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 1968
The Relationship between Achievement, Intelligence, Personality, and Sociometric Test Scores and the Number and Types of Questions Asked by Students of a Fifth-Sixth-Grade Class, Howard Morris Call
A Series of Original Oil Paintings, Donald John Campbell
The Development of the Embryo Sac in Ranunculus Glaberrimus Hook, Chung-ping Chin
An Investigation of Attitudes Towards the Objectives of and the Preparation for Junior High School Teaching as Expressed by Selected Central Washington State College Graduates, Edward Morris Command
Biological Studies on Various Strains of Trypanosoma Avium, Wayne Gordon Cordell
A Proposal for a Comprehensive High School for the Stanwood School District, Raymond Earl Cresap
Adapting the Montessori Approach to Moderately Handicapped Children, Mary E. Croiser
A Study of the Effects of Certain Physical Activities on the Progress of Reading Comprehension, Word Knowledge, and Rate, Neil Allen Cummings
An Experimental Study of the Effect of Stimulation in the Prognosis of Defective Articulation, Joyce Evelyn Dallmann
A Three-Year Experimental Study of Two Methods of Teaching Reading in the Elementary School, Merle Eugene Davis
A Study of What an Elementary Principal Should Know about the First Grade Reading Program, James Edward Devine
The Effect of Modification of Hyperactive-Aggressive Behavior on Oral Expressive Language Behavior, Betty Susan Dowdell
A Study of Centralized Technical Services for the Organization of Learning Resource Materials with Examples from Three Selected School Districts, Marilyn Ann Drengson
A Study of Teacher Awareness of Interest Factors Contributing to Success in Reading Among Intermediate Grades in Eighteen Elementary Schools in California’s Rio Linda Union School District, Charles Ralph Dykstra
A Study in the Use of Programmed Instruction in Family Life Education, Myrna Joyce Eberly
Concept Identification as a Function of three Semantic Dimensions, Richard Eugene Edwards
Creative Photography Through the Use of Four Experimental Techniques, James Paul Egawa
A Comparative Study of Handwriting Practices in the Intermediate Grades, Evelyn Elaine Eisenman
A Survey of the Existing Production Facilities in the School Districts in the State of Washington, Edward Stewart Ellis
A Study on the Effectiveness of the Neurological Impress Method as a Remedial Reading Technique, Anthony Cairl Embrey
A Study of the Graduates of the Master of Education Program at Central Washington State College, 1949-1964, Edward Henry Euken
A Study of Grading Art Work Concerning Secondary Art Instructors in the State of Washington, Darwin Dean Evans
A Survey of Teacher Aides under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 in the State of Washington, Richard Lee Evans
An Operational Handbook to Guide the Administrative Intern, Ben E. Farrell
An Examination of View Compatibility between Graduate Study Planners and School Principals Concerning Preparation Requirements for Principal Credentials, Charles Robert Frisbie
A Survey of Senior Girls’ Attitudes Toward the Home Economics Program at Mark Morris Senior High School in Longview, Washington, Arlis Fulgham
An Empirical Study to Determine the Effect of a Physical Fitness Program on Academic Achievement and Reading Ability, E. Douglas Garland
An Opinion Survey of Elementary Teachers from Various Districts throughout Washington State Concerning Decision Making Procedures in Their Respective Districts, James Glynn Gibson
A Comparative Study of the Joplin Reading Plan and the Traditional Reading Plan in the Northshore School District, Steven J. Gimurtu
A Survey of Ten Community School Programs, Claude M. Gove
Effects of Sodium Phosphate on the Performance of Track Athletes on the 660-Yard Run, Charles L. Hall
Performance Criteria for the Elementary School Principal in Curriculum Development, Harry H. Haney Jr.
Comparison of the Effects of Two Variations in Program Administration on the Physical Fitness of Ninth Grade Girls, Irene E. Hannaford
A Proposed Interscholastic Track and Field Training Program for the Junior High School, James L. Hanson
Legal Liability of School Principals for Their Torts in Washington State, David Jerome Harbeck
A Critical Examination of the Phonics and Structural Analysis Skill Development in the SRA Reading Laboratory IIIa, Florence B. Hay
Methods of Communicating with and Relating to the Parents of Migrant Children, Marian I. Hines
A Study of the Effectiveness of an Individualized Sixth Grade Arithmetic Program, Alan James Hokenstad
The Role of the Head Resident as Perceived by Head Residents Student Personnel Staff and Faculty at Central Washington State College, James P. Hollister
A Comparison of the Needs and Values of Experienced Teachers of Special Education and the Needs and Values of Experienced Teachers of Regular Education, Donald Anrud Holmes
An Analytical Study of Title VI, Public Law 89-750, Byron R. Holmgren
A Study of Office Machines Knowledge and Skills Needed for Initial Employment in Chehalis and Centralia, Washington, Clare Walter Johnson
An Ecotypic Differentiation of Human and Bovine Fecal Streptococci, with Application to Human Pollution in the Yakima River, Harlen Harvey Johnson
