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The Possibilities of the Use of Visual Aids in Social Studies in the Intermediate Grades in the Denton Public Schools

Description: The purpose of this study is to determine the possibilities of visual aids as an aid to the learning process in the social studies of the intermediate grades of the Denton public schools, with particular emphasis on the moving picture films and film strips available for use as visual aids in the social studies subjects.
Date: 1949
Creator: Sauls, Olga Borth
Partner: UNT Libraries
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An Analysis of the Public-Relations Practices of One Hundred Texas Public-School Systems

Description: The purpose of this study has three aspects. These are, (1) to determine what constitutes sound public-relations practices as recommended by recognized authorities in this field; (2) to determine the extent to which certain public-relations practices are employed by one hundred Texas public school systems; and (3) to determine whether the public-relations programs of one hundred Texas public-school systems meet the requirements of a sound public-relations program.
Date: 1949
Creator: Baker, Garth Elmo
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Study to Determine a Sound Treatment of Intercultural Differences in the Public Schools

Description: It is the purpose of this study to determine a sound treatment of intercultural differences. The study has as its fundamental thesis the belief that the race and cultural conflicts that are serious threats to the well-being of individuals, of communities, and of the American nation as a whole can be lessened and, in certain instances, eliminated by a carefully planned educational program.
Date: 1949
Creator: Bresenhan, Maurice Lee
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A Study to Examine Individual Failure at the Elementary Level in a Small Texas Community, and to Determine, if Possible, the Relative Importance of Emotional Disturbance and Other Factors as Causes of Such Failures

Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the complete number of failures for the school year, 1948-1949, in the elementary school of a small Texas town in an effort to determine the relative weight of emotional maladjustment and other factors as causes of such failures; and, if possible, to advance suggested remedies for such failures.
Date: 1949
Creator: Browning, Alta Edwards
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Study to Determine the Soundness of the Gilmer-Aikin Plan of Financing the Public Schools of Montague County, Texas

Description: The problem of this thesis is to examine the Gilmer-Aikin plan as it will affect the Montague County, Texas, schools in order to ascertain whether present inequities, if any, will be corrected, and to present additional remedial proposals if needed.
Date: 1949
Creator: Browning, Leslie L.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Casual-Factor-Removal as a Technique of Combating Juvenile Delinquency in the Cleburne Public Schools

Description: The purpose of this study is two-fold: (1) to determine the casual factors of delinquency which are the responsibility of the school, and (2) to discover possible procedures for combating delinquency, so far as it is immediately possible, in the Cleburne Public School System.
Date: 1949
Creator: Spikes, Pauline
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Study to Determine the Extent to Which the Community Served by South Junior High School of Waco, Texas, is Meeting the Recreational Needs of its Girls

Description: The purpose of this research is to make a study of the recreation program for girls served by the South Junior High School in Waco, Texas, to determine the extent to which the community meets the recreational needs of these girls.
Date: 1949
Creator: Stevens, Irene Gresham
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Study to Determine a Sound Solution for the Educational Print Shop with Regard to What Action Should be Taken by High Schools and Colleges in the Matter of Equipment for Offset and Letterpress Printing

Description: This is a study to determine the present and future status of offset printing as compared to letterpress printing in Texas, based on the opinions of qualified teachers of printing and commercial printers taken from sixteen groups of different sizes.
Date: 1949
Creator: Walker, Leonard K.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Study of Home-School-Community Relationships in Texas Schools

Description: The problem of this study is to determine to what apparent extent schools use the recommendations of educators in promoting home-school-community relations. An effort is made to ascertain the status of home-school-community relations, and to evaluate the findings and methods of promoting these relations.
Date: 1949
Creator: Weber, Bonnie Sheets
Partner: UNT Libraries
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