This collection contains electronically submitted and retrospectively digitized graduate-level theses and dissertations for which we have received an availability agreement. Beginning with the fall of 2012, all theses and dissertations have been submitted through UNF Digital Commons. Other theses, dissertations, and projects are available in paper format and may be found using the library’s catalog.
The views and opinions reflected on Digital Commons are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or positions of the University of North Florida.
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
Walch, Barbara Hunter (1988), Sallye B. Mathis and Mary L. Singleton: Black pioneers on the Jacksonville, Florida, City Council
Watts, Hannelore (1988), Probation Officers' Attitudes Towards Criminal Offenders, the Causes of Crime, and Treatment Programs
Theses/Dissertations from 1987
Arvin, Rosanne (1987), Application of the Language Experience Approach for Secondary Level Students
Batey, Jacqueline J. (1987), A Study to Develop a Curriculum for the Three Year Old Based on the Competencies for Three Year Olds Listed by the Florida Kindergarten Council, Inc.
Baynham, Carolyn M. (1987), Literature at the Primary Level Depicting a Positive Image of the Elderly: A Bibliography
Copeland-Teschner, M Elizabeth (1987), Risk Taking, Impulsiveness, and the Age-Crime Relationship
Herbert, George D. (1987), Compiling Unit Clauses for the Warren Abstract Machine
Hicks, Catherine Hill (1987), The Integration of Social Studies Units and Language to Enrich the Kindergarten Curriculum
Jurgens, Patricia P. (1987), Effects of Standardized Achievement Tests on Mathematics Education
Lahey, Connie R. (1987), Raising the Comprehension Level of the Advantaged Student Through Locus of Control, Conceptual Prerequisites, and Imagery
Linn, Mary McMahon (1987), Effects of Journal Writing on Thinking Skills of High School Geometry Students
Love, Jane (1987), Black English In A Suburban Southern County
Merrilees, Cindy Gissy (1987), The Problem of Child Sexual Abuse: A Guide for Elementary Teachers
Oliver, Brenda Peck (1987), Activities in world history for artistically talented students
Parrish, Donna North (1987), An American History Curriculum for Eighth Grade Gifted Students
Pearson, Mariesha L. (1987), An Exploration of the Relationship Between Crime and Chemical Use: A Study of Jail Intake Data
Philpot, Joanne Robertson (1987), Peer Evaluation and the Improvement of Student Writing
Sims, Patricia (1987), Basic Robotics Curriculum: An Introductionary Unit for Junior High School Students
Theses/Dissertations from 1986
Aschenbeck, Geraldine H. (1986), Aliteracy: The Relationship Between the Electronic Culture and Voluntary Reading
Beaman, Marian L. (1986), Literature Curriculum for Secondary Students with Varied Learning Styles
Cohen, Kathleen Ann Francis (1986), Immigrant Jacksonville: A Profile of Immigrant Groups in Jacksonville, Florida, 1890-1920
Feagin, Eileen (1986), A Curriculum For Developing Listening Skills in Kindergarten
Gallop, Kathleen Ford (1986), A Curriculum Guide Using Modality Strengths to Introduce Basic First Grade Reading Skills
Ingram, Phyllis (1986), Shift Rotation Among Correctional Officers as a Source of Perceived Job Related Stress
Jenkins, Barbara Chunn (1986), What Factors Have Been Identified by Teachers as Reasons for the Variations Between Academic Achievement or Teacher Assigned Grades, and Standardized Test Scores for Sixth Grade Students?
Lawrence, Paula Tracki (1986), Developing a Laboratory Curriculum for Physics I
Piscitelli, Stephen V. (1986), The Relationship of United States' Nationalism and Textbook Coverage of Latin America
Spraggins, Rosemary A. (1986), The Importance of Vocabulary Development in the Primary Grades
Starling, Olivia Sarah (1986), A Curriculum for Developing Supplemental Storytelling Activities to Enhance Reading Skills for Intermediate Students
Swartz, Jeannette (1986), Functional Literacy: Should it be Mandatory?
