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Dissertations from 1970
Scientific behaviors promoting an understanding of science and a positive attitude toward science as exhibited by selected high school physics classes., Marvin Robert Kendall, Education
A comparison of responses to the original and the oppositely stated items of the Learning Atmosphere Attitude Scale., Simon V. Keochakian, Education
Requestive schooling--organizing for individuals., Lloyd W. Kline, Education
Microbial interaction with diazinon, an organophospate pesticide., Phyllis Joan Kuhn, Plant and Soil Sciences
A model for learner-directed behavior change in small groups of student teachers., Richard A. Lacey, Education
Interpersonal development during college : an assessment of its dimensions and the influence of some important intrapersonal and environmental variables., Randolph Mitchell Lee, Psychology
Investigation of a modeling conditioning paradigm applied to a social learning program to facilitate social interaction in chronic psychiatric patients., Miriam Leveton, Education
A study of various factors in Head Start and Title I programs in twenty school districts., Cornell Theodore Lewis, Education
Learning to feel-- feeling to learn : a study of humanistic education., Harold Clifford Lyon, Education
The design and feasibility study of the mathematics component of the model elementary teacher education program., William J. Masalski, Education
The physical properties of organic polymers containing ions., Lawrence William McKenna, Polymer Science and Engineering
Developing and demonstrating a curriculum of affective education for early childhood., Harry Morgan, Education
Self-esteem and family interaction patterns : an experimental approach., Joseph William Newirth, Psychology
An investigation of the metabolic block of the tomato mutant neglecta-1., Mohamood Abdi Noor, Plant and Soil Sciences
An organizational innovation in residential undergraduate education and its effects on student behavior., George Barton Ogden, Education
The administration of an inter-disciplinary feasibility study, designed as a performance based dissertation in educational administration., Milton H. Ojala, Education
Pressure effects in the capillary flow of newtonian and shear-thinning polymers., Richard Carlton Penwell, Polymer Science and Engineering
"The role of the Gibberellins in the physiological action of the Yellow-Green 6 gene in tomato, Lycopersicon Escuelentum mill.", Antonio Tiongco Perez, Plant and Soil Sciences
The school as a social partner in urban communities., Royce Marcellus Phillips, Education
Client attitudes generated by varied interaction distances and counselor trunk lean in the dyadic counseling interaction., Paul Arthur Byron Pierce, Education
SARGO : Simulated Administration of Regular Guidance Operations, a training program for directors of guidance services., Charles Frederick Popken, Education
Power of child care worker and therapist figures and their effectiveness as models for emotionally disturbed children in residential treatment., Sanford. Portnoy, Psychology
The effects of field teaching assignments : made on the basis of the teaching behavior of the student teachers and the cooperating teachers, on the attitudes and dogmatism of student teachers., Peter John Quinn, Education
Placebos, instructions, and the development of expectancy., Conway Holmes Redding, Psychology
Cultural spoor as a focus for inquiry in the social studies., Walter Swanson Reuling, Education
Measuring aspects of quantitative judgment of upper elementary and junior high school students., William Joseph Roberts, Education
The development and testing of a performance curriculum in human relations., Stephen Alter Rollin, Education
Feasibility study of a performance-based teacher education curriculum in language arts., Masha Kabakow Rudman, Education
The formative years of the Soviet press : an institutional history, 1917-1924., Charles Sargent Sampson, History
Self-disclosure strategy and personal space proximity in intimacy development., Victor. Savicki, Psychology
A study of the relationship between specified personality traits and body-cathexis of male participants and non-participants in high school athletics., Elimelech Shochat, Education
Identification of alternative forms of specific learning disabilities., Barbara Anne Murphy Smith, Education
Polyethylene crystallized under the combined orientation and pressure effects in the Instron Capillary Rheometer., John Hoyle Southern, Polymer Science and Engineering
Anticipated efficacy and difficulty of action as determinants of reactions to fear arousing communications., Gary Stanley Stern, Psychology
Design of an in-service program for assistant principals of the English schools of the Montreal Catholic School Commission., Donald Alan Stockton, Education
Studies on rheo-optical properties of low density polyethylene., Akira, Tanaka, Polymer Science and Engineering
Evaluation of a visual response system using multiple television cameras in a school for the deaf., Peter. Utz, Education
An auditory and visual discrimination test for kindergarten and first grade children : a new approach., Sarah Street Van Camp, Education
A follow-up study on the implementation of the recommendations of the committee on the undergraduate program in mathematics and other mathematics study groups within selected Massachusetts elementary school classrooms., Mildred L. Vinskey, Education
Chemistry laboratory behaviors affecting scientific understanding and attitude development., Mark Fernald Waltz, Education
Toxicity and residues of encapsulated rabon in poultry., Syed Salman Wasti, Entomology
Effects of visual cues on the standing body sway of males and females., Seymour, Weissman, Psychology
Field articulation and memory for neutral and potentially conflictful words., Stephan David Weiss, Psychology
The evaluation of a performance based curriculum in the language arts., Mary-Alice B. Wilson, Education
The development of the Center for Urban Education, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1968-1970., John Carr Woodbury, Education
Development and evaluation of a training program in human relations : TEA: Training for Effective Attending., Shimshon Zeevi, Education
Dissertations from 1969
Helminthosporium blister canker of pear., Gregoria Napi Acedo, Plant Pathology
Characteristics of teachers who have received an "outstanding teacher" award from New England Institutions of Higher Education in the five year period beginning with the academic year 1963-64., John F. Ahern, Education
Arminianism in England, 1595-1629, Betsy Halpern Amaru, History
