This collection features graduate projects from students in the Department of Education Graduate Program at Central Washington University.
Graduate Projects from 2004
A Model General Science Developmental Writing Skills Curriculum in Alignment with Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements, Troy L. Halfaday
Resources to Support and Expand Native American Kindergarteners Shared Reading Experiences Integrated with Open Court Unit 6, Stephanie Lynn Hull
School Safety Manual for Bennett Elementary, Milena G. Huntington
Approaching Equity: Strategies for Working with Hispanic Students in the Middle School Health Science Classroom, Heather L. Jones
An Interconnected Foundational Art Curriculum, Jessica Ann Knapp
Effective Reading Comprehension Strategies for Native American Adolescents with Reading Difficulties, Mary C. La Velle
A Model Integrational Program for Improving the Quality of Life for Aging Chinese, Ying Lin
Handbook Containing Basic Requirements of the Implementation and Management of Parent Partnered Programs, Gregory Wayne Lovercamp
Music and Test Taking Learning Strategies, Theresa Lynn Ogan
Flexible Reading Groups for Literacy in a First Grade Classroom, Sharon Ann Parker
Academic Remediation of Non-Disability, Middle School Students, Merilee Ann Redberg
Water Quality Assessment: A Hands-on Approach to Environmental Education, Tracy Lynn Royse
Integration of Keyboarding with Fourth Grade Writing, Kevin Russell
Behavior Management Guide for Auburn Riverside High School, Will H. Sarett
Beginning a Book Swap Room: A Quantitative and Qualitative Study, Mari Lynn Stangland
Addressing the Washington State Health and Fitness Essential Academic Learning Requirements by Incorperating Yoga into the Physical Education Curriculum, Nicola Joanne Stewart
Behavior Intervention Guide for Elementary School, Antoinette M. Talbert
Proposal for an Elemenatry Science Curriculum Outline to Help K-4 Teachers Prepare Students to Take the 5th Grade Science WASL, Cindy D. Williams
"Through the Looking Glass:" Teaching Literary Theory in the High School English Classroom, Alethea Young
Graduate Projects from 2003
Problem-Based Learning in a Fourth Grade Gifted and Honors Mathematics Class, Barbara J. Barr
A Clinical Instructor Online Training Course for Radiologic Technologists, Christine Marie Beaudry
Emergent Writing Practices for a Kindergarten Classroom: A Handbook for Kidergarten Teachers, Tori Lyn Bennan
An Interdisciplinary, Teaming Approach to History and English Instruction at the Secondary Level, Miles J. Caples
A Practical Guide Using a Variety of Instructional Methods for Teaching Reading to Gifted Students, Melissa Caveness
A Schoolwide Discipline Plan for Gildo Rey Elementary School, Adam William Couch
A Model Crisis Response Plan for Ephrata High School, Wes Crago
Teaching Children to be Storytellers: A Handbook for Educators, April Nicole Cross
A Model Integrated Science Guide for Junior High General Education Classroom Teachers in the Tahoma School District, Angela M. Delgado
A Resource Guide to Support Minority Students at the Elementary Grade in the Kent School District with Learning Difficulties in the Area of Reading, Patricia L. Drobny
Parent and Community Involvement: A Plan for Monthly Family Reading Nights, Lee Ann Fletcher
William Blake: An Integrated Teaching Approach, Shawn C. Gaspaire
Advancement in Teacher Evaluation: An Evaluation System Based on the Frameworks for Teaching, Rossi Marie Giard
Using Literature Circles to Teach Comprehension Strategies to Low-Achieving Middle School Readers, Rachel Grace Gossett
Project-Based High School Science Activities, Raymond Lynn Harris
A Guide to Motion and Newton's Laws for General Science, Roger F. Hume
A Model Marketing Education/Store Management Program for Klahowya Secondary School, Karin K. Johannessen
Reading With Your Preadolescent Children at Home: A Workshop for Parents, Elizabeth Jane Keefe
Supporting Reading Instruction of High School Students with Learning Disabilities by Using Wynn Software, Linda Kilgore
Incorporating Literature Circles into a Fifth Grade Classroom, Kenneth Michael Kron
First Grade Classroom Web Site Featuring Components of a Balanced Literacy Program, Jennifer Renee Kummer
Integrating Curriculum Using a Thematic Unit on Gardening, Mandi Marie Laurent
Creating Motivation and Oral Reading Fluency Through Readers' Theatre, Kelly Leaverton
A Media Literacy Curriculum for the Adolescent Learner, Chris Lopez
Integration of American History and American Literature, Diane Main
A Handbook of Strategies for Making Intertextual Connections During Read-Alouds to Build Schema for Elementary School Students, Andrea Kay Manion
Integrating Student Led Conferences into an Elementary Classroom, Paul Robert Marquardt
An Integrated Approach to Teaching Washington State History in a Seventh Grade Humanities Block, Erika Lee Martin
Model Title I Reading Program in Allignment with the Essential Academic Learning Requriements, Jeanne O'Hara Maxwell
