This collection includes theses, dissertations, and professional papers from the University of Montana Department of Counselor Education, Department of Educational Leadership, and Department of Teaching and Learning. Theses, dissertations, and professional papers from all University of Montana departments and programs may be searched here.
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
THE EFFECT OF A READING PROGRAM UTILIZING SELECTED READING PASSAGES ON READING ACHIEVEMENT AND READING ATTITUDE OF SEVENTH GRADE CORRECTIVE READERS, Rhea Ann Cronin
Relationship of finger size and typing speed and errors, Dennis J. LaBonty
CURRENT PRACTICES IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF STUDENT ACTIVITY FINANCES IN SELECTED MONTANA PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, Rod A. Lincoln
THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCE TEACHERS IN MONTANA, Elaine Colie Spindler
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
THE DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A MODEL TO GUIDE THE EDUCATIONAL FACILITY PLANNING PROCESS, Frank J. Andera
Achievement scores and intelligence scores in fourth grade children from single-parent homes as compared to those in two-parent homes, Joyce M. Brant
JAMAICAN CAMPUS PLANTS--THE VINES, Sheila Elaine Greene
UTILIZING POST-SECONDARY CRITERION-REFERENCED TESTS TO DETERMINE GPA PREDICTION EQUATIONS, Terry L. Hetrick
A STUDY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TITLE IX IN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN MONTANA PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS, Bruce M. Whitehead
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
AN ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENCES IN PERCEIVED EFFECTIVENESS IN MANAGING DECLINING ENROLLMENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS BY THEORY "X" AND THEORY "Y" SUPERINTENDENTS, Walter L. Buster
A FACTORIAL STUDY OF CAREER EDUCATION CORRELATES IN SELECTED MONTANA SCHOOLS, Joseph Paul. Callahan
THE VERBAL LOGIC OF SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHERS, Peter L. Carparelli
A STUDY OF TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS REGARDING IMPLEMENTATION OF CAREER EDUCATION IN THE CLASSROOM, Madgie M. Hunt
A CASE LAW HANDBOOK FOR MONTANA SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, Gary P. Meggelin
PROGRAM TO TEACH LISTENING AND SOUND DISCRIMINATION, Sammy G. Seymore
SUGGESTED CRITERIA AND PROCEDURE FOR THE SELECTION OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS, Gary W. Steuerwald
TEACHER MILITANCY AND BUREAUCRATIC CHANGE, Jerry T. Waddoups
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
A comparative study of adult and nonformal education in selected countries of the Southeast Asian region, John Brown-Parker
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE STRUCTURAL COMMUNICATION STUDY UNIT IN PROMOTING HIGH LEVEL THINKING ACHIEVEMENT AND RETENTION WITH TWELFTH-GRADE SOCIAL STUDIES STUDENTS, Leon Adelbert Cook
SOCIAL SCIENCE EDUCATION FOR GRADES K-12 IN MONTANA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, George Samoul Farag
THE ADJUSTMENT PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENT EXPATRIATES RETURNING TO THE UNITED STATES FROM SAUDI ARABIA TO ATTEND BOARDING SCHOOL, Dale William Forsythe
A STUDY OF THE STATUS OF THEATRE AND DRAMATIC-ART ACTIVITIES IN ROMAN CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS IN THE NORTHWEST, David Wayne Haney
On hiking groups and mobile carts : a community-initiated changing process for American schools, Elizabeth Lee. Loughran
A STUDY OF MATHEMATICS PREPARATION FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS, Verlyn G. Stahlecker
AMERICAN HISTORY IN MONTANA HIGH SCHOOLS: PAST AND PRESENT, Harold Joseph Stearns
Attitudes of group referenced oriented high school students toward task referenced evaluation versus group referenced evaluation and the influence of test grades, Patrick J. Stuber
THE EFFECTS OF THE HAND-HELD CALCULATOR UPON ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MATHEMATICS STUDENTS, Art W. Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
THE SIMULTANEOUS METHOD OF SOURCE-POINT DATA ACCRUMENT: THE DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF A TEACHING PROCEDURE, William Thomas Barry
REMEDIATION OF LEARNING DEFICITS THROUGH PRECISION TEACHING: A FOLLOW-UP STUDY, Raymond J. Beck
A STUDY OF STUDENT-TEACHER ATTITUDE SHIFTS AS AFFECTED BY THE SCIENCE CURRICULUM IMPROVEMENT STUDY, Edward K. Courtney
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE NATURE AND RELEVANCE OF THE COMMUNICATIONS CURRICULA FOR SELECTED TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Everett E. Davis
A PROFILE OF PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ABILITIES FOR GRADES ONE TWO AND THREE STUDENTS OF THE FLATHEAD RESERVATION, Mary C. Downey
