- Stimulus Values of the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test Designs
- The purpose of this study is to investigate differences in the stimulus value of the Bender Gestalt designs. It is concerned with both differences in structural values and affective values of the nine figures. The investigation is primarily concerned with the reliability of such differences, and secondarily with the general nature of the differences in stimulus value. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108028/
- Psychological Sex and Sociometric Nomination
- The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of the psychological sex role of a person making sociometric nominations to the psychological sex role of such persons nominated. It was hypothesized that similar psychological and biological sexed persons would choose each other as friends and that similar psychological but opposite biological sexed persons would reject each other as non-friends. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108036/
- Signs of Paranoid Schizophrenic Behavior on the Bender-Gestalt Test
- The problem of this study was to isolate a constellation of "signs" or items of behavior of individuals on the Bender-Gestalt test and to determine if these signs will discriminate significantly between one patient category, paranoid schizophrenia, and three other major diagnostic categories. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108038/
- A Study to Determine to What Extent the Students and Recent Alumni of Robstown High School Think the School is Meeting the Imperative Needs of Youth
- The problem set forth is a study to determine to what extent the students and recent alumni of Robstown High School think the school is meeting the imperative needs of youth. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130252/
- A Study to Determine a Sound Plan of Using the Ferris Community Resources as Instructional Aids
- The problem of this study is to determine a sound plan of using community resources as instructional aids in the school. The purpose of the study is threefold: first, to discover criteria of soundness relative to the use of community resources; second, to discover local resources which could be utilized; and third, to determine how the resources could be used as instructional aids according to criteria. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130261/
- The Determination of the Relationship between Reading Skills and Personality Development
- The purpose of the study is to show that personality adjustments and reading skills have a decided connection in the development of the individual, for with enunciation, pronunciation, and oral interpretation of the printed page come greater confidence, self-expression, and poise. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130270/
- Evaluating Textual Material for Developmental Tasks
- The problem of this study is to demonstrate a method of evaluating situations in textual materials that may assist pre-adolescent children in achieving certain developmental tasks. The problem involves the analysis of fifty stories taken from five state-adopted readers on the sixth-grade level, as well as the development of criteria for making such an analysis. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130326/
- An Evaluation of the Aims, Methods, and Accomplishments of Certain Teacher Organizations
- The purpose of this study is (1) to determine the fundamental differences in the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association and (2) to evaluate these organizations in terms of criteria basic to the organization of any group. It is hoped that a microscopic analysis and evaluation of these two teacher organizations, representing both union and non-union groups, will cast some beneficial light upon weaknesses and strong points of both groups and result in recommendations which will be of benefit in the work of individual teachers as well as to the organizations. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130296/
- A Study to Determine a Sound Program of Pre-Service Education for Teachers for Life Adjustment Schools
- This is a study to determine a sound method of pre-service education for teachers of life adjustment schools. For many years some of the leading educations have seen the need to revise the public schools to improve the quality of living in a democratic society. With the assumption that this change is necessary in order to quip the individuals with the tools for making adjustments to existing and impending life situations, a new type of teacher may be required. For the improvement of teachers and leaders, the schools, colleges, and departments of education must assume major responsibilities, for through them will come practically all of the teachers and administrators who will have a part in determining the course of education. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130247/
- The Influence of Sunday School Attendance on Behavior in the Elementary Grades of North Texas Demonstration School
- The problem of this study is to determine the influence that Sunday school attendance has on behavior of children now enrolled in the elementary grades of North Texas State College Demonstration School of Denton, Texas. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130249/
- Teacher Characteristics Which are Most Liked and Disliked by College Students
- The study presented in this paper is an effort to determine qualities considered significant by students in their teachers' behavior and methods, and, moreover, to assess the degree of importance which students assign these qualities. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc107925/
- A Comparative Study of the Arithmetical Achievement Made by Boys and Girls of the Seventh Grade of Ozona Junior High School, Ozona Texas
- The primary purpose of the study was to determine, scientifically, if there is any significant difference between the ability of boys in the seventh grade and the ability of girls in the same grade to retain arithmetical ideas, facts, and processes. A second purpose was to investigate the causes of differences that were found to exist. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc107900/
- A Comparison of the Differences in the Response of Identical Twins to Rorschach's Test
