This collection features theses from Master of Education students in the Department of Education Graduate Programs at Central Washington University.
Theses from 2019
Exploring Early Childhood Teachers' Beliefs and Perceptions About the Use of Technology in the Classroom, Sharron Hallanger
Impacts of Self-Efficacy on School Psychologists' Provisions of Mental Health Services, Ashley Jantzer
Theses from 2018
The Impact of Mindfulness on Student Success, Casey D. Nightingale
Theses from 2016
Website Accessibility Compliance at Research Institutions, Jonathan D. McGough
Examination of the Relationship Between Caesarean Section Births and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Breea M. Rosas
Theses from 2004
Teachers' Handbook for Using Picture Books to Promote/Reinforce Mathematical Concepts in the Early Primary Grades, Andrea Lynn Bannister
Music and Test Taking Learning Strategies (part 1), Theresa Lynn Ogan
Music and Test Taking Learning Strategies (part 2), Theresa Lynn Ogan
Theses from 2000
A Parent Handbook: How Parents Can Foster Learning to Enhance Formal Schooling, Janet M. McKee
Theses from 1992
Using Music to Enhance Beginning Reading, Shirley Yvonne Herrud
Theses from 1991
A Guide for Creating a School-Wide Student Advocacy Program, Theresa Dawn Chickering
Theses from 1989
Promoting Children's Writing for Publication, Minnie Mary McKay Merrill
Theses from 1985
Absenteeism Trends in the North Franklin School District From 1974 to 1985, Gail A. Thompson
Theses from 1974
A study of the Neurological Impress Method with Remedial Secondary Students, Larry Charles Reynolds
Theses from 1970
The Community College Environment; A Comparative Study of Perceptions and Expectations of Liberal Arts Students in Two Community Colleges, Vann Leonzia Anane
A Status Report Comparing Ellensburg School Facilities with Facility Regulations Established by the Washington State Board of Education, Clayton L. Anderson
A Study of the Reading Background and Current Program Practices in Reading Used by Elementary Principals in Washington's Second Class School Districts, Kenneth William Anderson
A Survey of Changing of Units of Measure in First Grade through Eighth Grade Mathematics Materials, Thomas E. Anderson
An Outdoor Education Field Study Guidebook for the Intermediate Grades, James Arthur Asmussen
College Freshman Decisions Concerning a Teaching Career as Influenced by In-School Experience in Public Schools of Ellensburg, Washington, Leilani Mae Bangs
The Grading of Men’s Physical Education Activities in the Small Four-Year Colleges of Oregon, Washington and California, John A. Beck
Tee-Ball, Merl E. Brothers
Group Counseling The Underachieving New College Student, Kenneth F. Burda
Cauchy Extensions of Integrals, Donald Wayne Carlton
Operational Expression of Attitudes in a Self-Selecting Curriculum, James Richard Carnes
A Study of Selected Central Washington Secondary Principals’ Effectiveness from Teachers’ Perceptions and Principals’ Estimates of These Perceptions, Albert E. Carpenter Jr.
Contingency Management in a Language Development Program, James E. Clark
A Pilot Program in World Geography Using Modern Educational Methods and Techniques, Harry Ernest Clemmons
Industrial-Vocational Guidance Procedures in Washington Secondary Schools - 1970, Linden David Cole
Stylistic Characteristics of Randall Thompson's Choral Music, Robert Hugh Creigh
A Comparison of a Block Program with the More Traditional System of Scheduling Speech Therapy in the Public Schools, Jean Cutlip
United States-Russian Relations, March Through November 1917: A Study of Misunderstanding, Robert N. Estes
The Effects of Conferencing on Teacher and Pupil Verbal Behavior in the Classroom, Dwayne B. Fickel
The Effects of a Perceptual-Motor Training Program on the Development of Motor Perception Skills on Kindergarten Children, James H. Gaston
An Attempt to Develop Automatic Sequential Language Skills in Kindergarten Children, Stanley Goodrich
A Descriptive Study of Lateral Dominance and Directionality in Kindergarten Children, Sharon Gray
The Effects of a Movement Education Program on the Perceptual-Motor Development of Kindergarten and Grade One Students, Donna J. Gregory
The Effect of Self-Directed Structure versus Adult-Directed Structure in the Learning of Articulation Skills in First and Second Grade Boys and Girls, Doris Elaine Haley
Developing Educational Specifications for Elementary Library Quarters in the Monroe School District, Earl LeRoy Harding Jr.
A Comparative Investigation of Techniques Used by Elementary Teachers When Reacting to Children's Classroom Behavior Problems, Buddy Joe Heimbigner
Development of a Filmstrip Designed to Recruit Teacher Aides from Specific Ethnic Groups, Laura A. Hendricks
A Survey of the Quantitative Elements of the Media Programs Available in the Public Schools within the Estacada Union High School District, Vernon Edward Hess
Selected Experiences and Teaching Procedures, Using Clay as a Medium, for Developing Creativity in the Nine-to-Eleven Year-Old, Linda Claire Hohn
Personnel Responsibilities of Assistant Principals in Washington State Public High Schools with Enrollments of Twelve Hundred or More Students, Curtis G. Horne
A Comparative Investigation of the Affects of Parental Cooperation and No Known Parental Cooperation in Children’s Reading Skills, Suzanne Dorothea Lorain
A Survey of High School Media Production Facilities in First Class School Districts in Western Washington, Henry Kiyoshi Maruoka
The Effect of Circuit Training on the Physical Fitness of Fourth Grade Boys and Girls Compared to Traditionally Accepted Calisthenics, Larry J. Mataya
Reading Interests in Relation to Vocational, Extracurricular, and Academic Interests of Boys in Grades Two Through Six, Diane C. McCarty
Theses from 1969
Flexibility Change in Students of Dance as Compared to Students in Other Physical Education Activity Classes, Betty J. Allen
Preferential Food habits of Aplodontia Rufa, Lennis Orville Allen
An Experimental Study of the Effect of Specialized Reading Treatment on the Reading Achievement of Second Grade Students, Mary Lou Ames
Movement Response Times Associated with Blocking in Football from the Three- and Four-Point Center Stances, Robert Louis Ames
The Study of an Attempt to Improve Motor Abilities of Kindergarten Children in the Pasco Public Schools, Elaine Keller Banks
Individualizing Junior High Geography, George L. Barrus
Batik as an Art Craft in the Middle School to Develop Creativity and Prolonged Interest, Margueritte A. Bauer
Semantic Differential Relationships as a Determinant of Clustering, Burr R. Beckwith
A Study of School Library Service to the Disadvantaged, Judith E. Bell
A Study of the In-Service Education Programs Available to Elementary Principals in Spokane, Stevens and Whitman Counties, William Harold Bourne Jr.
