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 1971
An Evaluation of an Early Introduction of Algebra I to Junior High School Students on an Extended Basis, Ralph H. Peterson
Exploration of Watercolor and Elmer's Glue Combined as a Painting Media, James L. Ponti
The Program Development for an Air Force Educational Technology Generalist, Dennis L. Primoli
A Reading Study Skills Course for a Community College, La Ree C. Rasmussen
A Stylistic Analysis of the Fünf Lieder Opus 15, Thomas William Reich
A Comparative Study of Open Court and Slingerland Reading Programs when used with Special Education Students, Steven L. Richards
An Investigation of Library Skills Acquired by Fifth Grade Students at Harvard Elementary School, Franklin Pierce District, Tacoma, Washington, Larry D. Rodahl
A New Test for Normality, Richard LeRoy Roller
Final Examination Scores in Algebra as a Function of Retesting, Otto Francis Ruud
Synthesis and Characterization of Some Dioxane Complexes, James Donald Satterlee
The Relationship of Dogmatism and Internal-External Control to Psychological Reactance, Edward J. Schau
The Riparian Vegetation of Swauk Creek, Edward L. Schneider
Effects of Volition and Justification on the Arousal of Dissonance during Performance of a Dull Task, George Roger Schoenhals
The Effects of a Behavior Modification Program on the Self Concepts of Children in Special Education, Barbara M. Scott
State-Dependent Learning as a Function of the Temporal Relationship between Noncontingent Footshock and Electroconvulsive Shock, T. Scott Shutt
A Use of the Visual Metaphor: The Relationship between the Figure to the Environment, Betty Anne Skalicky
A Survey of Qualifications and Job Activities of Employees Responsible for Space Analysis in Public Four Year Institutions of Higher Education, Duane Marvin Skeen
Development of a School Nurses' Guide for Teaching Family Life and Sex Education to Parents and Teachers of Madrona Middle School, Seattle, Washington, Muriel Grace Softli
The Teacher's Contingent Use of Praise and Privilege to Improve Classroom Study Behavior, Margaret E. Taylor
I Made Some Prints, Teresa O. Tempero
A Comparison of Seven Teaching Traits between Experienced Special Education Teachers and Experienced Regular Education Teachers, James Edward Thomas
Time Sampling Technique Applied to Counseling Practicum, William David Thomas
A Stylistic Analysis of Richard Wagner's Wesendonck Songs, Patricia Kay Thompson
A Study of the Status and Leadership of Girls' Athletics and the Attitudes of Teachers of Girls' Physical Education toward Girls' Athletics in the State of Idaho, Connie M. Thorngren
A Study on Differentiated Staffing in the First Class Districts of Washington State, Edward C. Tiegs
A Kinetic Study Pertaining to the Enzymatic Reduction of Pyruvate by Lactate Dehydrogenase, Ronald Floyd Tienhaara
A Study of Industrial Arts Teaching Problems and Course Content, Robert G. Torney
Correlation of Auditory Feedback and the Kottmeyer Diagnostic Spelling Test, Jerd Vance Tuman
A Study of Curriculum Methods and Materials Students' (Education 314) Performance at Central Washington State College and Teaching Competence, John Pauline Uhrich Jr.
A Study of the Relationship between Academic Promise Test Scores and Subsequent Achievement Test Scores and Course Grades at the Eighth Grade Level, Dallas B. Vaughan
A New Confidence Interval for the Mean of a Normal Distribution, David Lee Wallace
Retroactive Inhibition versus Proactive Inhibition as a Function of Variable Time Interval among Elementary School Children, Tom L. Warren
Some Interactions in the Evolution of Man and Tools, Gary W. Weston
Informational Components of Attribute Identification and Rule Learning Aspects of Conceptual Behavior, Christianne White
A Comparison of Emphasis of Training and On-The-Job Effectiveness of Media Personnel, Roy E. Williams
Evaporative Water Loss in Two Northwest Snakes: Pituophis catenifer and Crotalus viridis, Donald R. Woolery
Theses from 1970
Effects of Controlled Reading Reinforcement on Junior High Students, Earl Albertson
The Community College Environment; A Comparative Study of Perceptions and Expectations of Liberal Arts Students in Two Community Colleges, Vann Leonzia Anane
A Status Report Comparing Ellensburg School Facilities with Facility Regulations Established by the Washington State Board of Education, Clayton L. Anderson
A Study of the Reading Background and Current Program Practices in Reading Used by Elementary Principals in Washington's Second Class School Districts, Kenneth William Anderson
A Survey of Changing of Units of Measure in First Grade through Eighth Grade Mathematics Materials, Thomas E. Anderson
An Outdoor Education Field Study Guidebook for the Intermediate Grades, James Arthur Asmussen
An Experimental Study to Determine the Effect of Creative Dramatics upon a Public School Speech Therapy Program, Sharon Lee Balyeat
College Freshman Decisions Concerning a Teaching Career as Influenced by In-School Experience in Public Schools of Ellensburg, Washington, Leilani Mae Bangs
The Preparation of a Graduate Eb Alto Saxophone Recital, Thomas G. Barber
Luminous Multiple and Serial Systems as an Expression of the Infinite, James Bradley Barnaby
The Grading of Men’s Physical Education Activities in the Small Four-Year Colleges of Oregon, Washington and California, John A. Beck
Effect of Alcohol on Timing Behavior in the Pigeon, Robert J. Boyd
Tee-Ball, Merl E. Brothers
Group Counseling The Underachieving New College Student, Kenneth F. Burda
Developing an Optical Scanner Card for Computerized Football Scouting, Curtis Lowell Byrnes
Cauchy Extensions of Integrals, Donald Wayne Carlton
Operational Expression of Attitudes in a Self-Selecting Curriculum, James Richard Carnes
A Study of Selected Central Washington Secondary Principals’ Effectiveness from Teachers’ Perceptions and Principals’ Estimates of These Perceptions, Albert E. Carpenter Jr.
