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A Study Of The Development Of Leadership Abilities In Teachers Through In-Service Education, Frank F. Paparazzo Aug 1967

A Study Of The Development Of Leadership Abilities In Teachers Through In-Service Education, Frank F. Paparazzo

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of the writer to determine from research literature: (1) the value of in-service education programs in developing talent leadership in teachers, (2) the nature and origin of leadership, and (3) the teacher's role in the in-service program.


A Survey Of The Development Of The Green River Community College And The Need For A Handbook In The Adult Evening School Program, Roger E. Rosin Aug 1967

A Survey Of The Development Of The Green River Community College And The Need For A Handbook In The Adult Evening School Program, Roger E. Rosin

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to trace the history of the Green River Community College and to show the need for the development of a handbook concerned with appropriate method for the adult student.


A Comparison Of The Attitudes Of Teachers And Parents Toward Discipline, James R. Watson Aug 1967

A Comparison Of The Attitudes Of Teachers And Parents Toward Discipline, James R. Watson

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to measure and compare the attitudes of teachers and parents toward discipline. The null hypothesis on which this study was based was that there would be no statistically significant difference between the attitudes of teachers and parents toward discipline.


Community Knowledge Of Mental Retardation And Attitudes Toward The Retarded, Mary C. Speed Aug 1967

Community Knowledge Of Mental Retardation And Attitudes Toward The Retarded, Mary C. Speed

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to survey the community of Pasco, Washington, in order to determine the general knowledge of mental retardation and the attitudes toward the retarded.


Evaluation Of The Non-Graded Primary Reading Program At Munich Elementary No. 1, Charles R. Hammill Aug 1967

Evaluation Of The Non-Graded Primary Reading Program At Munich Elementary No. 1, Charles R. Hammill

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to (1) evaluate the implementation procedures of the nongraded reading program at Munich Elementary No. l; (2) determine whether reporting and recording student progress met the needs of the students and teachers; (3) discover any difficulties inherent in the present system of assigning and grouping children; and (4) relate the level of achievement experienced in this program to the previously employed program as revealed by an opinion survey of the teachers involved in the program.


The Effects Of A Progressive Weight Training Program Compared To A Non Weight Training Program On Performances In Track And Field Athletics, Larry W. Pope Aug 1967

The Effects Of A Progressive Weight Training Program Compared To A Non Weight Training Program On Performances In Track And Field Athletics, Larry W. Pope

All Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this study to compare a progressive weight training program with a non weight training program as conditioning methods for performances in track and field athletics.


A Survey Of Current Trends In Securing Intercollegiate Athletic Budget Funds In State Community Colleges Of Washington, Charles P. Semanick Aug 1967

A Survey Of Current Trends In Securing Intercollegiate Athletic Budget Funds In State Community Colleges Of Washington, Charles P. Semanick

All Master's Theses

The problem of this study was: (1) to survey current practices in securing and budgeting athletic funds in the state community colleges of Washington; (2) to determine the present expenditures for different sports; and (3) to determine the personnel responsible for procuring and budgeting intercollegiate athletics during the 1966-1967 school year.


A Survey To Determine The Need For A Manual For The Preparation Of School Psychologists' Reports, Edward Searle Schourup Aug 1967

A Survey To Determine The Need For A Manual For The Preparation Of School Psychologists' Reports, Edward Searle Schourup

All Master's Theses

The major problem investigated was the feasibility of the development of a manual which would give guidance and assistance to school psychologists in writing of reports to referring classroom teachers. It was assumed that such a manual would be used by many school psychologists if available to them.


An Analysis Of The Styles Of C. Saint-Saëns And W. A. Mozart With Emphasis On Their Clarinet Compositions, Gerald Kenneth Steele Aug 1967

An Analysis Of The Styles Of C. Saint-Saëns And W. A. Mozart With Emphasis On Their Clarinet Compositions, Gerald Kenneth Steele

All Master's Theses

This paper has represented an effort by the writer to learn something about two major clarinet compositions and about their composers, and to provide for the readers of this paper a means of better understanding Wolfgang Mozart and Camille Saint-Saëns and their clarinet compositions. The study of these compositions has been in connection with the preparation for their performance in a Graduate Recital by the writer. The two composers studied in this project represent two periods of music history, two different styles of composition and two different personalities.


An Analysis And Interpretation Of Three Vocal Works For Soprano From Eighteenth, Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Gretchen Ostberg Aug 1967

An Analysis And Interpretation Of Three Vocal Works For Soprano From Eighteenth, Nineteenth And Twentieth Centuries, Gretchen Ostberg

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to establish a musical and artistic interpretation of three vocal compositions by three composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Henri Duparc, and Anton Webern.


