An Animal Study of Low-cost Texas Diets in Supporting Reproduction, Lactation, and Iodine Needs (open access)

An Animal Study of Low-cost Texas Diets in Supporting Reproduction, Lactation, and Iodine Needs

A study of low-cost Texas diets to support reproduction, lactation, and iodine needs in animals.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hicks, Gladys
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Suggested Sequence for Using Six Primers Adopted by the State of Texas, Based on the Number of Common Word-Meanings (open access)

A Suggested Sequence for Using Six Primers Adopted by the State of Texas, Based on the Number of Common Word-Meanings

The present study is an analysis of six primers adopted for use in the public schools of Texas with the idea of comparing word-meanings used in the six books in order to find out possible sequences for the use of the books.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hildreth, Rosana Bucher
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Functions of Natural Science in the Curriculum of a Primary Group in Travis School, Mineral Wells, Texas (open access)

The Functions of Natural Science in the Curriculum of a Primary Group in Travis School, Mineral Wells, Texas

The problem in this study is to determine the worth of natural science as an incentive to the learning of the retarded pupils in the group, and as a means of orienting the new pupils in the group.
Date: 1942
Creator: Robinson, Birdie Viola
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Relation Between School and Out-of-School Life of a Group of National Youth Administration Girls (open access)

A Study of the Relation Between School and Out-of-School Life of a Group of National Youth Administration Girls

The purpose of this study is to determine the relation between school and after-school life of a group of fifty National Youth Administration girls located in a N.Y.A. Resident Center at Anson, Texas.
Date: 1942
Creator: Robinson, Emma
System: The UNT Digital Library
Recent Trends in the Field of Individual Guidance (open access)

Recent Trends in the Field of Individual Guidance

A study to investigate recent trends in guidance programs in schools for youth.
Date: 1942
Creator: Rogers, Viola Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Activities That Effect Better Parent-Teacher Cooperation in Relation to Child Development and Welfare (open access)

An Evaluation of Activities That Effect Better Parent-Teacher Cooperation in Relation to Child Development and Welfare

To evaluate activities that effect better parent-teacher cooperation in relation to child development and welfare is the purpose of this study. The five types of activities about which information was desired included personal conferences, communication, parent-teacher association, visitation, and parental education.
Date: 1942
Creator: Schleinat, Annie Patterson
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Teaching Procedures and Curricula of the Primary Grades of Two Local Elementary Schools (open access)

An Evaluation of Teaching Procedures and Curricula of the Primary Grades of Two Local Elementary Schools

An evaluation of teaching procedures and curricula of the primary grades of two local elementary schools according to criteria formulated from accepted educational psychology and democratic philosophy of educational leaders constitutes the problem at hand.
Date: 1942
Creator: Ballard, Irene
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Moral Content of Children's Literature from 1600 to 1940 (open access)

An Analysis of the Moral Content of Children's Literature from 1600 to 1940

It is the purpose of the present investigation to make an examination of the moral content of literature taught in the schools from 1600 to 1800, from 1800 to 1900, and from 1900 to 1940, and to draw conclusions as to the values of such literature. In the literature examined in this study, both the moral content and the methods used in presentation will be considered.
Date: 1942
Creator: Boyd, Grace
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Function of Mental Hygiene in the Curriculum of the Elementary School (open access)

The Function of Mental Hygiene in the Curriculum of the Elementary School

The problem of this investigation is to determine the part that mental hygiene should and could assume in promoting the general efficiency of the educational program in the elementary grades.
Date: 1942
Creator: Brashears, Willie Pearl
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relations Between the Legal Provisions for Education in Texas and Public School Administration (open access)

The Relations Between the Legal Provisions for Education in Texas and Public School Administration

The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the relation between the legal provisions for education in Texas and the public school administration, to determine, if possible, whether these provisions provide for an adequate program meeting the educational needs of the children of the state. Legal provisions, in this instance, comprise both the constitutional provisions for education and the school laws passed to carry out these provisions.
Date: 1942
Creator: Browning, Voyd
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Some Factors Influencing the Social-Economic-Political Attitudes of College Students (open access)

A Study of Some Factors Influencing the Social-Economic-Political Attitudes of College Students

The problem of this thesis is to show the relationship between liberalism, radicalism, conservatism and certain associated factors.
Date: 1942
Creator: Hammett, Lee Seguin
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Coleman High School, Coleman, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Coleman High School, Coleman, Texas

The problem in this study is to evaluate the Coleman High School of Coleman, Texas. Areas evaluated are: pupil population and the school community, curriculum and course of study, pupil activity program, library service, guidance service, instruction, outcomes of the educational program, the school staff, the school plant, and school administration.
Date: 1942
Creator: Farmer, James Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Evaluation of a Method of Teaching Beginning Reading (open access)

