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 2005
Chimpanzee Use of Modulation in Response to Questions, Jen-shiuan (Susan) Shiau
Transient Detection and Modeling of Continuous Geodetic Data, Walter Michael Szeliga
Theses from 2004
Teachers' Handbook for Using Picture Books to Promote/Reinforce Mathematical Concepts in the Early Primary Grades, Andrea Lynn Bannister
A Large Late Pleistocene Outburst Flood From Pluvial Lakes Alvord and Coyote Into the Owyhee River, Oregon, Deron Torrey Carter
Theses from 2003
Tracks in the Woods: Identifying and Evaluating Historic Logging Railroad Systems within the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, Carol Taylor Hearne
CHUNKING MULTISYLLABLE WORDS INTO WORD PARTS TO INCREASE READING FLUENCY AND SPELLING ACCURACY, Joan Muriel Hutchinson
GIS Modeling of Desert Root Crop Maturation on the Mid-Columbia Plateau, Mary Michelle Phillips
TOWARD A SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO SIGNIFICANCE ASSESSMENTS OF PREHISTORIC ACHAEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES AT MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK, Nicholas James Smith
Theses from 2002
A Field Study of the Northern Leopard Frog (Rana Pipiens) in the Potholes Reservoir Area, Washington, Heather Maranda Simmons
An Assessment of Potential Habitat Corridors and Landscape Ecology for Long-Tailed Macaques (Macaca Fascicularis) on Bali, Indonesia, Mark Warren Southern
Environment-Based Education: Policy, Practice, and Place, Eric N. Wickwire
Theses from 2001
Chimpanzee-Caregiver Interactions in Captive Settings: The Effects of "Cultures" of Captive Management, Sarah Angela Baeckler
A small look at the big picture: linking geopotential height anomalies to paleofloods on the Snake River, Idaho and Oregon, Gwendolyn Bernitha Rhodes
Theses from 2000
A Parent Handbook: How Parents Can Foster Learning to Enhance Formal Schooling, Janet M. McKee
Theses from 1999
A Spatial and Temporal Analysis of Riparian Vegetation along Satus Creek on the Yakama Indian Reservation, Kathryn Gellenbeck
The Effects of an Organizational Communication Intervention on Job Satisfaction in a Public Health Organization, Ann Kathleen Riley
Carbonado: The History of a Coal Mining Town in the Foothills of Mount Rainier, 1880-1937, John Hamilton Streepy
Theses from 1998
Factors Contributing to Landslide Activity in the Winter of 1995-96, Clearwater County Near Orofino, Idaho, Aaron Paul Wisher
Theses from 1997
Sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) Restoration in Altered Sage Grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) Habitat of the Yakima Training Center in Central Washington, Margaret Ann Pounds
Issues and Conflicts in the Management of the Public Domain of the Saddle Mountains in Eastern Washington: A Case Study, James Jack Sharpe
Summer Home Range Size of the Eastern Cascade Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa rainieri) in Relation to Availability of Preferred Food, Robert Julian Stagg
Theses from 1996
Johann Victor Bredt and German Party Politics: From Empire to Republic to Dictatorship, 1912 to 1933, John Michael Katz
Theses from 1995
Introversion, Extraversion, and Humor, Tanna Marlane Boucher
Impacts of Irrigation Development on Anadromous Fish in the Yakima River Basin, Washington, Robert L. Tuck
Theses from 1993
The Intelligibility of Japanese Speakers of English to Native Speakers of English, Manabu Aoki
To Assimilate the Children: The Boarding School at Chemawa, Oregon 1880-1930, James Alan Smith
Theses from 1992
Using Music to Enhance Beginning Reading, Shirley Yvonne Herrud
A Study of the Summer Steelhead, Oncorhynchus mykiss in Several Intermittent Tributaries of the Satus Creek Basin, Washington, Joel Denney Hubble
THE VALUE OF HEBELER CHILDREN'S SCHOOL, Janet Lucille Smith
Theses from 1990
Collaborative Reading at Home to Assist Children with Reading Difficulties, Criste R. Goldy
The Effect of Different Approaches to Goal Setting on Goal Commitment, Eileen Mary Piersa
Theses from 1989
Promoting Children's Writing for Publication, Minnie Mary McKay Merrill
Theses from 1988
Pre-Academy Placement in the Washington State Patrol: Factors Associated with Academy and Job Performance, Richard Franklin Hamack
Computers and the School Principal, Paul Henry Nelson
Theses from 1987
The Homeschool Enrichment Center: A Handbook for Implementation, Linda Maude Anderson
The Pre-First Transition Room Program, Jeffrey Scott Peck
Theses from 1986
Silent Reading before Oral Reading on the IRI: Implication for Diagnosis and Instruction, Catherine P. Benedetti
A Measure of Student Attitude toward Physical Activity at Central Washington University, Timothy D. Clark
Administrative Behaviors which Positively Affect Teacher Commitment to Principals, E. Paul Furchert
100 Years of Yakima Indian Nation Art, Muriel Jean Hauge
Analysis of Some Variations in Method of Performing the Push-Up among College Women, Clifford T. Mito
Selection Procedure Utilized by Second-class School Districts in Making Appointments to the Principalship in Washington State, Keith W. Morris
Adjustment of South African Education Program Students and South African Higher Education Program Students in America, Ronald T. September
Theses from 1985
An Analysis of Parental Rights in the Education of their Children, Marylou Brain Mundy
Student Rights: U.S. Supreme Court Cases-- Their Implications for and Implementation in Washington Schools, Angela Dawn Ramsey
Absenteeism Trends in the North Franklin School District From 1974 to 1985, Gail A. Thompson
