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Dissertations from 1973
Effects of some environmental factors on growth and nitrate reductase of corn seedlings., Rafael P. Creencia, Plant and Soil Sciences
An exploratory study of women superintendents., Jeanie Crosby, Education
The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School core program : an historical-assessment study of cooperative vocational education in a semi-rural, isolated school district., Herbert F. Custer, Education
The relationship between inter-racial apperception and ideology., O. C. Bobby Daniels, Education
An analysis of the changes in the freshman year experience at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1968-1973., Allen Jeffrey Davis, Education
Critical teaching skills for prospective elementary school teachers priority and analysis : implication for change., Walter D. Dean, Education
Patterns of child-directed time-use in the open elementary classroom : observations and discussion., Patricia Ann Dede, Education
The evolution of Sweet Corn : self education through play: a poetic account of participational workshops that used drama and yogic disciplines., Demian, Education
The biology of the demodicids of man., Clifford Edward Desch, Education
The synthesis and characterization of stereoregular poly(alkyl-[alpha]-chloroacrylates)., Gerald Richard Dever, Polymer Science and Engineering
A curriculum for an introduction to urban education., Billy R. Dixon, Education
An assessment of the second-year operation of the team-teaching, team-governance program in the Rockland Junior High School, Rockland, Massachusetts., Louis B. Dovner, Education
Adjunct questions in the classroom., Fred J. Dowaliby, Psychology
A study of nonverbal communication in a microteaching setting., John Charles Drewes, Education
A variance analysis of the self-esteem among Black elementary school children : sex and grade level the determining variables., Gerald L. Durley, Education
Development and evaluation of a field study manual., Arthur Winthrop Edwards, Education
Elementary mathematics teacher training via a programming language., Portia Clareon Elliott, Education
Learning to classify by color and by class.: a crosscultural study of concept discovery., Judith L. Evans, Education
Accountability in a federal education program., Richard L. Fairley, Education
Federal-state relations during Mexico's restored republic : Oaxaca, a case study, 1867-1872., Frank Samuel Falcone, History
The manipulation of time and eating behavior: the effect of set point on the amount eaten by normal weight, moderately obese, and high obese women., William E. Ford, Psychology
Explorations! an alternative teacher preparation program : Volume I. An explanation and assessment of Explorations!, Jeffrey Goodman Forest, Education
Explorations! -- An alternative teacher preparation program., Marsha Snyderman Forest, Education
An analysis of the follow-up system in the concentrated employment program in Springfield, Massachusetts., Leland Irwin Forst, Business Administration
New perspectives in academic training : an analysis of a career opportunities program, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1970-1972., Richard Frederick Fox, Education
A conceptual plan for the utilization of unstructured time in the suburban high school., Ray E. Franklin, Education
Carl Rogers : self, freedom and education., Richard E. Frank, Education
The problem of collaboration in the all-institutional approach to teacher education in an undergraduate liberal arts program., James P. Garvin, Education
Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn and the Christian social theater of Vienna, 1898-1903., Richard S. Geehr, History
Future oriented guidelines for a kibbutz teachers college., M. Giladi, Education
Utilitarianism and distributive justice., Thomas E. Gilbert, Philosophy
Incentives to innovate : outside fundings and organizational structure in a school of education., Gerard G. Gold, Education
Systems renewal in education : a case study of the Washington, D.C. innovation team., Irvin D. Gordy, Education
A developmental program for the modification of self-selected behaviors with elementary school children., Robert Goshko, Education
Children's noun-pair learning as a function of subject-generated or experimenter-provided strings and response measure., Robert Clark Granger, Education
"Education for global survival" : an examination of a curriculum concept., Stephen Eves Guild, Education
Societal relevance: an issue in rural primary education., John D. Hatch, Education
Provision for adult literacy instruction in England., Michael R. Haviland, Education
A case study of a staff development workshop : its design and implementation in a small private school., Laurence Ashley Hawkins, Education
A discriminant analysis and evaluation of corporate acquisition criteria., Arthur L. Herrmann, Business Administration
A theoretical alternative to the present sanity-insanity dichotomy : supersanity, from a multidisciplinary perspective., Joyce A. Hinckley, Education
The interaction of political values and viewing aggression on anger and aggression., Audrey Prentiss Hindman, Psychology
School beyond the village : a study of education and society in northeastern Thailand., Henry Cobb Holmes, Education
A probabilistic analysis of the mean-variance opportunity locus., Rudolf Hommes, Business Administration
Descartes on himself and his body., Michael. Hooker, Philosophy
Guidelines for better children's television programming : a report on the program design features developed by the Children's Television Workshop., Lutrelle F. Horne, Education
Against custodial education : the introduction of open campus into Worcester South High School: a historical documentation., William B. Hynes, Education
A study of self-concept of art and academic ability of secondary students with emphasis on the black perspective., Reginald Earl Jamerson, Education
A study to determine the suitability of utilizing audio cassette programs as one alternate delivery system for informing school administrators of current concepts and practices in education., George B. James, Education
A case study : implementation of a plan for educational reform in the Washington, D.C. public school system: the Clark Plan., Ralph C. Jenkins, Education
Indians and apartheid in South Africa : the failure of resistance., Robert E. Johnson, Political Science
