Responsibility of the Secondary School for the Social Development of its Students (open access)

Responsibility of the Secondary School for the Social Development of its Students

The problem in this study is twofold. First, there will be an attempt to determine the values that organizations in the secondary school have for the development of its students. Second, a survey will be made of the four-year accredited high schools in District Five of Texas to determine how and to what extent they are realizing their responsibilities in this respect.
Date: 1947
Creator: Baxter, Billie Otella
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Plate Waste Study Made in a Small Type "A" Lunchroom (open access)

A Plate Waste Study Made in a Small Type "A" Lunchroom

The purpose of this study is to determine the plate waste from the type "A" lunch served to the children in the Collinsville School Lunchroom during the school year of 1947-1948.
Date: 1948
Creator: Boren, Mabel Adelia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Sanitary Aspects of Milk and Dairy Products Dispensed in Sherman, Texas (open access)

Sanitary Aspects of Milk and Dairy Products Dispensed in Sherman, Texas

The aim of this investigation is to determine whether there is a correlation between the sanitary condition of milk and dairy products dispensed in Sherman, Texas, and the plate counts, the morphology, and the Gram stain reaction of the organisms in predominant colonies from these.
Date: 1948
Creator: Bryant, J. Forrest
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status of Democratic Practices in the Ten Fifth Grade Groups in Denison, Texas (open access)

Status of Democratic Practices in the Ten Fifth Grade Groups in Denison, Texas

This is a study of the democratic practices in ten fifth grade groups of Denison, Texas, in administration, methods, and curriculum. The purpose of this study is three-fold: 1. To make criteria to be used in evaluating democratic action in the elementary schools. 2. To evaluate the democratic practices in ten fifth grade groups of Denison, Texas. 3. To offer recommendations for changes that could be made for the improvement of these groups.
Date: 1950
Creator: Burris, Ethel L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing an In-Service Training Program in Audio-Visual Aids (open access)

Developing an In-Service Training Program in Audio-Visual Aids

The purpose of this study is to develop an in-service training program for the teachers of the Sherman Elementary Schools in the use of audio-visual aids and materials as a means toward effective child growth and development.
Date: 1948
Creator: Carpenter, Walter Harold
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Out-of-Class Activity Program of Sherman High School (open access)

An Evaluation of the Out-of-Class Activity Program of Sherman High School

The problem of this study is to make an evaluation of the out-of-class activity program of the Sherman High School.
Date: 1950
Creator: Case, Helen Pelley
System: The UNT Digital Library
Assessing Defensiveness with the PAI: a Cross Validational Study (open access)

Assessing Defensiveness with the PAI: a Cross Validational Study

The use of scales on the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) to detect defensiveness in criminal and nonclinical samples was evaluated. Forty-five male inmates of a county jail and 38 male undergraduate psychology students were provided with incentives to complete the PAI under two conditions: standard instructions and experimental instructions to feign a specific, positive role. The sequence of instructions was counterbalanced in both samples for the purpose of examining ordering effects. A repeated measures multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was performed, yielding significant main effects of condition, group and order. Additionally, a step-wise discriminant function analysis significantly predicted group membership (i.e., subjects under honest and faking conditions) with a hit rate = 84.4%. Finally, a more effective cutting score for the Positive Impression scale was recommended.
Date: May 1994
Creator: Cashel, Mary Louise
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine the Differences in Scholastic Achievement and Sociometric Standing Between Children from Broken and Unbroken Homes (open access)

A Study to Determine the Differences in Scholastic Achievement and Sociometric Standing Between Children from Broken and Unbroken Homes

The problem presented in this study is to determine if any differences exist in the sociometric standing and the scholastic achievement between children from broken homes and children from unbroken homes. The purpose of the study is to make a comparison of the sociometric standing and scholastic achievement of two selected groups of pupils to determine if differences exist and to what extent they exist.
Date: August 1951
Creator: Cooke, Eunyce Allen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relationship of Children's Attitudes toward Some Social Problems and Personality Adjustment (open access)