Changing A Student’S Classroom Behavior Using Operant Conditioning Techniques, Judith Ann Paulson Aug 1967

Changing A Student’S Classroom Behavior Using Operant Conditioning Techniques, Judith Ann Paulson

All Master's Theses

This experiment was designed to extinguish a sixth grade boy's undesirable classroom behaviors by the complete withdrawal of teacher attention, and to develop and increase in successive approximations, the child's desirable classroom behaviors by frequent and intermittent teacher attention. The study was meant to be: (a) research replicating numerous other similar studies, but in addition be a behavior modification experiment conducted in a regular classroom setting in an elementary school and in as practical a way as possible for a teacher with 30 students, and (b) a response to a request from the boy's teachers for service and help.


Wrestling Refereeing Illustrated: An Instructional Sound Filmstrip Designed For Use In The Physical Education Class, The Intramural Program, The Interschool Wrestling Team, And The Referees’ Association, Alfred Bourque Aug 1967

Wrestling Refereeing Illustrated: An Instructional Sound Filmstrip Designed For Use In The Physical Education Class, The Intramural Program, The Interschool Wrestling Team, And The Referees’ Association, Alfred Bourque

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to produce a sound filmstrip, in color, that will bring new knowledge and reinforce present knowledge of the operation of a wrestling match from the Referee's duties prior to the match until the final match is wrestled.


A Survey Of The Relative Merits Of All-Weather Tracks And Traditional Tracks, Elwood Paul Furseth Aug 1967

A Survey Of The Relative Merits Of All-Weather Tracks And Traditional Tracks, Elwood Paul Furseth

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to investigate and compare the advantages and disadvantages of all-weather and traditional track surfaces. Factors to be considered are: (1) installation and maintenance costs; (2) need for repairs and projected life; (3) utilization of the track; (4) satisfaction with track surface; and (5) evaluation of tracks.


Attitude Change In Student Teachers And Its Relationship To Cooperating Teachers’ Ratings Of Student Teachers, Dennis Charles Hudson Aug 1967

Attitude Change In Student Teachers And Its Relationship To Cooperating Teachers’ Ratings Of Student Teachers, Dennis Charles Hudson

All Master's Theses

The purpose of the study was to investigate changes in student teachers' attitudes occurring during student teaching. Specifically, the concern was to determine the relationship of these changes to the influence of the cooperating teachers' attitudes.


A Comparative Analysis Of The Academic Achievement Of The Athlete And Non-Athlete In The Junior High School, Burlan Richard Johnson Aug 1967

A Comparative Analysis Of The Academic Achievement Of The Athlete And Non-Athlete In The Junior High School, Burlan Richard Johnson

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this investigation to determine if there was a significant difference between the academic achievement of the athlete and the non-athlete at the junior high school level.


The Improvement Of Perceptual Ability For Educable Mentally Retarded Children Through The Use Of Gymnastics, Victor W. Lowe Aug 1967

The Improvement Of Perceptual Ability For Educable Mentally Retarded Children Through The Use Of Gymnastics, Victor W. Lowe

All Master's Theses

This paper was an attempt to show the relationship between gymnastics and perceptual behavior, with mentally retarded children.


Analysis Regarding Parental Knowledge Of Services For The Mentally Retarded, Stanley F. Gomulkiewicz Aug 1967

Analysis Regarding Parental Knowledge Of Services For The Mentally Retarded, Stanley F. Gomulkiewicz

All Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this study (1) to determine what parents know about the services that are available for the mentally retarded in the State of Washington; (2) to report these findings; and (3) to compare these findings with the services and facilities that are available in the state.


A Comparative Study Of A General And Linguistic Language Approach In A Sixth Grade Classroom, Vernon L. Neland Aug 1967

A Comparative Study Of A General And Linguistic Language Approach In A Sixth Grade Classroom, Vernon L. Neland

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to show that the linguistic approach, Harbrace series, will not produce higher language understandings than the general language-experience approach 9 Pollock and Straub series. The member of this study were culturally deprived sixth grade students at Garfield, Yakima, Washington.


A Survey Of The Effectiveness Of Grouping By Reading Ability At The Elementary Level, Brian Glenn Kelley Aug 1967

A Survey Of The Effectiveness Of Grouping By Reading Ability At The Elementary Level, Brian Glenn Kelley

All Master's Theses

This study will report the findings of a survey of the literature published between 1962 and 1967. The survey of the literature was limited to grouping by reading ability for the purpose of determining whether or not grouping by reading ability is an effective educational tool which enhances the students' opportunities for achievement.


A Study Of The Comparisons Between The Academic Achievements In Byu Religion Courses Of Lds Students Who Graduated From Lds Seminaries And Lds Students Who Had Not Attended Lds Seminaries, John K. Child Aug 1967

A Study Of The Comparisons Between The Academic Achievements In Byu Religion Courses Of Lds Students Who Graduated From Lds Seminaries And Lds Students Who Had Not Attended Lds Seminaries, John K. Child

Theses and Dissertations

This study attempted to find if there were a significant difference in the academic achievement in B.Y.U. religion courses between L.D.S. seminary graduates and students who had not attended L.D.S. seminaries.