Thompson, Deborah R. (1986), Life Science: An Outdoor Learning Approach
Walburn, Kathryn H. (1986), Males' and Females' Attitudes Toward a Prospective Social Group Member with a History of Mental Illness
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
Baker, Florence Zeigler (1985), Reading Strategies, Tenth Grade World History
Branch, Kathryn Llewellyn (1985), A Comparison of SAT Scores of the LEP Elementary School Students in Duval County
Burke, Donita Baham (1985), A Music Curriculum for the Non-Music Major Teacher of the Intermediate Grades
Campbell, LInda LaSalle (1985), Technology and its Implications for Early Childhood Educators: Considering the Microcomputer in the Kindergarten
Dortch, Mary E. (1985), Cerebral Dominance, a Matter for Elementary Teacher Awareness
Faircloth, Christine C. (1985), A Comparison of the Behaviors in the Beginning Teacher Program with the Behaviors of Effective Teachers
Goldwire, Ida W. (1985), Social Environment as Related to School Achievement in Early Childhood
Griffin, Velda L. (1985), Right Brain Study
Griffin, Virginia O. (1985), A Survey of the Use of Nonverbal Communication by Primary Teachers in Class Management
Keene, Nancy L. (1985), A Research Study of the Effect of Instruction in the Basal Reader Supplemented by the Language Experience Approach on Comprehension Scores of First Grade Readers
Kidd, Margaret B. (1985), Microcomputer Software for Kindergarten and Early Childhood Education
King, Mary Emily (1985), Changing negative attitudes of elementary children toward the aged through positive interaction and aging education within the school curriculum
Lobach, Gail Geiger (1985), Meeting the Needs of the Marginally Learning Disabled Intermediate Grade Child
Matthews, Susan C. (1985), Adventure Playgrounds vs Traditional Playgrounds
McAloon, Julie D. (1985), Effect of Professional Training of the Secondary Art Teacher on the Quality of Learning Experiences Provided in the Art Program
Miller, Linda (1985), Mobility as an Element of Learning Styles: The Effect its Inclusion or Exculsion has on Student Performance in the Standardized Testing Environment
Spivey, Cheryl S. (1985), Interpersonal Interactions in Student-Teacher Relationships: Types and Effect on Student Achievememt
Summers, Sharon Slaughter (1985), The Educational Effects of and the Relationship between Nonpromotion and the Dropout Rate
Walker, Peggy Skilling (1985), A Curriculum for Gifted Secondary Science Students
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Cannon, Ann Davis (1984), Global Education for Young Children: A Curriculum Unit for the Kindergarten Classroom
Ginn, Linda Powell (1984), A Comparison of Practices in Grading Reading Performance and Their Underlying Philosophies and Policies for Children Reading Below Grade Level in Selected Florida School Systems
Hafner, Ronald P. (1984), A Curriculum of Activities and Materials Used in Teaching Decomposition and Flowcharting Skills in Grades 5-7
Millett, Virginia (1984), A Study of Home-Schooling: An Alternative Learning Environment in Florida and South Georgia
Raye, Susan Grant (1984), Writing Creatively in First Grade
Reeves, Karen Holman (1984), Nuclear Armament/Disarmament as a Topic in Decision-Making Models in Secondary Social Studies Classrooms
Ritchey, Barbara J. (1984), The Effect of Peer-Editing on the Quality of 11th Grade Composition
Sauchuk, Cynthia A. (1984), A Comparative Study of Maternal-Infant Bonding and Attachment as it Exists in Traditional Hospital Birthing Approaches and Certified Nurse-Midwifery Approaches
Wallace, Catherine C. (1984), A Comparison of Computational Error Patterns for Grades 3, 5 and 8
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Barket, Barbara D. (1983), The Effect of Graphic and Phonemic Similarity on Syntactic Acceptability
Campbell, Mary H. (1983), A Curriculum of Supplemental Activities to Promote Positive Attitudes Toward Reading in Correlation with GINN 720, Level 10
Donaldson, Theresa Lorene (1983), The Cloze Procedure: A Measure of Reading Comprehension Ability
