, Attitude, and Selected Personality Characteristics

The problem of this study was to evaluate the effects of participation in the Hilda Taba In-Service Education Program on teachers' self concept, attitude, and selected personality characteristics.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Bennett, Margaret Ann, 1926-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Differences in Attitudes of Public School Students Toward Selected Drugs and the Relationship Between these Attitudes and Drug Knowledge (open access)

Differences in Attitudes of Public School Students Toward Selected Drugs and the Relationship Between these Attitudes and Drug Knowledge

The problem was to identify the differences in attitudes of public school students at various educational levels toward selected drugs, and to determine the relationship between those attitudes and students' knowledge of drugs.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Brown, Jim Mack, 1940-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Freshmen Students in a Selected Multicampus Junior College District (open access)

A Comparative Study of Freshmen Students in a Selected Multicampus Junior College District

The problem of this study was to compare freshmen students in a selected multicampus junior college district with respect to attitudes, activities, vocational, and educational plans.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Calvin, Richmond Edward, 1938-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationships Between Three Facilitative Characteristics--Empathy, Warmth, Genuineness--and Selected Factors Associated with the Secondary Teacher (open access)

Relationships Between Three Facilitative Characteristics--Empathy, Warmth, Genuineness--and Selected Factors Associated with the Secondary Teacher

The problem with which this investigation was concerned was the relationship between selected facilitative characteristics of human interaction and other factors associated with the secondary teacher. These factors included job satisfaction and courses completed beyond the bachelor's degree.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Close, Emory Rogers
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationships and Effects of Attitude Toward Educational Concepts and Selected Personal Measures of Some Secondary Education Student Teachers (open access)

The Relationships and Effects of Attitude Toward Educational Concepts and Selected Personal Measures of Some Secondary Education Student Teachers

The problem of this study was to determine the differences on specific variables of performance and achievement between secondary education student teachers with high positive attitudes toward educational concepts and those with low positive attitudes.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Foster, Jerry Dee
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Case Study of Municipal Recreation Programs for Senior Citizens and the Handicapped (open access)

A Case Study of Municipal Recreation Programs for Senior Citizens and the Handicapped

This investigation is concerned with determining the extent of involvement by fifteen Texas municipal parks and recreation departments in providing programs for senior citizens, the mentally retarded, the physically handicapped, and the emotionally disturbed.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Hayes, Gene Autry
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Descriptive Analysis of the Process of Client-centered Play Therapy (open access)

A Descriptive Analysis of the Process of Client-centered Play Therapy

The problem of this study was a descriptive analysis of the process of client-centered play therapy. The purposes of this study were (l) to investigate and describe the patterns of play activities, nonverbal expressions, and verbal comments during the process of client-centered play therapy; (2) to determine whether phases of emotional and/or social development do exist during the process of client-centered play therapy; and, (3) to describe any identified phases of emotional and/or social development that exist during the process of client-centered play therapy.
Date: August 1971
Creator: Hendricks, Shirley Jo
System: The UNT Digital Library
Arousal Responses to Specific Structured Classroom Activities and Events as Determined by Cardiac Telemetry (open access)

Arousal Responses to Specific Structured Classroom Activities and Events as Determined by Cardiac Telemetry

The purposes of this study were (1) to determine the effects of specific structured classroom activities and events on the cardiac rates of students in the classroom, (2) to determine whether or not there was a detectable difference in the cardiac rates of students involved in structured classroom activities and events and cardiac rates of students not so involved, and (3) to determine the effects on the cardiac rates of students involved in two techniques of attaining student involvement and attention to a classroom discussion or topic.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Swain, Richard Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
Group Systematic Desensitization with Test-Anxious College Students (open access)

Group Systematic Desensitization with Test-Anxious College Students

The purposes of the present investigation were (1) to determine whether systematic desensitization could be administered in a group setting, (2) to evaluate the stability of any reductions in test-anxiety which resulted from group desensitization, and (3) to make recommendations for counseling research and practice which were warranted by the results of the investigation.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Taylor, Davis W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Videotape Feedback from Volunteer Subjects' Classroom Behavior and Expressed Attitudes toward Teaching (open access)

The Effects of Videotape Feedback from Volunteer Subjects' Classroom Behavior and Expressed Attitudes toward Teaching

The problem of this study was to determine the effects of videotape feedback upon teachers' classroom verbal and nonverbal behavior, objectives, methods, and expressed attitudes about teaching.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Bolen, Patsy JoLynn
System: The UNT Digital Library
Receptivity to Dissonant or Consonant Information Via Taped Media with Self-Esteem as a Variable in Counseling Classes (open access)

Receptivity to Dissonant or Consonant Information Via Taped Media with Self-Esteem as a Variable in Counseling Classes

The problem of this study was to determine through the use of taped media receptivity to dissonant or consonant information and to appraise those conditions which bring about change in attitude in light of dissonance theory.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Booth, Dorothy J. (Dorothy Johnson)
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Group Counseling on Visual Imagery and Selected Personality Factors for Junior and Senior Level High School Students (open access)

The Effect of Group Counseling on Visual Imagery and Selected Personality Factors for Junior and Senior Level High School Students

