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Department of Education
Decade:
1940-1949
Year:
1942
Degree Level:
Master's
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UNT Theses and Dissertations
An Analysis of Relations of Popularity to Certain Factors in Learning
Date: 1942
Creator: Peery, Mary Glenn Frisby
Description: Today educators are faced with the task of shifting the aim of education from that of teaching subject matter to that of providing experiences that are effective in stimulating wholesome personality development. With this in mind the writer was interested in providing opportunities and experiences for the development of efficient, balanced, harmonious, dynamic personalities, and in observing the relationship existing between these factors, social acceptance, home environment or socio-economic status, and the intelligence quotient, and the effects of these relationships upon the child's school success or academic status.
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc75459/
An Analysis of the Moral Content of Children's Literature from 1600 to 1940
Date: 1942
Creator: Boyd, Grace
Description: It is the purpose of the present investigation to make an examination of the moral content of literature taught in the schools from 1600 to 1800, from 1800 to 1900, and from 1900 to 1940, and to draw conclusions as to the values of such literature. In the literature examined in this study, both the moral content and the methods used in presentation will be considered.
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc75350/
An Analysis of the Objectives and Suggested or Illustrative Methods and Materials on the Subject of Reading in the Elementary Schools as Found in Seven State Courses of Study
Date: 1942
Creator: Bradley, Grace
Description: The problem of this study was to analyze the objectives and methods for teaching reading in the elementary grades as they appeared in the latest available courses of study in certain states for the purpose of determining their uniformity or lack of uniformity. An effort was made to compile data on teaching reading in order to determine certain modern trends as supplementary material for the writer's teaching aids.
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc70331/
An Animal Study of Low-cost Texas Diets in Supporting Reproduction, Lactation, and Iodine Needs
Date: 1942
Creator: Hicks, Gladys
Description: A study of low-cost Texas diets to support reproduction, lactation, and iodine needs in animals.
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc53326/
The Association of Sex, Age, and Environment to Children's Interests in the Third, Fourth, Fifth, and Seventh Grades of the Lometa Independent School, Lampasas County, Texas, 1940-1941
Date: 1942
Creator: Herring, Evelyn
Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the association of sex, age, and environment to children's interests in the third, fourth, fifth, and seventh grades of the Lometa Independent School, Lampasas County, Texas.
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc70345/
The Classroom Library in Action in an Integrated Elementary School Program
Date: 1942
Creator: Sweatmon, Mamie Lee
Description: The purpose of the study is to determine the library needs of the elementary-grade children of the Willow View School and to develop an activity program to meet their needs.
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc75439/
Comparative Studies in Geography -- Textbook and Free Materials Versus Textbook and Library Supplements
Date: 1942
Creator: Kelsay, Laura E.
Description: The problem involved in this study was to carry on an experiment of two methods of teaching eighth-grade geography and to compare the two. Briefly stated, the problem of this thesis was to determine the value of the use of free materials as compared with library supplements.
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc53341/
A Comparative Study of Pupil-Teacher Ratings of the Amount of Democracy Practiced in the William James Junior High School, Fort Worth, Texas
Date: 1942
Creator: Mayo, Vera
Description: This study undertakes to measure by means of a questionnaire the spirit of democracy in the William James Junior High School of Fort Worth, Texas. The problem was the outgrowth of a personal interest in the boys and girls in the public schools of our nation and a feeling that strict application of the principles of democracy to school practices would result in happier school relationships.
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc53375/
A Comparative Study of Two Methods Used in the Teaching of Arithmetic in the Seventh Grade
Date: 1942
Creator: Maury, Mary Elizabeth
Description: This comparative study of methods used in teaching arithmetic was carried out in the La Vega Public School, McLennan County, Texas, during the 1941-1942 school term.
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc53373/
Comparison of First-Hand and Vicarious Experiences in Promoting Reading Readiness
Date: 1942
Creator: Looney, Betty Odell
Description: The purpose of this study is to compare first-hand and vicarious experiences as means of developing those factors or traits of reading readiness that may be improved through training. More specifically, it is an attempt to measure the amount of readiness gained through the two types of experiences by two groups of first-grade children in the San Angelo Public Schools.
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Permallink:digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc53345/