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Dissertations from 1977
Examination of an alternative : a look at the primary and secondary education in Namibia., Mosé P. Tjitendero, Education
Jonathan Edwards, pastor: minister and congregation in the eighteenth-century Connecticut Valley., Patricia J. Tracy, History
Substance and attributes in Spinoza's philosophy., Linda Trompetter, Philosophy
Humanizing multicultural teacher education : focus, the teachers of Black students in a selected school community., Vida Milton Van Brunt, Education
The dream in periodical literature : 1860-1910 from Oneirocriticon to Die Traumdeutung via the questionnaire., Hendrika. Vande Kemp, Psychology
The effect of alternative audio and visual presentations on individuals' perceptions of television commercials., Paul Rod Warshaw, Business Administration
Testing the utility of VTR feedback and microteaching's "Respeak" principle in the speech classroom., Peter E. Weiss, Education
Suggestions for direct experiences with children to support exploration of cognitive-developmental theory by teachers., Richard Alan Welles, Education
The development and field test of a methodology for the dissemination of innovations., William A. Welsh, Education
University teaching : a study of faculty attitudes., LuAnn Wilkerson, Education
An investigation into computerized personnel management information systems : a prescriptive model., Michael N. Wolfe, Business Administration
A comparative analysis of the perceptions of ESL teachers and adult students regarding the effect of certain selected educational and sociological factors involved in learning English as a second language., Marjorie E. Lennon Zobeir, Education
Collaborative counselling supervision : a new approach to teaching improvement., Ora Tamar Zohar, Education
Dissertations from 1976
Perceptions of an alternative high school., William C. Allard, Education
Selective attention in the peripheral visual field., Linda F. Alwitt, Psychology
Refutation and justification in Moore's defense of common sense., William Dallas Anderson, Philosophy
A comparative analysis of the Black woman as transmitter of Black values : based on case studies of families in Ghana and among Jamaicans and Afro-Americans in Hartford, Connecticut., Lillian Anthony-Welch, Education
Consciousness raising groups for women : implications of Paulo Freire's theory of critical consciousness for psychotherapy and education., Janet Perry Bailey, Education
Educational renewal for urban middle schools., Marvin Barksdale, Education
Administrative evaluation of humanistic teacher behaviors., Paul Clifton Bassett, Education
A consideration of the generalizability of student ratings of college teachers and courses., Harold Olaf Bettencourt, Psychology
Attacking absenteeism in public schools through coordinating education with business, industry, and government : two case studies., Anna Pearl Cole Brackett, Education
Integration as a process in Gestalt-oriented psychotherapy : a proposed conceptualization., Joanne Stewart Brewer, Education
A needs assessment study to provide guidelines for an inservice elementary teacher program in southeastern Massachusetts., Hamilton M. Brush, Education
Integration and memory in very young children., Danuta Bukatko, Psychology
An assessment of the influence of community schools on the attitudes and involvement of urban parents., Charles Burack, Education
A study of the impact of Sesame Street on reform in urban schools., William Burke, Education
The theoretical development and application of a philosophy of educational future studies., Paul Daniel Burnim, Education
A study of some residual effects of a temporary dropout prevention program on participating parents and students located in a disadvantaged and majority Black school district., Ulysses Byas, Education
An evaluation of research methodologies for benefit segmentation analysis., Roger J. Calantone, Business Administration
Nonacademic personnel and community college governance., Pasqualino Capeci, Education
Some implications of population quality and dispersal abilities of first-instar larvae on gypsy moth control strategies., John Lowell Capinera, Entomology
Chemical stimulation of single human fungiform taste papillae., Armand Vincent Cardello, Psychology
A model for monitoring and evaluating an alternative program., Harold Ledell Carroll, Education
The importance of diagnosis in implementing successful organization change : five case studies., Sylvia Irene Carter, Education
The development of a process to assess the needs of teachers in creating learner-oriented environments., Margaret Loretta Cassidy, Education
An observation of communication patterns and the development of attitudes toward three innovative aspects of a methods of education class., James Edward Catone, Education
Regression analysis of black student performance at the University of Connecticut from 1969-1971., David M. Clayborne, Education
Childrens [sic!] multiple cue learning and sampling strategies in concept identification., Marc A. Clement, Psychology
Bankruptcy as business strategy : a multivariate analysis of the financial characteristics of firms which have succeeded in Chapter XI compared to those which have failed., Robert A. Comerford, Business Administration
Strategies for the education of youth in detention in the United States and Great Britain., William Lawrence Cook, Education
An integration of the visual media via Fat Albert and the Cosby kids into the elementary school curriculum as a teaching aid and vehicle to achieve increased learning., Bill Cosby, Education
A survey of the attitudes of classroom teachers toward the language experience approach as a supplement to the basal reader in making adjustments for individual differences among students in an urban school system., Margaree Seawright Crosby, Education
Chapter 766 : year one--an analysis., Ronald George Curran, Education
Perceiving the mentally ill : a test of an inferential path model., Ronald H. Doyen, Psychology
Antagonistic interaction of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Candida albicans., Daniel David Drollette, Plant and Soil Sciences
Face-to-face interactions between normal and high-risk infants and their mothers., Tiffany. Field, Psychology
An investigation of the differential effects of two dimensions of spokesman credibility as they interact with consumer involvement with brand choice., David W. Finn, Business Administration
