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
An Historical Study of the Solo Concerto Cadenza, Toni Christine Rydman
Preparation of Phenylsulphur Chloride Tetrafluoride, Dennis T. Sauer
A Comparative Study of a Linguistic and a Traditional Approach to Spelling, Dale Henry Sayler
Handedness and Dominance Patterns of Normal and Mentally Retarded Children, Robert Henry Schreindl
An Identification of Factors Associated with the Current Elementary Music Program in the Bellevue Schools, Carol Rogel Scott
A Comparison of Academic Achievement Between Slow Learning Grouped and Non-grouped Seventh Grade Students in West Puyallup Junior High School, William George Selig
Comparative Study of the Effect of Creative Dramatics on Listening Achievement, Alice L. Setzer
Window Condensation: The Apparent Causes and Remedies, Roy Lester Simmons
Follow-up Study of Business Education Proficiency Card Holders That Have Graduated from Nathan Hale High School, Seattle, Washington, 1965, 1966, 1967, Donald T. Smith
A Guide for Introducing Power Mechanics into the Yakima Public Junior High Schools, James L. Smith Jr.
A Study to Determine the Effect of Picture Interpretation on the Achievement of Culturally Deprived Second Grade Pupils, Jane Henriksen Smith
An Analysis of County and Community Resources Available for Social Studies and Science Classes in the Bisbee, Arizona, Area, Lulu G. Smith
A Comparison of Certain Creativity and Personality Variables, Carol Jeanne Stevens
An Investigation of the Inter-relationship of Library Aptitudes and Library Skills Instruction at Central Avenue School, Tacoma, Washington, Dorothy Louise Sturdivant
A Study of Prevocational Students’ Vocational Choices Versus Actual Job Attainment and Social Adjustment Versus Employability for Educable Mentally Retarded, Ralph Summers Jr.
A Survey and Evaluation of Creative Writing through the Media of Individualized Movies in the Seventh Grade, Loy Victor Sutton
A Series of Original Paintings in Water Soluble Paint Employing Mixed Media and Experimental Techniques, E. Wayne Swanson
A Survey of First Year Elementary Teacher Attitudes Regarding Supervision and Evaluation Practices of Their Principals, Larry L. Thomas
A Survey of Teachers’ Attitudes Regarding the Effectiveness of the Nongraded Elementary School, Merton L. Thornton
The Basis of Angolan Nationalism, Albert V. Vandenberg
Transformational Grammar and Problems of Syntactic Ambiguity in English, Shirlie Jeanette Verley
Validity Coefficients, Norm Tables, and Expectancy Tables Based on Central Washington State College Students’ Performance on the Washington Pre-College Tests, Kathleen Elizabeth Wall
What Constitutes a Good P.T.A. Program, William Earnest Watson
A Pilot Study Measuring the Effect of the Video Tape Recorder in Improving Student Teacher Auditory and Overt Behavior Performance Skills During Their Student Teaching Experience, Robert Charles Wiley
Teaching Reading to the Educable Mentally Retarded at the Junior High Level Through Music and Rhythms, John Ernest Wollenweber Jr.
Integration of Library Skills With the Teaching of the Common Curriculum, Vernie M. Young
Theses from 1967
Effects of the Chemical Pesticides DDT and Sevin on Rabbits, James Allen Alban
Preliminary Studies on the Mechanism of the Rupe Reaction, Ann D. Anderson
Growth Response of Soil Algae to Tordon 101 Mixture, Jon Hans Arvik
The Financing of Outdoor Education in Eight Public School Districts of Washington State, Jan Ernesto Baldi
The Effectiveness of the Presentation and Removal of Money as Reward and Punishment in a Paired-Associate-Constant Order Learning Task, John B. Baughman
The Development of Self-Teaching Aids for Library Skills for Morgan Junior High School, Reva Dale Bayless
A Survey and Comparison of Current Follow-Up Practices and Curriculum in Special Education Programs in the State of Washington, Richard Beaudreau
Visual and Expressive Form Qualities Attainable in Thrown Pottery Vessels by Use of Various Lips and Feet, Kirby William Benson
A Follow-Up Study of Business Education in the Public High Schools in the State of Washington, Myrline Widner Billings
The Effect of Shifts in Reward Magnitude and Changes of Schedule of Reinforcement on Resistance to Extinction, Richard James Boylan
Financing the Athletic Program in the New High Schools in the State of Washington, Gary H. Brines
A Scale for Assessing Self-Concept of Perception of Independence in Learning and Its relationship to Underachievement in Intermediate Grades, Michael L. Clark
Evaluation of the Short Sternum as Diagnostic Evidence for Trisomy-E, Frank George Deeter
A Proposal for the Organization and Development of the A. C. Davis Senior High School Learning Resources Center, Donna Delchambre
A Study of the Effects of the Italian Influence on the Vocal Literature of Handel for the Purpose of Proper Interpretation, Francis Gene DeMiero
An Analysis of “Little Bat” in the Opera Susannah, James William Dewey
The Distribution of Three Taxa of Peromyscus in Central Washington, Gay Harold Engelsen
Some Fossil Mollusks of Yakima County, Washington, Raymond Deane Foisy
A Survey of the Relative Merits of All-Weather Tracks and Traditional Tracks, Elwood Paul Furseth
An Investigation of Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Certain Aspects of the High School Principal’s Role, William Douglas Garrison
Suggestibility and its Relationship to Instructional Set in Serial Learning, Richard Walter Giroux
Analysis Regarding Parental Knowledge of Services for the Mentally Retarded, Stanley F. Gomulkiewicz
A Survey of Small School Instrumental Music Curriculums and Performance Activities in the State of Washington, Harold Dennis Greig
