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- An Evaluation of the Trinidad High School, Trinidad, Texas
- This thesis is the result of an examination of Trindad High school in Trinidad, Texas. Teaching philosophy, student demographics, student activity types, and student resources are some of the considered aspects of this evaluation.
- Trends in Public School Supervision
- This thesis presents a broad historical and modern overview of teacher supervision by school administration. Areas of needed improvement and suggested solutions for them are indicated.
- Dissemination of Teachers' Codes of Ethics
- This thesis examines the awareness of national and state standards established for teachers by teacher associations. Data for this study came from questionnaires filled out by teachers taking courses at North Texas State University.
- The Influence of Goal Seeking on Pupil Achievement in the Second Grade
- This thesis is a comparison and result evaluation of arithmetic, handwriting, spelling, and reading goals by students in the second grade at Sam Houston Elementary School in Denton, Texas.
- Social and Academic Status of Kindergarten and Non-Kindergarten Elementary School Children
- This study is the result of an examination student social skills conducted at two elementary schools to determine kindergarten necessity.
- An Analysis and Evaluation of Two Methods of Teaching Language Arts
- This study compares and and provides an evaluation of language arts progress made by elementary school children using two different methods of instruction. One traditional method stressed grammar and the other experimentally focused on mechanics.
- An Evaluation of a Cooperative Community Survey as a Training in Service for Teachers
- This thesis resulted from an examination conducted on the living conditions of Port Arthur, Texas elementary school student who resided in Port Acres.
- The Relation of Certain Factors to Success in College Mathematics
- This study is the result of an examination conducted to determine contributing factors to student success in college mathematics. Data gathered for this thesis came from a survey conducted on students at North Texas State Teachers College.
- Some Problems of Conflict Between High School Pupils and their Parents
- This thesis presents the findings of research conducted to discover the common sources of conflict between parents and teenagers. Data for the findings came from questionnaires completed by high school students in Denton and Greenville, Texas.
- A Layman's Interpretation of the Provisions of a 20-Year Pay Life Insurance Policy
- This thesis presents an attempt to simplify the language used in life insurance provisions.
- To Determine and Evaluate Practices that are Used in Class Room Activity Involving the Correction or Orevention of Discipline Problems
- This thesis presents findings of a study conducted to determine the levels of cooperation that are manifested when disciplinary issues arise in the classroom.
- The Cost of Securing a Master's Degree from a Texas State Teachers College and the Economic and Profesional Value of the Degree
- The intent of this thesis is to indicate the economic cost and professional value that result from earning a graduate teaching degree. Data gathered to formulate study conclusions came from questionnaires distributed to master's recipients from five Texas teachers colleges.
- The Relation Between Certain Home Factors and the Social and Academic Progress of the Second-Grade Pupils in the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas
- The correlation between home environment and educational performance is addressed in this study.
- The Reliability of the Terman Group Test in Predicting Academic Success in the North Texas State Teachers College
- This thesis is the result of an examination conducted to determine average student preparation before reaching post-secondary schools so that college freshmen receive proper guidance.
- A Survey of Custodial Service in Selected Schools of the Panhandle of Texas
- This thesis explored custodial services in public schools throughout the Texas Panhandle in order to compile averages and establish the need for improved working conditions and compensation.
- An Animal Study of Low-cost Texas Diets in Supporting Reproduction, Lactation, and Iodine Needs
- A study of low-cost Texas diets to support reproduction, lactation, and iodine needs in animals.
- A Suggested Sequence for Using Six Primers Adopted by the State of Texas, Based on the Number of Common Word-Meanings
- The present study is an analysis of six primers adopted for use in the public schools of Texas with the idea of comparing word-meanings used in the six books in order to find out possible sequences for the use of the books.
- How the Trend Toward Centralization Has Affected the Schools in Van Zandt County
- The problem of this study was to determine some of the effects of the centralization movement on the schools of Van Zandt County.
