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- 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.
- To Develop and to Evaluate a Functional Home Room Program for Citizenship Training
- The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate a functional home room citizenship program; to determine the changes to be made in one school year in the civic attitudes of a given group through an especially arranged curriculum.
- 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.
- A Comparison of the Socio-Economic Status with the School Status of the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth-Grade Pupils of the Montague, Texas, Public Schools
- The purpose of this study is a comparison of the socio-economic status with the school status of the seventh, eighth, and ninth-grade pupils of the Montague, Texas, public schools. In this study the socio-economic status is interpreted as meaning the position that the individual, or family, occupies with reference to average standards based on the home status indexes.
- A Proposed Program of Traffic Safety and Driver Training for the Secondary School Students of Hobbs, New Mexico
- The purpose of this study is an attempt briefly to set up a program of activities for use in the Secondary Schools of Hobbs, New Mexico, in teaching traffic safety and driver training.
- A Study to Determine the Curriculum Changes Needed, If Any, to Provide a Standard Vocational High School for the Waco State Home, Waco, Texas
- The purpose of the study is to make a survey of criteria for a general high school vocational program, to evaluate the vocational program of the Waco State Home High School in this respect, and to make recommendations, where thought necessary, for needed changes in the curriculum.
- Developing a Course of Study for Eighth-Grade Social Science in the Plainview Junior High School, Plainview, Texas
- The purpose of this study is to determine the nature of a curriculum for use in the eighth-grade social science classes of the Plainview Junior High School, Plainview, Texas.
- Developing and Using an Evaluation Technique to Measure Administrative Personnel Practices
- The problem of this thesis is to develop a technique to evaluate administrative personnel practices in schools.
- A Study to Determine Sound Methods of Teaching High School Geography
- The purpose of this study is to endeavor to formulate a sound method of teaching geography so that it may contribute to intelligent problem solving in our democratic way of life.
- To Develop a Sound Social Studies Program for the Small High School
- The specific purpose of this study is to endeavor to find a method of teaching social studies in order for it to contribute to intelligent problem solving in democratic living. To meet this challenge, the method must be democratically, psychologically, and sociologically sound. The purpose is to select and test some type of courses of study most commonly used or suggested by the helpful educators in the social studies field.
- Leccioncitas Prácticas en Español Texto para Niños en la Escuela Primaria
- This group of lessons is intended to help the child who does not speak Spanish to learn the language. The text is based on the interests of a child; in his dramatic attempts; in his love of the beautiful and the natural. It is not entirely complete, but the author hopes that it serves to give an idea how these materials can be used.
- An Analysis and Evaluation of the Recreation Program of the Callisburg Public School and Community
- The purpose of this study is to analyze the recreation program of the Callisburg community in Cook County, Texas, to determine the extent to which it meets accepted standards for a community recreation program.
- A Study of Some Congenital Anomalies of the Hands and Feet
- This paper has been undertaken, first, to contribute several more cases of various congenital anomalies to the literature on human genetics, and, second, by an analysis of the genealogies, to determine the possible modes of transmission of these anomalies.
- Factors Associated with School Relationships
- The problem of this investigation was to make a rating of the following factors which pertain to boys in three distinct residential districts of the W. C. Stripling Junior High School, Fort Worth, Texas: (1) intelligence quotient, (2) civic attitude, (3) academic achievements, (4) Sunday school attendance, (5) club membership, (6) after-school employment, and (7) the number of broken homes.
- Some Aspects of Consumer Credit in the United States
- This study attempts to present a brief survey of the major aspects of consumer credit in the United States today: credit institutions in general, co-operative and non cooperative consumer credit agencies, and the regulation of such agencies. A special chapter is devoted to consumer credit in Texas, with emphasis upon the fight which certain Texas cities are making against the loan-shark evil.
- Representation of the Social Class Structure in the Fiction of Ernest Hemingway
- Hemingway has given us pictures of individual members of society in the United States, in Africa and in Europe from the nineteen-twenties to the present time. In order to present Hemingway's characters as a study in social structure, the following classes will be considered: primitives, peasants, middle class, upper class, aristocrats.