Student value formation : the effect of past experiences and perceived behavioral expectations on value formation of first year college students., Dan Flanagan, Education
A pragmatic basis for a competency-based reading program for high-risk open admissions college students., Clara Franklin, Education
The effects of training and support group membership on volunteers serving the institutionalized mentally retarded., Burton W. Franzman, Psychology
The effects of compatibility on the physical and mechanical properties of the blend: Poly (styrene-co-para-chlorostyrene)/Poly (2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) (PPO)., Joel Robert Fried, Polymer Science and Engineering
Scheduling the central processing unit in a product information system., F. Paul Fuhs, Business Administration
A framework for individual and organizational renewal in post-secondary education : individualized statements., David Alan George, Education
Beyond the non-formal fashion: towards educational revolution in Tanzania., Arthur Gillette, Education
The effects of cartoon characters as motivators of pre-school disadvantaged children., Robert L. Gill, Education
Partners in journey : a dialectic of psychotherapy., Joseph M. Graziadei, Psychology
A paradigmatic structure of defining as a process which alters the historical perspectives of the educational and school community that experiences it., Phyllis P. Gudger, Education
On white dwarf models of variable compact x-ray sources., Paul Donald Guthrie, Astronomy
A social learning analysis of depression., William Daniel Hale, Psychology
Assessing prior non-formal learning., Edward J. Harris, Education
Optical studies of the stress-induced crystallization of rubbers., Mitsuaki Hashiyama, Polymer Science and Engineering
Decision making methodology : test of logic and first field test., Thomas M. Heffernan, Education
Documentation and analysis of the Street Academy System of Springfield, Inc. Preparatory School., Robert C. Henderson, Education
The creation and survival of private, countercultural, transcendent communities of learning-living., Leo James Hoar, Education
The effects of amount of prior information, source expertise, and source discrepancy on belief change., William H. Holmes, Psychology
Drug use by male and female high school students as related to sex-role, locus of control, and perceptions of their parents., Raymond Leslie Hoobler, Psychology
Interactions of water with hydrophilic polyether polyurethanes., Joyce L. Illinger, Polymer Science and Engineering
The function of a black identity development theory in achieving relevance in education for black students., Bailey W. Jackson, Education
The development of a proposed summer training institute for teaching improvement specialists., Michael L. Jackson, Education
Nursing leadership : a comparative study of self concept, leadership style and leadership effectiveness., Karen Ruth Johnson, Education
An experimental analysis of proctor prompting behavior in a personalized instruction course., Kent R. Johnson, Psychology
A developmental model of education for parents of children up to three years of age., Michael Kalinowski, Education
2.7 GHZ polarization and flux density measurements of variable radio sources., John Edward Kapitzky, Astronomy
Intrapsychic and interpersonal processes in the parentification of children., Mark A. Karpel, Psychology
Small-angle x-ray and small-angle light scattering studies of the morphology of polymer blends., Farrokh Burjor Khambatta, Polymer Science and Engineering
A general system theory approach to understanding and changing the college classroom., Herbert Philip Koplowitz, Psychology
Chemotactic factor inactivator in sera of sarcoid patients., Joan S. Kubik, Plant and Soil Sciences
Perceptual factors in the business policy decision : an application of expectancy theory and non-metric multidimensional scaling., James R. Lang, Business Administration
The perceived in-service needs of Massachusetts elementary principals and the identification of perceived techniques to best meet these perceived needs., Ronald Joseph Laviolette, Education
A study to measure the level of community participation in the school system of Paterson, New Jersey., Curtis Bishop Lawson, Education
Stressful life events and increases in alcohol consumption among male problem drinkers., Richard Lawrence Leavy, Psychology
Teaching a survey of mathematics for college students using a programming language., Edward J. LeCuyer, Education
Changing intention and behavior : a field study., Susan Carol Lehtinen, Psychology
Communist parties in the European Parliament : the quest for legitimacy., John Foster Leich, Political Science
Facilitating the implementation of Chapter 766 at the Massachusetts Hospital School : an analysis of preparatory activities., Arnold Levine, Education
Synthesis and characterization of perhalogenated bromoacetaldehyde polymers., David W. Lipp, Polymer science and engineering
Morphological studies of deep and shallow avian foveas : a quantitative analysis., Mary Ellen Lockhart, Psychology
Leadership and strategic planning in higher education: toward more effective university management., Bobby Brown Lyle, Education
A model for inservice teacher training in the Caribbean : curriculum development for teaching the educationally handicapped in the regular classroom., Esla V. Lynch-Richards, Education
A study of the diffusion of the performance objective program., Lamont Lyons, Education
Effects of an educational community center on alienated psychological patterns which sustain the political economic structure of the United States., David Magnani, Education
The implementation of affirmative action in academic affairs at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst., Laurence R. Marcus, Education
An analysis of behavior change in Gestalt clients and non-clients in terms of the goals of Gestalt therapy., Peller Marion, Education
The Cartesian circle., Peter J. Markie, Philosophy
Symbolization and learning competence : an elaboration of the theory of development of the Anisa model., Geoffry W. Marks, Education
A life study of a psychotherapist : Marjorie Murray Burtt., Jean Y. Matlack, Education
An assessment of student needs for career and vocational programs at Westover Air Force Base, Massachusetts., Thomas W. McClain, Education
"Mad doctors" : American psychiatrists, 1800-1860., Constance M. McGovern, History
Anglo and Puerto Rican client attitudes generated by varied interaction distances and counselor ethnicity in the dyadic counseling interaction., William Thomas McGurk, Education