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Dissertations from 1980
Ebenezer Gay : New England's Arminian Patriarch, 1696-1787., Robert J. Wilson, History
A flexible module for staff development in nonformal education in Thailand., Somprasong Withayagiat, Education
Synthesis and properties of electrically conducting polymers., Gary Edmund Wnek, Polymer Science and Engineering
Advocacy - a mode of helping in human services : the identification of generalized roles and functions of advocacy for the purpose of developing implications for appropriate professional training., Brent Woodard, Education
The retrieval of attitudinally-relevant information from memory : effects on susceptibility to persuasion and on intrinsic motivation., Wendy Wood, Psychology
Dissertations from 1979
Teacher behavior directed toward individual students in physical education classes : the influence of student gender and class participation., Raymond J. Allard, Education
Code-switching among bilingual children., Ana Isabel Alvarez, Psychology
Characteristics of adult dropouts and persisters in university B.A.-level programs : a developmental stage analysis., Inez Abigail Anderson, Education
The justification of empirical belief in Hume's Treatise., Norman Scott Arnold, Philosophy
History of the child-benefit doctrine as a means for providing governmental financial aid to non-public education., Joseph R. Bailey, Education
A study of the perceptions of students, faculty and parents regarding the current status of Easthampton High School., Eugene Balazs, Education
The development of a teaching analysis instrument for courses in the fine and performing arts., Michael Bambach, Education
A study of the functional relationship between John Dewey's theory of inquiry and classroom teaching strategies designed to implement inquiry thinking., James C. Barber, Education
Student-initiated activity in elementary school classrooms : a construct validation of an 'open' classroom outcome., Benjamin Ayer Barnes, Education
Career choices of middle class female adolescents : the influence of mothers, sex role ideology, and occupational knowledge., Thelma Oya Benn, Education
The development of auditory figure/ground segregation in young infants., Katherine Alice Benson, Psychology
Attitudes of mothers of cerebral palsied children toward the habilitative therapies., Frank Paul Bernarducci, Education
Self-concept and sex-role attitudes among single-sex and coeducational independent, residential, secondary school students., Ray Stuart Bicknell, Education
Collaborative programs in international education : an analysis and appraisal., John W. Bing, Education
Specification and validation of reading skills hierarchies., Mary Lyn Bourque, Education
The representation of relational information in long term memory., Judy McKinley Brewer, Psychology
A study to determine the acceptability and adaptability of a teaching improvement model at the schools of medicine and dentistry at the University of Panama., Marianne Felder Brid, Education
The applicability of Mintzberg's managerial role theory to describing educational administrator behavior., David Charles Bristol, Education
Implementing multicultural education in an urban high school : two case studies., Carlton E. Brown, Education
Supporting school change : an examination of the role of flexible campus coordinator in the Boston public schools from 1971-1978., James Leo Buckley, Education
Comparative effects of placement in self-contained or partially mainstreamed programs on the self-concept, attendance, and academic achievement of EMR high school students., Daniel Anthony Burke, Education
Black studies : pedagogy and revolution, a study of Afro-American studies and the liberal arts tradition through the discipline of Afro-American literature., Johnnella E. Butler, Education
A demographic model for forecasting public school enrollments., Winifred Maxine Buxman, Education
Modeling school age population in a one industry town., Charles Williston Camp, Education
The effect of a leadership training program on women's values, attitudes, and leader behavior., Irene Burke Carew, Education
Metacommunication in the interactions of depressives., Ronald Nelson Casey, Psychology
An evaluative study of a unit based on the Nazi Holocaust : implications for the design of interdisciplinary curricula., Roselle Chartock, Education
Teaching writing : an interactionist approach to abbreviated and idiosyncratic language in the writing of secondary school students., James L. Collins, Education
The participatory development of materials and media for nonformal education., John P. Comings, Education
Occupational competency : a follow-up study of the effects educational interventions and change strategies have made upon the community's perceptions of the needs for occupational education in a comprehensive secondary school., Raymond John Cooke, Education
Applications of latent trait theory to the development of norm-referenced tests., Linda L. Cook, Education
Stabilization and optical activity of polychloral., Larry Steven Corley, Polymer Science and Engineering
The idea of progress in mathematics education : an historical study., Normand Homer Côté, Education
Continuity and change in municipal budgetary choice : a comparative study of two cities., Patrick Jackson Cowles, Political Science
Comparison of a family microtraining program and a reading program to enhance empathic communication by Black parents with young children., Carol Creswell-Betsch, Education
Collective bargaining in New Hampshire public school districts : a descriptive study of selected changes before and after the enactment of RSA 273-A., Gerald Achille Croteau, Education
A study of the experimental and theoretical relationships between 13CMR and dielectric relaxation correlation times., Frederick Leon Cummings, Polymer Science and Engineering
An exploratory study of the effectiveness of autobiographically-based counselor development., Edward Deevy, Education
Drug release of polymeric pharmaceuticals/, Walter J. Deits, Polymer Science and Engineering
The location model : discrimination and classification when the data contains both binary and continuous variables., Andrew James Demotses, Business Administration
Preparation and evaluation of exactly alternating silarylene-siloxane polymers., Petar Radivoj Dvornić, Polymer Science and Engineering
An interdisciplinary arts program for pre-service teacher training in elementary education., Kathleen Joan Earthrowl, Education
Psychometric and methodological contributions to criterion-referenced testing technology., Daniel R. Eignor, Education
