Liberality toward the Negro as Related to Classification and School of Study (open access)

Liberality toward the Negro as Related to Classification and School of Study

The purpose of the present study is to measure the amount of liberality of college students, freshman through graduate, in the schools of psychology and business administration at North Texas State University, toward the Negro. This purpose was accomplished through the use of a variation of the semantic differential which was developed by C. E. Osgood to measure the meaning of various concepts.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Dunlap, Caswell J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationships between Level of Aspiration and Psychological Needs at the College Level (open access)

Relationships between Level of Aspiration and Psychological Needs at the College Level

The concept of level of aspiration bears directly on goal setting behavior; it is a convenient and important variable in understanding human motivation in a variety of situations. Thus it was the purpose of this study to investigate the relationships between levels of aspiration and the psychological needs of achievement, dominance, autonomy, change, and aggression.
Date: January 1966
Creator: Skelton, Sanford Kent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Selected Relationships between Masculinity-Femininity and Anxiety (open access)

Selected Relationships between Masculinity-Femininity and Anxiety

The purpose of the present thesis will be to test the general hypothesis that femininity in men is positively related with anxiety and to investigate the relationship of femininity and anxiety in women.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Boykin, Melvin F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interrelation of Personality Measurements (open access)

Interrelation of Personality Measurements

The purpose of this paper is to investigate one method of understanding why man behaves as he does--personality tests.
Date: August 1954
Creator: Pettit, Sophie L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Social Adjustment of Twenty-Two Children in a Fifth Grade (open access)

The Social Adjustment of Twenty-Two Children in a Fifth Grade

The purpose of this study is to determine possible reasons for the poor social adjustment of twenty-two children in the fifth grade of the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas.
Date: 1953
Creator: Graham, Louise Smith
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Remedial Reading Procedures (open access)

An Evaluation of Remedial Reading Procedures

The problem of this study is to demonstrate the effectiveness of certain recommended procedures in the improvement of reading skills in a sixth-grade class in the Lewisville Elementary School, Lewisville, Texas.
Date: August 1952
Creator: Young, Vera Castleberry
System: The UNT Digital Library
Social Behavior Differences Between Acceptable and Non-Acceptable Second-Grade Children (open access)

Social Behavior Differences Between Acceptable and Non-Acceptable Second-Grade Children

The major problem of this study is an investigation, by means of a time-sampling technique, the relationship between social behavior and social acceptance as determined by a sociometric technique.
Date: 1952
Creator: Wyatt, Robert W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Guidance Program for Freshman Students at North Texas State College (open access)

An Evaluation of the Guidance Program for Freshman Students at North Texas State College

The purposes of this study are: (1) to discover the most prominent needs of the freshmen students at North Texas State College, (2) to find the extent to which the guidance program aids college freshmen in developing into normal and socially adjusted individuals, and (3) to evaluate the present guidance program at North Texas State College.
Date: June 1951
Creator: Waterman, William Hill
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Retention of Learning by Boys and Girls of Stonewall Jackson School, Denton, Texas (open access)

A Comparative Study of Retention of Learning by Boys and Girls of Stonewall Jackson School, Denton, Texas

This thesis presents a comparative study of retention of learning by boys and girls of Stonewall Jackson School of Denton, Texas.
Date: 1951
Creator: Robertson, George L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison in Achievement of Pupils Participating and Not-Participating in a School Lunch Program (open access)

Comparison in Achievement of Pupils Participating and Not-Participating in a School Lunch Program

The purpose of this study is to make an investigation of the achievement records and personality status of a matched group of pupils in the Lake Dallas elementary school to determine what effect, if any, participation or non-participation in the school's hot lunch program has on grade progress and disposition of the pupils. Attention is given to individual studies of pupils and to outcomes of instruction.
Date: 1951
Creator: Robinson, Ollie Scott
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Report and an Evaluation of an Internship Program in Speech Education (open access)

A Report and an Evaluation of an Internship Program in Speech Education

This thesis describes the experience of a graduate speech student as an intern during the 1949-1950 school year at North Texas High School.
Date: 1951
Creator: Baker, F. Virginia
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Change in Behavior and Social Status of First Grade Children as the Result of Teaching Arts and Crafts (open access)

A Study of the Change in Behavior and Social Status of First Grade Children as the Result of Teaching Arts and Crafts

The purpose of this study was (1) to investigate the changes in sociometric status that resulted when first grade children were taught some art or craft that they could teach to others in their class, (2) to note concomitant behavior changes as reported by their teachers and as noted by their experimenter, and (3) to compare the distribution and increase of decrease of votes received, votes given and mutual attractions in experimental groups with a control group.
Date: 1951
Creator: Carse, William T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Constancy of Sociometric Measurements in Elementary School (open access)

A Study of the Constancy of Sociometric Measurements in Elementary School

A number of studies have been made concerning the constancy of the sociometric structure of a group. This study, though dealing with constancy, is not concerned with the structural constancy of groups, but rather with the constancy of certain types of relationships within the group.
Date: 1951
Creator: Shelton, Willie Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Personal Problems of the Ninth-Grade Students in the Schools of Denton, Texas (open access)

A Study of the Personal Problems of the Ninth-Grade Students in the Schools of Denton, Texas

