This collection features theses from Master of Education students in the Department of Education Graduate Programs at Central Washington University.
Theses from 1966
A Case Study of Two Disabled Readers Using an Eclectic Remedial Reading Approach, William J. Harrison
Jonathan Swift and Women, Gloria Hayden
An Evaluation of an Experiment in Instruction in Junior High School Beginning Woodworking, Donald L. Hayes
An Investigation of Five Methods of Inter-Class Grouping in the Elementary School, Jack D. Henderson
Analysis of Personal and Social Characteristics Requisite for High Grade Institutional Teaching of Delinquent Children, Neil Jerome Hoing
An Investigation into the Relationship and Outcomes of Parent Conferences to the Educational Plans of Freshman Students at Hoquiam Junior High School, C. Don Holmlund
Concept Attainment Through Negative Instances, David Allen Isom
A Survey and Analysis of Teacher Credentials in the State of Washington, Dale Calvin Johnson
An Inquiry into Teaching about Communism in Southwest Washington Senior High Schools, Bertrams Voldemars Keire
Criteria, Anthology, and Explication of Poetry for First Grade, Echo Mae Kime
The Mirroreading Board Technique Used with Eight Third Grade Problem Readers Who Showed Evidence of a Mixed Lateral Dominance, Gene Ferguson Knox
A Critical Analysis of “On Wenlock Edge” by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gary Michael Lawler
A Study of Three Nine-Year Old Boys, Retarded in Reading, Who Were Taught Reading, Writing, and Spelling by a Remedial Teacher, Emily Ellen Leslie
Women Teacher Turnover Problems in the Lutheran Schools of the Northwestern Sector of the United States, Fred H. Mantey
The Ecology of Aplodontia Rufa in King and Snohomish Counties, Washington, Richard A. Martin
Federal Funds Under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Will Help the High School Dropout Complete His Education, Jeanne E. McCarl
The Development of an Art Curriculum for the Intermediate Grades in Kennewick Pubic Schools, Lewis Gustavas McCord
A Study of the Influencing Factors Causing Teachers to Change Teaching Positions, John A. McKay
Shaping Creative Verbal Behavior in Six Fourth Grade Children, Joan S. McKean
The Behavior of Chicks on the Visual Cliff Aged 1-20 Minutes and 80-100 Minutes, Denny Sam Mehner
A Comparative Study of Individualized Reading and Basal Reading (Ability Grouping) for Progress in Comprehension, Quantity, and Word Meaning, John Arnold Moffitt
A Historical Study of the Selah and Moxee Irrigation District, Alfred C. Moss
Individualized Instruction in Reading, Sunny Murdock
The effectiveness of the Remedial Physical Education Program at Foster Junior-Senior High School, Werner Leonard Neudorf
Selected Community Resources in the Longview, Washington, Area Available for Elementary School Field Trips, William J. Neves
Reading in the Kindergarten: a Comparative Study of Opposing Views, Geneva Nevius
An Investigation of Professional, Legal, and Economic Factors Requisite to Consideration of a Teaching Career in British Columbia, Joy Alton Nygaard
A Relationship Between Physical Fitness and Social and Academic Achievement of Junior High School Girls, Shirley Mae Oakes
The Theme and Variations as Used by Four Important Piano Composers in Four Periods of Music History, James Patrick O'Brien
Concepts Which May be Used in a Study of Transportation in Elementary School Social Studies, Flora Jean O'Neill
A Study of the Relationship Between Extracurricular Activities and the Success of College Women, Sherrill Ann Ortman
Confirmation of Creativity, Dorothy N. Phillips
Job Descriptions and Job Specifications for Directors of Special Education, Andrew D. Ray
A Background Study for the Preparation of a Handbook Recommended for Use by the A-V Building Coordinators in the Junior High Schools of Tacoma, Ray R. Richards
The Relationship Between Agility and Strength Tests and High School Football Ability, Herbert Jerome Richey
A Survey of the Causes for Suspensions in the Junior High Schools of the Highline School District, James A. Rick
Analysis of Personal and Professional Requirements for Special Education Teachers in Eastern Washington, Samuel P. Rust Jr.
