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 1967
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
An Examination of Setting in Six Selected Short Novels of Katherine Anne Porter, Laurel N. Piippo
The Effect of the Frostig Program for the Development of Visual Perception on Readiness Skills, Judith L. Popp
A Comparison Study of the Word Analysis Skills in Five Spelling Textbook Series with the Macmillan Reading Program, Delfina Lidia Prairie
A Comparison of Isometric Exercises and Weight Training on the Development of Leg Strength and Jumping Ability in Secondary School Boys, Larry Charles Pryse
The Development of a Series of Cast Metal Sculpture Using the Lost Wax Process, Ernest C. Reynolds
A Comparative Study of the Performance of Students in Gregg Shorthand, Diamond Jubilee Series, and Forkner Shorthand in the Seattle Public Schools, Pearl M. Ribling
A Survey of the Development of the Green River Community College and the Need for a Handbook in the Adult Evening School Program, Roger E. Rosin
Standardization of a Library Skills test for a Metropolitan School District, David Gearhart Sanford
A Survey to Determine the Need for a Manual for the Preparation of School Psychologists' Reports, Edward Searle Schourup
A Survey of Current Trends in Securing Intercollegiate Athletic Budget Funds in State Community Colleges of Washington, Charles P. Semanick
Comparative Study of Recitation and Review in Seventh Grade Programmed Geography, Jacob Max Setzer
Junior High School Football Program, H. Keith Shahan
A Study of Anxiety Relative to Academic Achievement and to Sex, Gerald R. Shulenbarger
An Analysis of Junior High School Performances of Students Admitted Early and Late in the Ellensburg Public Schools, Clark Atkins Smith
A Longitudinal Study of the Behavioral Patterns of an Epileptic Child, Ethel M. Smith
A Study of a Proposed Plan for School District Reorganization in Sultan, Gold Bar and Index, George Thomas Sofie
Community Knowledge of Mental Retardation and Attitudes Toward the Retarded, Mary C. Speed
An Analysis of the Styles of C. Saint-Saëns and W. A. Mozart with Emphasis on Their Clarinet Compositions, Gerald Kenneth Steele
An Investigation of the Structural Qualities of Certain Technical Elements in a Series of Oil Paintings Related to the Figure, Gretchen Hartsock Teague
An Evaluation of the Intermediate Progress Report of the Wenatchee Schools, Jan Gerry Theriault
A Survey of the Qualifications of Reading Specialists Teaching in Governmental Supported Reading Programs in the Washington State Public Schools, Derward Herbert Tozer
Developing and Utilizing Audio-Visual Aids in the Naches Valley School District, James P. Ward
A Comparison of the Attitudes of Teachers and Parents Toward Discipline, James R. Watson
Predicting Reading Readiness from Human Figure Drawings, Charles W. Williams