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Margo Jones' Dallas Theatre Incorporated '45-'59

Description: This study examines the life of Margo Jones and the creation of the Dallas Theatre, later renamed the Margo Jones Theatre.
Date: August 1967
Creator: Johnson, M. Mason
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Variation in Subgroup Value Orientations and Goodness of Fit with Dominant Culture

Description: The purpose of this research was to investigate certain value orientations of adult women of low socio-economic status in Dallas, Texas. Central to the approach to values relied upon in this research project was a concern for cultural integration and change. Of interest was a partial description of the degree of cultural integration and an partial description of strains that exist within the social systems under analysis: a group of 50 Negro women and a group of 50 white women.
Date: January 1967
Creator: Harrison, J. Daniel
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The Incidence of Speech Defects among Juveniles Exhibiting Antisocial Aggressive Behavior

Description: The question of maladjustment of individuals with speech defects and its subsequent manifestation is the basic issue of this thesis. The study was conducted to answer the question: "What is the incidence of speech defects among juveniles exhibiting antisocial aggressive behavior?"
Date: January 1968
Creator: Anderson, Samantha G.
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Textured Collage for Blind Elementary Children

Description: This thesis describes experimental work done in art education with a small group of children that met each Saturday at Dallas Services for the Blind over a two year period. The research used textured collage art projects as the medium of artistic expression for the children.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Brewer, Paula T.
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The Relationship of Language and Articulation Ability to Reading Ability

Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between articulation ability and reading ability, between articulation ability and language development, and between language development and reading ability. This study examined children with minor difficulties and children with a history of more severe articulation problems separately in order to determine whether severity of articulation disability is related to reading ability.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Butt, Francis V.
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Principles and Application of Numerically Controlled Machines

Description: The purpose of this study is threefold. First, numerical control will be analyzed objectively to ascertain its justification in terms of meeting the requirements of the basic manufacturing process phases. Secondly, the study will consist of an evaluation of the field of industrial arts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area to determine how numerical control has been accepted in the educational field and what preparation, if any, is being made to include the teaching of this new industrial concept. Thir… more
Date: May 1968
Creator: Koehler, Richard A.
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A Study of Incidental Learning in a Classroom Type Situation

Description: This paper contends that, like children of average intelligence, there is a degree of material that will be learned by the retardate, even if his attention is not directly brought to bear upon that material.
Date: June 1968
Creator: Siegel, Edward M.
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A Descriptive Study of Selected Characteristics of Aged First Admissions to a Private Psychiatric Hospital 1959-1963

Description: The purpose of this thesis is to provide a descriptive study of psychiatric and social variables related to aged first admissions to a private psychiatric hospital in the calendar years 1959 through 1963. The study also seeks to determine what, if any, relationship exists between background characteristics of the patients and their diagnoses. Finally, the diagnosis of the patient is compared with a series of patient outcome variables to determine the relationship, if any, between diagnosis and … more
Date: January 1968
Creator: Smith, Joseph Clair
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Social Area Analysis and Transportation Patterns: Dallas, Texas, 1960

Description: When the heterogeneity of the city is considered, the sociological implications which stem from this heterogeneity become important to understanding the social structure of the city. One of these sociological implications is intrinsic in the patterns of transportation. This is an ecological study of the structure and changing structure of parts of the city. We will study the relationship between two variables; social area characteristics and patterns of transportation.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Byler, Don L.
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The Effects of Viewing Loopfilm on Tennis Skill and Form

Description: This study was an attempt to determine the effectiveness of loopfilms as a supplement to the demonstration-explanation method of teaching sports skills.
Date: June 1969
Creator: Camp, Barbara A.
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An Audio-Visual Presentation Designed for Motivation of Certain Elementary Art Students

Description: In order to create a motivational device to help students become more aware of their surroundings, an audio-visual project was chosen as the most effective means of reaching intermediate grade children in a low socio-ecomonic area. Developing an effective sett of motivational experiences for enriching learning through seeing in the art education program was the task undertaken in this study.
Date: June 1969
Creator: Harris, Jan
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The Incidence of Hearing Loss and of Nonorganic Hearing Problems in Juvenile Delinquents

Description: The purpose of this investigation was (1) to perform hearing screening tests on 100 youths who are classified as delinquent; (2) to evaluate more completely the hearing of those who fail the hearing screening tests in order to determine the nature and severity of the losses; and (3) to determine whether or not any significant number of the youths tested demonstrate nonorganic components in their reported audiometric thresholds.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Petersen, Brenda
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A Descriptive Study of Selected Characteristics of Adolescent First Admissions to a Private Psychiatric Hospital 1959-1963

Description: The purpose of this research is to provide a descriptive study of selected social and psychiatric characteristics of adolescent first admissions to a private psychiatric hospital and an analysis of some of the inter-relationships among social, ecological, demographic and psychiatric variables selected for study.
Date: June 1966
Creator: Wulfe, Geraldine Rita
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Group Dimension Measurement in a Southern Baptist Church

Description: The purpose of this study is to get some concrete evidence that group principles can be applied to church groups in an effective manner. The more immediate purpose is to improve the relations in the individual classes so that they will have a feeling of belongingness, relatedness, or close affiliation. It is the purpose of this experiment to help these individuals find the fulfillment of their personal needs that can be supplied in the Sunday School class.
Date: January 1962
Creator: Patterson, Nelton Duward
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Expectations and Attitudes of a Group of Older Persons towards Institutional Living

Description: The study reported in this thesis attempted to determine some of the effects of institutional living on a group of elderly people. The study endeavored to discover whether any changes took place between the expectations of the persons planning to enter a home for the aged and the opinions of the same persons after they had lived in the home.
Date: August 1964
Creator: Murdock, John A.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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