- The purpose of this study was to determine, by use of the Rorschach, any differences in the personality structures of two groups of identical twin subjects. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108104/
- A Comparative Study of Anxiety between Science and Art Majors
- The purpose of this study is to determine the levels of anxiety in college freshmen and seniors from the Departments of Science and Art at North Texas State College by using the Taylor Manifest Anxiety Scale. It is hoped that the findings uncovered by this study will be of help to others interested in investigating and exploring this area. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108078/
- Use of a Level of Aspiration Technique with Academically Successful and Unsuccessful College Sophomores
- The problem of this thesis is the degree of aspiration (level of aspiration) exhibited by students with high or low levels of academic performance. With these levels established by the use of a standardized test designed for this purpose, this study is concerned more specifically with testing two hypotheses. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108110/
- Anxiety in Jailees as Indicated by the Rorschach Test
- This study concerns an evaluation of anxiety levels in jailees awaiting trial in a county jail. Detecting anxiety which had been overtly controlled, and apparently hidden called for the use of a projective technique. Such an instrument would have the additional advantage of minimizing the effect of the observer upon the observed. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108098/
- The Role of the Social Studies in the Integrating Curriculum of Secondary Schools
- The purpose of this study is to make an investigation of the place of the social studies in an integrating curriculum with the objective of determining their value and ways and means of using the social studies to achieve integrating individuals. Attention is directed to the need and nature of an integrating program, to the values of the social studies as an integrating agent, and to ways and means of using the social studies in this manner. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130267/
- An Evaluation of the Creative Art Activities of the First Four Grades of the Bowie Elementary Schools, Bowie, Texas
- The purpose of this study is to evaluate the creative arts program of the first four grades in the Bowie Public Schools to determine the extent to which it meets, or fails to meet, criteria developed for a creative arts program in a democratic form of education. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130325/
- A Comparative Study of the Philosophy of Certain Authors Relative to Reading Readiness
- The problem of this investigation is to determine the amount of agreement or disagreement in the philosophies of certain authors relative to reading readiness in the first grade. Comparative data are included on evidences of the need for reading-readiness program, major factors involved, and desirable types of activities. The purpose of the study is to determine the apparent agreement or disparity found in current educational literature. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130348/
- A Study to Ascertain the Place and Function of History in the Curriculum of the Secondary School
- The purpose of this study is to ascertain the place and function of history in the curriculum of the secondary school in the United States, as reflected in the published writings of professional educators, historians, ans psychologists. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130349/
- The Diagnostic Potential of Subtest Score Variability in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children
- This study was concerned with testing two hypotheses frequently made in the interpretation of performance on the Children's Scale. The first hypothesis is that maladjustment is directly related to the amount of scatter and the second stresses that the specificity of maladjustment may be determined by the pattern of successes and failures. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108055/
- In-Group and Out-Group Sociometric Choices for Two Groups of College Students Experiencing Different Educational Procedures
- The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of the social and interpersonal aspect of the Austin College Plan of educational development by carrying out a plan of evaluation designed by the Hogg Foundation of the University of Texas and the Psychology Department of North Texas State College. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108065/
- Further Evidence of the Constancy and Validity of Peer Ratings
- This study reports on an investigation to determine the applicability of the peer rating technique to Air Force ROTC cadets at North Texas State College which has an enrollment of approximately 7000 students. The specific problem investigated was whether or not the peer rating would be useful in solving the leader identification problem in Air Force ROTC. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108075/
- The Rorsach as an Indicator of Intelligence in Seventh-Grade Children
- This study was undertaken in the belief that a greater relationship would be revealed between the Rorschach and intelligence test scores if the factors in the Rorschach which have been found in the past to be related to intelligence could be compared as a whole with scores obtained on mental tests. The purpose of this study was to determine whether it could be demonstrated that a higher degree of relationship does exist between several of the Rorschach factors, considered as a whole, and intelligence as revealed by the California Test of Mental Maturity. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc108042/
- The Effects of Memory Alteration in Schizophrenic Patients Treated with Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy
- The problem of this investigation is twofold. First, to demonstrate the effects of the variation of convulsive-nonconvulsive electroshock treatment used in this study in relation to memory alteration in schizophrenia as measured by the Wechsler Memory Scale. Second, to determine those aspects of memory that are the most affected, and those that are the least affected by this form of treatment. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc107973/