Motivational implications of attractant and expellant factors as they relate to "brain drain" personnel on college faculties in the United States., Thomas L. Bernard, Education
Father availability and academic performance in third grade boys., Robert Walter Blanchard, Psychology
A study of the effects of positive suggestion and directed imagination of the reading achievement of sixth grade students., Marguerite Bumpus, Education
The role of information in choice behavior., Patricia Ann Butler, Psychology
The inhibition of ovulation and accompanying abnormal estrogen excretion and fasting by white leghorn pullets fed ronnel (O, O-dimethly O- (2, 4, 5 trichlorophenyl) phosphorothioate)., Richard Anthony Callahan, Entomology
A conceptual analysis of public participation in the decision-making function of the public schools., Donald Parsons Cande, Education
An investigation of alternatives to improve attitudes of junior high school staff members toward vocational education in the high school., William Gardner Conroy, Education
Thermal, purity, and solubility properties of cholesteryl esters and their thermal behavior in lipid-water systems., Gershon Jerry Davis, Polymer Science and Engineering
Academic, attitudinal and personality correlates of a cross-cultural educational experience., Francis George Driscoll, Education
The effects of token reinforcement and verbal remediation on the rate, accuracy, and length of sentence composition by deaf children., Herbert Todd Eachus, Education
The role of stimulus and response generalization in a two choice reaction time task., Stephen Eric Engel, Psychology
A proposal for the arbitration of academic freedom and tenure disputes., Sherman Edward Fein, Education
Some relationships between specified values of student groups and interscholastic athletics in selected high schools., Michael Feldman, Education
The effect of signal probability, food intake, sex, and smoking on the gustatory response to sucrose, as measured by the theory of signal detectability., Everett Fergenson, Psychology
Temporal gradient of reinforcement and temporal gradient of punishment differences between alcoholics and non-alcoholics., David Allan Finkel, Psychology
Modifying social attitudes toward the physically disabled through three different modes of instruction., Alvin Thomas Forader, Education
Construct reduction of counselor empathy and positive regard : a replication and extension., Harold Hackney, Education
Ammonium tolerance among cultivated solanaceae., Herman Edward Hohlt, Plant and Soil Sciences
The physical properties of polyurethanes and ionomers., Tisato Kajiyama, Polymer Science and Engineering
Creativity, sex-role preference, and perception of parents in fifth-grade boys., James Edward Kaplar, Psychology
Induction of sterility in the face fly Musca autumnalis DeGeer with the chemosterilants hempa and metepa., Dharm Kaur, Entomology
Classical Conditioning as a Function of the Motivational History of the CS, Suzanne Elizabeth Kwaterski, Psychology
An analysis of the effectiveness of selected short term summer training programs as sources of information about educational innovations., Paul Anthony Leary, Education
An application of computer technology to educational administration., Robert Theodroe Linstone, Education
The relationship between length of hospitalization and ward behavior in schizophrenic patients., Robert Mendelsohn, Psychology
An evaluation of the biological control of the alfalfa weevil, Hypera postica (Gyllenhal), in Massachusetts., Mitchel Charles Miller, Entomology
Contribution to the anatomy and evolution of the family Pteronarcidae (Plecoptera)., Charles Henry Nelson, Entomology
The need for bilingual education in the schools of Vermont., Daniel Giles O'Connor, Education
Syllogistic inference: a problem-solving task., Jean Ann Pezzoli, Psychology
The effects upon attitudes of a short-term intensive vocational guidance workshop., Beatrice Orr Pressley, Education
Interracial group process in an experimental course in race relations : an evaluation employing direct measurement of attitudes., Peter John Racheotes, Education
Heart rate correlates of adversive and rewarding electrical stimulation of septal, hypothalamic and mesencephalic areas in rats., Vaughn Gerald Reed, Psychology
The father-son relationship and the personality adjustment of the late adolescent male., Mark William Reuter, Psychology
Environmental press in the secondary school : a measure of teacher and student perceptions., Paula M. Rizzo, Education
The degree of compromise and elements involved in job satisfaction expectancy in the initial job interview process., Charles Frederick Smith, Education
Stimulation of lateral hypothalamus : a motor response pattern., Dennison Alvord Smith, Psychology
Contribution to a generic revision of the neotropical milesinae (Diptera: Syrphidae)., Frederick Christian Thompson, Entomology
Student responsibility and the nature of the learning process., Peter H. Wagschal, Education
Rheo-optical studies of some copolymers., Garth LeRoy Wilkes, Chemistry
An investigation of the toxicology and residues of rabon in poultry., Chandrika Prasad Singh Yadava, Entomology
Dissertations from 1968
The role of semantic and syntactic components in the language ability of schizophrenics., Paul Norman Acres, Psychology
Academic characteristics and academic success patterns of community college transfer students at the University of Massachusetts., Ernest Wesley Beals, Education
Judicial decisions affecting the administration of the public school system in Maine., Merrill Evan Cobb, Education
Increasing the cognitive level of classroom questions : an application of Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives., George Thomas Farley, Education
A study of factors relevant to the development of applied educational research training programs., Bernard J. Fleury, Education
A homeostatic model of anti-social behavior., Richard Gordon Graf, Psychology
Group counseling with educable mentally retarded adolescents in a public school setting : a description of the process and a quantitative assessment of its effectiveness., Charles W. Humes, Education
Retroactive interference in short-term recognition memory for pitch., Dominic W. Massaro, Psychology
Comparative sterility effects of gamma radiation and a chemosterilant on Drosophila melanogaster Meigen., Fred Robert Slater Nelson, Entomology
A study of the independent, union, and regional school districts in Worcester County, Massachusetts, October, 1966 : proposal for reorganization., Lawrence Anthony Ovian, Education
The control of interview content through minimal social stimuli., Edward Walter Pepyne, Education