A Comparison of Two Approaches Designed to Improve the Computational Skills of Pupils in Grades Five and Seven (open access)

A Comparison of Two Approaches Designed to Improve the Computational Skills of Pupils in Grades Five and Seven

The purposes of this study were 1) to determine the effect upon the arithmetic computation, concepts, and application skills of pupils when the regular instructional program in arithmetic at the fifth- and seventh-grade levels was supplemented with the Cyclo-Teacher (2) programmed materials; 2) to determine the effect upon the arithmetic computation, concepts, and application skills of pupils when the regular instructional program in arithmetic at the fifth- and seventh-grade levels was supplemented with the Mental Computation (6) materials.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Bailey, James Melton
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of House Bill 235 and Its Impact upon the Role of the High School Principal in Texas as Perceived by Selected Groups of Educators (open access)

A Study of House Bill 235 and Its Impact upon the Role of the High School Principal in Texas as Perceived by Selected Groups of Educators

The problem of this study was the investigation of the development of H.B. 235 and its impact upon the role of the high school principal in Texas, as perceived by high school principals, superintendents, and selected professors of educational administration. The purpose of the study was twofold. First, it analyzed the development and provisions of H.B. 235, and second, it tried to determine the impact of its implementation upon the role of the high school principal in Texas.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Chance, Scott Gene
System: The UNT Digital Library
Incidental and Intentional Learning of Economic Information in Beginning Typewriting (open access)

Incidental and Intentional Learning of Economic Information in Beginning Typewriting

The problem in this study was to determine whether students enrolled in beginning typewriting who typed between fifteen and fifty-five words a minute would learn economic facts incidentally and intentionally through the typing of timed writings on the topic of economics.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Dawley, Linda Tell, 1943-
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Image of Nursing and Job Satisfaction of United States Air Force Nurses (open access)

The Image of Nursing and Job Satisfaction of United States Air Force Nurses

The problem of this investigation was concerned with ascertaining the image of nursing and job satisfaction of United States Air Force nurses as determined by the type of nursing education and the length of time in the service.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Goff, Joseph Henry
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Treatment of Work Modes in Elementary Basal and Supplementary Reading Textbooks (open access)

An Analysis of the Treatment of Work Modes in Elementary Basal and Supplementary Reading Textbooks

The purposes of this study are to (1) determine the extent of bias in elementary textbooks in terms of frequency of reference to various work modes, and (2) to determine if qualitative bias exists in the portrayal of work modes.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Newbury, Fred G.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of the Per-Pupil Cost of a Nine-Month School Program vs. the 45-15 Continuous School Year Plan (open access)

An Analysis of the Per-Pupil Cost of a Nine-Month School Program vs. the 45-15 Continuous School Year Plan

The purposes of this investigation were (1) to examine the nine-month program and calculate a per-pupil cost, and (2) to evaluate a continuous-school-year program and calculate its per-pupil cost.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Slater, Clarence Gerald
System: The UNT Digital Library
Level of Manifest Anxiety as a Predictor of Attitude Change Through Group Vocational Counseling (open access)

Level of Manifest Anxiety as a Predictor of Attitude Change Through Group Vocational Counseling

This study was conducted to compare changes in self-concept and dogmatism among high school subjects at three levels of manifest anxiety following group vocational counseling.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Liston, Curtis Thomas
System: The UNT Digital Library
A History of Lon Morris College (open access)

A History of Lon Morris College

The problem with which this study is concerned is that of analyzing the implementation of the stated purposes of Lon Morris College of Jacksonville, Texas from 1847 to 1973. Histories and journals of the period, records and publications of the school and other institutions, and oral interviews of persons involved in its development provide data for the study. As a historical analysis, the study is divided according to successive periods in the school's development.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Jones, Glendell A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of the Desirability and Feasibility of Accountability Measures as Perceived by Public School Administrators and Teachers (open access)

A Comparison of the Desirability and Feasibility of Accountability Measures as Perceived by Public School Administrators and Teachers

This study had three main purposes. The first was to determine the perceptions of public school administrators toward desirability and toward feasibility of accountability items. The second was to determine the perceptions of public school teachers toward desirability and toward feasibility of accountability items. The third was to compare the perceptions of administrators with those of teachers and to indicate areas where they seemed to be in agreement or disagreement.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Kiamie, Robert A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Systematic Desensitization on Test Anxiety, General Anxiety, and Attitude Toward School Among Fifth-Grade Pupils (open access)

The Effects of Systematic Desensitization on Test Anxiety, General Anxiety, and Attitude Toward School Among Fifth-Grade Pupils

The problem of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of systematic desensitization on test anxiety, general anxiety, and attitude toward school among fifth-grade elementary-school children.
Date: May 1973
Creator: Lautin, Devora Juster
System: The UNT Digital Library