All specialist projects completed and available to us at Western Michigan University since 1961 have been entered into ScholarWorks. Some may be embargoed or restricted by the authors and may be only available from on-campus computers. Print copies from earlier years may be available through interlibrary loan. If you have any questions, please contact wmu-scholarworks@wmich.edu
Specialist Projects from 1973
The Calhoun Area Vocational Center: An Internship and Project, Gerald D. Lutz
A Training Sequence Designed to Teach Vocal Imitation to a Retarded Child Exhibiting a Stereotyped Vocal Response Pattern, Patricia Ann Martin
A Study to Determine the Effectiveness of an Interest Grouping Classification for Primary Grade Children, Dianne T. McAfee Williams
A Comprehensive Survey, Index, and Listing of Community Agency Resources Currently Providing Services to the Residents of Charlevoix and Emmet Counties, Ronald L. Moore
An Experience with College Administrators at Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Christopher E. Nord
A Report of an Internship in Western Michigan University Para-School Learning Center Kalamazoo, Michigan, Providentia Pollard
An Internship to Develop a Screening Process to Determine Probable Pilot Training Success, Ronald Dean Quisling
A Survey of Graduate Students in Two Library Schools to Determine the Factors Considered of Primary Importance in the Selection of a Library School, Katherine V. Shaw
An Internship with the Western Michigan University Para-School Learning Center June 18, 1973-July 21, 1973, Diane S. Smith
An Acquisition of New Administrative Skills with Vocational Rehabilitation Services, Jerry B. Van Leeuwen
My Internship Experience at the Western Michigan University Counseling Center, Bruce Vern Weller
A Study of Pertinent Contract Information for Van Buren County Teacher-Negotiators, Howard W. Wood
Specialist Projects from 1972
A Comparison of Selected Students in the Honors College and in the General Degree Program at Western Michigan University, Clara H. Brainard
Community Resources Workshop, Kalamazoo Michigan, 1971: A Descriptive Study of a Pilot Project, Mary Hurlbut Cordier
Community College Counseling Emphasizing Student Personnel Services and Placement, Ronald R. Crandell
An Inner-City Junior High School Experience with School Administration in the City of Benton Harbor, Dale P. Cryan
A Report of an Internship in Three Rivers, Michigan, Public Schools, Jerry E. Dalman
The Feasibility of a Middle School in Modern Education, George Denda
Behavior Change in University Students through Participation in a Workshop for Eliminating Self-Defeating Behavior, Margaret Eileen Feringa
Supervised Internship Report, Marie Paulette Garthe
Report of Professional Field Experience, Warner A. Johnson
An Experience with Student Personnel Services at Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Ivan Klinesteker
A Study of Selected Michigan Elementary Schools to Identify Factors Supporting the Development of the Media Center, Peggy Maclean
Specialist Projects from 1971
A Study of the Effects of a Reading Program for Reluctant Readers, Florence Evelyn Banks
Development of a Middle School Philosophy and Program for the Charlotte Junior High School for the School Year 1968-1969, Clarence J. Benson
The Influence of Visual Perception on the Academic Performance of the Mentally Retarded, Shirley A. Knapp
A Process Study: Developing an Elementary Language Arts Guide, Norma Korn
Drug Use and Abuse: Suggestions for Teaching in the Junior High School, Ardiccio Daniel Morales
A Survey of Psychological Services Available to Two-Year Community College Students, Alice Hildrebrandt North
A Study of the Materials Used in the Teaching of Reading by Teachers with and without a Library-Media Center with a Full-Time Media Specialist, Mary Ann Paulin
An Experience with School Administration in the City of Grand Rapids, Gerald L. Siegel
A Handbook for Beginning School Business Officials in Michigan, Raymond M. Sreboth
Report of an Internship Experience in Coordinating a Summer School Program in Eight Target Schools, Russell W. Stanton
The Attitude of Students, Parents, Administrators, Faculty and Staff Regarding Hours and Visitation Privileges for Women College Students, B. Margaret Voss
An Experimental Study of the Effects of Classroom Photography on the Self-Concepts of Culturally Disadvantaged Sixth Grade Students, Donald L. Wetmore
Report of Internship Experiences, Richard V. Yenchesky
Specialist Projects from 1970
The Use of Reinforcement and Punishment by Differently-Oriented Counselors, Victor Alvarado
The Development of a New Organizational Pattern for an Elementary School in the Fruitport School District, John W. Carlson