The purpose of this study is to determine what problems the ninth-grade students of the North Texas Demonstration School at Denton, Texas, and the Denton Junior High School, say concern them most and to make some recommendations for helping students solve these problems.
Date: 1951
Creator: Jenkins, Conley
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Relationship Between Social Class Status and Social Acceptance in the Classroom (open access)

A Study of the Relationship Between Social Class Status and Social Acceptance in the Classroom

It is the purpose of this investigation to determine within the limitations of the study the relationship in the classroom between social class status as measured by an accepted instrument and social acceptance as measured by a sociometric test.
Date: 1951
Creator: Tiffin, Robert Edwin
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Relationship of the Occupational Aptitude Scores and Academic Grades of Students Enrolled in Beginning and Advanced Typing and Shorthand Courses and in Secretarial Practice in the School of Business Administration at North Texas State College, Denton, Texas (open access)

A Study to Determine the Relationship of the Occupational Aptitude Scores and Academic Grades of Students Enrolled in Beginning and Advanced Typing and Shorthand Courses and in Secretarial Practice in the School of Business Administration at North Texas State College, Denton, Texas

The purpose of the study was to compare the occupational aptitude scores of students enrolled in beginning and advanced clerical courses in the School of Business Administration at North Texas State College, Denton, Texas, with the academic grades of these same students to determine the relationship between the academic grades received and the occupational aptitude score indicated by the General Aptitude Test Battery.
Date: 1951
Creator: Routt, Sammye Louise
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Changes and the Development of Negro Education in Rural Harrison County, 1940-1950 (open access)

An Analysis of the Changes and the Development of Negro Education in Rural Harrison County, 1940-1950

"The problem of this study is to trace the changes and the development of Negro education in rural Harrison County, Texas, from 1940-1950." --pg. 1
Date: August 1950
Creator: Stone, Pearle Pippen
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Teaching Techniques as Evidenced by the Guilford-Martin Temperament Inventory (open access)

An Evaluation of Teaching Techniques as Evidenced by the Guilford-Martin Temperament Inventory

The primary problem of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of two teaching techniques in relation to their respective influence on changing behavior by a group process.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Pinkston, John R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Proposed Guidance Program for the Denton, Texas Senior High School (open access)

A Proposed Guidance Program for the Denton, Texas Senior High School

Since this is the study of a proposed guidance program for the Denton Senior High School, the problem of the study may be stated as follows: (1) to survey related literature in the field of guidance in order to determine the best educational thought as to what constitutes a good guidance program; (2) with the literature and thought of educational authorities as guideposts, to establish certain principles and criteria of a sound guidance program; and (3) to set up for the Denton, Texas, Senior High School a proposed guidance program which will observe the principles and meet these established criteria of soundness in guidance.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Hall, Opal Roderick
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Mid-Morning Lunch and Afternoon Rest on the First and Second Grade Students in the Ponder, Texas Elementary School (open access)

The Effects of Mid-Morning Lunch and Afternoon Rest on the First and Second Grade Students in the Ponder, Texas Elementary School

It is the purpose of this study to determine the effects of mid-morning lunch and afternoon rest on the general health, personality and academic advancement of the first and second grade students in the Ponder, Texas, Elementary School.
Date: 1950
Creator: Davis, Opal
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Specific Health Factors on Interpersonal Relations in a Nursery School Group (open access)

The Effects of Specific Health Factors on Interpersonal Relations in a Nursery School Group

The problem in general is to investigate whether or not there is a relationship between certain specific health factors in the individual preschool child and his personal relationships with other children.
Date: 1950
Creator: Shepherd, Dorothy Wright
System: The UNT Digital Library
Integrating Art with Other Subjects in a Fifth Grade of the Robert E. Lee School in Denton, Texas (open access)

Integrating Art with Other Subjects in a Fifth Grade of the Robert E. Lee School in Denton, Texas

The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) to develop an integrative program using art as its core which was put into effect in one of two fifth grades in the Robert E. Lee School in Denton, Texas, (2) to develop criteria for evaluating an art program used as an integrating agent, and (3) to evaluate the program in terms of the criteria and in outcomes in achievement in subject matter.
Date: 1950
Creator: Huggins, Cleo Bell
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Reflection of the Spirit and Procedures of the Child Health and Development Workshop at North Texas State Teachers College July 16 to August 23, 1946 (open access)

The Reflection of the Spirit and Procedures of the Child Health and Development Workshop at North Texas State Teachers College July 16 to August 23, 1946

This study is to give an authoritative reflection of the spirit and procedure of the Child Health and Development Workshop at North Texas State Teachers College, Denton, Texas, July 16 to August 23, 1946.
Date: 1950
Creator: Browning, Rubye Jewell Sullivan
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationship of Achievement and Personality in the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grades of the Northwest Elementary School, Justin, Texas (open access)

Relationship of Achievement and Personality in the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grades of the Northwest Elementary School, Justin, Texas

The purpose of the study is to make a comparison of the achievement and personality traits of a selected group of pupils to determine differences and relationships existing between these important factors, and to study their significance for the classroom teacher.
Date: 1950
Creator: Curry, Edna Mae
System: The UNT Digital Library