SOCIOCULTURAL FOUNDATIONS OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN PAKISTAN 1972-76, Shaukat Ali Hashmi
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TEACHING ALPHABETIC LETTER COMBINATIONS IN BEGINNING TYPEWRITING USING A SLIDE PROJECTOR-TACHISTOSCOPE DEVICE, Robert Lawrence Hille
THE EFFECT OF THE WORK EXPERIENCE PROGRAM ON THE SELF-CONCEPT THE WORK VALUES AND SCHOOL INTEREST OF SELECTED CANADIAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, Krishan Lal Katyal
A STUDY OF STUDENT GROWTH IN SELECTED AREAS OF THE AFFECTIVE DOMAIN RESULTING FROM AN EXPERIMENTAL COURSE IN INTER AND INTRAPERSONAL COMMUNICATION, Joseph Delyle Malletta
Evaluation of major problems in teaching foreign language, John Penkala
A SOCIO-HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT IN ALBERTA ILLUSTRATED BY CHANGES IN THE GRADE VI SCIENCE PROGRAM, Nicholas Tkach
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
THE OMBUDSMAN CONCEPT IN HIGHER EDUCATION: ADMINISTRATIVE THEORY AND MODEL BUILDING, Sherman A. Beck
SIXTH-GRADE MUSIC IN THE GREATER ANCHORAGE AREA BOROUGH SCHOOLS: AN OPINION STUDY, Ethel Kuenning Brown
A COMPARISON OF THE ACCURACY OF SEX KNOWLEDGE OF SELECTED GROUPS OF MONTANA ADULTS, John Lewis Carpenter
A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF OPINIONS OF SELECTED PARENTS IN THE MISSOULA COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT MISSOULA MONTANA TOWARD SELECTED EDUCATIONAL ISSUES, Roger Franklin Eble
School discipline: A study of attitudes, Sandor Steve Gajdos
THE EFFECT OF ORGANIZERS UPON THE ACQUISITION OF THE PROBLEM-SOLVING SUBSKILL OF IDENTIFYING VARIABLES HELD CONSTANT MANIPULATED VARIABLES AND RESPONDING VARIABLES, Harold Don Hawley
AN INVESTIGATION TO MEASURE THE PREFERRED ROLE OF TEACHERS IN EDUCATIONAL DECISION-MAKING IN CLASS I MONTANA SCHOOL DISTRICTS, James Lewis Keef
PARENT AND EDUCATOR ATTITUDES TOWARD EDUCATION: A STUDY OF CONGRUENCY, Stanton E. Kroon
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED BY THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS IN THEIR SEMINARY PROGRAM FOR GRADES 9-12, Luell J. Perrett
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PROGRAMMED ENGLISH USAGE ON THE ACHIEVEMENT OF COLLEGE STUDENTS ENROLLED IN BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS, Ronald Dee Schlattman
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
THE USE OF TELEVISION IN SCHOOLS AND DEVELOPMENT OF ETV IN MONTANA, Vernon Edward Almlie
PUPIL TRANSPORTATION IN ALBERTA, Edison Frederick Bardock
THE ADOPTION OF AMERICAN BILINGUAL SCHOOLS IN COSTA RICA: A STUDY IN SOCIOCULTURAL CHANGE, Paul Howard Cadby
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AND THE QUALITY OF THE PARENT-CHILD RELATIONSHIP FROM A ROGERIAN FRAME OF REFERENCE, William James Edwards
AN EVALUATIVE STUDY OF A NON-TRADITIONAL FIELD PLACEMENT FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING STUDENTS, Barbara J. Hauf
AN ANALYSIS OF THE INTERRELATIONSHIP OF ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERN, Ross L. Iverson
A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF THE DOCTOR'S DEGREE GRADUATES IN THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, Michael Scott Kirkeby
THE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF CHILDREN FROM MOBILE HOMES AND TRADITIONAL SINGLE-FAMILY DWELLINGS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY, Richard T. Landess
COUNSELOR EFFECTIVENESS: EMPATHY TRAINING, John William Lennon
A STUDY OF PREPARATION PROGRAMS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS AT UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES OF MONTANA, Thomas F. Lester
ALIENATION AND EDUCATION, Arnold Robert Lipkind
A COMPARISON OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPELLING PROGRAMS, Mary Lee McAloon
THE MODERN AUTOMATED WORD PROCESSING SYSTEM--ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR CHANGES IN THE CURRICULUM FOR BUSINESS AND OFFICE EDUCATION, Merton Elwood Powell
INSERVICE EDUCATION PREFERENCES OF TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA, Frederick Oscar Schreiber
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DRUG KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES TOWARD DRUGS AND USE OF DRUGS AMONG TWELFTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN CLASS I II AND III SCHOOLS IN WESTERN MONTANA, Thomas R. Whiddon
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
CHANGING ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL, Royal Thomas Brown
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ACTUAL AND PREFERRED NEGOTIATION ROLES AND OPINIONS REGARDING TEACHER-BOARD NEGOTIATIONS OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND MONTANA, John Christopher Carr
FACTORS INFLUENCING LEADERSHIP FOR COMMUNITY MUSICAL ACTIVITIES IN THE STATE OF COLORADO, Ralph Arthur Downey