Mentoring and Student Achievement in After-School Programs, Joy Allyn Oaks
A model student handbook for red rock elementary school, Jamie Phillips
Expressivist Pedagogy in the High School English Classroom: A Handbook for Curricular Integration, Michel Beth Pola
Inservice Workships: Freshman Focus Curriculum Implementation, Rachel Elizabeth Rief
Summer Enrichment Packets of Resources and Activities for Primary Students, Karen Michele Smith
A Brain-Based Pedagogy to Improve Student Achievement of Middle School Aged Children, Marci Lynn Stadiem
Comprehension and Vocabulary Strategies Using Related Tradebooks with Social Studies for Bilingual and Bicultural Middle School Students, Jennifer Suzanne Tindall
Building writers through six-trait instruction and performance-based assessment, Teresa Torrance-Smith
Democratic Classrooms: A Handbook for Development, Shawn M. Turner
Effective Strategies for Emergent Readers: Practical Ideas for Everyday Reading with Your Child, Kristin Claire Williams
Creating a Balanced Literacy Program for Third, Fourth, and Fifth Grade Students, Shayne T. Wrzesinski
Graduate Projects from 2002
A curriculum model for high school students to practice historical study in a local setting, Sherril D. Anderson
Teachers' Handbook for Using Picture Books to Promote/Reinforce Mathematical Concepts in the Early Primary Grades, Andrea Lynn Bannister
A Model Emergency Preparedness Handbook for South Kitsap High School, Bennie Monroe Brumfield
A Performance Based Assessment Model for the Evaluation of Students in an English Composition Class, C. Wayne Butler
Gifted Education in the Middle, Debra Ann Carlson
A Model United States History Developmental Reading Skills Curriculum In Alignment With Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements, Mario R. Casello
A Model Sex/Health Education Curriculum for Middle-Level Students in Taiwan, Shih-Wei Cheng
A Model Art Curriculum for Primary-Level Students in Taiwan, Hung Chen
A Phonemic Awareness Activity Book for Parents of Pre-School Age Children, Lori Eileen Cottle
A Supplemental Curriculum to Integrate Reading and Writing with First Grade Science Kits, Shauna Calandra Curtis
Activities for Elementary Libraries to Integrate Nonfiction Reading, Cynthia L. DeBock
A Model Peer Coaching Guide for Junior High General Education Teachers in the Tahoma School District, Ausencio Matthias Delgado
A Secondary Multicultural Discipline Based Art Education General Art Education, Rex Randall DeLoney
Integrating Literature into the Science and Social Studies Curricula: A Curriculum Guide for Grade Two, Jennifer M. Donald
Brain-Based Music Appreciation for Middle School Students, Robert Fauth
Royal High School's Self Study as a Mechanism for School Improvement, Richard E. Follett
The Integration of Music Education Strategies Into the Regular First Grade Elementary Classroom, Gloria Jane Frueh
A Curricular Design for Integrating Writing with Science: A Benchmark Handbook Approach, Marci Jayne Gano
Matching Effective Methods of Teaching to Modes of Learning: A Presentation for Educators of American Indian Students, Lynn Marie Gellerson
Multicultural Novels and Activities: An English and Language Arts Curriculum for Middle and High School Students in the Yakima Valley, Karen A. Jenner Gemeinhart
Integrating Expeditionary Learning Philosophy and Principles into the Middle School Social Studies Curriculum, Paul Andrew George
Seventh grade mathematics service learning handbook, Diana M. Graddon
Centers for Promoting Emergent Literacy in the Primary Grades, Elizabeth Greaves
School Climate: A Synthesis of the Life of the School, Peggy N. Jackson
A Handbook for Coaches of Women's High School Basketball, Jamie Ann Johnston
A U.S. History Model for Enhancing Essential Academic Learning Requirements in Reading, Christopher Matthew Jorgensen
A Model Staff Development Program in Technology Skills for Selected Secondary Schools, Suzanne Keil
A writting workshop curriculum matched to the Washington essential learning requirements in writting: seventh grade benchmarks, Cynthia M. Lacey
Multiple Intelligence Theory and Seventh Grade Mathematics: A Handbook of Activities, Mechelle Lynn DeVries LaLanne
A Model Resource Guide for Jr. High Classroom Teachers to Support Students with Learning Difficulties in the Area of Reading, Amy Lynn Low
Increasing Third Grade Student Success by the Implementation of Effective Writing Programs, Jill Evone Mansfield
Bridging the Gap: A Summer Bridge Curriculum Designed for Students Looping from First to Second Grade, Kristen M. May
An integrated solar system unit for third and fourth grade students using non fiction children's literature, Kelly Janee McCann
Integrating mathematics, technical writing and authentic assessment into a ninth and tenth grade woodshop curriculum, John Lawrence McCarley
Promoting Total Wellness in the Health Education Curriculum: A Holistic Approach, Alicia Marie McIver
A Model Public Relations Program for Federal Way High School, John Charles Meagher Jr.