Relationship of Children's Attitudes toward Some Social Problems and Personality Adjustment

The problem chosen for investigation was to attempt to determine the relationship of children's attitude toward some social problems and their personality adjustment.
Date: 1949
Creator: Darnall, Julia Josephine
System: The UNT Digital Library
Aquatic Heterotrophic Bacteria Active in the Biotransformation of Anthracene and Pentachlorophenol (open access)

Aquatic Heterotrophic Bacteria Active in the Biotransformation of Anthracene and Pentachlorophenol

Dominant genera of bacteria were isolated from three river waters during anthracene and pentachlorophenol biotransformation studies. The genera Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Micrococcus, Chromobacterium, Alcaligenes, Azomonos, Bacillus, and Flavobacterium were capable of biotransforming one or both of these compounds. These isolates were subjected to further biotransformation tests, including river water and a basal salt medium with and without additional glucose. The results of these experiments were evaluated statistically. It was concluded that only a limited number of the bacteria identified were able to transform these chemicals in river water. The addition of glucose to the growth medium significantly affected the biotransformation of these chemicals. It was also determined that the size of the initial bacterial population is not a factor in determining whether biotransformation of anthracene or pentachlorophenol can occur.
Date: August 1985
Creator: Entezami, Azam A. (Azam Alsadat)
System: The UNT Digital Library
Relative Effectiveness of Two Methods of Teaching Personal Development to Homemaking Girls (open access)

Relative Effectiveness of Two Methods of Teaching Personal Development to Homemaking Girls

The question as to whether to teach personality development as a separate unit or to include it as an integral part of the total homemaking program became a problem which required careful investigation. It became the purpose of this study, therefore, to determine whether more measurable growth in personality is achieved by teaching a special unit in personality than by including such subject matter as an integral part of the homemaking program.
Date: 1950
Creator: Fagg, Carmen Bernice
System: The UNT Digital Library
Electricity in Rural Areas of North Texas (open access)

Electricity in Rural Areas of North Texas

"This study shows three things: (1) a precedent for the expenditure of public funds to teach electricity in our public high schools has already been established by the school system in the larger school systems of Texas, (2) the rural families living on electrified farms in the North Texas area want instruction of this type given to the boys and girls in their communities, and (3) both the rural people and the professional people of the North Texas area believe that instruction dealing with the use of electricity and electrical equipment had spread until by 1935 more than twenty-one million homes, about eighty percent of the total in America at that time, were electrified, only eleven American farms out of every 100 had central-station electricity. More than five million American farms lacked electric service. "--leaf 50.
Date: January 1949
Creator: Greathouse, Charles Simmons
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Language Arts Program in the Elementary Schools of Denison, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Language Arts Program in the Elementary Schools of Denison, Texas

The purpose of this study is to determine the weak points and the strong points of the Language Arts Program and to make recommendations for improvement.
Date: 1949
Creator: Hodges, Lucian E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine to What Extent the Tom Bean School, Grayson County, Texas, is a Community School (open access)

A Study to Determine to What Extent the Tom Bean School, Grayson County, Texas, is a Community School

This is a study to determine to what extent the Tom Bean Public School of Grayson County, Texas, is a community school.
Date: 1950
Creator: Jennings, Robert Hugh
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of the Secondary Education Program at Whitewright, Texas (open access)

A Critical Analysis of the Secondary Education Program at Whitewright, Texas

This thesis examines efficiency levels of the secondary school in Whitewright, Texas in order to determine the need for change in curriculum or focus.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Jernigan, James C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of the Industries of Sherman to Determine a Vocation Program for Adults and a more Functional Program for the Senior High School (open access)

A Survey of the Industries of Sherman to Determine a Vocation Program for Adults and a more Functional Program for the Senior High School

The purpose of this survey is to present a program suitable for adult education and a more functional one for the senior high school. In order to do this, a survey of the industries will be necessary to determine the kind and types of classes that will be in the greatest demand.
Date: 1947
Creator: Keene, Arthur R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine if there are Significant Interacting Physical, Mental, and Emotional Factors Developed by Parents of Sherman, Texas, which Influence Readiness for Beginning Reading (open access)

