Perceptions of the Actual and Ideal Roles of Public School Superintendents in Texas (open access)

Perceptions of the Actual and Ideal Roles of Public School Superintendents in Texas

The problem of this study was to compare concepts of the actual and ideal roles of school superintendents as they are perceived by school superintendents and by school board presidents.
Date: May 1968
Creator: Sandler, Steven
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of Supplementary Materials upon Academic Achievement in and Attitude toward Mathematics among Eighth Grade Students (open access)

The Effect of Supplementary Materials upon Academic Achievement in and Attitude toward Mathematics among Eighth Grade Students

The problem of the study was to examine the effectiveness of using supplementary materials in the teaching of eighth grade mathematics. The study considered the effect that supplementary materials had on students in terms of the following variables--attitude toward mathematics, mathematical concepts, problem solving ability, understanding common fractions, computation of common fractions, decimal fractions and per cent, concepts of numbers and numerals (number system and operations), and concepts of numbers and numerals (decimal place value).
Date: May 1971
Creator: Wilkinson, Gerald Glendel
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study and Model of the Certification Requirements for Vocational Office Education Teacher-Coordinators in the United States (open access)

A Comparative Study and Model of the Certification Requirements for Vocational Office Education Teacher-Coordinators in the United States

The purposes of the study were (1) to describe the historical rationale for teacher certification, (2) to survey and report the present requirement of the states for certification as a vocational office education teacher-coordinator, (3) to survey leading business and office education educators for recommendations for vocational office education teacher-coordinator certification requirements, (4) to examine, survey, and report the characteristics and qualifications of employed vocational office education teacher-coordinators, and (5) to develop a model of criteria representing ideal standards for initial and continuing certification requirements for vocational office education teacher-coordinators.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Bounds, Joan Karen Johnston, 1936-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Perceived Relationships Between Higher Education Institutions and Daily Newspapers and Television Stations in Texas (open access)

A Survey of Perceived Relationships Between Higher Education Institutions and Daily Newspapers and Television Stations in Texas

The problem of this study was to determine perceived relationships between higher education institutions in Texas and daily newspapers and television stations in the state. It also was to determine roles, responsibilities, and priorities of college information office representatives.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Newbury, Joyce Donell
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of the Use of Computers at State-Supported Senior Colleges and Universities in the United States (open access)

A Survey of the Use of Computers at State-Supported Senior Colleges and Universities in the United States

The purpose of this study was to determine the use of the computer in higher education at state-supported senior colleges and universities in the United States. The following findings and conclusions are based on the information gained from the study. 1. The average number of years computers have been used by institutions of higher education is ten. The length of time increases with both the level of offering and the enrollment of the institution. 2. A greater emphasis is placed on administrative use of the computer than on other uses. 3. A majority of the institutions have one centralized computer center that provides services to all users. Also, the majority of the individual computer users are provided the services without explicit charges or are only charged for a part of the services. 4. Policies pertaining to the use of the computer are most frequently formulated by the director of the computer center and a computer usage committee. 5. The amount of money spent for each of the different categories for expenditures (administrative, academic, and research) increases with the level of offering of the institutions. 6. Sixty-eight per cent of the institutions now offer an academic program in computer science and …
Date: May 1977
Creator: Anderson, John W., 1944-
System: The UNT Digital Library
Perceived Roles of College Financial Aid Directors in Texas (open access)

Perceived Roles of College Financial Aid Directors in Texas

The problem with which this investigation is concerned is that of determining the existing and ideal perceived roles of college financial aid directors in Texas, the preparation of financial aid directors, the scope of their work, status, degree of job satisfaction, and attitudes toward selected financial aid concepts. A self-report questionnaire, which had been validated by a selected panel of financial aid directors, and for which reliability had been established by the test re-test method, provided the necessary data for the research report. Replies were received from more than seventy-five per cent of the financial aid directors in the colleges of Texas. Chapter I, Introduction, includes the subject of the study, purposes, research questions, background and significance, definition of terms, basic assumptions, instruments, and procedures for analysis of data. Chapter II is the review of related research. Chapter III gives procedures for collection and treatment of data. Chapter IV contains the report of the responses to the questionnaire, and Chapter V contains a summary of the findings, the conclusions reached, recommendations, and implications for further study.
Date: May 1974
Creator: Pace, Charles Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Teaching of Religion in the State Universities of Texas (open access)