Designing and Production of Original Jewelry and Micro-Sculpture, Dick W. Chandlee
Contingency Management in a Language Development Program, James E. Clark
A Pilot Program in World Geography Using Modern Educational Methods and Techniques, Harry Ernest Clemmons
Industrial-Vocational Guidance Procedures in Washington Secondary Schools - 1970, Linden David Cole
Current Status of Chamber Ensembles in the First-Class High Schools of Washington State, Dennis C. Crabb
Stylistic Characteristics of Randall Thompson's Choral Music, Robert Hugh Creigh
A Comparison of a Block Program with the More Traditional System of Scheduling Speech Therapy in the Public Schools, Jean Cutlip
Teacher Performance in the Nongraded Elementary Schools of Central Washington, Helen Kathryn Dickson
Characteristics of Style in the Song Cycle Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, Bruce Gyger Dodge
Preparation for Teaching Reading in the Elementary Grades, Joan B. Drittenbas
The Church in the Dramas of T. S. Eliot, Rebecca Ellen Dunn
A Study of the Influence of the Lyrical Prose Novels of Virginia Woolf and Hermann Hesse on the Creative Process in Intaglio Printmaking, Kathleen Heather Embree
United States-Russian Relations, March Through November 1917: A Study of Misunderstanding, Robert N. Estes
An Evaluation of Three Techniques for the Quantitative Sampling of Marsh Invertebrates, John T. Falkenbury
Television-Mediated Aggression and Its Effects on Children’s Level of Aggressiveness, Thomas M. Ferguson
The Effects of Conferencing on Teacher and Pupil Verbal Behavior in the Classroom, Dwayne B. Fickel
Sculptural Furniture, Gary Galbraith
The Effects of a Perceptual-Motor Training Program on the Development of Motor Perception Skills on Kindergarten Children, James H. Gaston
Asymptotic Behavior of Fluid Jets, Ronald Walter Godfrey
Breeding Biology of the Sage Thrasher, John Wayne Gooding
An Attempt to Develop Automatic Sequential Language Skills in Kindergarten Children, Stanley Goodrich
Brahms' Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op. 24: A Study of the Technique of Harmonic Variation, Richard C. Grant
A Descriptive Study of Lateral Dominance and Directionality in Kindergarten Children, Sharon Gray
The Record of a Masters Thesis Exhibit, Gary Michael Green
The Effects of a Movement Education Program on the Perceptual-Motor Development of Kindergarten and Grade One Students, Donna J. Gregory
The Enzymatic Oxidation of Aldehydes by Xanthine Oxidase, Duane Beal Gregory
The Effect of Self-Directed Structure versus Adult-Directed Structure in the Learning of Articulation Skills in First and Second Grade Boys and Girls, Doris Elaine Haley
Individualized Instruction in Contrast to Total Classroom Instruction in Vocabulary Development, James N. Haner
Developing Educational Specifications for Elementary Library Quarters in the Monroe School District, Earl LeRoy Harding Jr.
Acceptance of Negroes by White College Students as a Function of College-Class Standing, Religious Conviction, and Race of Experimenter, Harry James Hawks
A Comparative Investigation of Techniques Used by Elementary Teachers When Reacting to Children's Classroom Behavior Problems, Buddy Joe Heimbigner
Development of a Filmstrip Designed to Recruit Teacher Aides from Specific Ethnic Groups, Laura A. Hendricks
A Survey of the Quantitative Elements of the Media Programs Available in the Public Schools within the Estacada Union High School District, Vernon Edward Hess
Selected Experiences and Teaching Procedures, Using Clay as a Medium, for Developing Creativity in the Nine-to-Eleven Year-Old, Linda Claire Hohn
Personnel Responsibilities of Assistant Principals in Washington State Public High Schools with Enrollments of Twelve Hundred or More Students, Curtis G. Horne
Outlines: An Original Composition for Concert Band, Bruce Albert Stephenson Hunter
A Survey of Aerospace Education in Grades Nine through Twelve in the State of Washington, Judith Ann Isaac
A Readability Survey of the Science Textbooks used in University Place Elementary School, District No. 83, Melvin Hans Jangard
A Comparison of ECS and Drug Induced State-Dependent Learning, Mayse F. John
Sex Differences in the Sixth Grade: An In-depth Study of a Neglected Learning Factor in Reading, Gail Purvis Johnson
The Effects of Motivation Level and Task Difficulty on Performance on a Vigilance Task, Donald C. Johnston
Ninety Day Follow-up of a Boy to Determine the Effects of the Use of Operant Techniques in the Classroom, Kim Gene Kay
Nathaniel Jarvis Wyeth: Initiator of American settlement in the Oregon Country, William Charles Kelly
An Analysis of the Washington Junior High School Principal's Time Distribution, John Keras