The problem of this study was to measure the effect of group counseling on visual imagery and selected personality factors of junior and senior level secondary school students. The purpose of this study was to determine if perception of visual images changed after group counseling. Also investigated was whether a concomital relationship existed among the perception of visual images and the self-concept, ascendance, and sociability.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Marth, Donald Rudell
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of the Relationship of Self-Concept and Selected Personal Characteristics of Student Teachers to Success in Student Teaching (open access)

An Investigation of the Relationship of Self-Concept and Selected Personal Characteristics of Student Teachers to Success in Student Teaching

The problem of this study was to determine the relationships that exist between elementary student teachers' personality factors and success in student teaching.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Passmore, Wynoka Sue, 1941-
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Men's Physical Education Programs in Texas Baptist Colleges and a Comparison of Physical Education Programs in Texas Baptist Colleges with Selected Texas State Colleges and Universities (open access)

An Analysis of Men's Physical Education Programs in Texas Baptist Colleges and a Comparison of Physical Education Programs in Texas Baptist Colleges with Selected Texas State Colleges and Universities

The problem was (1) an analysis of the physical education program for men in Texas Baptist colleges offering a baccalaureate degree with a major in the area of physical education, and (2) a comparison of physical education programs in Texas Baptist colleges with selected Texas state colleges and universities.
Date: August 1970
Creator: Smith, Claudius Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between the Level of Dogmatism of Supervising Teachers and Student Teachers and the Amount of Change in Attitude of the Student Teachers (open access)

The Relationship between the Level of Dogmatism of Supervising Teachers and Student Teachers and the Amount of Change in Attitude of the Student Teachers

This research sought to determine if a significant relationship existed between various levels of dogmatism of supervising teachers and student teachers and the degree of change in attitude of the student teachers during student teaching.
Date: December 1970
Creator: Oswald, Jolene
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Success in Academic Foundation College Courses between Students Presenting High School Credits in Practical Arts Courses and Those with Credits in Academic Courses (open access)

A Comparison of Success in Academic Foundation College Courses between Students Presenting High School Credits in Practical Arts Courses and Those with Credits in Academic Courses

This study investigated the relationship of high school curriculum to performance in academic foundation college courses. The purposes of the study were twofold: First, to study the relationship of a practical arts high school curriculum as opposed to a college preparatory high school curriculum to performance in academic foundation college courses. Second, to analyze this relationship and its implications for high school students, parents, teachers, and counselors.
Date: May 1971
Creator: McKenzie, Charles R. (Charles Ray)
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Public Law 815 and its Operation in Texas (open access)

A Study of Public Law 815 and its Operation in Texas

The problem of this study is to review the background, the development, the present status, and the significance of Public Law 815 with special reference to its operation in Texas.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Taylor, Orace C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Development of A Philosophy  for Advising Elementary Education Majors in their Selection of an Academic Area of Specialization (open access)

The Development of A Philosophy for Advising Elementary Education Majors in their Selection of an Academic Area of Specialization

This study is concerned with the problem of providing a program of formal advising for aiding elementary education majors in their selection of an academic area of specialization. .
Date: August 1971
Creator: Anthony, Virgil Allen, 1930-
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Selected Characteristics of Persons Twenty-Five and Older Seeking Teacher Certification (open access)

An Analysis of Selected Characteristics of Persons Twenty-Five and Older Seeking Teacher Certification

The purposes of this study were (1) to describe the persons twenty-five and older entering the teacher education program and seeking certification, and (2) to compare the persons twenty-five and older with a "typical" group of persons under twenty-five with respect to (a) ability, as measured by the Cooperative School and College Ability Test, (b) factors for entering teaching, as measured by "Factors Influencing the Decision to Become a Teacher," (c) attitudes held toward teaching, as measured by the Kerlinger Education Attitude Scale, (d) professional aspirations, and (e) role expectations, as measured by the Teacher Practices. Questionnaire.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Brooks, Robert Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Three Experimental Presentations on the Acquisition of Vocabulary by Graduate Students (open access)

The Effects of Three Experimental Presentations on the Acquisition of Vocabulary by Graduate Students

The first purpose of this study was to ascertain the gains in vocabulary of three selected groups of graduate students presented material by different methods: audio, visual, and audio-visual. The second purpose of this study was to determine whether these gains were maintained after a lapse of time of four weeks.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Brumbach, Virginia Whitcomb
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Differential Study of Reasons Why Students Drop Out of School as Related to Actual Dropout-preventive Practices of a Metropolitan School District (open access)

A Differential Study of Reasons Why Students Drop Out of School as Related to Actual Dropout-preventive Practices of a Metropolitan School District

The problem of this study was the differentiation of high schools in a metropolitan school district from the standpoint of the measures taken to prevent student dropouts.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Adams, Ambrose Davidson, 1936-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Levels of Questioning Used by Student Teachers and its Effect on Pupil Achievement and Critical Thinking Ability (open access)

Levels of Questioning Used by Student Teachers and its Effect on Pupil Achievement and Critical Thinking Ability

The purposes of this study were: 1. To determine the effect of levels of questioning used on secondary public school students in social studies, as measured by (a) their achievement scores, and (b) their critical thinking ability; 2. To determine the effect of feedback to student teachers on their patterns of asking convergent and divergent questions, as measured by coding frequencies of each type on an Observation Schedule and Record form? 3. To draw conclusions from the findings--and develop implications concerning levels of questioning used by teachers and the use of feedback from college supervisors to student teachers.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Beseda, Charles Garrett, 1929-
System: The UNT Digital Library