The Effect of Continuous – and Partial Reinforcement on the Choice Behavior of Rats, Philip S. Hall
The Administration of the Counseling Program in the Junior High Schools of Yakima, Washington, Gregg E. Hals
Evaluation of the Non-Graded Primary Reading Program at Munich Elementary No. 1, Charles R. Hammill
An Evaluation of Commonly Used Speech Articulation Tests From the Standpoint of a Public School Therapist, Donna M. Harris
A Creative Project in Printmaking Dealing With the Production of a Series of Original Prints Using Multiple Plates Printed in Relief and Intaglio Techniques, Gregory Wallace Hawkins
Meaningfulness and Similarity as Determinants of Verbal Retention, Walter S. Heins
Bayes’ Theorem: A Model for Human Probability Estimate Revision, William H. Hickok
Relationship Between Perceptual Mode and Reading Ability in College Students Enrolled in a Reading Improvement Program, Mildred Norene Higgins
Pigments of the Crinoid Florometra Serretissima, Guy Allen Howard
Attitude Change in Student Teachers and Its Relationship to Cooperating Teachers’ Ratings of Student Teachers, Dennis Charles Hudson
The Case Study a Technique for the Diagnosis of Reading Disability, Barbara Jensen
A Comparative Analysis of the Academic Achievement of the Athlete and Non-Athlete in the Junior High School, Burlan Richard Johnson
Creating an Aesthetic Construct Drawing From Contemporary American Behavior and Borrowing Characteristics from Persian Paining of the Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries, Peter Christian Wesley Jorgensen
A Survey of the Effectiveness of Grouping by Reading Ability at the Elementary Level, Brian Glenn Kelley
A Questionnaire Survey of Physical Education Programs for Boys in the Public Schools of the State of Washington, Donald David Knowles
The Relationship between Criteria for Admittance to the Teacher Education Program and Performance in Student Teaching at Central Washington State College, James Preston Koch
A Study of the Relationship Between the Usage of Communication Media and Passage of Levies in School Districts in the State of Washington, Allan Edward Korvola
A Study of Selection, Duties, and Responsibilities of the Television Teacher, Robert Dean Larsen
An Evaluation of the Physical Education Instructional Programs of Selected Community Colleges in the State of Washington, Hazel M. Leland
The Effect of Electroconvulsive Shock Following One-Trial Avoidance Learning in the Rat, Richard H. Lovely
The Improvement of Perceptual Ability for Educable Mentally Retarded Children Through the Use of Gymnastics, Victor W. Lowe
A Flexible Music Schedule for a Small High School, Frederick H. Malcolm
The Effect of Overlearning and the Associative Value of the Stimuli Upon Reversal Learning, Ralph Daniel Marken
A Study of Show-And-Tell in Grade One, Rosetta Markovic
Status of Kindergarten Teachers in the State of Washington, Charlotte Yost McCartney
Operantly Conditioning a Boy’s Classroom Behavior, Daniel Lee McIvor
The Relative Efficiency of Auditory (Social) Reinforcement vs. Food Reinforcement with the Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri Sciureus) in an Operant Situation, David R. McMurray
Motival Structure of Susannah, a Music Drama by Carlisle Floyd, Sue Ellen McMurray
Purification and Properties of Triosephosphate Isomerase from Selected Chlorophyta, John C. Meeks
The Influence of Geomagnetism on the Maze Behavior of Dugesia Tigrina, Judith Kellman Miller
Conservatism in a Bayesian Probability Situation as a Function of the Sex of the Subject, Paul Frederick Miller
A Comparative Study of Inductive Influence on the Hydrolysis of Beta-Thioglucopyranosides by Beta-Thioglucosidase and Beta-Glucosidase, Robert W. Miller Jr.
Delayed Auditory Feedback and Retention Testing Time, Wayne K. Miller
A Study of the Effects of Democratic Coaching Procedures Upon Members of a High School Basketball Squad, Robert Abraham Moawad
Exploring the Use of an Operant Technique in Teaching Spelling to Emotionally Disturbed Socially Maladjusted Children, Robert Lloyd Myers
The Relative Effect of Time of Reinforcement and Pre-Reinforcement Activity on the Learning of Meaningful Verbal Material, Daisuke Bill Nakashima
A Comparative Study of a General and Linguistic Language Approach in a Sixth Grade Classroom, Vernon L. Neland
Elementary Secondary Education Act, Title II Print Expenditures for 1965 – 1966 in Washington State Public Schools, Betty L. Noack
Elementary Secondary Education Act, Title II Non-Print Expenditures for 1965-1966 in Washington State Public Schools, Edward C. Noack
A Study of the Influence of Boy Scout Experience on Educational Achievement, Robert Francis O'Bryan
Effect of Temperature upon Reproduction and Cyclic Development of Culture Forms of Trypanosoma Avium, Richard Michael Oliver
A Study of Class Placement for the Educable Mentally Retarded, Lucretia A. Osen
An Analysis and Interpretation of Three Vocal Works for Soprano from Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Gretchen Ostberg
Variable Reinforcement Schedules on a Teacher-Constructed Test, Michael Stephen Palanuk
A Study of the Development of Leadership Abilities in Teachers Through in-Service Education, Frank F. Paparazzo
The Relative Effects of Immediate and Delayed Reinforcement on a Programed Learning Task, A. Lee Parks
A Study in the Use of an Inductive-Deductive Audio-Lingual Approach to Teaching Standard English Usage, Douglas Delano Patterson
Changing a Student’s Classroom Behavior Using Operant Conditioning Techniques, Judith Ann Paulson
A Comparison of Two Textbooks Used in an Eighth Grade Slow Learner Mathematics Program, Douglas Kirk Pederson