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
An Experimental Study to Determine the Effect of Creative Dramatics upon a Public School Speech Therapy Program, Sharon Lee Balyeat
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
Teacher Performance in the Nongraded Elementary Schools of Central Washington, Helen Kathryn Dickson
Preparation for Teaching Reading in the Elementary Grades, Joan B. Drittenbas
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
Individualized Instruction in Contrast to Total Classroom Instruction in Vocabulary Development, James N. Haner
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
Sex Differences in the Sixth Grade: An In-depth Study of a Neglected Learning Factor in Reading, Gail Purvis Johnson
Ninety Day Follow-up of a Boy to Determine the Effects of the Use of Operant Techniques in the Classroom, Kim Gene Kay
A Plan for Flexibly Scheduled Use of the Terminal Park Elementary School Library, Carole Bowen Kirkpatrick
An Application of a Revised Morrissett's Curriculum Analysis System to a High School English Program, Eldon Richard Loewe
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
Brainstorm: A Highly Competitive Game and its Effect on Fifth Grade Science and Social Studies Achievement, John William Meyers
Effects of Remedial Physical Education on Selected Migrant Children, Leon J. Middleton
A Survey to Identify Essential Library Services to Students and to Determine if they are Performed in Selected Elementary Schools in Intermediate School District No. 105, Alma Jean Ball Milne
Conditioning Expressive Language in a Nonverbal Child, Frederick R. Moll
Effects of Programmed Conditioning on Language Achievement of a Ten Year Old Non-verbal Child, Robert J. Moore
A Descriptive Study of an Individualized, Small Group, Team Teaching Program in the Fifth Grade, Cecil K. Mullins
A Study of how Teachers Evaluate Handwriting, Marvalee Maxine Nance
The Experimental Use of Operant Procedures with Language Delayed Children, Scott W. Nielsen
A Descriptive Study of Focus Room as a Method of Integrating the Educationally Disadvantaged with the More Abled Student, Edward J. Novak
A Description and Analysis of Children with Learning Problems Referred to a Reading Teacher, Patricia M. Olsen
A Survey of Cultural Values among Graduating Indian Sudents from White Swan High School, Leonard Clinton Owen
The Superintendent's Point of View Concerning Music in the High Schools of Washington State, Morris Ray Pedersen
Effectiveness of the Problem Solving Method in Coaching Junior High School Basketball, Robert Duane Pederson
An Analysis of the Parochial Elementary School Principals' Time Distribution in the Archdiocese of Seattle, Ann Pizelo SNJM
An Analysis of the Effectiveness of the Alameda County Oral Communication Program in Listening, James Wiliam Poe Jr.
A Study of Personnel Practices Related to Teacher Aide Programs, Kent H. Pratt
An Elementary Mathematics Curriculum Study to Determine if Achievement and Attitude can be Influenced by a Textbook Adoption, Elsie M. Railey
A Study to Investigate the Relationships among Three Tests which Purport to Measure Perceptual Skills in Kindergarten Children, Carl Rawe Jr.
A descriptive study of certain characteristics in which the language of a class of third grade Negro children differs from standard English, Columbus Nelson Sanders
General Functions and Specific Activities of the Elementary School Couselor as perceived by Principals, Teachers, and Counselors in the Highline Public Schools, Seattle, Washington, Gary Winfield Sherman
A Differentially Reinforcing Token System in a Public School Classroom, John Sparks
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