- The Functions of Natural Science in the Curriculum of a Primary Group in Travis School, Mineral Wells, Texas
- The problem in this study is to determine the worth of natural science as an incentive to the learning of the retarded pupils in the group, and as a means of orienting the new pupils in the group.
- A Study of the Relation Between School and Out-of-School Life of a Group of National Youth Administration Girls
- The purpose of this study is to determine the relation between school and after-school life of a group of fifty National Youth Administration girls located in a N.Y.A. Resident Center at Anson, Texas.
- Recent Trends in the Field of Individual Guidance
- A study to investigate recent trends in guidance programs in schools for youth.
- An Evaluation of Activities That Effect Better Parent-Teacher Cooperation in Relation to Child Development and Welfare
- To evaluate activities that effect better parent-teacher cooperation in relation to child development and welfare is the purpose of this study. The five types of activities about which information was desired included personal conferences, communication, parent-teacher association, visitation, and parental education.
- An Evaluation of the San Saba Elementary School, San Saba, Texas
- The purpose of this study was to make a critical evaluation of the San Saba Elementary School, San Saba, Texas. The strong and weak points of the school were considered, and suggestions were made for improvements where they are needed.
- Analysis of Data Used in Introducing Radio in the School
- The purpose of this study is to determine what writers in the field consider essential information for a school administrator to have in inaugurating radio in the school.
- An Evaluation of the Theory, Method, and Content of Latin in the Public Schools from 1900 to 1940
- The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the changes that have been made in teaching Latin from 1900 to 1940. Such a survey, it is felt, may present the matter in a more forceful light and call attention anew to some of the inherent values of Latin not found in any other subject.
- An Evaluation of the Burleson High School, Burleson, Texas
- This study is an evaluation of the Burleson Secondary School of Burleson, Texas. Its purpose is to determine how well this school has measured up to the criteria developed by the Cooperative Study of Secondary School Standards.
- An Evaluation of the Newbery Medal Books
- The writer's purpose in this study has been to make a thorough investigation of the Newbery Medal books to determine if they represent the best literature suitable for children's reading that has been published since 1922, and to investigate carefully the group as a whole to see if the books possess those rare qualities and characteristics which, deservedly, would set them apart from the ordinary type of books usually designated as suitable for children's reading.
- A Plan for Improving the Health, Physical Education, and Intramural Program for Boys in West Columbia High School
- The purpose of this study is to develop plans for a program in health education, physical education and intramural sports for boys in the West Columbia High School, West Columbia, Texas.
- The Analysis of the Reasons for and the Lack of Attendance at the Parent-Teacher Association of the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas
- The problem of this study is to analyze the reasons for attendance and lack of attendance at Parent-Teacher Association meetings of sixty selected parents of the Parent-Teacher Association in the Robert E. Lee School, Denton, Texas.
- The Growth and Trends of the Social Studies Curriculum in the Schools of Texas from 1886 to 1948
- The purpose of the present investigation is to make a study of the growth and trends of the social studies curriculum in the schools of Texas from pioneer days up to the present time, 1948.
- To Determine Some Principles of a Counseling Program Which Applies the Principles of Democratic Supervision
- The purpose of this study is to determine some principles of a counseling program which applies the principles of democratic supervision. The major emphasis has been given to an analysis of such a program in the light of accepted principles of democratic supervision.
- 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.
- A Study to Show the Relations of Peer Acceptance and Teacher Ratings with Sunday School Attendance and Church Affiliation
- The purpose of this study is to show the results of an investigation into the relations of Sunday school attendance with peer acceptance and teacher ratings.
- A Statistical Analysis of Thirty-Three Sociometrically Measured Groups
- If the classroom teacher is to help her pupils in the cultivation of social abilities, she must have tools at her command. She must have not only instruments of measurement, but also proven methods of training and therapy. It is with the former that this thesis is concerned.
