Differences in Student and Faculty Attitudes toward Physical Activity (open access)

Differences in Student and Faculty Attitudes toward Physical Activity

The problem was to identify the differences in attitudes toward physical activity of students and faculty within a health, physical education, and recreation professional preparation program.
Date: June 1973
Creator: Judkins, Cleetis Wilburn
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Interacting Effects of Anxiety Levels, Task Complexity, and Warm-Up Conditions on Learning a Serial Type Motor Task (open access)

The Interacting Effects of Anxiety Levels, Task Complexity, and Warm-Up Conditions on Learning a Serial Type Motor Task

The major purpose of this study was to determine the effects of manifest anxiety, task complexity, and warm-up conditions on learning a two-phase serial type motor task. Another purpose was to consider the implications of these effects for physical educators, coaches, and others interested in improving educational practices and securing optimum performance levels.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Craig, Bruce Porter
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation of Certain Factors Related to Self-Concept, Sexual Knowledge, and Attitude toward Sex Education of a Group of Elementary Teachers (open access)

An Investigation of Certain Factors Related to Self-Concept, Sexual Knowledge, and Attitude toward Sex Education of a Group of Elementary Teachers

The problem of this study was to determine the relationship between self-concept, expressed sexual knowledge, and attitude toward sex education of a group of experienced elementary teachers. A second dimension of the problem was to investigate the relationship of the three variables above with certain other factors that could possibly influence the effectiveness of the elementary teacher of sex education. These factors were age of the teacher, sex of the teacher ,grade level of teaching, educational level of the teacher, teaching experience, marital status of the teacher, number of siblings of the teacher, and church preference or affiliation of the teacher.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Hobbs, George W. (George William), 1932-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of an Education Service Center Curriculum Study on Teacher Participant Attitudes (open access)

The Effects of an Education Service Center Curriculum Study on Teacher Participant Attitudes

The purposes of this study were threefold: (1) to test the assumption that a curriculum study produces change in a school faculty in conservatism-radicalism, in anxiety, in leadership behavior, and in attitude toward the curriculum study; (2) to investigate the relationships between effects of a curriculum study on conservatism-radicalism, anxiety, leadership behavior, attitude toward the curriculum study and age, sex, and years of teaching experience of the teachers; and (3) to create a model from which replications can be made by Texas Education Service Centers.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Ivey, Ellis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Certain Socio-Cultural and Community Factors among Sixth Grade Students to Creativity in Art (open access)

The Relationship of Certain Socio-Cultural and Community Factors among Sixth Grade Students to Creativity in Art

An attempt will be made in this study to determine the relationship between sixth grade students' creativity in art (as measured by selected instruments) and certain socio-cultural and community factors.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Keenan, June F., 1929-
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of Criteria for Orientation in Public Junior Colleges as Perceived by Three Groups (open access)

An Analysis of Criteria for Orientation in Public Junior Colleges as Perceived by Three Groups

The problem of this study was to analyze the perceptions held by the following three groups concerning orientation criteria for public junior colleges: (1) a random sample of authorities in the field of orientation, (2) a random sample of public junior college presidents, and (3) a random sample of orientation directors of public junior colleges.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Kerbel, Larry Dean
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Leisure Activities of Taos Pueblo Indian Children (open access)

A Study of Leisure Activities of Taos Pueblo Indian Children

The purposes of this study were to analyze and describe leisure activities, in order to provide useful data for school administrators, teachers, and writers of textbooks for Indian children. Particular consideration will be given in this field research to the following questions: 1. What are Taos Indian children's preferences for leisure activities? 2. Do children of the same Pueblo but of different sex have similar leisure activities?
Date: June 1970
Creator: McCarty, Jacqueline Quinn, 1928-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Current Status of High School Mathematics Programs in North Central Texas as Related to Selected Factors (open access)

The Current Status of High School Mathematics Programs in North Central Texas as Related to Selected Factors

The problem of this study was to investigate and compare the current status of mathematics programs in large, medium, and small high schools in North Central Texas in relation to selected factors.
Date: June 1970
Creator: Miller, Edward J. (Edward Jeremiah)
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