An Analysis of the Activity Program Offered at El Centro, Denton's Youth Center (open access)

An Analysis of the Activity Program Offered at El Centro, Denton's Youth Center

"The problem of this thesis is to determine through survey and comparative study the effect of the activity program of Denton's El Centro, the youth center, on the youth of the City of Denton...methods of operation and internal organization of youth centers, the purpose of the centers and the results of some of the activities are outlined. Members of the Denton youth center were interviewed; the information gained from the interviews was recorded on prepared questionnaires. Various types of activities at Denton's youth center are discussed. The study also attempts to reveal by means of tables those activities which are more important to the male youth of Denton. A discussion of the treatment of the youth problem is given with conclusions based upon the principles and practices set forth in the foregoing chapters."-- leaf 2.
Date: August 1949
Creator: Anderson, Douglas Stevens
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contrasts in Selective Variables between Sociometrically High and Sociometrically Low Third Pupils (open access)

Contrasts in Selective Variables between Sociometrically High and Sociometrically Low Third Pupils

This study was designed to contrast the differences between sociometrically high and sociometrically low individuals, in regard to nine selected variables which were considered to differentiate between these individuals.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Anderson, Ronald W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Changes in Attitudes, Personality, and Effectiveness of Counselor Trainees in Counseling Practicums (open access)

Changes in Attitudes, Personality, and Effectiveness of Counselor Trainees in Counseling Practicums

The purpose of this study was to compare three different approaches to the counselor practicum—-or campus practicum, an off-campus practicum, and a role-playing practicum—-with regard to the changes in attitudes, personality, and effectiveness of counseling behavior of counselor trainees produced by each type of practicum.
Date: August 1968
Creator: Anderson, Sharon Jane
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Determine the Place of a Sound Guidance Program in the Secondary School (open access)

To Determine the Place of a Sound Guidance Program in the Secondary School

This study has undertaken to determine the characteristics of a sound guidance program and its place in the secondary school.
Date: 1947
Creator: Andrews, Nannie D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Differences in Social Behavior Between Elementary School Children Who Have Attended Nursery School and Those Who Have Not Attended Nursery School (open access)

Differences in Social Behavior Between Elementary School Children Who Have Attended Nursery School and Those Who Have Not Attended Nursery School

The purpose of this study is to attempt to discover any observable differences in social behavior between elementary school pupils who have attended nursery school and those who have had no nursery school experience.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Angell, Dorothy B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dissonance in Relation to Discrepant Information and Anxiety (open access)

Dissonance in Relation to Discrepant Information and Anxiety

This thesis discusses dissonance and its relationship to discrepant information and anxiety.
Date: June 1967
Creator: Angerstein, Rawley R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
To Develop an Evaluating Technique which will have a Definite Relationship to the Declared Principles and Practices of the Speech Curriculum (open access)

To Develop an Evaluating Technique which will have a Definite Relationship to the Declared Principles and Practices of the Speech Curriculum

This purpose of this study is to develop a technique which will serve to evaluate the practices in public speaking in the light of the declared principles.
Date: August 1937
Creator: Anglin, Helen
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Use of Easy Reading Materials with Junior High School Pupils (open access)

The Use of Easy Reading Materials with Junior High School Pupils

The problem in this study is to determine the effectiveness of the use of easy reading material in improving the reading ability of retarded students in the junior high school.
Date: 1952
Creator: Anthony, Eunice Roach
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
A Comparative Study of Three Groups of Intellectually Superior Students who have Completed Two or More Years of College (open access)

A Comparative Study of Three Groups of Intellectually Superior Students who have Completed Two or More Years of College

The purpose of this study was to compare the activities and achievements in college of a population of three groups of academically able students who participated in a high school honors program. The population consisted of (1) those who completed an honors program, (2) those who dropped out of an honors program, and (3) those who entered an honors program at a time later than the entry of the first two groups. This study was concerned with discovering distinguishing activities and achievements of the male and female members of the three groups through an analysis and comparison of data relative to the groups after their completion of two or more years of college.
Date: June 1967
Creator: Antoine, Hugh
System: The UNT Digital Library
Determining the Validity of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) with Learning Disabilities (open access)

Determining the Validity of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) with Learning Disabilities

This study investigated the relation of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Revised (WISC-R) for learning disabled (LD) children, the relation of K-ABC Achievement subtests with other achievement tests, and the relation of verbal and perceptual abilities assessment and the K-ABC. One hundred white, middle to above socioeconomic status (SES), LD students 6 to 12 1/2 years old were administered the K-ABC in addition to the test battery used to identify them. Findings indicated significant differences (2<-01) between WISC-R Full Scale scores and KABC MPC scores, with MPC scores being 3.33 points lower. Significant correlations (2<-01) were found between the following: (a) WISC-R Performance scores and K-ABC Simultaneous scores, (b) K-ABC Sequential and Simultaneous scores, (c) WISC-R Performance and K-ABC Sequential scores, (d) K-ABC Arithmetic and WRAT Arithmetic, and (e) K-ABC Reading Understanding and the following: Woodcock Word Identification, Woodcock Passage Comprehension, WRAT Reading, and Durrell Silent Reading. The study found the MPC correlates higher with tests of perceptual ability than with tests of verbal ability. Results indicate the following: (a) the WISC-R and K-ABC can substitute each other when measuring overall intelligence, (b) the WISC-R and K-ABC do not measure …
Date: August 1986
Creator: Antonetti, Robert C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Evaluation of the Course for General Mathematics in Meeting the Needs of Youth as Revealed by Several Courses of Study and the Adopted Textbooks for Texas Schools (open access)

A Critical Evaluation of the Course for General Mathematics in Meeting the Needs of Youth as Revealed by Several Courses of Study and the Adopted Textbooks for Texas Schools