Components in a Comprehensive and Integrated Sex Education Program for the Kindergarten, Joyce Lucile Johnson
The Investigation of Figure-Ground Relationships in Painting, Barbara H. Jones
Electronic Data Processing in Washington’s Schools: A Status Study, Lester Ray Jones
A Study of Pupil Self-Concepts in a Three-Track Elementary School, Ronald M. Jones
A Progress/Status Report on the Teaching of Listening, Gail Fera Juris
The Reaction of Ethylenediamine with Cobalt (II) Perchlorate and Oxygen in Dilute Aqueous Solutions, Robert J. Karmy
E.M. Forster’s Short Stories, Joan Meredith Kerns
Verbal Conditioning and its Generalization, Grace Evica Kessling
A Developmental, Sequential Method of Teaching Library Skills to Student Librarians, Mary Hogben Kron
An Investigation of the Pre-planning Phases of the Vale School Team Teaching Program, Conrad W. Lautensleger
Verbal Conditioning with Vicarious Reinforcement as Related to Peer Attitudes in Grade-School Children, Margaret McCutcheon Lauterbach
A Proposed Industrial Arts Guide for Kusaie High School, Eastern Caroline Islands, Malcolm H. Lindquist
Teaching of the Fiction and Film Unit in the High School with Melville’s “Bartleby the Scrivener” and Bluestone’s Bartleby as Models, Michael Paul Lions
The Relationship of the Institutionalized Juvenile Delinquent’s Self-Concept to reading Achievement and IQ, Donald L. Lorentsen
A Study of Factors Relating to Grade-School Band Dropouts in the Aberdeen School District, Richard Daniel Lundstrom
A Survey of the Student Purchases in the Grandview High School in Grandview, Washington, Shirley Marie Lundstrom
The Ambiguity of “Weeping” in William Blake’s Poetry, Audrey F. Lytle
An Experimental Study Utilizing the Treanor Method with the Left – Over Child, Mary Michele MacMillan
A Comparison of Self-Concept Scores before and after Three Months Job Corps Experience, Alan I. Marshlain
A Comparative Study of the Achievement of Underage and Overage Third Grade Boys and Girls., Carl M. Maw
Audio-Visual Aids, Manipulative Materials, and Arithmetic Achievement in Grade Four, Janice Cameron McColaugh
A Comparative Study of Slide Technique for the Trombone, James T. McDowell
The Effect of Dominance Level When Using Mediated Generalization to Facilitate Concept Formation, Delbert Smith McHenry
An Instructional Film Illustrating Leg Wrestling Moves, Counters, and Drills, VerNon Lyle Merkely
An Experimental Analysis of Superstitious Behavior in College Males, Nancy Alice Metzler
A Study Comparing the Understanding of Selected Principles of College Chemistry by Intermediate Grade Pupils in Ellensburg and Mercer Island, Washington, Geoffrey Wallace Mills
Niche Differentiating Mechanisms in Two Sympatric Species of Swallows, David Thomas Moody
A Survey of Small School Districts’ Junior High School Summer Program Offerings, Donald W. Moore
A Series of Original Prints with the Human Image as an Important Compositional Element, John Paul Morgan
A Study Assessing Changes Occurring in Kindergarten Children at Central School, Hoquiam, Washington, during the School Year 1967-1968 in Terms of Readiness and Academic Growth, Elizabeth Pinkley Morris
A Study Measuring the Effectiveness of Visual Recall Provided by a Videotape Recorder in Teaching Golf Performance Skills, Rodney G. Morrow
A Comparison of the Moral Judgements of Negro and Caucasian Children, Thomas Edward Mowry
A Survey of the Basic Needs for Providing a Satisfactory Driver Education Program in Washington High Schools, Robert Charles Munson
Mathematics Text Evaluation for the Intermediate Grades, Frank R. Naasz
An Analysis of Washington State Elementary Teachers’ Attitudes toward Foreign Language Instruction in the Elementary School (Files), Thomas H. Nelson
The Relationship Between Beards and the Self Concept, Walter H. Nelson
An Administrator’s Guide to Modular Scheduling in the Secondary Schools, Larry E. Norwood
An Investigation of Five Basic Reading Programs at the Third Grade Level for Instruction in Contextual and Structural Clue Techniques of Word-Meaning Attack, Jeanne G. Nurding
Geographic Variation in Dicamptodon Ensatus (Eschscholtz) with Notes on Life History and Zoogeography, Ronald A. Nussbaum
A comparative Study of the Needs and Values of Prospective Teachers of Special Education and Regular Education, James H. Olson
A Summer Conservation Education Program for Intermediate Grade Children, Alfred John Palm
The Development and Evaluation of Six Eight Millimeter Cartridge Films and Study Guides on the Care and Maintenance of the Clarinet and Cornet or Trumpet, Marshall Richard Pancheau
A Comparison of Two Methods of Teaching Place Value, Bruce Alan Pennington
Beethoven’s an die Ferne Geliebte, Paul R. Piersall
Subtraction - - Whole Numbers When the Minuend Contains Fewer Units Than the Subtrahend, Naida Ruth Pino
Development of an Automated Program to Teach Auditory Discrimination, Lawrence A. Porter
The Development of the Wenatchee Youth Circus as an Extra-Curricular Educational Experience, Paul K. Pugh
A Study of Majolica Pottery Decoration, Robert Sutton Rae
What Makes a Good Kindergarten?, Shirley Jean Riel
A Study of the Attitudes of Public School Teachers in Chelan and Douglas Counties Regarding Teacher Evaluation for Merit Pay Purposes, Gerald Stewart Robertson
On Semigroup Rings, Lawrence Paul Runyan