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 1965
Evolving Creative Thrown Pottery Vessels from Basic Forms, Kenneth Raymond Moser
A Survey of the General Educational Development Program of Military Personnel at Fort Lewis, Washington, Gordon Everett Newton
A Survey to Determine the Effectiveness of Portable Classrooms in Today’s Educational Picture, Daun E. Olson
Establishing Guidelines for Effective Scheduling of Junior High Schools with Enrollments Between 500-1000, William Albert Parker
A Study of the Relative Achievement of Students Enrolled in Senior High School Physical Science Courses, Raymond David Perkins
The Evacuation of Japanese-Americans from Washington State During World War II: A Study in Race Discrimination, Charles A. Ptolemy
Evaluation of Monroe Public School Children Grades One Through Five Using the Washington State Elementary Physical Fitness Test, Joseph Redfield
A Survey of the Literature of Intelligence Tests Being Used in Helping to Determine the Intellectual Abilities of Cerebral Palsied Children, Ronald G. Ross
An Exploration of Aesthetic and Technical Possibilities Through the Combination of Several Media in the Designing of Three Dimensional Sculptural Forms, Donald C. Sheppard
The Effects of Nonpromotion on Achievement and Maturation in the Junior High School, Alma C. Spithill
Meeting the Needs of the Slow Learner at the Secondary Level, Joan L. Takach
An Investigation into the Relationship of Grammatical Judgments to Written Composition, Farrell Edward Taylor
Motivation and Its Effects on Auditory Detection Thresholds, Gregory Peter Thomas
A Study of Biology Teaching in the State of Washington – 1959 versus 1965, Bert E. Thompson
Individual Instruction: Third Grade Arithmetic, Dorothy M. Thompson
A Survey of Television Utilization in Teacher Education with Suggested Applications for the Republic of China, Tuz-Chin Ting
Group Counseling and Study Skill Methods of Assisting Fifth and Sixth Grade Underachievers, Donald M. Whitney
The Raven Coloured Progressive Matrices, Metropolitan Readiness and Detroit First Grade Intelligence Tests as Predictors of Achievement in Primary Grades, Robert Harold Wirt
A Correlation Study of the Sixth Grade Verbal School and College Ability Test with Eighth Grade Reading Achievement, Claude E. Yule
Theses from 1964
An Evaluation of the SRA Reading Laboratory I-a Used as a Supplementary Reading Program in the First Grade, Doris R. Ayyoub
Individualizing Instruction Through the Use of Classroom Groups, Ardeth Rae Barnfield
Inside Baseball, Dell Bethel
A Survey of Reading Methods Suitable for use with Remedial Pupils, Louie W. Cava
An Analysis of Parent-Teacher Association Membership and Attendance, Michael Slater Cline
A Study of the Federal School System of Alaska Concerning Its role and Administrative Problems, John E. Coffee
Growth in Geometric Skills Made by Students in Grade Four, Gail Crum
The Effect of Verbal and Nonverbal Reinforcing Stimuli on the Conditioning of Word Choices, Barbara Jean Dafoe
A Study of Oral and Written Reports to Parents at the Elementary and Junior High School Levels, Christopher Frederick Darling
A Comparative Study of the Traditional and the Scott, Foresman Approaches to the Teaching of Addition and Subtraction of Fractions, Austa L. Daverin
An Experimental Study of Fear: Test of An Alleged Innate Sign Stimulus, Paul Dawson
An Experimental Study of the Effects of Weight Training on the Speed, Strength, and Endurance of Junior High School Boys, Kenneth Duane Edwards
The algae of Two Soil Types, Eugene D. Fairchild
A Descriptive Analysis of the Youth Study Center of Yakima, Washington, from 1957 to 1964, Julius Edwin Glover
Identification of Personality Traits of Various Academic Interests, Jerry Maurice Gower
A Study of Selected Topics to be Taught in Sixth-grade Science in the Grant School, Ephrata, Washington, Lewis Clyde Graham
The Effect of a Corrective Exercise Program on Ninth Grade Boys with Foot Deviations, Bill Hand
Microtine Rodents of Kittitas County, Washington, James Alan Harbour
The Application of the Additivity Theorem to Subjective Probability, Branton K. Holmberg
The Origin and Development of the Italian Aria in the Baroque Period, Richard M. Houser
“Weep You No More, Sad Fountains” an Original Choral Work Displaying Certain Archaic Compositional Devices, Ray Bert Johnson
Mines and Miners of the Swauk, Josee Ann Jordan
The Effects of Cultural Influences on Achievement in Language Usage, Robert Anderson Kellman
The Relationship Between the Ordinal Position in the Family and Reading Achievement of Third Graders in Yakima, Washington, Merle Klavano
A Survey of Opinions of First-Year Teachers from Central Washington State College and Their Principals Regarding Induction and In-Service Training, Alfred Edwin Kluth
Getting Ready for Kindergarten: a Film Designed to be Shown at an Orientation Meeting for Parents of Kindergarten Children, Mary Jane Koontz
Off to a Good Start: an Educational Film Depicting the Orientation of Teachers, John Bert Liboky
A Study to Determine the Impact of Team Teaching on Pupil Achievement in a Fourth Grade Classroom, Morag M. Liboky
Some Creative Processes Involved in an Original Children’s Play, Tarry L. Lindquist
Sight and Sound on 8: A Filmed Presentation Depicting the Local Production of an Eight Millimeter Magnetic Sound Film, Gerald Rodney Magelssen
The Study of the Influence of the Family, Peer Group, and the Community on Adolescent Smoking, Gordon David Martinen
The Role of the Principal as the Adviser to the High School Student Council, Robert J. Marum
A Job Description of the Administrators and Classified Personnel of Monroe Public Schools, Gene F. Maxim
Factors Involved in Establishing Power Mechanics in the Industrial Arts Curriculum at Morgan Junior High School, Ellensburg, Washington, Donald Wallace McInnis
Existential Thought: Its Contributions to Psychotherapy, John Joseph Mitchell II
Fighting Forest Fires in the Western United States: an Educational Filmstrip and Manual for Teaching Forest Conservation, William Dale Moody
An Assessment of the Current Status of High School Psychology Teaching in the State of Washington, G. James Mullen Jr.
