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An Analysis of Objectives, Methods, and Materials in Fourth Grade Social Studies as Found in Five Courses of Study (open access)

An Analysis of Objectives, Methods, and Materials in Fourth Grade Social Studies as Found in Five Courses of Study

The purpose of this study is to examine courses of study for social studies in the fourth grade, and after analyzing the objectives, methods, and the materials of each, to decide whether they meet the criteria prescribed in educational literature.
Date: 1946
Creator: Melear, Mary Katherine
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of some Possible Organizations for the Schools of Wise County, Texas (open access)

An Analysis of some Possible Organizations for the Schools of Wise County, Texas

This problem is to determine what form of organization has most advantages for the schools of Wise County, Texas.
Date: 1946
Creator: George, Cecil Bennett
System: The UNT Digital Library
Art as a Tool in a Fifth-Grade Guidance Program (open access)

Art as a Tool in a Fifth-Grade Guidance Program

The purpose of this thesis was to determine a way by which the school could best serve all the children in the capacity of guidance. A program was needed which would enrich the lives of children of widely varying social and financial levels, chronological ages, mental ages, personalities, talents, and other inherent traits or tendencies.
Date: 1946
Creator: Collins, Winny
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Challenge to the Operation of the Philosophy of Laissez-Faire (open access)

The Challenge to the Operation of the Philosophy of Laissez-Faire

The problem of this study is to make an appraisal of laissez-faire, and its aims, methods, and accomplishments in its rise to pinnacle heights, its philosophy, and finally its decline in the maelstrom of society demanding more security, today, than ever before, in our standards of economy and living.
Date: 1946
Creator: Haseltine, May Marian
System: The UNT Digital Library
China's Industry and the Impact of the War Upon It (open access)

China's Industry and the Impact of the War Upon It

This thesis is a study of China's industry and how it was impacted by war.
Date: 1946
Creator: Harris, Margaret B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Dallas Employment Requisites for Stenographers and Secretarial Qualifications of Students at Forest Avenue High School (open access)

A Comparative Study of Dallas Employment Requisites for Stenographers and Secretarial Qualifications of Students at Forest Avenue High School

The problem in this study has a three-fold purpose: to learn the likenesses and differences of the small and large business offices of Dallas, Texas, in regard to their employment requirements for the beginning stenographer; to determine to what extent the average Dallas high school graduate shows the characteristics that are requisite for secretarial success; and to evaluate the learnings of secretarial students in Forest Avenue High School, Dallas, Texas, in view of these findings.
Date: 1946
Creator: Fetterman, Ruth Evelyn
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Intelligence Quotients and Achievement Scores and Marks in Social Studies, Arithmetic, Physical Education, Elementary Science, and Language Arts in the Sixth Grade of Wolflin School, Amarillo (open access)

A Comparative Study of Intelligence Quotients and Achievement Scores and Marks in Social Studies, Arithmetic, Physical Education, Elementary Science, and Language Arts in the Sixth Grade of Wolflin School, Amarillo

As a sixth grade teacher in Wolfin School, Amarillo, Texas the writer is interested in determining to what extent academic success my be predicted by the use of intelligence tests.
Date: 1946
Creator: Peters, Ruby Gray
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Content and Method of Presentation Found in Twenty-Nine Typewriting Textbooks (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Content and Method of Presentation Found in Twenty-Nine Typewriting Textbooks

The twenty-nine typewriting texts which form the basis for this study are a sample of those currently used in the field of typewriting instruction. The purpose of this study is to see how they agree or where they disagree in the material offered and the way in which it is presented.
Date: 1946
Creator: Graham, Doris Patricia
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Trends in Reporting Pupils' School Progress as Evidenced by Recommendations of Educators and as Described by Fifty-Six Adults Engaged in the Teaching Profession (open access)

A Comparative Study of Trends in Reporting Pupils' School Progress as Evidenced by Recommendations of Educators and as Described by Fifty-Six Adults Engaged in the Teaching Profession

The problem of this study is to evaluate methods of reporting pupils' school progress to parents and to discover trends in reporting which are revealed in educational literature and school practice.
Date: 1946
Creator: Davis, Kirvin Kade
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of Two Methods of Grouping Students in the Intermediate Grades of the Hobbs Public Schools, Hobbs, New Mexico (open access)

A Comparative Study of Two Methods of Grouping Students in the Intermediate Grades of the Hobbs Public Schools, Hobbs, New Mexico

The purpose of this study is to determine, in the light of available data, which of two methods of grouping students for instructional purposes is best suited to the needs of the Hobbs Elementary Schools, Hobbs, New Mexico.
Date: 1946
Creator: Roberts, Gerald Wiles
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comparison of Comprehension in Pre-Directed Informational Reading and in Non-Directed Informational Reading at the Primary Level, Based upon a Survey of Professional Literature in the Field (open access)