Theses from 1984
Selected Sources of Funding for the Third World Educational Projects, Joseph M. Ndisya
Acquisition of Physical Fitness Knowledge by Central Washington University Physical Education Activity Students, Diana Dawne Rector
Theses from 1983
The Cost to and the Public Relation Effects of Federal Education Dollars to the Local School District, Raymond L. Cooper
Exercises for Developing Student Leadership for the Middle School, Gene Robert Laes
The Effect of an Intensive Study Skills Approach on Grade Point Average of Secondary Learning Disabled Students, Jeanne Lancaster Vaughan
The Use of Children's Literature in Improving the Secondary Remedial Reader's Attitude toward and Fluency in Reading, Jane Watson
Theses from 1982
Opinions of Washington State School Administrators Concerning Federal and State Paperwork Requirements, Jerry Alan Harding
The Effect of Intelligence Quotient Scores on Special Education Teacher Expectations for Job Success of the Mildly Handicapped, Janice Ann Tornow
Theses from 1981
Attitude and Opinion Profile of the High School Vocational Student versus the Academic Student, Bernard Austin Belstad
Theses from 1980
The Nature of the Middle School in Washington State - 1980, Edward Allen Barnhart
Academic Performance and Social Participation of Gifted and Talented Humanities Program Students, Hyak Junior High School, Bellevue, Washington, Eileen Casey Herling
The Development of a Comprehensive Preschool Screening Instrument, Jana Lee Johnson
Occurrence and Characteristics of Nonfruiting Myxobacteria Isolated from Pine Forest Soils, Paul M. Kulvi
A Content Analysis of Public School Education News in an Independently Owned Small Daily Newspaper, Linda L. McCleary
The Effect of Bench Jump Training on the Leg Strength and on the Vertical Jumping Ability of the Student, Michael Milo McGuire
The Fifth Grade Student as an Active Participant in the Selection of School Library Books, Catherine Spada McLeod
Relationship between Systematic Planning at Community Colleges and Goal Agreement, Nancy Emily Stetson
Theses from 1979
The Body of John Merryman: Ex Parte Merryman, a Case of Executive-Judicial Conflict over the Suspension of Habeas Corpus, Eric Paul Anderson
Energy Education Materials for Elementary School, Marcia Keizer Fraser
Teacher's reactions to an implemented competency based education program in Tigard Senior High School, Merle Dean Winder
Theses from 1978
An Evaluation of Central Washington University in Meeting the Objectives of the Degree Program in Teacher Education, John Harold Dallum
Theses from 1977
Effect of Deforestation by the Douglas-Fir Tussock Moth on the Quality of Streamflow and Stream Productivity Parameters, Martin Ed Hicks
Theses from 1974
A Survey of Elementary School Principals Attitudes Regarding the Effectiveness of the Association of Washington School Principals in Professional Negotiations, David Holmes Adams
The Effects of Reduction in Dependence Upon Group as a Source of Influence on Field Dependence, James L. Antram
The Effects of Extraneous Stimulation and Activity on Performance in a Recognition-Memory Task, Richard Armstrong
An Approach to the Teaching of Handwriting, Patricia J. Belter
Tree Ring-Widths in Pinus Ponderosa and Pseudotsuga Menziesii as Indicators of Past Annual Precipitation, Gerald L. Bliss
An Application of Organizational Development in an Institution of Higher Learning, Stanford R. Bohne
A Taxonomic and Distributional Survey of the Benthic Blue-Green Algal Flora of the Skokomish River Estuary, Louis J. Boitano
Development of the Land-Fantasy Drawing in Pen and Ink, Nance Baffaro Bracken
Evaluative Study of a Proposed Municipal Pyrolysis Installation, Leon Breckenridge
Museum Visitor Analysis: The Kampsville Example, Kenneth L. Brott
A Comparison on the State Dependent Effects Of Electroconvulsive Shock and Physostigmine on a Choice Task, Candace Susanne Brown
Developing the High School Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Bruce Edwin Brummond
A Study of the Middle School Principal and Principals' Associations, LaVerne James Burlingame
The Doublebass: A Short History and Concepts of Construction, Joseph W. Bynum
The Hatha Yoga Acting Methodology: An Evening with Me, Oscar N. Cady
Comparison of Oral and Silent Comprehension Scores on an Informal Reading Inventory, Linda Leah Carlton
Locus of Control and Achievement Incentive in a Risk Taking Situation, Frederick Gordon Carr
Effect of Oral Reading Rate Improvement Program on Reading Rate, Comprehension, and Reading Level, Julianne Mickie Clise
A Study of State Athletic Associations on Participation Limitations for Interscholastic Wrestling, Wilbur Eugene Conrad
Factors Related to Postparole Outcomes of Juvenile Offenders, Marcia Crigler
Ecology of Central Washington Semi-Arid Lands a Documentary Film, Phillip Robert Debusschere
Douglas-Fir Seed Volatile Oils in Seed Detection by Deer Mice, Millard S. Deusen
A Study of the Effect of Varied Amounts of Oral Reading on Reading Comprehension in a First Grade Classroom, Melinda Anne Dickson
School Entrance Age and its Later Influence on Academic Achievement, Gary J. Eubanks
Style Characteristics of Four Sibelius Art Songs, Julie Anne Eygabroad
A Comparison of Two Artificial Substrates in the Determination of Net Primary Production, Leland C. Faulconer
The Korean Crucible: American Intervention in the Korean Conflict, Carolyn Louise Ferguson
The Effects of Pattern of Extraneous Auditory Stimuli and Sex on Vigilance Performance, Paul G. Fisher