This study is an attempt to determine how a course in general mathematics can satisfy some of the needs of youth. The purpose of this study is to find out how the course in general mathematics can be made to contribute effectively to pupil growth, and how well the present course is contributing to pupil growth.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Armstrong, John H.
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
Attitudes, Perceptions, and Personal Problems of Three Groups of High School Students (open access)

Attitudes, Perceptions, and Personal Problems of Three Groups of High School Students

The problem of the study was to compare three groups of high school seniors--college preparatory, vocational preparatory, and general diploma students--in scholastic achievement, attitudes, and types of personal problems.
Date: August 1972
Creator: Arnold, Anna Beth
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Diagnostic Possibilities of the California Test of Mental Maturity as Found in a Study of Academically Successful and Unsuccessful Students of Cleburne High School (open access)

The Diagnostic Possibilities of the California Test of Mental Maturity as Found in a Study of Academically Successful and Unsuccessful Students of Cleburne High School

This problem is two-fold: first, to determine the relationships between the traditional school marks and the test scores made by the Cleburne High School students on the California Test of Mental Maturity as a means of estimating the academic achievement students probably will attain in particular school subjects; second, to determine whether or not such relationships are of sufficient significance that their use will reduce student failures in Cleburne High School.
Date: 1948
Creator: Arnold, E. Rex
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Dropouts in the Secondary Schools of Port Arthur, Texas (open access)

A Study of Dropouts in the Secondary Schools of Port Arthur, Texas

The purpose of this study was to investigate the problem of dropouts or withdrawals among the pupils of the secondary schools of Port Arthur, Texas. It was hoped that some significant information could be compiled as to the reasons why such students in this particular city leave school before high-school graduation, and that academic, environmental, and personal factors might be identified in their relationship to the causation of dropouts or withdrawals.
Date: 1951
Creator: Arrington, Electa Carol
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effectiveness of Two Different Uses of an Autoinstructional Program to Teach the Use of the Air Force Fiscal Account Structure and Codes (open access)

The Effectiveness of Two Different Uses of an Autoinstructional Program to Teach the Use of the Air Force Fiscal Account Structure and Codes

The problem of the study was the effectiveness of three techniques to teach the instructional unit, "The Air Force Fiscal Account Structure and Codes." The techniques compared were (1) lecture-demonstration procedure supplemented with the eclectic programed textbook, (2) autoinstructional procedure using only the eclectic programed textbook, and (3) the conventional lecture-demonstration procedure.
Date: June 1967
Creator: Askins, Billy Earl
System: The UNT Digital Library
Class Piano in Relation to the Needs and Interests of the Child (open access)

Class Piano in Relation to the Needs and Interests of the Child

The purpose of this investigation is to show how class piano can meet the needs and interests of the child. Research was made to discover the development of piano from its very beginning to the present time, thereby showing the value of class piano and how old and new methods can be used to meet the needs and interests of the child.
Date: 1950
Creator: Atchison, Ruby Dale Brown
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Transportation Set-up in District Five, Texas. (open access)

A Study of the Transportation Set-up in District Five, Texas.

This study is a comparative study of the transportation set-ups in the schools of District 5, Texas and attempted to determine the relationships various factors to pupil transportation cost. In light of the findings of the study, the writer made recommendations that would serve District 5 (i.e. Cooke, Grayson, Wise, Denton, and Collin counties).
Date: August 1936
Creator: Atkins, Elmer L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Investigation to Determine Improvement in the Social Status of Children Through Concetrated Effort (open access)

An Investigation to Determine Improvement in the Social Status of Children Through Concetrated Effort

The problem of this study is an investigation of the development of social adjustment in thirty-three first-grade pupils in Gainesville, Texas, during 1949-1950. The purpose of the study is to determine each child's total readiness status at the beginning of the investigation, surround each with socializing experiences appropriate to his need, and then determine whether measurable benefits appear to result from his participation in the specific activities designed for social development.
Date: 1950
Creator: Atkins, Thelma
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Program of Phonetic Instruction in Relation to Reading in the Schools of Panola County (open access)

An Evaluation of the Program of Phonetic Instruction in Relation to Reading in the Schools of Panola County

The problem of this study is to evaluate the program of phonetic teaching in the Panola County schools in terms of criteria developed from current literature on the history, theories, and studies relating to the teaching of phonics in connection with the reading program in the elementary grades.
Date: 1943
Creator: Atkinson, Emma Jane
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effectiveness of Certain Recommended Remedial and Diagnostic Procedures in Reading with a Particular Group, the Fifth Grade (open access)

The Effectiveness of Certain Recommended Remedial and Diagnostic Procedures in Reading with a Particular Group, the Fifth Grade

It is the purpose of this experiment to discover and report the effectiveness of applying a standardized diagnosis followed by recommended remedial procedures to a fifth grade reading group.
Date: 1950
Creator: Aubrey, Addie F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Study of Some Factors Related to Mutual Friendship on the High School Level (open access)

Study of Some Factors Related to Mutual Friendship on the High School Level

This study has been made for the purpose of determining the similarities and dissimilarities in certain factors related to mutual friendships.
Date: 1945
Creator: Averitt, Lois Jane
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Influences That Audio-Visual Aids Have upon the Progress of Children in the Fifth-Grade Social Studies (open access)

The Influences That Audio-Visual Aids Have upon the Progress of Children in the Fifth-Grade Social Studies

The problem undertaken in this investigation is to determine the value of using audio-visual aids in the fifth-grade social studies program of the Austin Elementary School, Wichita Falls, Texas.
Date: 1950
Creator: Avis, Burch M.
System: The UNT Digital Library