Critical Evaluation of a Method of Teaching Beginning Reading

The problem of this study is to determine, by actual classroom experiment, the most advantageous method of teaching reading to beginners. In the accomplishment of this purpose, the writer made an intensive study of various methods and techniques of teaching beginning reading, a summary of which appears in the second chapter of this thesis, and applied some of the fundamental principles of each method to the actual teaching of beginning reading to her first-grade pupils in the elementary school of Valley View, Texas.
Date: 1942
Creator: Smith, Charline Hennen
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Methods and the Philosophy of Teaching English in the Secondary Schools of Texas as Reported in The Texas Outlook, 1925-1940 (open access)

An Evaluation of the Methods and the Philosophy of Teaching English in the Secondary Schools of Texas as Reported in The Texas Outlook, 1925-1940

This thesis is the report of an investigation to determine and to evaluate the methods and the philosophy of the teaching of English in the secondary schools of Texas.
Date: 1942
Creator: Smoot, Kate Owens
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship Between Theories Used in Dealing With Superior Children and the Growth of Democracy (open access)

The Relationship Between Theories Used in Dealing With Superior Children and the Growth of Democracy

This study centers around the evolution in theory and practice used in dealing with superior children. The manner in which the growth of democracy has influenced this evolution is pointed out.
Date: 1942
Creator: Solomon, Lily A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Educational Program to Fit the Needs of Elementary School Children During War Times (open access)

An Educational Program to Fit the Needs of Elementary School Children During War Times

The problem of this study is: (1) to determine the dominant democratic values which are important to the child; (2) to recognize disturbing elements in the lives of children today which threaten these values, including those eventualities for which the children must be prepared in the light of the experiences of other countries; (3) to discover ways in which some teachers have sought to meet changing conditions; and (4) to combine these findings into a workable program.
Date: 1942
Creator: Spain, Dorothy Wimbish
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Educational Motion Picture Films Available in the Fort Worth Public Schools Film Library for Elementary Grades (open access)

An Evaluation of Educational Motion Picture Films Available in the Fort Worth Public Schools Film Library for Elementary Grades

The following study was undertaken as an investigation in the field of visual education for those teachers who may be interested in applying this form of visual aids to instruction.
Date: 1942
Creator: Strain, Seth Vinson
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Classroom Library in Action in an Integrated Elementary School Program (open access)

The Classroom Library in Action in an Integrated Elementary School Program

The purpose of the study is to determine the library needs of the elementary-grade children of the Willow View School and to develop an activity program to meet their needs.
Date: 1942
Creator: Sweatmon, Mamie Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determination of an Adequate Course of Industrial Arts for Ninth Grade in Terms of Child Needs, Psychological Possibilities, and Social Needs (open access)

Determination of an Adequate Course of Industrial Arts for Ninth Grade in Terms of Child Needs, Psychological Possibilities, and Social Needs

This is a study to determine an adequate course for ninth-grade industrial arts in terms of child needs, psychological possibilities, and social needs, as indicated by the ninth-grade boys in Bowie High School, El Paso, Texas.
Date: 1942
Creator: Tomkins, Alex
System: The UNT Digital Library
Teaching Geography in the Sixth Grade (open access)

Teaching Geography in the Sixth Grade

This study attempts to show the best methods and plans used by contemporary geography teachers.
Date: 1942
Creator: Towry, Perlina Isabelle
System: The UNT Digital Library
Criteria for Evaluating the Administration of the Elementary School (open access)

Criteria for Evaluating the Administration of the Elementary School

The study attempts to formulate criteria to evaluate the work of the elementary school principal in city schools, subdividing his duties into five major phases, namely: (1) supervision, (2) administration, (3) organization, (4) clerical, and (5) other duties.
Date: 1942
Creator: Wells, G. Weldon
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Deputy State Superintendent in Texas From 1933 to 1941 (open access)

The Deputy State Superintendent in Texas From 1933 to 1941

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of the work of the Deputy State Superintendents on the high schools of Texas.
Date: 1942
Creator: Whitlock, Talmadge S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The School Journey: an Evaluation of Techniques and Procedures (open access)

The School Journey: an Evaluation of Techniques and Procedures

The school journey is one of many visual aids in perceptual learning. It is not the purpose of the writer to over-estimate the values of this method of teaching, but to suggest it as one activity that meets the need of many individuals for growth and maturation, as well as a technique for capturing the educational values of direct contact with the world in which children live.
Date: 1942
Creator: Williams, Uleta Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
Philosophy in The Forsyte Saga (open access)

Philosophy in The Forsyte Saga

A study has been made of (1) the various philosophies of idealism and materialism, (2) the effects of these philosophies upon the life and thought of England in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and (3) the demonstration of these philosophies in John Galsworthy's The Forsyte Saga with a view to indicating the trends and tendencies in the philosophy of England which have helped to shape the personal and national life of the British people of today.
Date: 1942
Creator: Workman, Claudia Mae
System: The UNT Digital Library