An Analysis of the Teaching of Religion in the State Universities of Texas

The problem of this study was to analyze the teaching of religion in the state universities of Texas. The purposes of the study were (1) to describe instructors of religion, (2) to describe programs of chairs of religion, and (3) to examine the points of view of administrators who regulate Bible Chairs. The findings of the study are presented in five chapters. Chapter I is an introduction delineating the procedure taken in the study. Chapter II is an historical review of the literature and supplemental data. Chapter III outlines the process of data collection. Chapter IV contains a presentation of findings from university catalogs, instructors' information sheets, and data from questionnaires.
Date: May 1974
Creator: Greene, Kenneth W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Course Content of Life, Earth, and Physical Science Programs in Selected Texas Junior High Schools (open access)

The Course Content of Life, Earth, and Physical Science Programs in Selected Texas Junior High Schools

The purpose of the study was to determine the agreement between reported levels of emphasis of course content topics suitable for the junior high school and the optimum level of emphasis as it was recommended by Texas science supervisors and national science education specialists.
Date: May 1968
Creator: Moore, Joe M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Leisure Reading Habits of Female Teachers and Non-Teachers (open access)

A Comparison of the Leisure Reading Habits of Female Teachers and Non-Teachers

The purpose of this study was to determine, whether there was a significant difference in the leisure reading habits of two groups of women who were college graduates; one group of elementary classroom teachers, grades one through six, and another group of women who were not teachers.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Watson, Thurman O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of High Speed Drill on Speed and Accuracy Development in Beginning Typewriting (open access)

The Effect of High Speed Drill on Speed and Accuracy Development in Beginning Typewriting

This study is an experiment to determine the effectiveness of high-speed drill on speed and accuracy achievement in the first semester of beginning typewriting at the high school level.
Date: May 1963
Creator: Johnson, James Roland, 1921-
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Attitude Change toward Student Teaching as Expressed by Students Pursuing Certification to Teach Speech and Drama Courses (open access)

A Study of Attitude Change toward Student Teaching as Expressed by Students Pursuing Certification to Teach Speech and Drama Courses

The purpose of this study was to determine attitude and attitude change toward,student teaching as expressed by students who were pursuing certification to teach speech and/or drama courses in the public school at the secondary level.
Date: May 1971
Creator: Smith, Doyle D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship of Anxiety, Reported Ability to Swim, and a Perceptual-Motor Skill (open access)

The Relationship of Anxiety, Reported Ability to Swim, and a Perceptual-Motor Skill

The problems relevant to this study are concerned with the effect of specific performance criteria on the MAS. The purpose of this study is to determine if MAS scores are related to the following: (1) a subject's inability to swim, (2) a subject's performance on a pursuit rotor task, (3) the effects of an interaction of these criteria.
Date: May 1968
Creator: Sick, Robert H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Musical Stimuli on the Gross Motor Activity of Profound Mental Retardates (open access)

The Effects of Musical Stimuli on the Gross Motor Activity of Profound Mental Retardates

It was the purpose of this present study to investigate the effects of two types of music, tonic and sedative, on the gross motor activity of profound mental retardates. The primary objective was to determine if therapeutic benefits resulting from the application of music could be extended to profound retardates as has already been demonstrated with other levels of retardation.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Angelloz, Robert E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Interrelationships among Anxiety, Intelligence, and Academic Achievement in College Students (open access)

The Interrelationships among Anxiety, Intelligence, and Academic Achievement in College Students

It was the purpose of this study to investigate the nature of the relationships among anxiety, achievement, and intelligence. It was deduced that anxiety and intelligence work together mainly at the level of average intelligence. At this level, the addition of drive in the form of anxiety increases performance level, while a lack of drive or anxiety decreases that level. The influence of anxiety on academic achievement is insignificant at other levels due to the overriding effects of intelligence.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Combs, Don Carlos
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Examination of Internal vs. External Control in Relation to Sociometric Status (open access)

An Examination of Internal vs. External Control in Relation to Sociometric Status

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation between generalized expectancies of internal versus external control and sociometric status.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Marks, Warren F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Attitude Change as a Function of Parent Group Participation (open access)

Attitude Change as a Function of Parent Group Participation

The purpose of this study is to provide a measurement of selected parental attitudes and an evaluation of the effectiveness of Parent Groups as instruments for promoting attitude changes in a positive direction.
Date: May 1970
Creator: Standifer, John T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Industrial Psychological Testing: A Review of the Controversy and a Comparison of Some Effective Testing Conditions with Some Stated Uses (open access)

