This collection features all master's theses produced by students at Central Washington University. For more information, please see the School of Graduate Studies and Research.
Theses from 1973
Developing and Testing an Interventionist Role for Elementary Counseling, Thomas M. Hyde
A Study of an Individualized Reading Program in an Intermediate Classroom, Stanley Christian Jangard
A Philosophy of Expression, Carolyn Blythe Johnson
An Exploratory Study on the Effects of Rewards and Costs, as Perceived by the Premarital Dyad, on Decision Making, James Daniel Kardash
"The Columbia River Suite" An Original Composition for Orchestra, Glenn Theodore Kelly
A Comparison of Intelligence and Motivation with Basketball Ability, David Carl Klovdahl
Compositional Techniques of Alexei Haieff's Saints' Wheel: Piano Variations on a Circle of Fifths, Candida Labrecque
Comparison of Health Characteristics Found Among Six Selected Migrant Groups in Primary Grades, Jill D. Land
The Effect of Teacher Attention and Peer Approval Facilitated by Material Rewards upon the Disruptive Classroom Behavior of a Male Kindergarten Child, Brynne Flanagan Lane
Critical Examination of Outcomes for Emotionally Disturbed Boys in a Special Classroom, Betty F. Lauritzen
Isolation and Characterization of Two Bacteriophages Infecting the Myxobacterium Cytophaga Succinicans, Kenneth Wayne Lee
The Residual Effects of Long-Term Amphetamine Intoxication on Avoidance Learning and Retention in Rats, Larry Paul Liberty
A Study of Effects of Oral Reading Upon Vocabulary Growth and Silent Reading Comprehension, Ronald G. Mcbride
A Study of the Programs and Administration of Non-High School Districts in the State of Washington, John Robert McKean
Self-Actualization: A Process of Leisure, Michael Kean McLeod
A Comparative Study of Opportunities for Adult Higher Education in Great Britain and the United States, Edward A. McLoughlin
The Effect of Flexibility on Injury Prevention in Wrestling, Lamoin R. Merkley
Survey of the 1971-1972 Special Education Undergraduate Program at Central Washington State College, Rebecca Irene Morehead
Cadmium in Kittitas County Soils, Don G. Muller
A Taxonomic Study of the Balsamorhiza Hookeri Nutt. Balsamorhiza Hirsuta Nutt. Complex, Mary Clay Muller
Exploration of Directions and Philosophies of Two-Dimensional Media, Michael James Murphy
Solution Shift Performance by Young Children in Concept Learning Tasks, Elizabeth Ann Myers
The Use of Cellular Structure as a Basic Design Motif For Creative Jewelry Making, Robert L. Neal
Teacher Interaction and Decision Making in the Team Teaching Program, Joseph E. Newbery
A Comparison of a Rate Acceleration Reading Program with Basal Reading Program on Reading Achievement in Second Grade, Carol O'Connell
An Historical Atlas of Population Distribution in Kittitas County, Washington - A Teaching Guide, Richard A. Painter
Lower Bound Confidence Intervals, Julia Leigh Peck
Ecological Assessment of Influences in the Development of Gifted Young Children, Laura M. Piper
Effects of Reinforcement Schedules on the Eating Behavior of Hooded Rats, Wayne T. Pratt
The Effect of Incentive Conditions on WISC IQ Scores, Clyde L. Praye
Reprographic Media Education, Ross H. Regan
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Accented Words in the Spontaneous Speech of Stutterers and the Frequency of Stuttering Occurrence, Cherie Richardson
Comparison of Curriculum Proposals for the Tri-Cities Junior High School and Middle School Special Education Programs, Wayne T. Robertson
Food Choice Preferences and Delay of Reward in Obese and Normal Weight Children, Mitzi M. Rochester
Annotated Bibliography on Research in Written Composition since 1963 Limited to Grades 7-12 and the First Two Years of College, Avis Ann Ross
The Role of the Resident Assistant as Perceived by Students, Head Residents, and Resident Assistants, At Central Washington State College, Stephen J. Ruhl
Transfer of Active Avoidance Response Tendency by Brain Extract, Marlene Sanders
A Discussion of Certain Needs in the Placement of Cerebral Palsied Individuals in Employment Situations, James K. Schier
The Art Song, Nebbie By Ottorino Respighi, James M. Scott
An Evaluation of Washington's Work Incentive Program Within Chelan and Douglas Counties, Dwight H. Seymore
The Origins and Development Of Marxist Theory on Economic Backwardness, Andrew Joseph Shookhoff
A Structural Comparison of Traditional Opera and Music Drama, Charles H. Stephens
Self Persuasion as a Function of True and False Confession, Barry A. Stevens
The Face as an Inspiration in Drawing, Linda Lee Stevens
The Implementation of Occupational Versatility to Industrial Arts Education for Special Education at Jason Lee Junior High School, Cecil M. Stewman
Safe and Legal Aspects for Washington Teachers with Respect to Selected Elementary Science Programs, Wendy Jean Stoddard
A Select Chronology of Recorded Events from the History of the Yacolt, Washington, Area from 1853 to 1953 with Summary and Source Notations, Orville Hewes Stout
Costume Design and Construction for She Stoops to Conquer, Beverly Twing Sullivan
The Box Image in Edward Taylor's "Preparatory Meditations", Curtis Colburn Torp
Frontier Consuls: Americans in British Columbia and the Yukon, 1880-1906, Clyde William Tucker
A Follow-Up Study of Business Education Majors Graduating from Paul Kane High School, St. Albert, Alberta Between 1967 and 1970, Harriet Sylvia Turik
Prevalence of Reading Disabilities in Delinquents Compared to Prevalence of Reading Disabilities in Non-Delinquents, Kenneth C. Vanderhyde
Identification of Observable Student Behavior in Open Education Classrooms, Michael C. Wahle
A Comparison of a Student Generated and a Teacher Directed Sixth Grade Social Studies Course, James Joseph Walker
An Experimental Study of Two Audio-Visual Aids Used in Beginning Drafting, Ronald Norman West
Karyology and Sex in Clematis Ligusticifolia Nutt. (Ranunculaceae), Darrel A. White
The Potential of the High School Art Education Program for Developing a Transferable Problem-Solving Creativity Applicable to Business and Industry, Glenn K. Whitman
Preparation and Spectral Characterization of Select Cyclic Ethynyl Carbinols, William C. Wilkinson
Process and Policy in the Development and Resolution of the 1929 Sino-Soviet Conflict An Examination of the Effects of Process in International Conflict upon the Implementation of National Policy, Frederic F. Wolfer Jr.