A Study of Selected Aspects of Alcohol Education in Michigan's Elementary and Junior High Schools, Calvin J. Hoogstra
A Study of the Influence of Dogmatism on Student Perception of Teacher Qualities, Ann Elizabeth Laffan
The Identification of Common Library Goals, Objectives, and Activities Relative to a Planning, Programming, Budgeting System, George E. Morey
A Study of Perceptions of the Effect of Student Dress and Grooming on Behavior and Achievement in Selected Michigan Public Secondary Schools, Ozzie D. Parks
The Effect of Group Counseling on the Adjustment and Behavior of Returning Foreign Study Students at Kalamazoo College, Thomas J. Walsh
The Role of the Student Council in Selected Michigan High Schools, Loren C. Warfield
Specialist Projects from 1969
Comparisons of the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence with the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Bert Douglas Goens
An Appraisal of the Performance of Selected Secondary School Principals as Perceived by Teachers and as Perceived by Themselves, Vernon J. Johnson
An Exploratory Study of the Relationship of High School Non-Academic Achievements to Community College Academic Achievement, Ira C. Livingston
An Evaluation of the Community School Program Springfield Public Schools Battle Creek, Michigan, Robert Bruce Sellers
A Comparison of Art Course Offerings in Representative Community Colleges in the Midwest, Wayne L. Shaw
An Assessment of the Problems of Recruiting and Retaining Substitute Teachers for the Elementary Schools of the Jackson Public Schools, Jackson, Michigan, William Henry Sumner
A Survey of School Plant Needs in the Grandville School District, Elmer H. Theodore
A Study of Change in Secondary Teachers' Attitudes towards School Library Concepts after Instruction in Librarianship, Rulon Kent Wood
Specialist Projects from 1968
A Study of the Feasibility of Teaching Selected Library Science Courses by Tape and Two-Way Amplified Telephone Communication, Marguerite Baechtold
A Study to Evaluate the Effect of the Minnesota Plan, (ESEA, Title II), on the Development of Selected School Libraries, Rolland Gerald Billings
The Office of the Registrar, Virgil Wesley Bopp
The Effects of Required and Voluntary Counseling with Students of Exceptional Financial Need, Charles T. Dykstra
Characteristics of Adults Enrolled in the Kalamazoo Public Schools Adult High School Program, Walter W. Fiebig
The School Diagnostician Service, Everett A. Grambort
Personality and Drinking Behavior of Alcohol and Non-Alcohol Offenders, Kent Allen Laudeman
Vocational Interests and Curriculum Satisfaction of Juniors at Western Michigan University: A Pilot Study, Reiko Matsumura
A Study of Intelligence and Its Measurement as It Pertains to the Preschool Deaf Child, Patricia H. Slesdet
Personality Changes in Counselor Education, Robert Leonard Smith
Suggested Methods of Evaluating and Modifying Visual Perceptual Deficiencies as Related to Reading Disorders in Early Elementary Grades, Kenneth Elmer Sturm
An Investigation of the Relationship between Attitudes toward Beverage Alcohol and Dogmatism, Ronald Dean Teed
Specialist Projects from 1967
A Descriptive Analysis of the Kalamazoo Consultation Center for Clergy, Arthur Eckert Bilyeu
Lattice Topologies, Alan A. Bishop
A Study of Cotorsion Groups, Arlo D. Davis
A Survey of Employment Needs and Opportunities for Office Workers in Muskegon County, Kenneth L. Deal
A Correlational Study of Factors Utilized in Counselor Candidate Selection at Western Michigan University, Mary Lou Garrison
Relationship of Chronological Age to Kindergarten Admission, Basil E. Johnson
The Counseling Process and College Freshmen in Home Economics, Alice M. Kavanaugh
A Study of Lommel Functions, Robert Glenn Mayo
A Study of the Effect of the National Science Foundation Course Content Improvement Materials on the School Library, Eleanor R. McKinney
A Normative Analysis of Psychological Test Results of Students Selecting Graduate Counselor Education, Buena Flor H. Mendoza
An Exploratory Study of the Relation of Perceived Parental Attitudes to the Vocational Choices of Graduate Students at Western Michigan University, Colleen Cosgrove Schrier
On Reduction of Order of a System of Linear Nonhomogeneous Ordinary Differential Equations, Otis D. Shouse
A Review of the Short Forms of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Edward Gerald Tava
A Survey of Michigan School Psychologists: Some Facts and Opinions, Elisabeth Rebecca Thall
Specialist Projects from 1961
A Survey of the Status of Secondary School Intramural Sports for Boys in the State of Michigan, Robert Epskamp