Comparison of Comprehension in Pre-Directed Informational Reading and in Non-Directed Informational Reading at the Primary Level, Based upon a Survey of Professional Literature in the Field

The problem for consideration in this thesis is a comparison of comprehension in pre-directed informational reading and in non-directed informational reading at the primary level, based upon a survey of professional literature in the field.
Date: 1946
Creator: Smith, Ruby Sargent
System: The UNT Digital Library
Composition and Distribution of the Vegetation in Farm Pastures in Denton County, Texas (open access)

Composition and Distribution of the Vegetation in Farm Pastures in Denton County, Texas

This investigation has for its aim the determination and the evaluation of the vegetational composition in certain farm pastures in Denton County, Texas.
Date: 1946
Creator: Parker, Robert S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Concepts and Effects of Some Influential Ideas (open access)

Concepts and Effects of Some Influential Ideas

The specific aim of this study is to survey the two main types of ideas -- realism and idealism -- and their history.
Date: 1946
Creator: Scruggs, Herman
System: The UNT Digital Library
Craft Problems Using Native Materials (open access)

Craft Problems Using Native Materials

The present study concerns the use of native materials in craft problems which might be used profitably in public schools. The purpose of the research and experiments was fourfold: first, to make available information on the utility of certain native materials which the writer believed would be helpful to people interested in crafts; second, to acquaint interested individuals with native dye plants; third, to encourage a wide use of native materials; and fourth, to work out for use in public schools a series of craft problems utilizing native materials.
Date: 1946
Creator: Simpson, Gladys
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Analysis of a Method of Understanding Children (open access)

A Critical Analysis of a Method of Understanding Children

This study was undertaken in order to improve the human relations in the classroom.
Date: 1946
Creator: Minick, Winnie Mallow
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Decline of the Philosophy of Laissez-Faire (open access)

The Decline of the Philosophy of Laissez-Faire

The purpose of this study is not to offer any new political measures for consideration or to suggest any radical departures from the present plans of our government. Nor does it propose to advocate any new ideology, but to study trends in economic policies, and to suggest a philosophic approach to the appraisal of these trends.
Date: 1946
Creator: Grady, Margaret
System: The UNT Digital Library
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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Developing Range Condition Classes for the North Grand Prairie of Texas (open access)

Developing Range Condition Classes for the North Grand Prairie of Texas

This paper deals with a study of the ranch lands in Cooke, Wise, Denton, and Montague Counties, which are located in the North Grand Prairie of Texas.
Date: 1946
Creator: McConnell, Mack
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Effects of Different Instructional Procedures in Teaching Junior High School Mathematics on Types and Amount of Learning (open access)

The Effects of Different Instructional Procedures in Teaching Junior High School Mathematics on Types and Amount of Learning

The problem under consideration attempts to answer the question, Will different methods of teaching the solution of problems in finding areas and perimeters of plane surfaces produce different results; and if so, how great is the difference?
Date: 1946
Creator: Newsom, Clarence A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Evaluation and Analysis of Teachers' Codes of Ethics (open access)

An Evaluation and Analysis of Teachers' Codes of Ethics

The problem of this thesis was to study the codes of thirteen other states and, in addition, the codes of Texas and the National Education Association, were selected because of the realization that a very small per cent of the teaching profession knows of the existence of such codes and a still smaller per cent knows anything at all of the content of the codes.
Date: 1946
Creator: Enlow, Nannie Holland
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evaluation of the Degree of Democracy in a Community Situation (open access)

The Evaluation of the Degree of Democracy in a Community Situation

The problem of this study is to develop and apply a technique to evaluate the degree of democracy in a community situation.
Date: 1946
Creator: Sanders, William B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Experimental Investigation of the Relation Between the Percentage of Possible Gain in Reading Comprehension and Academic Success in Major Fields of Study (open access)

An Experimental Investigation of the Relation Between the Percentage of Possible Gain in Reading Comprehension and Academic Success in Major Fields of Study

Determination of gains made in reading comprehension and the relationship of these gains to the academic success of 545 college freshmen of North Texas State Teachers College is the main consideration of this study.
Date: 1946
Creator: Porter, Thomas Warner
System: The UNT Digital Library
Famous Peace Plans of History (open access)

Famous Peace Plans of History

The purpose of the present thesis, is to trace the development of the idea of world organization to secure world peace. An endeavor is made to give a brief survey of the best known peace plans of history with a critical evaluation of the contribution of each to the ideas embodied in the League of Nations and the United Nations.
Date: 1946
Creator: Plummer, Marguerite K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Future Farmers and Non-Classified Students in Pottawatomie County High Schools (open access)

Future Farmers and Non-Classified Students in Pottawatomie County High Schools

This study has been made for the purpose of determining what relationships exist between 4-H Club membership and Future Farmers of America Club membership and the grades, extra-curricular activities, and the future education, which includes specifically college training and post-graduate work done in high schools.
Date: 1946
Creator: Johnson, W. Wallace
System: The UNT Digital Library