Reading strategy development in beginning readers., Cynthia Margot Elliott, Education
Central nervous system control of food intake and diurnal rhythms., Ricardo Eng, Psychology
A study of the effects of a pre-college academic skills program for high risk students in a public four year college., Leonard F. Farrey, Education
Investigations on the cationic polymerization of para-substituted-[alpha]-methylstyrenes., Jean G. Faullimmel, Polymer Science and Engineering
Toward a developmental model of depression : object representation and object loss in adolescent and adult psychiatric patients., Bobbi Fibel, Psychology
Children of survivors of the Nazi holocaust : a psychological inquiry., Mona DeKoven Fishbane, Psychology
The women's learning institute : a case study in alternative feminist education., Sharon L. Flashman, Education
Issues in the administration of mental health service programs in rural areas., Brian William Flynn, Education
The rationalization of the United States and Canadian automotive industry, 1960-1975., David Michael Flynn, Management
Citizenship and politics., Michael David Forster, Political Science
A study of the pulsar in a binary system., Lee Allen Fowler, Astronomy
Pine tree politics : Maine political party battles, 1820-1972., Whitmore Barron Garland, Political Science
The impact of faculty collective bargaining on the administration of public higher education in the United States with particular emphasis on the New England region., Carol Bankart Gilmore, Business Administration
The effect of fertilizers and 2-chloro-6-(Trichloromethyl) pyridine on growth and nodulation of soybeans and growth, nitrate, and potassium accumulation by radish and spinach., Leslie James Glover, Plant and Soil Sciences
Processes of transformation : creative formulation during transition., Deborah Ruth Golub, Education
Labor market segmentation, credentialism and educational development., Victor Manuel Gomez Campo, Education
Diet and density induced variation in herbivores as factors influencing two pupal parasitoids, Brachymeria intermedia (NEES) and Coccygomimus turionellae (L.)., Jane Aron Greenblatt, Entomology
Attachment and autonomy : a study in creativity with six authors., Ann C. Greif, Psychology
The role of personality and situation variables in responding to and helping an individual in psychological distress., Susan Mydlarz Grodman, Psychology
The effects of personality factors and varying levels of student involvement on knowledge gained in a college level earth science course., Francis Leo Haley, Education
Propagation in pulsar magnetospheres: effects of a shearing plasma., Alice K. Harding, Astronomy
Outdoor/wilderness approaches to psychological education for women : a descriptive study., Joy Hardin, Education
The development of educational experiences designed to train prospective teachers to work with parents., Pattie Louise Harris, Education
Financing public education in Massachusetts : a study of political and fiscal alternatives., John E. Heffley, Education
Student needs of the Black Vietnam era veteran at selected institutions of higher learning within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts : implications for administrators., Arthur Lee Hilson, Education
The physics of poly(ethylene oxide)/poly(methyl methacrylate) blends., Dennis Mark Hoffman, Polymer Science and Engineering
Field independence-dependence, social orientation and preference for praise or conflict in young children., Marion Hoffman, Education
A retrospective analysis of the evolution of an open education teacher with focus on internal and external rewards and demands of the practice of open education., Dorthea Bush Hudelson, Education
Upward Bound: a challenge to education., William H. James, Psychology
An assessment of vocational education research needs in Massachusetts., Ronald E. Jones, Education
Fathers and infants : a study of father caregiving and interaction., Beverly Schwartz Katsh, Education
Flame retardation of polymers/, Joseph Kai-Yuen Kiang, Polymer Science and Engineering
Nonformal education as an empowering process : with case studies from Indonesia and Thailand., Suzanne. Kindervatter, Education
Rheology and rheo-optics of concentrated solutions of helical polypeptides., Gabor Kiss, Polymer Science and Engineering
An evaluation of outreach family therapy performed by the Learning Intervention Family Team., Joseph Andrew Klawsnik, Psychology
The cognitive and emotional reactions of college gymnasts during competition as a function of success, security of performance, phase of performance and sex of subject., Robert Martin Koenig, Psychology
Serial compounds and trace conditioning procedures in the Kamin blocking paradigm., Elizabeth Adams Kohler, Psychology
A behavioral approach to implementation of computer based management information systems., Michael Allan Kole, Business Administration
Men in government : the patriciate of Leiden, 1550-1600., Sterling Andre Lamet, History
The feminine press in England and France, 1875-1900., Pamela Frances Stent Langlois, History
The Black preacher as educator from 1787 to 1909., William Charles Larkin, Education
Perceptions of teacher competence in Cruzan and continental Head Start classrooms., Helen D. Steinberg Laurence, Education
Mechanisms for secondary school change : a case study of the English high teachers' center., Margaret Fraher LeGendre, Education
An occupational role analysis of indigenous nonprofessionals : their subjective experience at work and their perspectives on the community mental health movement., Helen A. Lekisch, Psychology
On the structure of HII regions and their distribution in the galaxy., Felix J. Lockman, Astronomy
Success and failure in weight reduction : evaluation of stimulus and affective control, spouse participation, drop-outs and program effectiveness., Kathryn Kernodle Loveland, Psychology
Parent education : an organic model for the future., Jean F. MacCormack, Education
The influence of television on the readiness and potential literacy of pre-school children., Colin F. MacKinnon, Education
A new science of history : Michel Foucault's "archeology" of Western culture., Pamela Major-Poetzl, History
The partition coefficients of the growth regulators of apple, their isolation from apple seed, and the involvement of gibberellins in the biennial bearing of 'early McIntosh'., Francis Marino, Plant and Soil Sciences
Life experiences and teaching maturity : a study of teacher concerns., Maxine Beth Markson, Education
Instrumental communicative distortions: the 'Hegemonic' functions of the electronic data., Michael T. Martin, Psychology