A Study to Determine if there are Significant Interacting Physical, Mental, and Emotional Factors Developed by Parents of Sherman, Texas, which Influence Readiness for Beginning Reading

The purpose of the study is to approach the problem from a practical and workable angle in determining which definite and significant influences have been of benefit to the first-grade pupils of Sherman, Texas, in preparing them for reading readiness.
Date: August 1950
Creator: Kelley, Clella D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
"They Have Gone From Sherman": The Courthouse Riot of 1930 and Its Impact on the Black Professional Class (open access)

"They Have Gone From Sherman": The Courthouse Riot of 1930 and Its Impact on the Black Professional Class

This study describes the development of the black business and professional community with emphasis on the period from 1920 to 1930, the riot itself, and the impact of the episode on the local black community. It utilizes traditional historical research methods, county records, contemporary newspapers, and oral history.
Date: December 1995
Creator: Kumler, Donna J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study to Determine a Sound Program for Using Community Resources to Improve the Elementary Schools of Denison, Texas. (open access)

A Study to Determine a Sound Program for Using Community Resources to Improve the Elementary Schools of Denison, Texas.

The purpose of this study is to determine a sound program for using the community resources of Denison, Texas, to improve the elementary schools of that city.
Date: 1952
Creator: McCoy, Edwardine Cordell
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Parent Teacher and Pupil Attitudes to the Conference Method of Reporting Pupil Progress (open access)

A Study of Parent Teacher and Pupil Attitudes to the Conference Method of Reporting Pupil Progress

The problem of this study is to obtain a cross section of thought of parents, teachers, and pupils concerning the practice in the Jefferson Elementary School, Sherman, Texas, of reporting pupil progress and growth by means of individual parent-teacher conferences.
Date: 1948
Creator: McManus, Mabel Dunn
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Philosophical Beliefs and Practices of the Sherman Elementary Teachers (open access)

The Philosophical Beliefs and Practices of the Sherman Elementary Teachers

The purpose of this study was to find what the philosophies and actual practices of the Sherman elementary teachers are; and how they practice or do not practice their philosophical concepts.
Date: 1944
Creator: Neves, Doris Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Survey of Landowner Attitudes Toward the Construction of Lake Ray Roberts (open access)

A Survey of Landowner Attitudes Toward the Construction of Lake Ray Roberts

Documentation of social impacts resulting from the construction of Lake Ray Roberts is to be incorporated into a two year post-impoundment study. Research objectives are to: 1) locate current residences of landowners and previous landowners who were displaced; 2) determine social impacts resulting from construction of Lake Ray Roberts; 3) document degree of satisfaction with current living conditions; 4) document landowners' degree of satisfaction associated with COE negotiations; 5) document landowners' observations. Landowners were identified by telephone and sent a mail-back questionnaire. Respondents were generally happy with current residences and communities. While courtesy and sufficient information were provided by the COE, respondents would have preferred for property settlements to be more consistent and timely.
Date: August 1991
Creator: Norris, Paula Sue
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of Filmstrips in the Teaching of Reading in the First Grade in Tom Bean, Texas. (open access)

An Evaluation of Filmstrips in the Teaching of Reading in the First Grade in Tom Bean, Texas.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the use of filmstrips as an aid in teaching reading to a group of first grade children in the Tom Bean Consolidated School. A further purpose, and probably the most important as it deals with the ultimate objective of education, is the effect that visual aid has upon the behavior of boys and girls.
Date: 1951
Creator: Odle, Neva S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation of the Collinsville High School, Collinsville, Texas (open access)

An Evaluation of the Collinsville High School, Collinsville, Texas

An evaluation of Collinsville High School, Collinsville, Texas, examining the philosophy of education and rating the school according to published standards.
Date: August 1939
Creator: Pearce, Milton
System: The UNT Digital Library