UNT Theses and Dissertations - 827 Matching Results

Search Results

prev Results: 671 - 694 next
open access

Analysis of the Interscholastic League Activities in the Elementary Schools of Texas

Description: The purpose of this study is to present an analysis of University Interscholastic League activities in the light of modern objectives and principles and to evaluate the reaction of the elementary school teachers and principals to the League activities as they affect children, teachers, and the community. It will attempt to point out and analyze the objectives and principles for elementary school activities. It is hoped that it will cause elementary school teachers and principals of the state to… more
Date: 1940
Creator: Webb, Escoe Lamar
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

Citizens' Understanding of the Utilization of Public School Buildings as Community Centers as Interpreted by Eighty-Four Citizens of the District

Description: The problem of this study is to determine the extent to which public school buildings were used as community centers in 1939-40, and the degree to which certain citizens understood this utilization. The study is limited to the county seats in Deputy State Superintendent's District Number Seventeen of Texas, which includes the following counties: Angelina, Cherokee, Shelby, Rusk, Nacogdoches, Sabine, and San Augustine.
Date: 1940
Creator: Whitmore, C. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

The Value of the Critical Angle Board in Diagnosing Handedness

Description: The present study addresses some of the problems in human handedness studies by noting the manual choices of one hundred twenty elementary pupils in the first through fifth grades. It discusses the value of the Van Riper critical angle board, the correlation indices of handedness based upon different types of activities, and the divergence with respect to degree and pattern of hand preference in the children.
Date: 1940
Creator: Cooper, William E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

An Evaluation of the Educational Qualifications and Functions of the Business Managers in the School Systems of Texas with a Scholastic Population of One Thousand or More

Description: The purpose of this study is to examine the educational qualifications and functions of the business managers in the school systems of Texas with a scholastic population of one thousand or more. This study attempts to determine from the findings what the business managers' duties should be and the needed qualifications, educational and otherwise, for performing these duties.
Date: 1940
Creator: Corse, Chancy H.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

An Analysis of the Utilization of Community Resources in the Educational Program of Wise County, Texas

Description: The problem forming the basis of this study has to do with an analysis of the degree of utilization of the community resources in the educational programs of the independent school districts of Wise County, Texas, for the purpose of determining how adequately these resources are being utilized by the schools for the enrichment of their curricula to the end that pupils may be released into their respective communities well-prepared to assume the duties and responsibilities of efficient, function… more
Date: 1940
Creator: Woodard, John Allen
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

The Accuracy of Teacher Rating of Pupil Personality and Achievement as Compared with Standardized Test Scores

Description: This study has the following purpose: (1) to find the relationship between teacher rating of pupil personality and standardized test results; (2) to find the relationship between teacher rating of pupil achievement and standardized test results; and (3) to determine where more emphasis should be placed in order to better evaluate the child and his work.
Date: 1941
Creator: Cottrell, Lucille
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

The Probable Effect of the 1936 and the 1940 Ruling of the State Board of Education of the State of New Mexico on the High School Principal

Description: The purposes of this study, dealing primarily with the principals of the four-year high school who are affected by the administrative requirements, are to determine (1) the probable effect of the higher standards upon the principals as judged by their responses in meeting the requirements of the 1936 ruling, (2) whether the State, the principal, or both are paying for the improvement of the administration in the public schools resulting from the 1936 ruling, (3) attitudes that resulted from the… more
Date: 1940
Creator: Walker, K. B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

Pragmatism in the Modern School

Description: This study proposes to (1) set forth, in a brief way, the gradual evolution of pragmatism from about 1905 down to the present, (2) to clearly define pragmatism and to differentiate between it and some other "isms" having philosophical significance, (3) and to show how pragmatism has made for itself a place in the modern school curriculum.
Date: 1940
Creator: Wallace, Audie Price
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

Certain Ideas of Child-Parent Companionship as Expressed by Second-Grade Pupils in the Sam Houston School, Denton, Texas

