This collection features theses from Master of Education students in the Department of Education Graduate Programs at Central Washington University.
Theses from 1959
An Interpretative Analysis of a Selected List of Choral Music in the Contemporary Idiom for Senior High School, Frank Lyle Prather
An Experimental Study in Reporting Pupil Progress Through Parent-Teacher Conferences as a Supplement to Report Cards in the Wishram, Washington, Elementary School, Orville G. Ransford
Guide to Assist Districts in Organizing a Program for Mentally Retarded Children, Dorothy Lillian Riser
A Survey of Public High School Journalism Departments in the State of Washington, James Wesley Scott
A Development of Catalog Form and Content for Community Resource Materials, Alva L. Shriner
A Survey of the Literature of the Oboe and English Horn, Virginia Downing Snodgrass
The Effects on Washington State Industrial Arts Program of Eliminating the Practical Arts Requirement for High School Graduation, James Walter Thiele
An attempt to Organize Criteria into a Self-Evaluation Form for the Elementary Teachers (Grades 1-8) in Lewis County, Rollyn Lee Tucker
A Survey of Parental Attitudes Toward Problems Relating to Family Living, Lorene Black Walker
A Folk Dance Program for Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Grades, Alene Johnson Wesselius
Theses from 1958
Orientation of the Beginning Teacher, Duane E. Abels
A Survey of the Field of Primary Science, Lora May Aden
The Study of Split Grade Management, Jack A. Anderson
A Survey of Beginning Intermediate Grade Teacher Needs in Teaching Reading, Victor Royce Bolon
A Study of the Relationship of Socio-Economic Status to School Achievement and Intelligence, Floyd L. Ellingson Jr.
An Investigative Study: Audio Visual Instruction Aids Now Being Used in Freshman English Sections in American Colleges and Universities, Mary Nixeon Civille Handy
How Does the Principal Use Classroom Observations to Improve Instruction?, Myrtle Haugen
A Development of a Suitable Clay Body From Two Native Clays, Robert Oscar Iverson
A comparative Study of the Evergreen School District Before and After Reorganization, Walford Neal Johnson
An Experimental Study to Determine the Effect of Frequent Testing on Mastery of Chemistry Content, Harold L. Lindstrom
The Effectiveness of the Health Instructional Program in the Secondary Class B Schools in the State of Washington, Phyllis Jean Newton
A Comparative Study of the effect of Teacher Stimulation on the Amount of Reading Done by a Fifth Grade Class, Chesley Charles Packer
A Study of Critical Incidents Relating to Effective Instruction in Secondary School Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, Ernest Solomon Palmer
An Investigation Into the Methods By Which Cultural Understanding Can Be Taught in the Yakima Elementary Schools, Patricia Petrie Paluck
A Study of the Problems of Installing and Utilizing Closed Circuit Television for Observations and Demonstrations in the Teacher Education Program, Robert Paul Slingland
An Analysis of Possible Occupations for Mentally Retarded Youth, Robert William Steadman
A Study of the Progress of Guidance of Elementary School Children Through a Survey of Reporting Methods Used in Yakima County in the State of Washington, Carol Lippincott Tate
The Superintendent’s Point of View Concerning the High School Music Program in the Public Schools of Washington State, J. Russel Uusitalo
A Study of Professional Course Grades, College Activities, Ace Scores and High School Grades as Related to Success in First Year Teaching, Warren Ray Van Zee
A Study to Determine the Correlation Between Various Arm Strength Tests, Ralph Ernest Walter
Teaching Music Theory in High School Music classes: A Comparative Study of Current Practices in High Schools of the State of Washington, William L. Wicker
Theses from 1957
An Analysis of Reporting to Parents of Secondary School Students, Edwin T. Anderson
A Survey of the Expenditures For and The Practices of Selecting, Purchasing, and Distributing Instructional Materials in Yakima County, Washington, Robert Gene Archer
Towards an Ideal Education, Carl A. Carlson
An Inquiry Into the Influence of a Professional Organization Upon Its Members, Frederick Dressler Chesterley
A Guide to Financing School Construction in the State of Washington, Lee Allen Colby
A Survey and Study of Handwriting in the Intermediate Grades in Selected Schools in the State of Washington, Donald H. Ellertson
A Collection of Original Musical Settings to Selected Children’s Poetry for Use in the Elementary Singing Program, John W. Gallemore
A Survey of Practices and Attitudes of Elementary Educators Regarding Playground Supervision in Douglas and Chelan Counties, Vern L. Huffman
Development of a Text on the State of Washington for Fourth Grade Social Studies, Anne Bruketta Johnson and Patricia Dunlap Smith
Justification and Suggestions for Teaching Creative Dramatics in the Primary, Elementary, and the Junior High School, Mary Henrietta Johnson
A Questionnaire Survey of Why, How, and What Literature is Being Taught in the Eleventh and Twelfth Grades in the State of Washington, Barbara Marie Kelly
Provisions for Remedial Readers in First class District High Schools in the State of Washington, Mary Elizabeth Little
An Analysis of the Classroom Interruptions Presenting Themselves in the Lakeview Elementary School, Robert F. Logue
A Study Comparing the Academic Preparation of Teachers and their Actual Teaching Positions, David F. Niemiec
A Study of the Relationship Between Defects of articulation in Speech and Emotional Stability of children in the Primary Grades, Frances P. Oechsner