- A Study to Determine a Sound, Positive Disciplinary Policy
- This is a study to determine a sound, positive disciplinary policy for secondary schools.
- An Evaluation of the Approaches to the Social Studies
- This study involves the examination of the major approaches to the social sciences in order to discover whether they are so arranged as to insure democratic practices that are implied or expressed in the Declaration of Independence, the preamble to the Constitution, and the Constitution. It involves the study of the philosophy underlying American democracy of "the yesterdays" and today. A further exploration is made to determine whether the various approaches are based on what psychology has discovered as to the way in which effective learning takes place.
- Citizens' Understanding of the Utilization of Public School Buildings as Community Centers as Interpreted by Eighty-Four Citizens of the District
- 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.
- Developing and Evaluating a Community Social Science Program for the Seventh Grade
- The purpose of this study is to develop and to evaluate a community social science program for the seventh grade. The control group was taught in the traditional method, while the experimental group was taught with the community as the basis of all activities.
- Some Economical and Practical Procedures of Insuring Public School Properties in the Common School Districts of Supervisory Area Number Five of Texas
- A study to consider loss ratio on insurance policies carried by school districts in Texas. The purpose is to identify better methods for school insurance. An attempt to compare the cost of administering insurance in Texas and South Carolina.
- A Study to Determine Why Students Withdraw From High Schools in Freestone County.
- A study to determine why students withdrew from high wchools in Freestone county.
- Plant Dermatitis: Hypersensitivity to the Oleoresins of Fifty Common Plants Indigenous to Hunt County, Texas
- This investigation deals with the study of a possible hypersensitivity to the oleoresins of fifty common plants indigenous to Hunt County, Texas.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- A Study of the Legal Provisions for Special Education in the Forty-Eight States of the United States
- The purpose of this study is to make a survey of state legislation for establishing special education programs for exceptional children to determine the extent to which it meets basic principles for special education of this type.
- To Determine the Needs of the Community of Highland Park for the Industrial Arts
- The problem of this study is to determine to what extent the present industrial arts program of the Highland Park Schools of Dallas, Texas, serve the actual needs of the community.
- A Survey of the Amount of Equipment Available for Instructional Use in Industrial Arts in the Junior High Schools of Texas
- The purpose of this study is to determine the pupil load in relationship to the amount of equipment available for use in industrial arts classes in the junior high schools of Texas.
- Changing Democratic Theory into Democratic Action in Secondary Schools
- The purpose of this study is to find what sound practices are available for the promotion of democratic living in the secondary school, and to determine how these practices can be applied to a program of action.
- An Evaluation of an Adequate Finance System for Extracurricular Activities
- It is the purpose of this study to discover and report educationally sound practices of activity financing and administration, with special emphasis placed on accounting. This investigation will attempt to disclose present-day common practices in financing the activities and accounting in regard to activity finances, and where advisable to make recommendations to secure more adequate procedures.
- The Place of Office Practice in the High School
- A study to determine if the commercial department is providing business men with adequate training.
- Developing and Evaluating a Course in Crafts in a Small School
- The purpose of this study is to find and evaluate a course in crafts in a small rural school with the hope that it may be of some value to teachers in rural districts, and that it may help provide a more general education for the rural school child.
- A Comparative Evaluation and Analysis in Terms of National Defense of the National Youth Administration, the National Defense Training Program, and the State Teachers Colleges' Industrial Arts Program
- The objectives of this study are: first, to draw conclusions in regard to the extent the National Youth Administration, the National Defense Training Program, and the Industrial Arts departments of the Texas State Teachers Colleges are making "trainees" of the first two programs and graduates and students of the last division more employable in the several industries that make up our national defense manufacturing mechanism; second, to show by the presentation of the college programs whether or not the colleges are presenting the courses of industrial arts which are most needed by youth in this time of crisis and national defense preparation.