- Differences in Social Behavior Between Elementary School Children Who Have Attended Nursery School and Those Who Have Not Attended Nursery School
- The purpose of this study is to attempt to discover any observable differences in social behavior between elementary school pupils who have attended nursery school and those who have had no nursery school experience. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130371/
- A Study of the Interaction between Pupils and Student Teachers and Ratings of Teaching Effectiveness
- There are three purposes of this study: (1) to determine the degree of interaction between pupils and student teachers and teaching effectiveness as rated by pupils; (2) to determine the significance of difference of pupil ratings between those who express "more" and those who express "less interest" in the course taught by the student teacher whom they were asked to rate; and (3) to study other variables such as sex, age, and achievement in order to show how they relate to pupil and student teacher interaction. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc130354/
- To Determine Whether the Armed-Force Methods of Instruction and Civilian Methods of Instruction are Similar or Different
- The purpose of this study is to determine whether the armed-force method of instruction and the civilian method of instruction are similar or different. The five basic steps of instruction emphasized in the armed-force bulletins receive special emphasis in this study. They are as follows: 1. Preparation by the instructor; 2. Presentation; 3. Application; 4. Examination; 5. Discussion and critique. It is with these five basic steps that the writer has endeavored to show the difference or similarity between the educational programs used in the armed forces and in the public schools. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc75673/
- Initiating, Developing, and Evaluating a Sound School Council for a Small High School
- This problem will seek to determine a program for initiating, developing, and evaluating a sound school council for a small high school. It is the purpose of this study to propose a working situation that may be made immediately applicable to small Texas high schools. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc75649/
- The Wife and Family Finance
- The problem for this study consists of determining what a wife should know about family finances in order to share the burden of family living with her husband and for protection against the probability she may be left with all the responsibilities and decisions. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83528/
- An Experimental Study on the Reading of Comics
- It is the purpose of this study to (1) determine the history and status of the comic book; (2) to find out how many and what kinds of comic books two groups of fourth graders of the Perryton school are reading; (3) to set up a well-planned reading program in one of these groups; (4) to compare the amount and kinds of comic books read by the two groups at the end of the experimental period. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83491/
- A Study of the Reliability and Validity of a Sociometric Scale on the Elementary School Level
- This problem developed in a class dealing with sociometry. The class created a new sociometric scale and gave it to several groups of children. The need for statistical information on the reliability and the validity of the scale became apparent, but was beyond the scope of the course. In order that future classes, or other groups, could feel free to use this scale, and could rely on the results obtained from it, this study was made. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83359/
- Relation of Objectives and Techniques in Teaching the Social Studies to Adolescents
- The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze some of the current objectives and recommended teaching procedures in the social studies at the adolescent level to determine the relationship, if any, existing between them. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83430/
- A Source Reference for the Study of the Petroleum Industry and its Terminology Especially for the Ector County School System
- The problem, to make a study of the petroleum industry in Ector County, Texas, and, in addition, a study of the terminology of this industry, was selected as a result of the realization that the major industry of the community was not understood by the teachers, and that it did not have a place in the curriculum. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83355/
- A Study of Factors Influencing High School Seniors in their Decisions to Seek Further Educational or Vocational Training Following their Graduation from High School
- The purpose of this study is to make an investigation relating to certain factors and influences that have some bearing upon decisions made by graduating seniors in high schools to attend college or vocational school before entering a vocation or professional career. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83494/
- The Relationship of Specific Background Factors upon English Usage
- The problem of the present study is to investigate specific background areas of pupils who show average use of English, and of pupils who are recognized as having below-average use of English. The study will attempt to bring out certain tendencies, by the use of standardized tests, which the two groups investigated possess in varying degrees. The aim of the study will be to bring out and evaluate the differentiating background factors as revealed by the results obtained on the standardized tests used in the investigation. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83484/
- To Determine Factors Associated with Elimination of Students from White Settlement Junior High School
- The purpose of this study is to make an investigation of some factors thought to be associated with the elimination of one hundred pupils from the White Settlement Junior High School near Fort Worth, Texas, over a period of three years. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83486/
- An Evaluation of the School Program of the White Settlement Junior High School, Tarrant County, Texas