- An Evaluation of the University Interscholastic League Aims and Activities in the Conference B Elementary Schools of Johnson County Texas, for the Year 1947-1948
- The problem is to study the aims of the University Interscholastic League of Texas and evaluate them in the light of the aims of education as set up by authorities in the fields of education and to study the present method of conducting the League activities in Johnson County and evaluate the activities in the light of the aims of education and the data obtained from superintendents in the Conference B schools of Johnson County.
- The Influence of Economic, Social, and Physical Factors upon Normal Development of Pupils in Two Wichita Falls Elementary Schools
- Children who learn best are physically, mentally, and emotionally adequate. In conjunction with this fact, this study attempts to show the relation that exists between the children from uncomfortable, unsatisfactory environments and those with comfortable, satisfactory environments.
- The Role of the Teacher in the Health Service Program of the Elementary Schools of Dallas, Texas
- It was the purpose of this study, first, to determine how and to what extent a teacher can be instrumental in improving the health status of the Dallas elementary school child, and second, to ascertain the importance of a teacher's evaluation of physical aspects from the standpoint of their effect on the mental, social, and emotional well-being of the school child.
- The Evaluation of a Vocational Guidance Project in the Diamond Hill Senior High School Fort Worth, Texas
- The purpose here is to evaluate an assigned vocational guidance project in the Diamond Hill Senior High School, Fort Worth, Texas, which was executed in certain English and speech classes.
- A Suggested City-Excursion Program for Social Studies in the Junior High Schools of Dallas, Texas, with Emphasis on Functional Citizenship
- The purpose of the investigation was two fold: first, to analyze the school excursion as a teaching and learning aid; and second, to develop a suggested school-excursion program for the social studies in the junior high schools of Dallas, base upon the findings and evaluations reported by educational observers and by experienced users of excursions.
- A Comparative Study between the Achievement Test Results and Teacher Ratings Assigned Boys and Those Received by Girls of the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grades in the Stonewall Jackson School, Denton, Texas
- It is the purpose of the writer to discover if there is any significant difference between the teacher ratings of boys and girls with equated intelligence quotients. And if such differences are found to exist, an attempt will be made to determine to what extent they prevail.
- Marionettes, Puppets and Shadow Plays
- It is the purpose of this thesis to determine the function of marionette, puppet and shadow plays as a tool for learning in the elementary school.
- A Psychologically and Democratically Sound Solution of the Distribution of High School Offerings in an American City
- This is a study to determine a psychologically and democratically sound solution of the distribution of high school offerings in an American city.
- An Evaluation of the Psychological Principles of Learning Used in the Social Studies Curriculum of the Elementary Grades
- The problem of this study is to establish criteria of psychological factors that should be included in a social studies educational program of the elementary grades to measure the program planned for the social studies of the elementary grades of the Houston, El Paso, Fort Worth, and Amarillo, Texas, public schools.
- 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.
- A Study of Juvenile Delinquency in Winkler County, Texas
- The problem of this study is two fold: (1) to determine the nature and extent of juvenile delinquency in Winkler County, Texas, during the years 1941 to 1946 inclusive; and (2) to discover some of the factors contributing to delinquency during that period.
- A History of the Dallas Public Evening Schools
- The purpose of this study is to collect and to preserve existing data and information concerning the history and growth of the Dallas Public Evening Schools. The study will show how Dallas has been interested in the promotion and extension of education at all levels of learning, whether the learner is of the age to attend public school or has reached the age of eighty or more.
- An Evaluation of the Child-Study Program of the Corpus Christi, Texas, Public Schools
- The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the Child Study Program as it has been carried on in Corpus Christi since 1944, and to determine if the work has been a definite help to the teachers participating in the program.
- 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.
- The Educational Value of the Comics
- This study is made to determine any educational values to be derived from the use of the comics. The problem shall be to show (1) what those values are, (2) how they shall be attained, and (3) which comics are best suited to aid in the attainment of those values, as shown by the data to be assembled.
- An Evaluation of Eight Class B School Transportation Systems of Wise County, Texas
- The problem of this study is to determine the efficiency of the transportation systems of eight Class B schools of Wise County, Texas.