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An Experimental Study of Student Progress in General Mathematics (open access)

An Experimental Study of Student Progress in General Mathematics

The purpose of this investigation is to make an experimental study of the compiled data obtained from the results of three standardized tests that were administered to two groups of general mathematics students during one semester; and to determine, if possible, by the scores, whether the prescribed course in mathematics makes for any significant increases, or losses in student progress.
Date: 1947
Creator: Christian, Jewel Morris
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Place of Office Practice in the High School (open access)

The Place of Office Practice in the High School

A study to determine if the commercial department is providing business men with adequate training.
Date: 1941
Creator: Conlee, Rosser Elaine
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of a Traditional and an Integrated Program of Instruction in an Elementary School (open access)

Comparison of a Traditional and an Integrated Program of Instruction in an Elementary School

The purpose of this study is to determine if elementary school children progress faster in academic or tool subjects when taught through interest units in an integrated curriculum or when taught the separate subjects by a traditional method. Reading, spelling, and handwriting are used as illustrative subjects in the sixth grade with reading only in the second grade.
Date: 1949
Creator: Elder, Franklin L.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tyler & Smith County, Texas: An Historical Survey (open access)

Tyler & Smith County, Texas: An Historical Survey

This book gives an overview of the history of Tyler, Texas and Smith County through a series of essays written by community members on various social and historical topics. A List of Illustrations is on page viii and the Table of Contents is on page ix; the index starts on page 279.
Date: 1976
Creator: Glover, Robert W.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Developing a Reading Readiness Program in Douglas School, Tyler, Texas (open access)

Developing a Reading Readiness Program in Douglas School, Tyler, Texas

The purpose of this study is to develop a readiness program which will be an aid in eliminating many failures in reading and to help the children be happy while learning to read.
Date: 1946
Creator: Henley, Bertha Roser
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The History of the Growth and Development of the Health Education and Health Service Program in the Tyler Public Schools, 1931-1943 (open access)

The History of the Growth and Development of the Health Education and Health Service Program in the Tyler Public Schools, 1931-1943

The purpose of this paper is an attempt to show the development, growth, and some of the outstanding accomplishments with methods used in control of communicable diseases in Tyler's School Health Program from 1931-1944.
Date: 1944
Creator: Holt, Alma Erwin
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library

Trammel's Trace: The First Road to Texas from the North

Map showing "Trammel's Trace," the first road from the north (present-day Arkansas) into Texas, used around 1800. It includes notations for abandoned settlements, modern cities, and Caddo villages documented from 1800 to 1840, as well as other historic roads used at the time of Trammel's Trace.
Date: 2015
Creator: Pinkerton, Gary
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Classroom Environmental Control in Smith County (open access)

Classroom Environmental Control in Smith County

The purpose of this study is to attempt to show the development, growth, and some of the outstanding accomplishments with methods used in developing the environmental control in Smith County school rooms since October, 1946.
Date: 1948
Creator: Rosson, Mattie Lowe
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Effective Way of Teaching Mass Remedial Reading in the Intermediate Grades (open access)

An Effective Way of Teaching Mass Remedial Reading in the Intermediate Grades

The major purpose of this study was to determine the causes for reading difficulties of a group of fifth-grade children. On this study much emphasis was placed on selecting, preparing and applying appropriate remedial measures, and to ascertain the character and the amount of improvement in reading. In this particular study much emphasis was placed on the various methods used in teaching mass remedial reading.
Date: 1950
Creator: Sauls, Dorothy Murphy
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Preliminary Investigation of the Effects of Various Fertilizers on Plankton and Fish Production in Small Texas Ponds (open access)

A Preliminary Investigation of the Effects of Various Fertilizers on Plankton and Fish Production in Small Texas Ponds

This problem was undertaken to determine a suitable combination of fertilizers that would increase the food in a lake, resulting in increased yield of bass and crappie.
Date: 1945
Creator: Sivells, Howard Carroll
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest (open access)

The Texarkana Gateway to Texas and the Southwest

This text gives an overview of the places and resources in Texas with an emphasis on the locations where the railroads run through the state. Indexes start on page 220.
Date: 1896
Creator: Texas & Pacific Railway
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Texas Land Grant] (open access)

[Texas Land Grant]

Land grant for Ira Ellis signed by the governor of the state of Texas. There is a handwritten note from the clerk of Smith County regarding the grant and where it is recorded in the clerk's office about a year after the grant was issued.
Date: June 9, 1848
Creator: United States. Texas.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
A History of Smith County, Texas (open access)

A History of Smith County, Texas

This thesis gives an overview of the history of Smith County, Texas. The chapters, according to the Table of Contents: Topography and Earliest Indian Life; The Cherokees; The Expulsion of the Cherokees; The Exploration and Beginnings of Smith County; Frontier Smith County, 1846-1851; The Ante-Bellum Period, 1860-1874; The Railroads and Their Influences, 1870-1900; Post Civil War Politics and Society, 1870-1900; and The Major Industrial Period.
Date: May 1944
Creator: Ward, William R.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Study to Determine the Adequacy of the Curriculum in the Technical-Industrial Department at Tyler Junior College (open access)

A Study to Determine the Adequacy of the Curriculum in the Technical-Industrial Department at Tyler Junior College

The major purposes of this study were to gather information on the employment status and location of students who completed four or more courses in the technical-industrial program at Tyler Junior College, Tyler, Texas; to identify factors that influenced them in selecting Tyler Junior College and taking courses in the technical-industrial program; to ascertain in some measure the effectiveness of the training these students received in preparing them for the positions they have held and now hold; and to secure data and information which the faculty and administration at Tyler Junior College may use in evaluating the present program with respect to future changes and improvements.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Willis, Robert K.
Object Type: Thesis or Dissertation
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of Tyler and Smith County, Texas (open access)

A History of Tyler and Smith County, Texas

This book describes the early history of Tyler and Smith Counties, located in Texas, including information about the geography, notable individuals, government, elections, general reminiscences, as well as other relevant information. The index begins on page 161.
Date: 1948
Creator: Woldert, Albert
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Lindale News and Reporter. (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, November 27, 1925 (open access)

The Lindale News and Reporter. (Lindale, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 23, Ed. 1 Friday, November 27, 1925

Weekly newspaper from Lindale, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: November 27, 1925
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph (Tyler, Tex.), Ed. 1 Sunday, February 16, 1986 (open access)

Tyler Courier-Times-Telegraph (Tyler, Tex.), Ed. 1 Sunday, February 16, 1986

Daily newspaper from Tyler, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 16, 1986
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History