- The purpose of this study is two-fold: (1) to formulate criteria for evaluating the activities of a junior high school, and (2) to determine the extent to which the program of the White Settlement Junior High School, Tarrant County, Texas, meets these criteria. In so doing, attention is given to many phases of the school and its program. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83487/
- The Value of Filmstrips in the First Grade of Travis School, Mineral Wells, Texas
- The purpose of this study is to determine the influence of filmstrips upon a group of first-grade pupils as compared to another group of first-grade pupils not using filmstrips. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83503/
- A Study to Determine some Means of Strengthening the Already Established Program of Home and Family Life Education with Adults in the Dallas Independent Schools
- The purpose of this study is to determine some means of strengthening the already established program of Home and Family Life Education with adults in the Dallas Independent Schools, Dallas, Texas. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83524/
- To Determine the Value of a Cumulative Record in a Guidance Program
- The purposes of this investigation were to help teachers to a better understanding of children, to help each pupil to discover and to develop his potentialities for his personal good and social usefulness, to facilitate the administration of the guidance program, and to improve classroom instruction. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83443/
- The Significance of Classroom Environmental Control in the Azle Elementary School
- The objective of this investigation was to make two surveys relating to environmental control in the Azle Elementary School, Azle, Texas. The first survey was designed to furnish a list of favorable and unfavorable factors in classroom environment as they existed in the Azle Elementary School at the close of the school session of 1946-1947, and the second survey , conducted in the same school approximately a year later, was for the purpose of ascertaining what improvements had been made in the interim in order to increase the educative values in the classroom environment of this school. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83474/
- Personality Trait Differences between Popular and Unpopular Children
- It is the purpose of this study to contribute some scientific data toward the construction of a more valid rating scale for use in the classroom situation. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc96892/
- A Study of the Relationships of the Social, Economic, and Physical Factors to the Normal Development and School Progress of Freshmen and Seniors in Hallettsville High School
- The purpose of this study was twofold: (1) to discover some social and economic factors concerning the home background of the ninth and twelfth-grade students during their first and last years of high school; and (2) to study the physical status of these groups for the year 1949-1950, noting the development of each group in order to discover the relationship, if any, of social and economic status upon school marks of the students in the two grades. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc96901/
- The Value of High-School Marks and Psychological Examination Scores in Predicting First Term Freshmen Marks in North Texas State College
- The purpose of this study is to determine how accurately the academic success of one hundred and sixty-seven freshmen at North Texas State College could have been predicted by the American Council on Education Psychological examinations. The question studied is: Can freshman success, as indicated by first term freshman grades, be better predicted by psychological examination scores than by analysis of their high school grades? In an attempt to answer this question, the relationships existing between the high school grades, psychological examination scores and first term college grades of the freshman class entering North Texas State College in the fall of 1949 have been studied. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc96902/
- A Study of Relationships Between Sociometric Scores and Personality Self-Ratings
- There is at present no way to tell what the correlations between personality self-rating scores and sociometric scores. One might suppose, as a rule of thumb, that such a correlation would be higher than .50 in most groups. This relationship, between sociometric scores and scores on personality self-rating scales, is the subject under investigation in the present study. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83463/
- Development and Evaluation of Teacher Retirement Systems in the United States
- The purpose of this study is to collect, organize, and present information pertaining to the development of teacher retirement systems in the United States, with special emphasis upon the benefits and services such systems can render to the thousands and thousands of teachers who have given their lives to the cause of teaching the youth of America. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc75637/
- An Evaluation of the Home Room Versus Departmental Method of Teaching Second Grade
- The problem under consideration is to determine the difference between home-room and departmental methods of teaching second grades, as measured by educational achievement. The study attempts to answer the question, Which one of the foregoing mentioned methods will produce the greatest gain in achievement when applied at second-grade level? digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83778/
- A Sound Visual Education Program for a Small High School
- The problem of this investigation has but one objective. The writer will attempt to determine a sound visual education program for a small high school. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83532/
- A Study to Determine some Sound Procedures for Organizing the Community School Curriculum
- The purpose of this study is to provide some sound procedures for the organization of the school and the community. Most educations today appear to be in agreement upon the fact that the school and the community should be organized. digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc83535/