Description: This purposes of this study were to discover what the second grade children seemed to consider as desirable companionship between themselves and their parents, and to recognize the apparent needs for parental companionship that seemed to exist among the pupils.
Date: 1940
Creator: Rogers, Roberta
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

An Analysis of Certain Factors Associated with School Progress

Description: This thesis is an analysis of certain factors associated with school progress of students of the graduating class of the Hillsboro Junior High School for 1940. The study is limited to considering the effect of age, attendance, environment, and economic status on progress during four years that these students attended junior high school.
Date: 1940
Creator: Tribble, Percy G.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

A Study to Determine the Extent to Which Music Students Have Well-Adjusted Personality

Description: To determine what type of young men and women are entering the profession of music today as compared with those entering other fields is the purpose of the present investigation. It undertakes a study of ninety advanced music students divided into two groups of forty-five each, those who prefer to do solo work and those who prefer to perform in an ensemble. A control group of fifty advanced students is taken from other fields of study in order to form a basis for judgment of the music students.… more
Date: August 1940
Creator: Lawhon, John E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

A Proposed Plan for Equalizing the Financial Burdens of Hill County Public Schools

Description: "This study consists of two phases: (1) as study of existing financial conditions of the public schools of Hill county based on assessed valuations, tax rates, expenses per scholastic, and investments per scholastic in bond and capital outlay, and (2) a proposed plan for equalizing the existing inequalities..the study includes all of the 82 public schools of Hill County,Texas. The study includes 63 common school districts, 4 independent districts under county supervision, 2 rural high schools, … more
Date: August 1937
Creator: Savage, Elijah Monroe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

The Preparation and Work of High School Teachers in Collin County

Description: "The aim of this study is to examine some of the factors and conditions underlying the preparation and work of the high school teachers in Collin County for the year 1936-1937 only. In finding and tabulating the existing factors and conditions, it is hoped that this will be of help in making improvements in the present schedule for the training of high school teachers."--leaf 2
Date: August 1937
Creator: Alexander, Mabel Parker
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

To What Extent are the Personality Needs of the Music Students of the Denton Senior High School Being Met through Music?

Description: The problem which is reported in these pages represents an attempt on the part of the writer to discover whether the music curriculum of the Denton Senior High School is meeting the personality needs of the students of the school. In order to discover a starting-point from which to attack this problem, the writer administered standardized personality and music tests to the students enrolled in her music classes. The results of these tests form the primary basis of the investigation and of this … more
Date: August 1941
Creator: Nichols, Martha (Martha Arnette)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

An Analysis of the Activity Program Offered at El Centro, Denton's Youth Center

Description: "The problem of this thesis is to determine through survey and comparative study the effect of the activity program of Denton's El Centro, the youth center, on the youth of the City of Denton...methods of operation and internal organization of youth centers, the purpose of the centers and the results of some of the activities are outlined. Members of the Denton youth center were interviewed; the information gained from the interviews was recorded on prepared questionnaires. Various types of act… more
Date: August 1949
Creator: Anderson, Douglas Stevens
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

The Development of the Health and Physical Education Curriculum in the North Texas State Teachers College from 1901 to 1939 with a Discussion of Certain Philosophies That Appear to Have Affected the Curriculum

Description: "The purpose of this study is to show the development of health and physical education curriculum in the North Texas State Teachers College, Denton, Texas from 1901 through 1939"--1.
Date: June 1939
Creator: Sisco, Sue Louise Parker
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
open access

A History of the Cooke County Library, Gainesville, Texas

Description: "...a brief though fairly detailed, history of the Cooke County Library and it is hoped that this material will be of interest to friends of the library and that it will serve, not only as a history of its establishment and maintenance, but that it will also be an inspiration for future achievements...The facts herein were taken from newspapers, professional journals, notes kept by the late Lillian Gunter, the records of the Cooke County Library, and by word of mouth from citizens of Gainesvill… more
Date: May 1945
Creator: Self, Hazel
Item Type: Refine your search to only Thesis or Dissertation
Partner: UNT Libraries
Back to Top of Screen