A Comparison Study Of The Word Analysis Skills In Five Spelling Textbook Series With The Macmillan Reading Program, Delfina Lidia Prairie Jul 1967

A Comparison Study Of The Word Analysis Skills In Five Spelling Textbook Series With The Macmillan Reading Program, Delfina Lidia Prairie

All Master's Theses

This study is an attempt to select a spelling textbook from one of the five leading publishing houses that will correlate most highly with the~ sequential development of word attack skills introduced in The Macmillan Reading Program from grades two through four.


Effects Of The Chemical Pesticides Ddt And Sevin On Rabbits, James Allen Alban Jul 1967

Effects Of The Chemical Pesticides Ddt And Sevin On Rabbits, James Allen Alban

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of the chemical pesticides DDT (p, p'dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) and Sevin (1-naphthyl n-methyl-carbamate) on domestic rabbits.


Developing And Utilizing Audio-Visual Aids In The Naches Valley School District, James P. Ward Jul 1967

Developing And Utilizing Audio-Visual Aids In The Naches Valley School District, James P. Ward

All Master's Theses

The problems confronted by the present study included (1) identifying the strengths and weaknesses of the audio-visual program in the Naches Valley School District; (2) determining possible changes; and (3) implementing changes, if found necessary.


A Study Of Show-And-Tell In Grade One, Rosetta Markovic Jul 1967

A Study Of Show-And-Tell In Grade One, Rosetta Markovic

All Master's Theses

This study was concerned with the importance of existing show-and-tell objectives and with an attempt to make this time of more value to the children. The possibility of improving show-and-tell time is examined by experimenting in the classroom with both the voluntary non-planned and the carefully planned procedure in introducing items and topics to be shared.


A Comparative Study Of The Performance Of Students In Gregg Shorthand, Diamond Jubilee Series, And Forkner Shorthand In The Seattle Public Schools, Pearl M. Ribling Jul 1967

A Comparative Study Of The Performance Of Students In Gregg Shorthand, Diamond Jubilee Series, And Forkner Shorthand In The Seattle Public Schools, Pearl M. Ribling

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study (1) to compare end-of-the-year achievement of the students taking Gregg Shorthand with those taking Forkner Shorthand in the Seattle Public Schools, (2) to make an error analysis of student transcripts to determine the kinds of transcription errors that were made, and (3) to determine whether any particular errors were more prevalent in one shorthand system than in the other.


An Evaluation Of The Intermediate Progress Report Of The Wenatchee Schools, Jan Gerry Theriault Jul 1967

An Evaluation Of The Intermediate Progress Report Of The Wenatchee Schools, Jan Gerry Theriault

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was (l) to evaluate the present progress report extensively and critically; (2) to determine the attitudes and opinions of the teachers and parents toward the present progress report; (3) to make the results of the study available to the school district.


The Suggested Activities For Use In The Development Of A Curriculum Guide For The Educable Mentally Retarded At The Primary, Intermediate, And Secondary Levels, James D. Sayah Jul 1967

The Suggested Activities For Use In The Development Of A Curriculum Guide For The Educable Mentally Retarded At The Primary, Intermediate, And Secondary Levels, James D. Sayah

All Master's Theses

It is the purpose of this study to suggest activities for use in a curriculum guide for the educable mentally retarded in physical education at the primary, intermediate, and secondary levels.


The Relationship Between Criteria For Admittance To The Teacher Education Program And Performance In Student Teaching At Central Washington State College, James Preston Koch Jul 1967

The Relationship Between Criteria For Admittance To The Teacher Education Program And Performance In Student Teaching At Central Washington State College, James Preston Koch

All Master's Theses

At this point, the entrance criteria have an unknown relationship with success or non-success in student teaching. The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between the criteria for admittance into the teacher education program at CWSC and success or non-success in student teaching. Specifically, the purpose will be to identify the predictive utility of the teacher education entrance criteria as they relate to discriminating between levels of success in student teaching.


A Study Of Selection, Duties, And Responsibilities Of The Television Teacher, Robert Dean Larsen Jul 1967

A Study Of Selection, Duties, And Responsibilities Of The Television Teacher, Robert Dean Larsen

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to develop guidelines for: (1) selecting a television studio teacher; and (2) introducing him to his duties and responsibilities.


Some Fossil Mollusks Of Yakima County, Washington, Raymond Deane Foisy Jul 1967

Some Fossil Mollusks Of Yakima County, Washington, Raymond Deane Foisy

All Master's Theses

This thesis is designed to locate and describe known fossil mollusk sites in Yakima County, Washington. As part of this thesis a detailed comparison of two sites will be given, including identification and a systematic description of the specimens, as well as the correlation and interpretation of the fossil mollusks.