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Dissertations from 1973

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Effects of some environmental factors on growth and nitrate reductase of corn seedlings., Rafael P. Creencia, Plant and Soil Sciences

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An exploratory study of women superintendents., Jeanie Crosby, Education

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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

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The relationship between inter-racial apperception and ideology., O. C. Bobby Daniels, Education

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An analysis of the changes in the freshman year experience at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1968-1973., Allen Jeffrey Davis, Education

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Critical teaching skills for prospective elementary school teachers priority and analysis : implication for change., Walter D. Dean, Education

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Patterns of child-directed time-use in the open elementary classroom : observations and discussion., Patricia Ann Dede, Education

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The evolution of Sweet Corn : self education through play: a poetic account of participational workshops that used drama and yogic disciplines., Demian, Education

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The biology of the demodicids of man., Clifford Edward Desch, Education

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The synthesis and characterization of stereoregular poly(alkyl-[alpha]-chloroacrylates)., Gerald Richard Dever, Polymer Science and Engineering

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A curriculum for an introduction to urban education., Billy R. Dixon, Education

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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

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Adjunct questions in the classroom., Fred J. Dowaliby, Psychology

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A study of nonverbal communication in a microteaching setting., John Charles Drewes, Education

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A variance analysis of the self-esteem among Black elementary school children : sex and grade level the determining variables., Gerald L. Durley, Education

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Development and evaluation of a field study manual., Arthur Winthrop Edwards, Education

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Elementary mathematics teacher training via a programming language., Portia Clareon Elliott, Education

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Learning to classify by color and by class.: a crosscultural study of concept discovery., Judith L. Evans, Education

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Accountability in a federal education program., Richard L. Fairley, Education

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Federal-state relations during Mexico's restored republic : Oaxaca, a case study, 1867-1872., Frank Samuel Falcone, History

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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

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Explorations! an alternative teacher preparation program : Volume I. An explanation and assessment of Explorations!, Jeffrey Goodman Forest, Education

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Explorations! -- An alternative teacher preparation program., Marsha Snyderman Forest, Education

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An analysis of the follow-up system in the concentrated employment program in Springfield, Massachusetts., Leland Irwin Forst, Business Administration

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New perspectives in academic training : an analysis of a career opportunities program, Worcester, Massachusetts, 1970-1972., Richard Frederick Fox, Education

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A conceptual plan for the utilization of unstructured time in the suburban high school., Ray E. Franklin, Education

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Carl Rogers : self, freedom and education., Richard E. Frank, Education

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The problem of collaboration in the all-institutional approach to teacher education in an undergraduate liberal arts program., James P. Garvin, Education

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Adam Müller-Guttenbrunn and the Christian social theater of Vienna, 1898-1903., Richard S. Geehr, History

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Future oriented guidelines for a kibbutz teachers college., M. Giladi, Education

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Utilitarianism and distributive justice., Thomas E. Gilbert, Philosophy

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Incentives to innovate : outside fundings and organizational structure in a school of education., Gerard G. Gold, Education

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Systems renewal in education : a case study of the Washington, D.C. innovation team., Irvin D. Gordy, Education

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A developmental program for the modification of self-selected behaviors with elementary school children., Robert Goshko, Education

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Children's noun-pair learning as a function of subject-generated or experimenter-provided strings and response measure., Robert Clark Granger, Education

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"Education for global survival" : an examination of a curriculum concept., Stephen Eves Guild, Education

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Societal relevance: an issue in rural primary education., John D. Hatch, Education

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Provision for adult literacy instruction in England., Michael R. Haviland, Education

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A case study of a staff development workshop : its design and implementation in a small private school., Laurence Ashley Hawkins, Education

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A discriminant analysis and evaluation of corporate acquisition criteria., Arthur L. Herrmann, Business Administration

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A theoretical alternative to the present sanity-insanity dichotomy : supersanity, from a multidisciplinary perspective., Joyce A. Hinckley, Education

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The interaction of political values and viewing aggression on anger and aggression., Audrey Prentiss Hindman, Psychology

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School beyond the village : a study of education and society in northeastern Thailand., Henry Cobb Holmes, Education

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A probabilistic analysis of the mean-variance opportunity locus., Rudolf Hommes, Business Administration

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Descartes on himself and his body., Michael. Hooker, Philosophy

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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

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Against custodial education : the introduction of open campus into Worcester South High School: a historical documentation., William B. Hynes, Education

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A study of self-concept of art and academic ability of secondary students with emphasis on the black perspective., Reginald Earl Jamerson, Education

