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The Relationship Between Certain Mental Characteristics and Achievement of Students in the Seventh and Eighth Grades of the Cleburne Junior High School

Description: The purpose of this study is to determine the extent of pupil failure in the seventh and eighth grades of the Cleburne Junior High School, to determine to what extent certain mental characteristics contribute to pupil failure and success, and to submit some suggestions as to how pupil failure may be reduced to a minimum in the seventh and eighth grades of the Cleburne Junior High School, Cleburne, Texas.
Date: 1948
Creator: Jackson, B. J.
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Relationships between Leadership in College, Church Affiliation, and Religious Beliefs

Description: Many studies have been made on leaders in a school situation and on the desirable traits which go together to make for good leadership qualities. However, very few have dealt with the relationship between leaders, church affiliation, and religious beliefs, which is the main purpose of this study.
Date: 1948
Creator: Dubberly, Nathaniel Lee, Jr.
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A Study of One Hundred Texas State Training School Girls at Gainesville, Texas, to Determine the Major Factors in Juvenile Delinquency

Description: The problem of this thesis is three-fold: (1) to determine what social workers, officers of the law, and leaders in the field of education believe about juvenile delinquency; (2) to study the backgrounds, personalities, and criminal records of one hundred girls committed to the Texas State Training School at Gainesville, Texas, to determine the major factors in their delinquency; and (3) to make recommendations that may be helpful in meeting the problems of youth.
Date: 1948
Creator: Crews, Rachel Melvina
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Planning a Sound High School Testing Program

Description: A major consideration in this study has been given to the establishment of the criteria by which the soundness of a testing program could be evaluated as its role in the secondary school. This problem was limited to the planning and administering of a progressive and comprehensive long-range testing program designed to meet the needs and problems common to most school administrators within the economic limits of a small high school. It was not the purpose of this study to anticipate the problem… more
Date: July 1948
Creator: Campbell, Claude W.
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The Apparent Relationship between Classroom Behavior Problems and the Emotional Stability of Twenty-Five Second Grade Children in the Sam Houston Elementary School, Denton, Texas

Description: The problem of this study was to determine the apparent relationship between classroom behavior problems and the emotional stability of twenty-five pupils in the second grade of the Sam Houston Elementary School, Denton, Texas.
Date: 1949
Creator: Crain, Ruth Seat
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Children's Reading Interests as Shown by the Books Checked from the Huey School Library in Wichita Falls, Texas, and the Relation of These Interests to Classroom Work

Description: This study has four main purposes: 1. To determine whether there is a preference for certain types of stories. 2. To find whether boys prefer one type story and girls another. 3. To determine whether the physical make-up or format of the book has any influence on the selection of books. 4. To find how these interests are related to classroom work.
Date: 1949
Creator: Latimer, Elizabeth
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A Comparative Study of the Requirements for Certification of Public School Administrators in the United States

Description: The specific purposes of this study may be briefly stated as follows: (1) to determine the present status of administrative certification in the United States; (2) to determine whether the various states have set up requirements which will insure that their public schools shall have administrators who are capable of directing and supervising the educational program; (3) to indicate the degree of uniformity of requirements in the various states; (4) to secure recommendations for the certificatio… more
Date: 1949
Creator: Reeve, Charles A.
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An Evaluation of the Administrative Duties of One Hundred High School Principals in Texas

Description: The purpose of this study is twofold: (1) to make a study of literature to determine criteria for evaluating the duties and responsibilities of a principal in a modern high school; and (2) to make a survey of the duties and responsibilities of one hundred high school principals in Texas to determine the extent to which they meet the criteria established.
Date: 1949
Creator: McCain, Fred Noel
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Relationship Between Intelligence as Determined by the California Test of Mental Maturity and Achievement in the Seventh Grade

Description: The problem of this study was to find ways of improving and enriching the curriculum through the use of the intelligence quotients obtained from the California Test of Mental Maturity. To reveal some of the needs of the curriculum and also to reveal the possibilities and limitations of testing for intelligence, statistical relationships between intelligence quotients and academic achievement as measured by both teacher marks and achievement tests were determined.
Date: 1949
Creator: Purvis, L. C.
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A Study of Some Changes in the Nature and Use of Geographical Material Available to Fourth Grade Teachers During the Past Two Decades

Description: The problem of this study is to make an analysis of some changes that have occurred in fourth grade geography books over a period of twenty years to determine the extent to which they have been influenced by educational psychology. Implications of these changes will be drawn for the teacher.
Date: 1949
Creator: Moore, Juanita Godfrey
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A Study to Determine the Relation of Mechanical Aptitude and Academic Grades of 175 Students Enrolled in North Texas State College

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the relation of mechanical aptitude and academic grades of students who have completed a minimum of sixty semester hours of college credit and who were enrolled in the major departments of North Texas State College.
Date: 1949
Creator: Evans, Arthur C., Jr.
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A Survey to Determine the Relationshiops of Certain Factors to Success in Elementary College Accounting at North Texas State College

Description: In this study an effort is made to determine how certain factors are related to success in elementary college accounting at North Texas State College. The factors which are considered are: grades made in high school bookkeeping, size of high school attended, sex, age, military service, marital status, intelligence, college classification of the student, and high school bookkeeping credit earned by the student.
Date: 1949
Creator: Brooks, Paul A.
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A Comparative Study of the Personality Traits of Handicapped and Normal Children

Description: The purpose of this study is to compare the personality traits of the physically handicapped children with the personality traits of normal children. An attempt will be made to answer two questions. First, how do physically defective children compare with Physically normal children in self-adjustment and social-adjustment? Second, is there an associated emotional or personality pattern which accompanies physical handicaps?
Date: June 1949
Creator: Eager, Mary Floy
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A Comparative Study of the Appeal in Favorite Comics and Favorite Fiction, as Reported by Ninth-grade Pupils in the James P. Elder Junior High School, Fort Worth, Texas

Description: The problem of this study is to compare certain elements of appeal in favorite comic books and favorite books of fiction read by 384 ninth-grade pupils in the J. P. Elder Junior High School, Fort Worth, Texas, during a three-months period from November 7, 1949, to February 7, 1950. The purpose of this investigation is to ascertain whether the same elements of appeal are common to both types of reading, and whether they compare favorably with the findings of other investigations reported in lite… more
Date: 1950
Creator: Smith, Mary Blanche
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