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Dissertations from 1981
A case study of the contributions of the special commission on the reorganization of higher education, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, November 14, 1979 to June, 1980., James Joseph Dowd, Education
An analysis of staff and parent attitudes and understanding relative to mainstreaming in the Pittsfield, Massachusetts public school system., Howard J. Eberwein, Education
A historical study of the relationship between the philosophy of John Dewey and the early progressive colleges : an investigation of the role of science., Janice Crafts Eldridge, Education
School-based staff development : collaborative planning & preparation for change., Jeanette P. Esposito, Education
A study using Flanders interaction analysis to determine teacher-student communication patterns in selected urban elementary school physical education classes., James Benjamin Ewers, Education
Boys' understanding of television and real-life models., David E. Fernie, Education
Generativity and stuckness in mid-level faculty members in the Massachusetts system of community colleges., Helen Palmer Long Field, Education
The validation of criterion-referenced tests : concepts and methods., Ann Roney Fitzpatrick, Education
A study and comparison of the Pathfinder Regional Vocation Technical High School climate with the 1977 school climate study conducted by the Massachusetts Department of Education., Michael Francis Fitzpatrick, Education
The prediction of junior high school reading competency from elementary school performance., Geraldine E. Fraser, Education
College student conceptions of electric circuits., Norman H. Fredette, Education
The employment and utilization of generic special teachers in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts., Kennett F. Fussell, Education
Urban school politics : a descriptive analysis of the political work environment as perceived by four urban school superintendents., Sally Ann LaPoint Gabriel, Education
Intercultural perspectives in music appreciation : a survey of five-college textbooks., Beverly Holmes Gartin, Education
An inquiry into the match between task and learner in a program for fully employed adults., David Bruce Gillespie, Education
Meta-evaluation of selected bilingual education projects., Norman Charles Gold, Education
Identification and treatment of Piaget's cognitive levels in a community college population., Helen Wade Goolishian, Education
An exploratory study of the effectiveness of the affective-based creative arts curriculum., Linda Edwards Greene, Education
An analysis of the relationship between parenting and teaching attitudes of paraprofessional teacher-aides in selected Head Start programs., Ruth Bass Green, Education
Liberal learning in American higher education., Kevin F. Grennan, Education
Institutional determinants of equality and parity in the academic marketplace for black men and black women administrators., Thelma Olivia Griffith-Johnson, Education
Language and identity in a cross-cultural context : an exploratory study., Isabella Halsted, Education
Counseling the abstaining alcoholic., Charles Travers Harrell, Education
The role of a professional head of residence : a comparison of perceptions., Marjorie R. Harrison, Education
Black perceptions of components of a vocational education teacher training program., Lloyd M. Harte, Education
Preschoolers' understanding of and social behavior to handicapped classmates., D. Fleet Hill, Education
An organizational analysis of an adolescent substance abuse treatment program: a case study., Raymond L. Hilton, Education
Development and first field test of the general welfare methodology., William Alan Hodson, Education
A faculty perspective of the role of the community college in Massachusetts public higher education., Theresa Davio Howard, Education
The identification, description and analysis of competencies focused on conflict management in a human services organization : an exploratory study., Joseph Littleton Howell, Education
The preparation of bilingual vocational instructors : a strategic analysis., Alan Frank Hurwitz, Education
The fit of empirical data to two latent trait models., Leah R. Hutten, Education
The education and training of human service workers : an analysis of a national system., Vernon R. James, Education
A comparison of conflict avoidance in families containing obese girls with families containing non obese girls., Nancy Gries Janus, Education
A learning procedure that increases self-esteem and black identity development in black college students., Frederick C. Jefferson, Education
Processes of Asian American identity development : a study of Japanese American women's perceptions of their struggle to achieve positive identities as Americans of Asian ancestry., Jean Kim, Education
The effects on children's (K-6) test anxiety, attention span, oral reading rate and school grades of a short term, individual technique in self correction psychotherapy utilizing parents as monitors., Robert D. Kirk, Education
The activity of young children : a comparison of the ideas of Montessori and Piaget., David S. Kuschner, Education
The effects of life styles on non-participation in school lunch., Frank P. Lattuca, Education
Democratic education as the basis for multicultural acceptance : a case study of a classroom of five-year olds., Joan Lester, Education
Teachers' academic and psycho-social expectations for children from single-parent families., Elinor Reah Levine, Education
The reconstruction of special education from a social developmental perspective., Joel Bennett Levine, Education
The development of a program improvement model for teaching composition at the eighth-grade intervention level., Marilyn Hunt Lewis, Education
The effects of reasoning workshops on the teaching strategies of secondary science teachers., Anne S. Lombard, Education
Group counseling Chicana troubled youth: an explanatory group counseling project., Mariaelena López Ochoa, Education
Collaboration in work settings., Elizabeth Lee Loughran, Education
Self-perceived human and social service needs of Hampshire County, Massachusetts' low income population., Lawrence J. Magid, Education
The psychological sense of community and the small college campus : a community psychology perspective on the role of the dean of students., Joseph Ivan Mandell, Education
Learning through pictures : a study of cultural and cognitive aspects of visual images., James William Mangan, Education