Prediction of Eighth-Grade Achievement at Moxee Central School Using Metropolitan Achievement Test Scores from Early Elementary Grades, J. Ted Sehmel
The United States Army Dependents Schools in Germany, Edward L. Treick
An Inventory and Analysis of the Instructional Space at Central Washington College of Education, Richard V. Walker
A Partial Study of Teachers’ Meetings in the State of Washington, Edith Weidemann
An Evaluation of the Teacher Preparation Program at Central Washington College of Education, George B. Worthington
Theses from 1956
A Description and Evaluation of a Three-Day Outdoor Living Experience With a Fifth Grade Class, John W. Ball
The Development of a Cone Four Ware From Materials Easily Accessible to Central Washington College of Education, Lura Elizabeth Bellamy
A Study of the Activities and Attitudes of Yakima Junior High Teachers in the Block of Time, Mark Bontrager
A Survey of the Attitudes and Opinions of Elementary Teachers Concerning the Values of Workbooks in the Reading Program, Richard Ellis Case
An Investigation of Elementary School Filing Methods, Richard Perry Comstock
Formulation of School Board Policies for the South Bend Public Schools, Gareth Irwin Giles
A Discriminative Study of the Design and Construction of Outdoor Athletic and Physical Education Area Facilities for a Junior High School, Darrell Wayne Johnson
A Survey of the High School Course in Physical Science, Kenneth H. Johnson
An Appraisal by the Graduate Students of the Terminal Education Program at Wenatchee Junior College, Alice A. Low
A Statistical Comparison of Permanent and In-Transfer Students in Grades Six, Seven, Eight, Nine and Ten of the South Bend School System South Bend, Washington, Thomas Edwin Mattoon
A Plan of Weekly Lessons in Choral Techniques for Students in High School Choir, LeRoy Earl Spitzer
An Experimental Study of the Effect of Library Facilities and Instruction on Work-Study Skills of Fourth Grade Students, Jessie Marilyn Wilkinson
Manuscript Writing Present Practices and Extension Trends Within Schools of the State of Washington, John W. Wingate Jr.
Prediction of First Year Mathematic Grades at Central Washington College of Education with the ACE Psychological Examination, Mary Ann Wining
Theses from 1955
An Examination of the Programs for Education of Gifted Children in United States, Margaret Ackerman
A Handbook to Aid in the Control and Coordination of the Athletic Program for the Moses Lake Schools, Moses Lake, Washington, James Talmage Adamson
A Survey: What Elementary Teachers Recommend About Their Multi-Purpose Rooms, Charles Wesley Anderton
A Survey of Existing Practices of the School Lunch Program in the State of Washington, William E. Davis
An Investigation of the Inter-Relationships Among Certain Personality Tests and Ratings and Their Relationship to Academic Success in a Teacher’s College, Donald H. Duncan
A Survey of the Arithmetical Concepts of Children in the Elementary Grades Pertaining to the Use of Money, Eyler L. Elliot
A Study to Determine the Effect on Student Achievement of Graphic Materials Integrated in a Fifth Grade Curriculum, Harold Irving Goodwin
An Attempt to Identify Attitudes Related to Student Drop Outs at Central Washington College of Education, Robert Joseph Kuss
A Guidance Program for Gilbert School District, Joseph F. Lilinski
A Comparative Study of the Personality Adjustment, Mental Maturity, and Music Aptitude of the Three Ethnic Groups Represented at Mt. Edgecumbe School, Mt. Edgecumbe, Alaska, Charles Peter Mason
A Study of Change in Student’s Critical Thinking in the Social Studies as Related to a Modification of the Curriculum, Donald F. McLarney
A Handbook for School Murals, Mary Aquinata O'Sullivan
A Survey of the attitudes and Opinions of Yakima Elementary Educators Toward Television as an Aid to Instruction, Bill Jay Ranniger
A Study to Ascertain the Merits of the Corrected Test and the Study-Test Spelling Methods, James Arnold Rowan
Theses from 1954
A Study of Selected Problems in the Administration and Supervision of Local Programs for the Mentally Deficient in the State of Washington, Gordon Richard Hauck
A Survey of the County Film Libraries in the State of Washington, John M. Hofstrand
A Manual for Design Education at the College Level, June King McFee
A Handbook to Help Promote Understanding and Participation in Education by Home and School for Saint Paul’s Cathedral School, Yakima Washington, Mary Bernardine Myers
A Survey of the Public High School Commercial Departments in the State of Washington, Ralph Vernon Thomas
Theses from 1953
An Investigation of the Physical Education Specialist in the Elementary School, William G. Bentley
An Experiment in Spelling Using the Corrected Test Method, Donald W. Beseler
An Induction Program for Beginning Teachers, Alice Angst Burkett
Agricultural Migrants and Their Educational Problems, Jocelyn L. Butler
A Survey of Current Practices in Organizing Instructional Materials, Charles Henry Chamberlin
The Identification and Education of the Gifted Child in the Regular Classroom, Charles M. Chapman
Parent-Teacher Conferences in the Elementary School, Donald C. Crosland
A Study of the Industrial Arts Safety Conditions in the County and City Public Schools of Yakima, Washington, Stanley Arthur Dudley
Developing Number Concepts in Grade One, Hazel Haynes Elfbrandt
The School Maintenance Employee, William W. Emerson
Music Appreciation for Junior High by the Contract Method, Mildred I. Forsling
A Comparative Study of Methods of Reporting Pupil Progress to Parents in the Elementary Schools, Harry E. Haynes
Juvenile Delinquency - Can It Be Measured, Glenn Robert Jacobsen