Basic Cursive Writing: Development of a Self-Instructional Program, Bobbie Nell Parson
Teaching General Music through Harmonic Experience in the Seventh Grade at Ritzville, Washington, Elmer A. Peters
The Economic Importance of Fungus Diseases of the Tree Fruits in the Wapato Area, Rodney O. Phillips
A Survey of the Procedures Used in the Selection of Social Studies Textbooks in the Public Schools, Wayne D. Pringle
Teachers’ Handbook for Sharpstein Elementary School, Clarence R. Rogers
The Development of the Song Literature of Hugo Wolf, Edward J. Sand
An Enumeration of Historical Accounts Selected to Facilitate the Teaching of Key Historical Concepts, Juanita Colobong Sarandi
An Inquiry into the Effect of Art Enrollment on Grades in Other Subjects, Roy B. Schonewill
An Evaluation of the Automated Reading Program: First Steps in Reading for Meaning, Helen Elizabeth Schourup
A Comparison of Isometric and Isotonic Exercises as Methods of Building Strength, Arnold Scott
Exploring Some Approaches to Expressive Drawing, Donald LeRoy Simmons
Relationship of Physical Fitness to Success in Junior High Among Sunnyside Junior High Boys, Jerry St. George
Criteria for Evaluating a Good Reading Program for Grades Five through Eight from Research and Literature as They Apply to Battle Ground, Washington, Charles D. Strunk
Point of View as Key to the Narrative Structure, Symbolism, and Theme of Moby Dick, Delma Ward Tayer
Photographs as a Source of Content in Figure Painting, Constance Helen Weber
Palestrina: His Time, His Life and His Music, Wilford W. Whitaker
Theses from 1963
A Proposed Program for the Use of Instrumental Music with Orthopedically Handicapped Children, Donald Henry Allgaier
An Investigation of the role of the High School Counselor in Class II Districts in the State of Washington, Charles A. Booth
An Investigation of Social Acceptance as a Function of an Extra-Curricular Formal Dramatics Program Involving Sixth Grade Students, Larry B. Bowen
Development of Cardiovascular Fitness in Swimming by the Interval Training Method, Donald LeRoy Cleman
A Study of the Implementation of the Generalization in Resource Conservation Curriculum, Jule Oliver Crabtree
The Effect of Unrewarded Exploration Upon Maze Learning in Rats, James W. Croake
The Experimental Use of Clay in a Wall Panel, Marion E. Farmer
A Study of the Expectations of High School Seniors Concerning Marriage and College, Allen W. Gustafson
A Partial Survey of the Practices and Problems in the Hiring of Negroes to Teach in the Public Schools of Washington, Lila A. Hanson
The Relationship of Instruments’ Size and Shape to Handwriting Achievement, Thomas M. Hindman
Stephen Crane, Journalist: A Prismatic Career in the Gilded Age, Donna M. Hughes
An Experimental Study of the Influence of the Educational Comic Upon Content Achievement and Retention, Hugh Donald Jacobs
An Investigation of Current Practices in the Education of Gifted Children in Small High Schools of Central Washington, 1959-1960, Warren O. Kidder
An Identification of Economic Concepts and Generalizations in a Sixth Grade Social Studies Textbook, Merle J. Locke
A Composite Representational Study of Masks Using Visual, Verbal, and Written Impressions, Nick E. Mason
A Study of the Desirability of the State Music Supervisor, Dwight Eduard Morris
A Musical Approach to the Teaching and Performance of Percussion, John Frederick Mowad
An Intramural Tackle Football Program Guide for Wapato Junior High School, Paul Alan Petty
The Role of Chromosome Mutation and Aberration in Species Formation and Differentiation, Frederick Earl Reesman
A Study of Football Training Rules in the High Schools of Chelan, Douglas, Grant and Okanogan Counties, Lynn Edward Rosenbach
A Study of Counselor Change during a Guidance and Counseling Institute, Roy Lyle Selvage
Developing a Curriculum for the Trainable Student Enrolled in the Boy’s Apprentice Training Program at Rainier School, Frank F. Serviss
An Evaluation of Instructional Materials for Use in Teaching Electronics, H. Allen Shockley
An Examination of an Art Centered Curriculum for Beginning Classes in Special Education in the Bellevue School District, Lucille Mohring Studebaker
An Examination of Written School Policies as They Pertain to School Leadership, Ralph L. von Kaenel