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 1964
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
A Comparative Study of Basic Concerns of Eighth and Tenth Grade Students, Paul S. Yeend
Theses from 1962
A Study of the Training of Secondary Biology Teachers in Negros, Philippines, Reme Soriano Agustin
The Derivation of Two Regression Equations for Predicting Freshmen Cumulative Grade Point at Central Washington State College from Ninth Grade Subject Averages, Hugh Tims Albrecht
A Survey of Elementary School Libraries of Puyallup, Washington, John R. Anderson
A Survey by Sampling of Out of Town Buying Habits of the Residents of Ellensburg, Washington, Carol Lee Barto
A Survey of University Engineering Departments in the State of Washington to Determine Engineering Drawing Requirements for High Schools, James E. Brousseau
Effects of Diet and Exercise on Body Weight and Girth Measurement, Anne Coulston
The Creative Process in Developing a Series of Paintings, Stanley E. Day
A Comparison of Second and Fourth Grade Children’s Multiplicative Abilities, Bernard Eugene Dillon
A Study Conducted among Selected Yakima Business Offices to Give Direction to Future Curriculum Planning in the Secretarial Training Department at Yakima Valley College, Adeline Constance Engen
An Experimental Study of the Use of Diagraming in Teaching English Usage to Sixth Graders, Lucy Keith Gran
The IPAT Sixteen Personality Factor Test and the IPAT Humor Test of Personality as Devices for Assessing Counselors in Training, Phillip Morris Heggen
A Study of the Relationship between Children’s Reading Ability and Their Physical Motor Competencies, Larry F. Hinchen
A Comparative Study of the I. Q. and Grade Differences between Music Students and Other High School Students in the Okanogan Schools for 1958-1959, Wayte A. Kirchner
A Predictive Study of Seventh Graders’ Academic Achievement from Objective and Subjective Grade Six Ratings, Allan Gordon Moodie
A Study of the Effects of Self-Evaluation Ratings in terms of Effort and Conduct by Homogeneously Grouped Seventh Grade Students, Horace R. Nichols
A Comparative Study of Two Methods of Teaching Arithmetic, Evalyn Bamborough Pflueger
Motivating a Fifth and Sixth Grade Classroom Interest by Teaching Science Units at the Center of the Curriculum, Theodore R. Reich
A Touch in Time: An Educational Film Depicting the Major Activities of the School Health Nurse in a Modern Elementary School, Mary Catherine Rodgers
The Effects of Football Participation on Personality Adjustment in Elementary School Boys, Russell D. Scofield
A Proposed Plan for Developing Purposeful Communications Between School and Home for the Wenatchee Elementary Schools, Kenneth P. Shamberger
An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Reinforcement in Counseling on the Change of Verbal and Other Overt Behavior, Raymond D. Stinnett
A Survey of the Use of Curricular Time in the Naches Valley School District, Alan F. Tinsley
Development of an Automated Basic Spelling Program for Retarded Children, William Gilbert Woods
Theses from 1961
Selective Art Experiences and Teaching Procedures for Developing Creativeness at the Junior High School Level, Marion Andrews Akers
A Comparative Study of Two Methods of Teaching Reading, Alan R. Bergstrom
The Public Assistance Child in the Yakima Public Schools, Ellen Kennedy Brzoska
A Discriminative Study of the Weight Training and Physical Fitness Program in Physical Education, George W. Carberry, Jr.
A Descriptive Study of the College Elementary School Camping Experience of Four Fifth Graders, Betty Anne Charlton
A Survey of the Life, Cost, and Storage of Textbooks in the First Class Districts of the State of Washington, Grades One Through Six, Haven K. Crum
9 O’clock Scholar: An Educational Film Depicting the Major Activities During a Day in a First-Grade Classroom, Llewella Davies
Educational Community Resources a Guide for Moses Lake Junior High and Elementary Teachers, Byron L. DeShaw
A Survey of Foreign Relations Emphasis in the Secondary Schools of Clark County, Washington, Jess Vern Frost
Responsibilities of Washington Industrial Arts Teachers for Classroom Budgetary and Financial Procedures, Carl A. Fulkerson
Delayed Reinforcement and Delayed Response in Discrimination Learning of Developmentally Retarded Children, Robert Preston Gelhart
An Experiment with a Technical Unit for Teaching Fiction in the High School, Allen R. Goodell
Development of the Principal Clarinets and Representative Music From 1696-1843, Robert Clarence Holtz
A Language Arts Program for Pasco Senior High School Arrived at Through Group Participation, Doris L. Lisk
Adequacy of Preparation Felt by Those Who Obtained Degrees in Administration and Supervision at Central Washington College of Education, Marjorie Irene Bradford Mathers
A Study of Basketball Organizational Materials and the Development of an Organizational Handbook for Beginning Basketball Coaches, Samuel Edward Mitchell
A Study to Determine the Effect of Three Elementary Physical Education Programs on Physical Fitness, Thomas Pattillo
A Study of the Applicability of Makah Indian Music as Material for Concert Band Composition, Larry S. Richardson