An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Instructional Television as Applied to Learning Beginning Golf Skills, Everett LoWayne Brewer
A Study of Dropouts from Continuation High School in Spokane from September, 1967, to November, 1968, Albert D. Brown
Effects of Candy and Public Recording upon Objective Quiz Scores in a Social Studies Class, Thomas Raymond Brown
Effects of the Administrative Internship Program on Selected Post Interns from C.W.S.C. and an Analysis of Their Training Program, Robert Burdick
A Comparison of the Mathematical Achievement Attained Using Two Methods of Teaching First Year Algebra to Alaskan Native High School Students, Jerry E. Burgett
Effects of Contingency Management on Reading Achievement of Junior High Special Education Students, Larry Busse
A Study of Child Rearing Attitudes of Mothers of Gifted Children, Kemme Lynne Caldwell
Periodical Use in Secondary School Libraries in the State of Washington: A Survey with Recommendations, Lillian C. Canzler
The Effects of Distraction on the Simple Reaction Time of Normal and Retarded Students, Franklin Dean Carlson
A Comparison of the Achievement of Selected Students in High School Social Studies Taught by the Team Teaching Method and the Traditional Method, Curtis Harris Christian
A Pilot Study on the Comparison of the Effect of a Traditional Physical Education Program and a Movement Exploration Program on the Self Concept of the Special Education Student, Sherrie Ann Chrysler
Audio-Visual Program Lewis and Clark Junior High School Yakima, Washington, Wesley Clay Crago Jr.
A Survey of Family Life and Sex Education Programs in Washington Secondary Schools, James Bernard Darcy
A Discriminative Study of Boys’ Physical Education in High Schools of the Big Eight Athletic Conference, Burdon R. Daugherty
A Feasibility Study of District Reorganization for Dayton, Prescott, and Waitsburg, Glynn DeWayne Davis
An Organization of Violin Technique Based on Proficiency Levels for the Clover Park School District, Richard P. Dawson
An Analysis of Parents’ Reaction to a Reporting System, Janice Louise Demmon
A Survey of the Provisions for Critical Reading Skills in Basal Readers, Louis Alan Dillard
The Effectiveness of Taped Textbook Materials in Fifth Grade Social Studies Classes, Jerome Joseph Doherty
Birth Order and Its Relationship to Dogmatism, John Richard Downs
A Beginning Reading Program in Marshallese, Charles E. Eko
Attendance Patterns of the Secondary Indian Students Who Attended Camp Chaparral in 1967, Thomas H. Elgin
A Cross-Comparison of the Contributions of Obstacle Course Training and Extended Motor Ability Development to Physical Fitness and Motor Ability, Arthur K. Ellis
The Relationship of the Creativity of Teachers and Their Students, Norman Frederick Erken
The Use of Video Tape Replays to Modify Student Behavior in an Elementary Classroom, Robert Lawrence Ewing
A Survey of the Educational Media Program of the Yakima Public Schools, Bruce J. Eyer
Attitudes of Principals Concerning Their Role as a Result of Professional Negotiations in the State of Washington, Karl Michael Fankhuaser
A Study of the Effectiveness of the Introduction of Background Music in a Traditional Library, Dean Ferrero
A Discriminative Study of Girls’ Physical Education in High Schools of the Big Eight Athletic Conference, Carol A. Finney
An Experiment in Improving the Attitude and Achievement of Students in Mathematics by Using Behavioral Objectives, Joseph Bruce Fleming
A Case Study of Remediation for a Fifth Grade Boy with Reading Disabilities, Betty Lee Foster
An Experimental Study of the Effects of Phonic Games in Reading, William Earl Gibbons
A Study to Determine the Anticipated Qualifications and Competencies of Audiovisual Specialists in the Community Colleges of the State of Washington, Garred Allen Giles
A Study to Compare the Effect of Two Elementary Physical Education Programs on Physical Fitness, John K. Gillespie
A Study of the Influencing Factors Causing Experienced Special Education Teachers to Change to Regular Programs, Jon R. Gobiet
A Survey of Speech Therapy Programs in the Public Schools in the State of Washington, Audrey Goodman
An Investigation of a Self-Determining Curriculum, Roger Gray
An Experimental Investigation of the Effect on Interest of Reading Children’s Literature to Sixth Grade Students in Aberdeen, Washington, Donald R. Grieb
A Study of the Effect the Value-Clarification Process Had on Fifth Grade Students in Auburn, Washington, Kathleen Agnes Hagen
An Investigation of Mikusinski’s Operational Calculus, Darwin Chester Hahn