Theses from 1972
A Measure of the Library Skills of High School Graduates of Washington State as Demonstrated by Freshman of Central Washington State College, Malcolm Douglas Alexander
The Relationship between Functional Articulation Disorders and Self-Monitoring Auditory Discrimination, Geraldine Hahn Allison
The Effect of Oral Reading Rate Feedback on Reading Performance, Kristi M. Anderson
The Manipulation of Visual and Aural Allegorical Images on Motion Picture Film, Douglas Rogers Atherton
Assessing some Side Effects of a Contingency Management Program, Charles M. Atkinson
Motivating Employees to Overcome Marginal and Unsatisfactory Performance: Academic Preachments and Practical Considerations, William P. Baker
The Possible Causes and Remediation of Inverted Vision, Archie J. Beamer
Frauenliebe und Leben, Rose I. Bolstad
The Effect of a Learning Skills Course including Group Counseling on Low Achievers in the Community College, Paul E. Borg
Photographic Imagery as a Source for Iconography in Painting and Drawing, Eric Peder Brakken
Many Strange Visual Effects can be Obtained by Overlapping Several Objects Containing both Raised and Incised Shapes and Varying the Textures of these Forms, Ruth F. Bravetti
A Study of the Interrelationship between Physical, Mental and Scholastic Development and Reading Achievement, James Bruce Bruseth
The Flowering Rhinoceros: An Extension of Photography into Other Media, Lawrence Leslie Bullis
A Survey of the Fifty States to Determine Design Standards for the Multiple Car Method, Donaldson Martin Carnahan
Guidelines for Development of Outdoor Education Programs, Leland D. Chapman
A Follow-up Study of a Public Law 89-10 Title III Elementary and Secondary Education Act Project, Patricia Ann Clark
Intradimensional Variability with Numbers and Alphabetical Letters in Conceptual Rules, Thomas Henry Clayton
The Effects of Systematic Phonics and Contingency Management on Reading Achievement with Intermediate Special Education Students, Allena Marie Hayes Combelic
The Effect of an Increase of a Mother's Complimentary Behavior on her Child's Crying Rate and in-task School Behavior, Mark Connot
Operantly Conditioning a College Student's Study Behaviors, Norman L. Culbertson
The Effect on Reading Achievement of a Special Grade-one Program in the Othello Schools, Ruth A. Danielson
The Relationship of Textbooks to Development of Course Content in the Teaching of Small Gas Engines, Frank Demchuck
Neoplatonism and the Florentine Renaissance, Donald L. De Merchant
Careers in Graphic Design, Joe Drovetto
Effectiveness of the EDL Study Skills Library in a Seventh Grade Reading Program, Robert Winn Elfers
The Cloze Procedure and Informal Reading Inventory: A Correlative Study, Robert D. Elzenga
A Survey of Administrators' Attitudes Regarding the Effectiveness of the Middle School, John Charles Epperson
Mark's Art and Bridge Construction, J. Mark Erlander
Occupational Employment Survey of Yakima Job Market Area, Darrell Allen Estep
Washington State Teacher-administrator Liability in Industrial Education Accidents, Jack Dwane Estep
Community and School Involvement in Model Rocketry Instruction Including Suggestions for Efficient Model Rocket Construction, Helen Joyce Frizzell
A Comparison of Children’s Achievement Whose Mothers Are Employed Full Time and Those Whose Mothers Are Homemakers, Thomas R. Funk
The Effects of Truth Table Pretraining and Intradimensional Variability on Rule Learning and Attribute Identification Tasks, Eric S. Gebelein
Traditional vs. Individualized Fifth and Sixth Grade Arithmetic Program, Donald Paul Giaudrone
Central Kitsap Education Association--Central Kitsap School District: A Study of Negotiations and the Decision-making Process for the 1971-72 School Year, Ronald Louis Gillespie
The Effect of Diagnostic Prescriptive Instruction Using Team Teaching of Language Arts, John Edward Gilmore