Industrial Psychological Testing: A Review of the Controversy and a Comparison of Some Effective Testing Conditions with Some Stated Uses

The problem of this study is to interview some personnel managers that use psychological testing in personnel selection and compare their responses to the recommended use of effective testing as presented by some professional psychologists.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Jones, William Lewis
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Personality Variables of Students in Two Contrasted Colleges (open access)

A Comparative Study of Personality Variables of Students in Two Contrasted Colleges

The nature of the problem to be dealt with in this present study involves the religious personality. Specifically, it involves the question as to the personality similarities and differences of students from a religious college and students from a state college.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Ruble, Richard Lee
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Scores Made on the MMPI and CTMM by Two Groups of Juvenile Delinquents Apprehended for Auto Theft and a Group of Non-Delinquents (open access)

A Comparison of Scores Made on the MMPI and CTMM by Two Groups of Juvenile Delinquents Apprehended for Auto Theft and a Group of Non-Delinquents

The problem of this study was to determine if juvenile delinquents who commit auto theft without an accomplice differ significantly in certain characteristics from those who commit such thefts with one of more confederates. The characteristics investigated were: (1) scores made on individual scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and (2) intellectual ability as measured by the California Short-Form Test of Mental Maturity. Furthermore, the same characteristics were examined to determine if a significant difference existed between each of the groups of juvenile delinquents and a group of juveniles who did not have a record of delinquency and attended Sunday School classes regularly.
Date: May 1963
Creator: Sypert, Walter Charles
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Reading Interests of Junior and Senior Students in Ten Texas High Schools (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Reading Interests of Junior and Senior Students in Ten Texas High Schools

The problem undertaken in this study was that of making an effort to determine, in so far as was possible, the reading interests of the students enrolled in the high school at Nocona, Texas, during the 1954-1955 school session. A secondary phase of the problem was to compare these reading interests with those of students enrolled in nine other typical high schools of comparable size in other sections of Texas, as determined by means of a questionnaire survey.
Date: May 1955
Creator: Mitchell, Aubrey Thera
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Anxiety between Science and Art Majors (open access)

A Comparative Study of Anxiety between Science and Art Majors

The purpose of this study is to determine the levels of anxiety in college freshmen and seniors from the Departments of Science and Art at North Texas State College by using the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale. It is hoped that the findings uncovered by this study will be of help to others interested in investigating and exploring this area.
Date: May 1960
Creator: Benningfield, Milo Francis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effect of an In-Service Program Utilizing Bloom's Taxonomy on Teachers' Self-Concepts, Cognitive Level of Test Construction, and Attitudes of Students (open access)

The Effect of an In-Service Program Utilizing Bloom's Taxonomy on Teachers' Self-Concepts, Cognitive Level of Test Construction, and Attitudes of Students

The problem of this study was to investigate the effect of an in-service program utilizing Benjamin S. Bloom (Ed.) and others' Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Handbook I: Cognitive Domain (Bloom's Taxonomy) on (1) the self-concept of experienced secondary English teachers and social studies teachers, (2) the cognitive level of test items on teacher-made examinations, and (3) the attitude changes toward school subjects as rated b students.
Date: May 1972
Creator: Castleman, John Lavoid
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of the Attitudes of Parents, Teachers and Principals Toward Parental Involvement in School Activities (open access)

A Study of the Attitudes of Parents, Teachers and Principals Toward Parental Involvement in School Activities

The problem with which this investigation was concerned was that of surveying the attitudes of parents, teachers, and principals toward parental involvement in school activities. The study had a threefold purpose. The first was to determine the attitudes of parents toward involvement in school activities. The second was to determine the attitudes of teachers and principals toward parental involvement in schools. The third was to identify attitudes of parents, teachers, and principals toward various methods of involvement.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Baker, Jeroline Ann, 1932-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Relationship between Certain Factors of Late and Regular Registrants (open access)

The Relationship between Certain Factors of Late and Regular Registrants

The purpose of the study is to determine if significant differences and relationships exist between students who enrolled late and those who enrolled on time at Tarleton State College between the years 1955-1962 inclusive. The study involves comparing the records of 325 freshman and sophomore students who registered late with those of 325 matched freshman and sophomore students who enrolled on time.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Chilton, Bradley Stuart, 1927-
System: The UNT Digital Library