An Investigation of the Group and Some Simple Algebraic Systems, Helen Kelly Schaal
An Eclectic Approach to Individualized Reading in the First Grade, Sandra S. Scherer
Instructional Television – A Possible Solution to Problems in College Physical Growth, Jacob Leon Schloss
Wrestling Takedowns and Counters: An Instructional Film Designed for Use in the Physical Education Class, the Intramural Program, and the Athletic Program, Charles Seagrave
A Study of the Instrumental Music Programs in First Class School Districts in the State of Washington, Harold M. Sherman
A Study of Vocabulary in Grade One, Carol J. Shockley
A Study of Orientation Practices of Beginning Teachers and a Proposed Program of Induction for Kennewick School District Number 17, Jack Shopbell
An Enrichment Program in Science for Gifted Children in Grades One and Two, Margery Alice Skeen
A Study of the Expressive Qualities of Non-Objective Form in Painting, Gordon E. Stalder
The History of Wrestling in the Yakima Valley High Schools, Theodore M. Stone
An Experimental Investigation of the Movement Known as Op Art, Florence Sterling Taylor
The Impact of Remedial Language Arts Instruction on the Language Skills of Slow-Learning Fifth and Sixth Graders, Elsie D. Thompson
Isometric Exercise Versus Isotonic Exercise as a Means of Building and Retaining Strength, Rodney L. Waddell
The Relative Effectiveness of an Eight-Week Summer Training Program for Culturally Deprived Preschool Children, Jim L. Weems
Developing Auditory Discrimination Skills in First Grade, Myrna Harrison Weinman
The Construction and Use of Eight Millimeter Single Concept Films in Industrial Arts, Lyle R. West
A Survey of Central Washington’s Speech Correction Program as Related to the Public School Elementary Classroom Teacher’s Role in Speech Correction, Gail Twilligear Wheeler
The Measurement of Religious Attitudes of Men in Residence Halls at Walla Wall College and Whitman College, Norman James Woods
A Study of the Revival and Suggested Reforms of the German School System since World War II (Emphasis at the Secondary Level), Wilbert A. Young
Theses from 1965
A Comparative Evaluation of the Kent School District’s Summer Remedial Reading Program, Claude Acree
A Survey of Sex Education Classroom Instructional Practices in Selected Public Junior High Schools Throughout the United States, Jerome Brison Altheide
The Hard of Hearing Child Programming for Learning, Linda Lee Barret
A Comparative Study of Reading Achievement, Alymer C. Bright
Instructional Media Utilization for the Community College, Gerald Russell Brong
Changes in Social Concept of Self as Related to Posture Improvement, Harvette C. (Polly) Brown
The Inadequacy of Intracranial Stimulation to the Posterior Hypothalamus to Serve as a Reinforcer for Maze Learning in the Rat, John A. Bull
A Study of the Pilot Reading Inventory Conducted in the Intermediate Grades at Hebeler Elementary School, Donald Edward Cain
A Study of Teaching Procedures Used in Developing Critical Listening Skills in the Fourth Grade at Selah, Washington, Beryl Boggan Carlson
A cardio-Vascular Test as a Reliable Measurement of Physical Fitness, Douglas R. Carr
An Annotated Bibliography on Linguistics as Related to Style, Chrystle Louise Coney
The Role of Art as a Basic Subject in the Pre- And Elementary School Curriculum, Blanche McLane Cook
A Three Year Study of the Physical Fitness Progress of the Athlete and Non-Athlete at the Junior High School Level, Gene Clayton Cook
An Empirical Study of Factors Associated with Physical Fitness of Sixth Grade Students, Richard D. Cornwell
A Study of the Creative Thinking Abilities of Teachers and the Tested Creativity of Their Pupils, Florine Creekmore
Subject Preferences of Fifth-Grade Pupils in the State of Washington, Robert Vance Davidson
An Evaluation of the Early Entrance Program in the Highline School District King County, Washington, W. Keith Davis
Development of a Tentative Science Program for Hebeler Elementary School, Paul Emil Drotz
An Analysis of the Ungraded Reading Program at Snoqualmie Elementary School and Its Influence on Accelerated Achievement in High School, John D. Elkins
A Pilot Study to Develop a Q-Sort Set to Aid in Evaluating Instruction in Secondary Schools, Lloyd William Enz
A Comparison of the Interclass and Intraclass Procedures of Grouping for Reading Instruction, Edward B. Faust
A Comparison of Word Attack Skills Presented in S.R.A. Reading Laboratory with Word Attack Skills Presented in Two Basal Reading Programs, Ginn and Scott, Foresman, Rosemary C. Faust
A Study of Audiovisual Programs in Selected Liberal Arts Colleges, Eldon Eugene Forsyth
Latent Learning as a Function of Exploration Time, Gary France
Little League Baseball, Gary Carlin Frederick
A Study of the Effect of Teaching Specific Reading Skills Peculiar to Arithmetic at the Third Grade Level, Helen Gillum
A One-Semester Art History Course Outline for High School Students, Patricia R. Grover
Developmental Reading at the Secondary Level, Mamie Wiren Hammill
A Correlative, Annotated Bibliography of Song Literature for Grade One, Jacqueline Roberta Hawkins
A Little Bit of first Grade, Shirley M. Hayes
An Analysis of Changes in Self–Concept and Dogmatism in Counselor Trainees During a Short Term NDEA Institute, Brent Hinze
A Critical analysis of “Adelaide” by Ludwig Van Beethoven, Kenneth Dorsey Hodgson
A Proposed Program to Enhance the Achievement of the Under-Achiever in Reading, Gerald Edward Hosman
The Marching Band: A Program for the Small High School, L. Ronald James
Student Teaching: Single Concept Films, Della M. Jordan
A Study of Teacher Absences in the Elementary Schools of the Highline School District of King County, Washington, Thurmon M. Keller
A Study of the Personnel Problems Associated with Instructional Television, Patrick Joseph Kennedy
A Comparative Study of the Contents of Seventh Grade Modern Mathematics Texts and Their Effect on the Transfer Student, John E. Kerslake
An Investigation of Literature Concerning Identification Procedures and Methods of Teaching the Specific Reading Disability of Dyslexia, Anne Eleanor King
A Suggested Crafts Program for Wenatchee Senior High School, Doris Backman Kirkpatarick
A Combination Approach to the teaching of Reading, Carroll B. Marchant
A Survey of the Boys’ Physical Education Activity Programs in the Junior Colleges in the State of Washington, Donald W. Matheson