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Dissertations from 1980
Planning an effective human development course for criminal justice personnel., Barbara Bennett, Education
Action research and the participatory process in a rural community : the effort under way in Thy., Roshan R. Billimoria, Education
The Anisa model: a scientific paradigm for education and its implications for a theory of evaluation., George Bondra, Education
A systemic, psychological, contextual model and analysis of planned organizational change., Scott D. Bristol, Education
A study of the impact of mission on selected aspects of college administration., Jeanne B. Brockmann, Education
Generativity, stuckness, and insulation : community college faculty in Massachusetts., Michael C. T. Brookes, Education
An analysis of the parameters of effective educational advocacy participation as perceived by the participants., Bertrand James Brown, Education
An entry program for adults returning to college., Ann Byrne, Education
Behaviors indicating teacher enthusiasm : critical incidents reported by teachers and students in secondary school physical education and English classes., Virginia Mary Caruso, Education
The effects of union exclusion on intergroup work behavior in the Massachusetts state college system., Anthony Francis Ceddia, Education
A study to determine the extent to which the leadership development program as a nonformal educational model served to enhance educational equity as perceived by leadership development program fellows., Kanawha Z. Chavis, Education
A tale of two barrios : educational implications of community liberation-development., Fe Mary Collantes, Education
A study designed to create and validate a program to improve the abilities of educators to solve real-life problems., John J. Collins, Education
The ecology of effective academic functioning of Puerto Rican college students., Luis H. Colon, Education
The differential effects of matched stimuli maintenance methods upon the continued relaxation practice and headache activity of tension headache clients., David L. Cowles, Education
An investigation into the cognitive styles of community college students and the effects of instructional treatment on their mathematics achievement., Mary Ann Cullen, Education
Parent involvement in educational decision-making., Jonathan David Daitch, Education
A holistic description of the phenomenon of observing., Susan Dalziel, Education
A retrospective analysis of community college participation in non-traditional forms of institutional self-study : impact on institutional planning and goal attainment., Philip R. Day, Education
A family multi-generational vocational history and its relationship to the occupational-personality profile of twelfth grade students., Dennis Craig Dillon, Education
Leadership style and organizational climate in higher education., Corinthian Fields, Education
A comparative study of Puerto Rican families with and without handicapped children., Clare Spector Figler, Education
The effects of school climate and selected school climate variables on the outcomes of clinical supervision., Thomas F. Fowler-Finn, Education
The utilization and financial characteristics of tax-exempt auxiliary corporations affiliated with the major public universities in the United States., Robert W. Gailey, Education
The development and testing of a psychological education program in systematic problem solving., Maryanne Galvin, Education
A model for graduate education in human services : entry-level management training in collaborative and/or integrated service systems., Leonard A. Gravitz, Education
A study of the correspondence between personal and media experiences : right brain modes of response and implications for therapy., Nancy Lorene Gregg, Education
Developing a systematic observation instrument to identify sex role dependent and sex role independent behavior among physical education teachers., Patricia Scott Griffin, Education
Learning styles : knowledge, issues and applications for classroom teachers., Patricia O'Rourke Burke Guild, Education
On working for public welfare : a descriptive analysis of the working environment from the perspective of social service workers., Dolores P. Harrall, Education
A design for developing programs to assist early adolescents in the transition from elementary to junior high school., Nancy Bottone Hellman, Education
The development of a viable philosophy of education for the African-American learner : a statistical needs assessment., Caryn Sturgis Hobbs, Education
In-service education for teachers : development of a program for selected fundamentals of curriculum., Susanne Town Holloman, Education
The development of a residential program prototype for mentally retarded individuals in Franklin/Hampshire counties., Harold Mitchell Hutchings, Education
Effective leadership in urban education through parent involvement., Percy W. Jenkins, Education
Introducing respiratory health education in Vermont elementary schools : an analysis of instructional modes used in demonstrating the Vermont Lung Association School Health Education Project., Robert Penfield Jones, Education
The development, implementation and evaluation of a program to train supervisors of microteaching., Louise A. Kanus, Education
A study of cross-cultural communication, Arabs and Americans : paradigms and skills., Catherine Kano Kikoski, Education
A non-racist framework for the analysis of educational programs for black children., Margaret A. King, Education
A descriptive method for child language disability : the formal semantics, logic, and syntax of small languages., Stan Kulikowski, Education
Development and evaluation of curriculum materials to teach secondary students about the changing roles of women through the use of poetry., Gayle Dodson Lauradunn, Education
Major concerns in social ecology and new directions for improvement of secondary school curricula., Jerry M. Lipka, Education
A descriptive study of the design, operation and evaluation of a competency based in-service module program in mainstreaming students with special needs for teachers of vocational education., Gregory William Little, Education
An analysis of the effect of daily performance feedback and contingent supervisory praise on performance in an industrial work setting., Thomas E. Loper, Education
Educational needs of rural adolescents: the anatomy of a rural secondary school curriculum., William Clark Marshall, Education
An exploratory investigation of the appreciation of humor and hostile wit among adolescents with emphasis on psychoanalytic conceptualization., Julie Eileen McCarthy, Education
Language and learning : an interpretive study of the work of Martin Heidegger and an exploration of the implications of his thought for processes of learning., Patricia Ann McNally, Education
Dreams and their relationship to the social world., Barbara Ann Meyer, Education
Cognitive style matching in human relations training., Bob Mezoff, Education
The history of the nature-study movement and its role in the development of environmental education., Tyree G. Minton, Education
