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
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
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