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 1970
The Grading of Men’s Physical Education Activities in the Small Four-Year Colleges of Oregon, Washington and California, John A. Beck
Effect of Alcohol on Timing Behavior in the Pigeon, Robert J. Boyd
Tee-Ball, Merl E. Brothers
Group Counseling The Underachieving New College Student, Kenneth F. Burda
Developing an Optical Scanner Card for Computerized Football Scouting, Curtis Lowell Byrnes
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.
Designing and Production of Original Jewelry and Micro-Sculpture, Dick W. Chandlee
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
Current Status of Chamber Ensembles in the First-Class High Schools of Washington State, Dennis C. Crabb
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
Characteristics of Style in the Song Cycle Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, Bruce Gyger Dodge
Preparation for Teaching Reading in the Elementary Grades, Joan B. Drittenbas
The Church in the Dramas of T. S. Eliot, Rebecca Ellen Dunn
A Study of the Influence of the Lyrical Prose Novels of Virginia Woolf and Hermann Hesse on the Creative Process in Intaglio Printmaking, Kathleen Heather Embree
United States-Russian Relations, March Through November 1917: A Study of Misunderstanding, Robert N. Estes
An Evaluation of Three Techniques for the Quantitative Sampling of Marsh Invertebrates, John T. Falkenbury
Television-Mediated Aggression and Its Effects on Children’s Level of Aggressiveness, Thomas M. Ferguson
The Effects of Conferencing on Teacher and Pupil Verbal Behavior in the Classroom, Dwayne B. Fickel
Sculptural Furniture, Gary Galbraith
The Effects of a Perceptual-Motor Training Program on the Development of Motor Perception Skills on Kindergarten Children, James H. Gaston
Asymptotic Behavior of Fluid Jets, Ronald Walter Godfrey
Breeding Biology of the Sage Thrasher, John Wayne Gooding
An Attempt to Develop Automatic Sequential Language Skills in Kindergarten Children, Stanley Goodrich
Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: A Study of the Technique of Harmonic Variation, Richard C. Grant
A Descriptive Study of Lateral Dominance and Directionality in Kindergarten Children, Sharon Gray
The Record of a Masters Thesis Exhibit, Gary Michael Green
The Effects of a Movement Education Program on the Perceptual-Motor Development of Kindergarten and Grade One Students, Donna J. Gregory
The Enzymatic Oxidation of Aldehydes by Xanthine Oxidase, Duane Beal 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.
Acceptance of Negroes by White College Students as a Function of College-Class Standing, Religious Conviction, and Race of Experimenter, Harry James Hawks
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
Outlines: An Original Composition for Concert Band, Bruce Albert Stephenson Hunter
A Survey of Aerospace Education in Grades Nine through Twelve in the State of Washington, Judith Ann Isaac
A Readability Survey of the Science Textbooks used in University Place Elementary School, District No. 83, Melvin Hans Jangard
A Comparison of ECS and Drug Induced State-Dependent Learning, Mayse F. John
Sex Differences in the Sixth Grade: An In-depth Study of a Neglected Learning Factor in Reading, Gail Purvis Johnson
The Effects of Motivation Level and Task Difficulty on Performance on a Vigilance Task, Donald C. Johnston
Ninety Day Follow-up of a Boy to Determine the Effects of the Use of Operant Techniques in the Classroom, Kim Gene Kay
Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth: Initiator of American settlement in the Oregon Country, William Charles Kelly
An Analysis of the Washington Junior High School Principal's Time Distribution, John Keras
A Validation Study of the Predictive Screening Test of Articulation, Stanley G. Kibbey
A Plan for Flexibly Scheduled Use of the Terminal Park Elementary School Library, Carole Bowen Kirkpatrick
A Study of the Employment of 1969 Central Washington State College Graduates in Education, Floy Joanne Lanegan
The Effect of Gamma Irradiation on Growth of Seven Strains of Trypanosoma avium, Roy Wesley Leid Jr.
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
The Effects of Free and Forced Choice with a Time Gradient and Monetary Incentive in a Serial Learning Task, Ernest joseph Lucier Jr.
The Breeding Biology of the Mountain Chickadee (Parus Gambeli), Donald Frederick Martin
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
Clarification of the Role of the Teacher of the Elementary Educable Mentally Retarded Child in Tacoma, Washington, Stephen Melseth
Subalpine Cover Ecology of Eutamias amoenus, Eutamias townsendii and other small Mammals in Huckleberry Park, Mount Rainier National Park, Don H. Meredith
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
A Measure of Basketball Skill for Fifth and Sixth Grade Boys, David Clair Moffitt
Conditioning Expressive Language in a Nonverbal Child, Frederick R. Moll
Effects of Nurturance on Incidental Imitative Behavior, Ronald Raymond Monti
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
Prolegomenon to a Neo-Kantian Student Heuristic, John W. Nageley III
A Study of how Teachers Evaluate Handwriting, Marvalee Maxine Nance
The Experimental Use of Operant Procedures with Language Delayed Children, Scott W. Nielsen
Two Bach Preludes and Fugues Transcribed for Wind-Band, Douglas Duane Nott
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
Use of the PALS Test to differentiate between High Achieving and Low Achieving Fifth GradeStudents: A Validity Study, Mickey H. Parson
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.
Utilization of the Frame Loom for Weaving in the Secondary School, Bonnie Jean Powell
Investigations in Mixed-media Printmaking, Jarold H. Powell
A Study of Personnel Practices Related to Teacher Aide Programs, Kent H. Pratt
The Relationship of Reading Achievement and the Speech Problems of Four Children Attendng C.W.S.C. Speech Clinic, Wanda Lee Raap
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 History of the Events Leading to the Establishment of the First State Normal School in America, Harold E. Ring
The Orient in Elementary School Social Studies, Judith Rogers
Past and Possible Future Preferences for 8-mm and 16-mm Projectors: First-class School Districts Washington State, Milton E. Ruth
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
Implementing Team Teaching in First Grade at South Auburn Elementary School, Linda Scarvie
The Incidence and Intensity of Haematozoa in the Common Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) of Western Washington, Ronald E. Scarvie
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
An Annotated Check List of the Land Mammals of Curry County, Oregon, Paul Emerson Sherrell
The Feasibility of Avian Karyotypes in Taxonomy, Gerald Francis Shields