A study of dissemination in adult education programs in western Massachusetts., Robert Francis Moriarty, Education
A field study investigation to define the roles of university inservice educators working in a selected high school., David Lynn Mutter, Education
The advisor as teacher supporter : a study of selected advisors' perceptions of their role as compared to guidelines for the advisor's role identified in the literature., Carol Rubin Newman, Education
Private foundations and the development of standardized tests, 1900-1935., Rita Joyce Norton, Education
A study of the Goodman socio-psycholinguistic approach to beginning reading instruction in a first grade classroom., Donna Park, Education
Holiday celebrations in the elementary school : a conceptual framework for curriculum design., Robert George Peters, Education
Substance abuse prevention : effects of a developmentally based psychological education curriculum., Kathleen J. Phillips, Education
Application of the behavior-person-environment paradigm to the analysis and evaluation of early childhood education programs., Elizabeth Phyfe-Perkins, Education
Curriculum implementation and the role of the principal : a study of the elementary schools in one district of Boston., Karen Pick, Education
An indepth study of the mainstream individual educational plan in an urban district., Jacqueline Grace Reeves, Education
A survey of parent attitudes towards the evaluation process of Chapter 766 in the town of Brookline., Nathaniel J. Resnick, Education
Community control of schools: a change strategy for altering the lifestyle and improving educational opportunities for inner city residents of Anacostia, a Washington, D.C. community., William Stantley Rice, Education
Bilingual/bicultural teacher needs and attitudes : the mismatch between teacher training and teacher needs as documented in a Massachusetts community., Marcel Ringawa, Education
Sociological analysis of psychotherapy with an application to gestalt therapy., Miguel A. Rivera, Education
Planning and budgeting in adult and part-time education., Diana Haynes Romer, Education
An exploration of bilingual bicultural educational goals in Massachusetts for the 1980's : a community and institutional perspective., Juan Rosario, Education
The role of elementary school principals in the curriculum development process., John Robert Rosenberg, Education
An examination of the formulas by which federal funds are allocated to the states for three federal student financial aid programs : their history, their present form, and several proposed alternatives., David Allen Sartwell, Education
The high school teacher and special education services : a study of classroom teacher participation in the chapter 766 special education law., Richard L. Schaye, Education
Foxfire-Vermont : a retrospective case study of a rural staff development curriculum program., Howard S. Shapiro, Education
Design and simulation of an experimental microcomputer-based instructional system for music., Irwin Stuart Smith, Education
Lifelong education for rural adults : problems and planning considerations for the central region of Thailand., Kla Somtrakool, Education
Intellectual freedom in the public schools : an assessment of Tinker and its progeny, 1969-1979., Gail Paulus Sorenson, Education
An investigation into the effects of a training program upon leaders of educational innovations., Nancy Moonan Spencer, Education
An examination of the succorance variable as a predictor of dietary success in a self-managed program of weight reduction., Jack Alexander Szpiler, Education
Theoretical considerations in delinquency intervention., Carleton S. Townsend, Education
Retention services provided for bilingual students enrolled in the minority engineering program, School of Engineering: an analysis., Villanueva Mariano Trujillo, Education
Black female undergraduates in a predominantly white university : their concerns, counselors' perceptions of their concerns, and their attitudes toward counseling., Carole Regina Watkins, Education
Leadership in established rural teachers' centers : a study of roles, characteristics and advisory activities of leaders in small centers., Anne Sturgis Watt, Education
Selfhood : discovery of survival values in low income black families in Hartford, Connecticut. Two case studies using family systems theory., Linda Webb-Woodard, Education
First semester freshmen college dropouts : a family system perspective., Richard Alva Whiting, Education
A flexible module for staff development in nonformal education in Thailand., Somprasong Withayagiat, Education
Advocacy - a mode of helping in human services : the identification of generalized roles and functions of advocacy for the purpose of developing implications for appropriate professional training., Brent Woodard, Education
Dissertations from 1979
Teacher behavior directed toward individual students in physical education classes : the influence of student gender and class participation., Raymond J. Allard, Education
Characteristics of adult dropouts and persisters in university B.A.-level programs : a developmental stage analysis., Inez Abigail Anderson, Education
History of the child-benefit doctrine as a means for providing governmental financial aid to non-public education., Joseph R. Bailey, Education
A study of the perceptions of students, faculty and parents regarding the current status of Easthampton High School., Eugene Balazs, Education
The development of a teaching analysis instrument for courses in the fine and performing arts., Michael Bambach, Education
A study of the functional relationship between John Dewey's theory of inquiry and classroom teaching strategies designed to implement inquiry thinking., James C. Barber, Education
Student-initiated activity in elementary school classrooms : a construct validation of an 'open' classroom outcome., Benjamin Ayer Barnes, Education
Career choices of middle class female adolescents : the influence of mothers, sex role ideology, and occupational knowledge., Thelma Oya Benn, Education
Attitudes of mothers of cerebral palsied children toward the habilitative therapies., Frank Paul Bernarducci, Education
Self-concept and sex-role attitudes among single-sex and coeducational independent, residential, secondary school students., Ray Stuart Bicknell, Education
Collaborative programs in international education : an analysis and appraisal., John W. Bing, Education
Specification and validation of reading skills hierarchies., Mary Lyn Bourque, Education
A study to determine the acceptability and adaptability of a teaching improvement model at the schools of medicine and dentistry at the University of Panama., Marianne Felder Brid, Education
The applicability of Mintzberg's managerial role theory to describing educational administrator behavior., David Charles Bristol, Education
Implementing multicultural education in an urban high school : two case studies., Carlton E. Brown, Education
Supporting school change : an examination of the role of flexible campus coordinator in the Boston public schools from 1971-1978., James Leo Buckley, Education