- An Analysis of the Contribution of a Given Educational System to the Defense of Democracy
- The purpose of this study is four-fold: (1) to present through an analysis of life needs the nature and source of a curriculum best adapted to democracy; (2) to present fairly some of the reasons why a curriculum must be founded on democracy if democracy survives the dangerous forces that threaten to obliterate its very existence; (3) to make an unprejudiced analysis of the regular situation now existing in Oklahoma schools at the present time to find whether her schools are meeting this challenge to democracy; and (4) to offer from the comparison of the summaries of these data recommendations whereby all schools may have a curriculum "rooted in the life of its people"--a program that contributes to democracy and permanent national defense.
- The Construction of a Dependable Instrument of Measurement in the Field of Social Sensitivity
- The problem of this study is an attempt to construct a dependable instrument of measurement in the field of social sensitivity. An endeavor will be made to make this instrument sensitive enough to give some degree of precision and reliability to its results. Other attempted methods of measurement applied to this quantity have given results only in scattered generalities.
- A Rural Community-School Program
- The problem of this study is to determine the type of program needed for a rural community school based on the needs of the children, the youth, and the adults, and on the available facilities.
- Some Fundamental Properties of Gamma and Beta Functions
- This paper consists of a discussion of the properties and applications of certain improper integrals, namely the gamma function and the beta function. There are also specific examples of application of these functions in certain fields of applied science.
- Evaluating a Junior High School Program in Relation to Purposes
- This is a comparative study of the sixth, seventh, and eighth grades in the Gainesville Junior High School, Gainesville, Texas, to determine the relative progress in meeting the purposes of education in an American democracy, as outlined by the Policies Commission of the National Education Association. This study is made for the purpose of ascertaining the progress made to date in the Gainesville Junior High School and for use as a guide in improving its educational standards in line with the recommendations of the National Educational Policies Commission.
- A Comparative Study of Some Physical, Intellectual, and Personality Factors of Groups Entering the Waco State Home at Different Ages and on Different Dates
- The problem in this study is to make a comparison of some physical, intellectual, and personality factors of groups of children entering the Waco State Home at different ages and on different dates.
- An Evaluation of Teaching Procedures and Curricula of the Primary Grades of Two Local Elementary Schools
- An evaluation of teaching procedures and curricula of the primary grades of two local elementary schools according to criteria formulated from accepted educational psychology and democratic philosophy of educational leaders constitutes the problem at hand.
- The Relations Between the Legal Provisions for Education in Texas and Public School Administration
- The purpose of this study is to make a survey of the relation between the legal provisions for education in Texas and the public school administration, to determine, if possible, whether these provisions provide for an adequate program meeting the educational needs of the children of the state. Legal provisions, in this instance, comprise both the constitutional provisions for education and the school laws passed to carry out these provisions.
- A Study of Some Factors Influencing the Social-Economic-Political Attitudes of College Students
- The problem of this thesis is to show the relationship between liberalism, radicalism, conservatism and certain associated factors.
- An Evaluation of the Coleman High School, Coleman, Texas
- The problem in this study is to evaluate the Coleman High School of Coleman, Texas. Areas evaluated are: pupil population and the school community, curriculum and course of study, pupil activity program, library service, guidance service, instruction, outcomes of the educational program, the school staff, the school plant, and school administration.
- The Effects of Media Constituents Upon the Growth and Pigment Production of Micrococcus Flavus, Micrococcus Roseus, Micrococcus Subcitreus, and Sarcina Citrea
- This investigation has for its aim the explanation of growth and pigment production of Micrococcus flavus, Micrococcus roseus, Micrococcus subvitreus, and Sarcina citrea by the addition of various nutrient test materials to a standard culture medium.
- Evaluation in Soil Moisture in Soil and Water Conservation Practices in Denton, Texas
- This investigation has attempted to show that soil and water conservation practices do increase the amount of soil moisture in five of Denton County, Texas soils: Denton clay, Durant clay, San Saba clay, Kirvin fine sandy loam, and Tabor fine sandy loam.
- The Application of Democratic Cooperative Procedures to the Administration of Curriculum Revision
- The purpose of this study is to select procedures based on principles of cooperation implied in American democracy, and to apply these democratic cooperative procedures to the administration of curriculum revision.