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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

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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

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Indians and apartheid in South Africa : the failure of resistance., Robert E. Johnson, Political Science

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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

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Group size : its effects on group performance and subsequent individual performance., Bruce Wayne Jorgensen, Psychology

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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

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The United States Navy and scientific exploration, 1837-1860., John Dryden Kazar, History

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Parties and factions in Korean politics., Chulsu, Kim, Political Science

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The Bracero Program : a case study of its development, termination, and political aftermath., George C. Kiser, Political Science

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A critical bibliography of the theatre of Federico García Lorca, 1940-1970., Dennis A. Klein, Hispanic Literatures and Linguistics

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Linear polybenzyl and its derivatives., Wen-cheng, Kuo, Polymer Science and Engineering

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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

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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

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The external curriculum : an emergent concept and its exploration., Oliver Wendell Lancaster, Education

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The design of an alternative academic program for a suburban high school using directly obtained client needs data., Andreas Peter Lehner, Education

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The development of a bilingual program for Spanish-speaking elementary school children in Lynn, Massachusetts., James Thomas Leonard, Education

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Creativity and education : some theories and procedures to enhance the development of creativity within a classroom setting., Walter Daniel Leopold, Education

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On the robustness of certain tests for homogeneity of variance., John v. S. Lochhead, Education

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Sesame Street : a space age approach to education for space age children., Loretta. Long, Education

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Women counseling women : an art and a philosophy., Dorothy F. Loyd, Education

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The development and evaluation of tonal pattern instruction in music reading for beginning wind instrumentalists., Carol B. MacKnight, Education

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A comparison of two distinct counseling styles, rational analytic and reconstructive, on client verbal behavior., William Crosson Madaus, Education

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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

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An assessment of a cooperative education program for disadvantaged youth in Boston High School, Boston, Massachusetts., John P. Manning, Education

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An historical examination and organizational analysis of the Smith College-Clarke School for the Deaf graduate teacher education program., Alan L. Marvelli, Education

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The design, implementation and evaluation of a workshop in self-identification as taught in psychosynthesis., Donald Joseph Mastriano, Education

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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

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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

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The New England boarding school : an analysis of its historical development and contemporary uncertainty of purpose., John P. McLeod, Education

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Educational reform : a case study of the New York University Clinic for Learning, 1966-1968., Charles B. McMillan, Education

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Statewide planning in four health-related programs : a conceptual analysis., Richard Paul Melia, Political Science

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The development of an assessment center for the selection of school administrators., Alfred Merino, Education

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A curriculum development model for the high school English department chairman., Paul Edward Milenski, Education

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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

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A rationale, description and analysis of a racism awareness and action training program for white teachers., Robert B. Moore, Education

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An urban-suburban interaction policy decision model., E. Paul Moschella, Business Administration

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An in-service staff training project conducted at Shanti School in Hartford, Connecticut., Eugene Francis Mulcahy, Education

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An organizational strategic intelligence mis : an interactive hierarchical delphi approach., Thomas Joseph Murray, Business Administration

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Education based on community development., George G. Musgrove, Education

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A comparative study of different instructional programs and their effects on student affect, cognition, and personality., John Floyd Newby, Psychology

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Data administration., Fred Francis Newpeck, Business Administration

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Project ABLE : an application of military instructional systems development to secondary vocational education., Joseph S. Nicastro, Education

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The concept of choice., Kenneth E. Nichols, Philosophy

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A study of the operations and management of the National Alternative Schools Program during the 1972-73 academic year., Roy D. Nichols, Education

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Development and evaluation of a model for improving university teaching., Jael Noam, Education

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Course-aid (curriculum) for successful entrepreneurship in Nigeria., Jonathan Popoola Odusina, Education

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An investigation of the physiological basis of nitrate accumulation in spinach, cucumber and pea., Frederick Combs Olday, Plant and Soil Sciences

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Rheo-optical property studies of cis-1,4-polybutadiene., Christine Shih-May Ong, Polymer Science and Engineering

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A new guidance mission : a psychoecological model for helping in the schools., David Powell Ovenell, Education

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Philosophical foundation of Chinese political ethics., Yun-Tong, Pan, Political Science

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Documentation and analysis of the development of the Camp Greenough Environmental Education Center, an alternative public school at Yarmouth, Massachusetts., Thomas Francis Paquin, Education

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A reform strategy in urban education : community action and education in New Haven, Connecticut, 1962-1972., Mark Steven Peel, Education