INSTRUCTIONAL RATES OF WORD RECOGNITION AND READING EFFECTIVENESS OF THIRD GRADE STUDENTS WITH VARYING READING ABILITIES, Robert Bergan Duncan
EVALUATION OF PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION AS PERCEIVED BY FIRST-YEAR TEACHERS GRADUATED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA 1946-73, Donald Dell Evans
AN ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PLAN FOR MONTANA, John Younger Jackson
A COMPARISON STUDY OF THE CURRICULUM NEEDS FOR LIBRARY SCIENCE AND INFORMATION MEDIA PERSONNEL WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON NONPRINT CURRICULUM, Ronald Francis Johnson
A study of student achievement in the eighth grade social studies curriculum of the West Valley School District Millwood Washington 1973-74, Allen Neil LaCombe
COMMON EDUCATIONAL CONCEPTS HELD BY THE SOPHISTS AND THE EXISTENTIALISTS, Bette A. Lowery
A STUDY OF SELECTED PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF NON-RUNAWAY DELINQUENT NON-RUNAWAY AND RUNAWAY YOUTHS IN MISSOULA MONTANA, Virginia Eloise Maulfair
The Effectiveness of dictation practice on the letter-writing performance of university students enrolled in business communication courses, John E. Melrose
PROBLEMS OF CLASS-III SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN MONTANA, Roger Arden Ranta
AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY IN TEACHING BEGINNING TYPEWRITING BY USING COMBINATIONS OF ALPHABETIC LETTERS AS TYPED BY EXPERT TYPISTS, Kuldip Singh Riar
A STUDY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF A MODEL FOR ESTABLISHING GOALS FOR A SCHOOL SYSTEM, Kenneth Charles Sauer
A STUDY OF INSTRUCTIONAL AIDES IN MONTANA CLASS-I SCHOOL DISTRICTS, Frank John Sovka
THE PREPARATION OF SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SOCIAL STUDIES TEACHERS IN ALBERTA, Henry Toews
OPINIONS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS REGARDING OBJECTIVES OF SECONDARY EDUCATION, Leslie Ray Tolman
EMERGING PROFESSIONALISM: A STUDY OF THE ROLE OF TEACHERS AND THE CONFLICTING ROLE-EXPECTATIONS AMONG TEACHERS ADMINISTRATORS AND BOARD MEMBERS IN SELECTED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN MONTANA, William Alvin Willavize
A STUDY OF FACTORS AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE OF ELEVENTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN MONTANA, Lawrence James Zacher
A STUDY OF SELECTED RELATIONSHIPS AMONG INTERESTS PERSONALITY TRAITS AND VALUES BETWEEN STUDENT-TEACHERS AND EXPERIENCED TEACHERS, John Francis Zaugra
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
THE SELECTION OF STATE SCHOOL LANDS FOR DEVELOPMENT INTO OUTDOOR TEACHING LABORATORIES, Daniel Garth Block
AN ASSESSMENT OF INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN HIGHER EDUCATION WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA, Edmund Kinzel Colby
A FOLLOW-UP STUDY OF THE SUCCESSFUL PARTICIPANTS OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION SUMMER SEQUENTIAL INSTITUTE IN BIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA 1961-1971, Steven Emory Dyche
SURVEY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SUCCESSFUL BLACK DEANS IN PREDOMINANTLY BLACK FOUR-YEAR COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES, William D. Easton
A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE NEW ROLE OF THE COUNTY AND DIVISIONAL SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT IN THE PROVINCE OF ALBERTA CANADA, Neil Cecil Gannon
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TEACHER EDUCATION CENTER MODEL, Lauren Huns Hagge
GEOMETRY IN MATHEMATICS: A SURVEY OF SOME RECENT PROPOSALS FOR THE CONTENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL GEOMETRY, Nathan Hoffman
THE ROLE EXPECTATIONS OF THE AREA SUPERINTENDENT AS PERCEIVED BY THE CERTIFICATED STAFF OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF PORTLAND OREGON, Laurence Romaine Jones
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT OF STUDENTS IN SELECTED OPEN-SPACE AND SELF-CONTAINED CLASSROOM SCHOOLS, Chandrashekhar Joshi
A STUDY OF THE EDUCATIONAL PREPARATION EXPERIENCE AND ENDORSEMENT OF COUNSELORS EMPLOYED IN MONTANA SCHOOLS IN 1970-1971, Richard Carl Mattson
SELECTED PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MODERATE MARIJUANA HEAVY MARIJUANA AND POLY-DRUG-USING MARIJUANA SMOKER, James Francis McLaughlin
AN EVALUATION OF THE PRE-SERVICE EDUCATION LABORATORY EXPERIENCE, Gary Alan Morin
AN ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTS OF A HYPOTHETICAL REMOVAL OF BUSINESS TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS FROM SELECTED MONTANA COLLEGES UPON THE STATE OF MONTANA, William E. Patton
A STUDY OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES FOR SELECTED MONTANA HIGH SCHOOLS, Leo Laurence Sherrodd
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SURVEY INSTRUMENT FOR FIRST-GRADE MATHEMATICS BASED ON SELECTED PIAGETIAN TASKS, Gary James Smith