Gray, Cynthia F. (1983), The Development of a Survey for the Measurement of Attitudes Toward School
Helwig, Patricia Crosby (1983), A Study to Develop Supplemental Reading Materials for Use with the Junior High School American History Curriculum
Human, Lynn Hester (1983), A Program Designed to Improve Listening Skills for Kindergarten
Mitchell, Nancy (1983), How K-3 Classroom Teachers are Dealing with Pupils Coming from One-Parent Homes Due to Separation or Divorce
Putnam, Joan (1983), Attitudes of Gifted Students, Their Parents, And School Staff
Ruark, Moseley Green (1983), Sex Differences in Mortality Statistics in Relation to Employment Status and Marital Status
Suits, Beverly Kay J. (1983), Redirection of Student Attention Using Verbal and Nonverbal Cues
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Cortez, James A. (1982), Class Size Neo-Piagetian Testing: Theory, Results, and Implications
Harhai, Judith S. (1982), Improving Reading in the Content Area: Supplemental Materials for The World Now and Then
Hinson, Angelynn Dunagan (1982), Teaching Spelling for Retention
Janosov, Wilma D. (1982), A Bilingual Curriculum Materials Development
Mann, Anne Elcan (1982), The Effects of a Problem-Solving Strategy on the Long-Term Memory of Algorithms
Sanders, Connie H. (1982), Physical Attractiveness: Its Influence on the Perception of Counselors
Troncoso, Norma C. (1982), Exploratory Study of a Measure of Self-Actualization
Theses/Dissertations from 1981
Forrest, Paula (1981), A Curriculum to Increase Interest in Reading Using Children's Literature
Theses/Dissertations from 1980
Black, Linda (1980), Tenth Grade Listening Module
Hackenson, Ruth (1980), Study Guides: Their Effect on Reading Comprehension in Content Areas in the Third Grade
Jackson, Voncile Barnes (1980), Comparison Study of Achievement of a Group of Second Grade Students Experiencing Instruction on Bio-Ecosystems Indoors and a Group of Second Grade Students Experiencing Instruction on Bio-Ecosystems Out-of-Doors
Joost, Rita M. (1980), Oral Reading, Silent Reading, and Listening Comprehension: A Comparative Study for Above-Average and Below-Average Readers
Theses/Dissertations from 1979
Clifton, Rosemary (1979), A Guide for Mainstreaming the Emotionally Disturbed Child into the Regular Classroom
Diamond, Bonita Duggan (1979), An Integrated Listening Skills Program for the Kindergarten Class
Dooley, Jane W. (1979), The Effects of a Behavior Modification Model on Academic Performance
Good, Lynn A. (1979), A Preschool Needs Assessment Research Project
Gosdeck, Bonnie O. (1979), A Training Packet for Teachers and Aides at Wesconnett Elementary School
Hart, Evelyn C. (1979), A Comparative Study of Student Perceptions and Teacher Perceptions of Classroom Practices in Advanced Ninth-Grade Biology
Koopman, Mireya U. (1979), Creative Dramatics in a Bilingual-Bicultural Classroom for Vocabulary Growth and Creativity
Leukel, Lynda H. (1979), A Kindergarten Curriculum Guide in Environmental Education
Main, Edna D. (1979), Enjoyment, Interest, and Achievement Levels of Third Grade Students in Separate Subject and Interrelated Subject Units in Science and Social Studies
McCoy, Joseph H. (1979), A Study of the Effects of an Improved Classroom Environment on Secondary Students' Attitudes and academic Performance
McGovern, Joan P. (1979), Cross-Age Tutoring
Meadows, Cynthia J. (1979), Teaching Map Concepts to Poor Readers
Steedley, Sharon C. (1979), The Development of a Handbook for Teachers to Help Them Improve the Physical Environment of Their Classrooms
Taylor, June C. (1979), The Relationship Between Stress, Anxiety, and Forms of Content Learning
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Faubion, Cheryl Gillikin (1978), Reading: A Preprimer for Parents
Garcia, Malinda (1978), The Development and Implementation of Units of Nonverbal Instruction Which Increase Teachers' Nonverbal Behaviors
Harrison, Ronald (1978), Construction, administration, and validation of a test of oral language usage