Innovations in teaching at the third grade confrontation point and beyond to the fourth grade in select urban schools in New York City., Lawrence Wesley Jones, Education
Group size : its effects on group performance and subsequent individual performance., Bruce Wayne Jorgensen, Psychology
The relationship between the extent of teacher use of behavioral objectives and selected variables of the educational environment of elementary classrooms., Laurence H. Kahn, Education
The United States Navy and scientific exploration, 1837-1860., John Dryden Kazar, History
Parties and factions in Korean politics., Chulsu, Kim, Political Science
The Bracero Program : a case study of its development, termination, and political aftermath., George C. Kiser, Political Science
A critical bibliography of the theatre of Federico García Lorca, 1940-1970., Dennis A. Klein, Hispanic Literatures and Linguistics
Linear polybenzyl and its derivatives., Wen-cheng, Kuo, Polymer Science and Engineering
Open-communication project : a case study of its development and implementation as a strategy for self-renewal of an urban junior high school., Margaret G. Labat, Education
Transmission, identification and characterization of a tobacco mosaic virus isolate causing a mosaic disease of white ash (Frazinus americana L.)., Allan Olufemi Lana, Plant Pathology
The external curriculum : an emergent concept and its exploration., Oliver Wendell Lancaster, Education
The design of an alternative academic program for a suburban high school using directly obtained client needs data., Andreas Peter Lehner, Education
The development of a bilingual program for Spanish-speaking elementary school children in Lynn, Massachusetts., James Thomas Leonard, Education
Creativity and education : some theories and procedures to enhance the development of creativity within a classroom setting., Walter Daniel Leopold, Education
On the robustness of certain tests for homogeneity of variance., John v. S. Lochhead, Education
Sesame Street : a space age approach to education for space age children., Loretta. Long, Education
Women counseling women : an art and a philosophy., Dorothy F. Loyd, Education
The development and evaluation of tonal pattern instruction in music reading for beginning wind instrumentalists., Carol B. MacKnight, Education
A comparison of two distinct counseling styles, rational analytic and reconstructive, on client verbal behavior., William Crosson Madaus, Education
A proposal for guidance and counseling in Western Nigerian high schools utilizing the indigenous approach with the addition of western approaches., Isaac Olu Makinde, Education
An assessment of a cooperative education program for disadvantaged youth in Boston High School, Boston, Massachusetts., John P. Manning, Education
An historical examination and organizational analysis of the Smith College-Clarke School for the Deaf graduate teacher education program., Alan L. Marvelli, Education
The design, implementation and evaluation of a workshop in self-identification as taught in psychosynthesis., Donald Joseph Mastriano, Education
An assessment of the attitudinal stance of the staff, parents and students of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District as they relate to the Performance Objective Program., James Richard McDonnell, Education
Study to determine the suitability of utilizing the audio modular instructional approach as an alternative in-service training technique in communication for adult educators., Kathleen McGuire, Education
The New England boarding school : an analysis of its historical development and contemporary uncertainty of purpose., John P. McLeod, Education
Educational reform : a case study of the New York University Clinic for Learning, 1966-1968., Charles B. McMillan, Education
Statewide planning in four health-related programs : a conceptual analysis., Richard Paul Melia, Political Science
The development of an assessment center for the selection of school administrators., Alfred Merino, Education
A curriculum development model for the high school English department chairman., Paul Edward Milenski, Education
Interpretation of civil liberty in Great Britain and the United States : a comparative analysis of freedom of speech and public security, order and decency., George Thomas Miles, Political Science
A rationale, description and analysis of a racism awareness and action training program for white teachers., Robert B. Moore, Education
An urban-suburban interaction policy decision model., E. Paul Moschella, Business Administration
An in-service staff training project conducted at Shanti School in Hartford, Connecticut., Eugene Francis Mulcahy, Education
An organizational strategic intelligence mis : an interactive hierarchical delphi approach., Thomas Joseph Murray, Business Administration
Education based on community development., George G. Musgrove, Education
A comparative study of different instructional programs and their effects on student affect, cognition, and personality., John Floyd Newby, Psychology
Data administration., Fred Francis Newpeck, Business Administration
Project ABLE : an application of military instructional systems development to secondary vocational education., Joseph S. Nicastro, Education
The concept of choice., Kenneth E. Nichols, Philosophy
A study of the operations and management of the National Alternative Schools Program during the 1972-73 academic year., Roy D. Nichols, Education
Development and evaluation of a model for improving university teaching., Jael Noam, Education
Course-aid (curriculum) for successful entrepreneurship in Nigeria., Jonathan Popoola Odusina, Education
An investigation of the physiological basis of nitrate accumulation in spinach, cucumber and pea., Frederick Combs Olday, Plant and Soil Sciences
Rheo-optical property studies of cis-1,4-polybutadiene., Christine Shih-May Ong, Polymer Science and Engineering
A new guidance mission : a psychoecological model for helping in the schools., David Powell Ovenell, Education
Philosophical foundation of Chinese political ethics., Yun-Tong, Pan, Political Science
Documentation and analysis of the development of the Camp Greenough Environmental Education Center, an alternative public school at Yarmouth, Massachusetts., Thomas Francis Paquin, Education
A reform strategy in urban education : community action and education in New Haven, Connecticut, 1962-1972., Mark Steven Peel, Education