The effect of client choice of therapist on therapy outcome., Robert James Manthei, Education
Women job seekers in Bauchi State, Nigeria : policy options for employment and training., Carol Melvina Martin, Education
Developing and implementing a multicultural U.S. history course : a case study of a suburban high school., Tsukasa Matsueda, Education
The role of the college president in senior management evaluation systems., James J. McCarthy, Education
A regional study of superintendents' and Title IX coordinators' feminist/political perspectives and the status of Title IX implementation intheir districts., Susan M. McCarthy-Miller, Education
Design and implementation of objectives-based programs : a model and partial validation., Matthew M. Melillo, Education
Logico-perceptual and language prerequisites for beginning reading., Cynthia Miller-Jones, Education
The Newark Boys Chorus School: an organizational development case study., Roger David Mitchell, Education
Factors affecting the implementation of secondary school science curricula programs in Kenya., Ephantus Mwiandi Mugiri, Education
Faculty and student attitudes toward grading practices at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst., John R. Murray, Education
Parent participation in the educational process: a study of the attitudes of parents and educators of children with special needs., Barbara Stein Nagler, Education
The psycho-social characteristics of white community organizers and activists in interracial settings., Paul Christopher Navin, Education
A proposed model for the operation of schools in the Imo State of Nigeria : a collaborative basis between state and church., Raphael Nwafor Njoku, Education
Teachers' perceptions of their roles as decision-makers under Chapter 766., Gordon L. Noseworthy, Education
The use of communication skills in the community college classroom., Raymond D. O'Connor, Education
The oppression syndrome in Africans colonized in the United States., Anika Olinga, Education
A psychological methodology for Afrikans' control of their own community after school educational program., Nkrumah Lumumba Olinga, Education
"Operationalization of the fuzzy concept" : employability improvement of the curriculum in the public school system in the Virgin Islands., William C. Owens, Education
The development of parallel school programs in Paterson, New Jersey (December 1977 to January 1979) : a case study of urban education reform., William Brett Parent, Education
Choice in public high schools : options as a management strategy for large urban high schools., Robert Stephen Peterkin, Education
A study of black women in management., Maria C. Ramos, Education
An inquiry into organizational learning., William Thomas Ratliff, Education
An investigation of students', faculty's and parents' attitudes towards a modified home economics curriculum from a feminist perspective., Gloria J. Ray, Education
Testing and the Puerto Rican child : a practical guidebook for psychologists and teachers., Carmen M. Rodriguez-Fernandez, Education
Staying in school : peer support group intervention with high risk community college students., Robert Gary Ross, Education
Premarital and couple counseling with Co-SEE : couples' self-awareness exploration and evaluation., F. Peter Sabey, Education
Creating multi-cultural organizational responsiveness to rape victims : a study of organizational change., Kathryn M. Salisbury, Education
Curriculum development for internationalism : the international baccalaureate revisited., Manjula B. Salomon, Education
A children's book in perspective., Emily Susan Schaefer, Education
An evaluation of the Social Indicator Research and Community Action Study, 1978-1980., Nancy Ellen Schroeder, Education
Formal reasoning in Portuguese junior high school students., Manuel Joaquim Cuica Sequeira, Education
A study of the evaluation efforts of innovative educational programs funded under Title IV Part C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act in Massachusetts., Mary Antoinette Seroski, Education
Questions teachers don't ask : the impact of a microtraining program on the questioning strategies of student teachers., Jeanette Hilda Shopland, Education
A study of co-therapy in couple psychotherapy., Lawrence B. Siddall, Education
Training university students in counseling and psychotherapy., Lynn Simek-Morgan, Education
Affirmative action and reduction in force in an urban school district : a case study of Worcester, Massachusetts., George Storms Smith, Education
Two rural communities' collaboration for school construction and governance : the legislative process., Eugene Francis Thayer, Education
Factors associated with the development of a methodology for the dissemination of educational innovations : a reexamination., William Robert Thayer, Education
An exploratory study in the use of laboratory education with college-enrolled inmates., Edward W. Travis, Education
Cerebral lateralization and its relation to academic variables in a community college population., Kendall Sherman Way, Education
A comprehensive analysis of the needs of educational personnel for professional development in the areas of special education/vocational education., Kathleen Ann Winkler, Education
Sonocollage : a multi-media process to reorganize experience., Judith Lee Wise, Education
Feminism as a developmental phase : the relationship of feminist involvement to the adult development of women., Sara Starr Wolff, Education
Dissertations from 1980
Sexuality and the older adult., Catherine Adams, Education
A model for the evaluation of special education programs funded under P.L. 94-142 and P.L. 89-313., Louis Roger Amadio, Education
Parenting style and other familial antecedents of open mindedness among middle class adolescents., John H. Anderson, Education
An ecological study of the family system-child relationship., Richard C. Archambault, Education
Psychological attack : a case study of behaviors observed in a new, black parent-controlled, community-based pre-school setting., Marshena McCoy Baird, Education
The liberal arts major in the private sector : a marketing research study., Candace L. Bancroft, Education
Perceptions of elementary classroom teachers regarding the causes of the high incidence of reading retardation occurring among black pupils., Constance Wheat Batty, Education
Revisionist criticism of John Dewey's theory of schooling., Donald Henry Benander, Education