Graduate Student Research
A collection of Graduate Student Research by students in the College of Humanities, Arts, and Sciences.
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
Excursion: An Original Composition for Flute, Bb Clarinet, Oboe, Tenor Trombone, and Bass Trombone, Ward Maxwell Jamison, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
The Butterflies of Nebraska, Kurt Duane Johnson, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
Development of a Prediction Equation for the Placement of Students in Seventh-Grade Life Science, Lloyd Harley Barrow, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
The Creation of Three Original Junk Sculptures, Norman Bennett, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
The Wood and Metal Lamination Process in Jewelry Making, Joseph Dean Bolender, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
Eight Cone Six Glazes for the Electric Kiln, John D. Coiner, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
Seven Paintings: A Personal Search for an Ethical Consciousness, Dennis Myron Dake, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
A Personal Solution to the Problem of Color in Painting: Minimal or Absent, Charles A. Frelund, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
Inhabition of Stapylococcus pyogenes Var. Aureus With Ethanol-Extracted Precipitates of Cephalobus SP. (Nematoda: Cephalobidae), Rollin H. Heinzerling, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1968
The Use of Combined Printmaking Techniques in Color Collagraphs, Daleanne Anderson, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
A Description and an Analysis of the Results of Using Cadet Teaching as a Method of Improving the Multiplication Proficiency of a Selected Sample of Fourth and Seventh Grade Students, Richard Mark Anderson, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Thesis
An Analysis of the Application of Dynamics to Jewelry Design, Eugene Kent Bahling, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
Experiment in Achieving a Tactile Surface Treatment in Serigraphy, Linda Ione Enockson, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
Piece for Orchestra: An Original Composition for Full Orchestra, Orrin Young Hager, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1966
A Diagnostic Rhythm Test for Students in Grades Four, Five, and Six of the Hartley Community School, Russell Jay Elliott, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
The Shift in Focus From the Group to the Individual in the Later Novels of John Steinbeck, Sandra Lee Gabel, Department of Languages and Literatures, Open Access Thesis
An Investigation of Filigree as Design in Selected Pieces of Jewelry, Anne K. Graham, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
A Study of the Use of Laboratory Methods to Promote Student Discovery in Tenth-Grade Geometry, Russell Franklin Hein, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Thesis
A Progressive Collection of Transcriptions for the Development of Woodwind Quintets at the Junior High School Level, Charles C. Hendrickson, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A Sourcebook for the Inexperienced String Teacher, Robert I. Iverson, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1965
Paper Chromatography of Proteins and Amino Acids of Pandorina and Morphologically Distinct Forms of Eudorina, Margaret Dean Davis, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
The Four Concertos for Horn by W.A. Mozart Transcribed for Trombone, With Formal Analyses, Jon E. Hansen, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A Report on a Creative Thesis Project Concerning the Making of a Film as a Personal Analogy of Pottery and Natural Environment, Edwin H. Harris, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
A Study of the Development of the Wochenlied Plan With Reasons for Its Decline During the Eighteenth Century, David Paul Held, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A Study of the Vocal Music Preferences and Interests of 116 Junior High School Boys in Two Semi-Rural Iowa Communities, Willa Ruth Hunter, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
An Intermediate Clarinet Method, John Kenneth Jones, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1964
Thou Shalt Keep Christmas: An Operetta for Upper Elementary Grades or Junior High School Performance, Marion Gertrude Arends, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Four Compositions for Percussion and Other Instruments, James Arnold Coffin, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A Critical Survey of Recently Published Beginning Piano Methods, Margretta DenOuden, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Three Hypotheses Concerning Art Nouveau, Ralph H. Gaede, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
A Demonstration of the Instruments of the Band Through the Use of Slides, Tape Recording, or Live Performance, Robert E. Gaston Jr., School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A Study of Soviet Music Education, Norman Alan Haltmeyer, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1963
A Comparison of Modern and Traditional Approaches to Problem-Solving in Two Sections of Ninth-Grade General Mathematics, Mary Edith Crist, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Thesis
An Evaluation of an Inventory Instrument Designed to Measure the Attitudes of Some Iowa High School Band Students, Joseph Doering Doolittle, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1962
A Comparison of Musical Pitches of Selected Compositions Over the Last Three Hundred Years, With Implications for Contemporary Performance, Deloy Davidsen, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
The Relationship of the High School Music Program to the Post-High School Musical Activities of Selected Graduates of Decorah High School, Decorah, Iowa, Classes of 1940, 1945 and 1950, Elton Dresselhaus, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Evaluating the Elementary Music Program: A Method Based on the Austin, Minnesota, 1959-60 Self-Survey, Leslie Eugene Dunlap, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Nine Original Water Color Paintings, Richard H. Dutton, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
A Reference to the Care and Minor Repair of Band Instruments, Loran L. Eckroth, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A Report on a Creative Thesis Project Involving the Use of Bisque Clay as an Original Print Form, Raymond E. George, Department of Art, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1961
Introits, Hymns, Anthems, and Responses for the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Donald L. Breshears, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
The “Beatitudes” an Oratorio for Mixed Chorus and Chamber Band, Rupert Hughes Fahnestock, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1959
Linear Programming in High School Mathematics, Vernon Earl Cotter, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Thesis
A Handbook for the Production of Operettas in Small Secondary Schools, Thomas Eugene Curtis, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1958
Madrigals Transcribed for Small Ensembles of Brass Instruments, Robert George Ballenger, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Applications of Eighth Grade Mathematics to the Ninth Grade General Shop Program in Iowa, Robert Vern Echelbarger, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Thesis
Suite for Harp and Orchestra, Avis Evely, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A Comparative Study of Two Approaches to the Teaching of Area in the Junior High School, Margaret Patricia Green, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Thesis
A Proposal for Emphasizing Modern Mathematics in Elementary Algebra, Betty Sayre Grubb, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1957
A Study in Predicting Success in Algebra, Leslie Milton Graham, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1956
Some Uses of an Oscilloscope in High School Physics, John Ray Bolte, Department of Physics, Open Access Thesis
Some Photographic Materials and Techniques for High School Biology Teachers, Robert L. Calentine, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
A Comparative Investigation of the Use and Non-Use of Manipulative Devices in Teaching Seventh Grade Mathematics, George E. Immerzeel, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1955
A Pre-elementary Method for Cornet and Clarinet, James Croft, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
The Preparation of a Suggested Unit Using Applications From Physics in the Teaching of Trigonometric Functions in High School Trigonometry, Oliver Warren Eason, Department of Mathematics, Open Access Thesis
Theses/Dissertations from 1954
Transcriptions of Early Instrumental Music for Brass Ensemble, with a Style Analysis and Suggestions for Modern Use, William Robert Becker, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A Study of Conservation Education Presented at the Iowa Teachers Conservation Camp from 1950 through 1953, Novella Dorothy Bredbenner, Department of Biology, Open Access Thesis
A Method for the Instruction of Class Piano at the College Level, Constance Ann Brooks, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A Beginning Class Method for Elementary School Children of Varied Abilities Playing Heterogeneous Instruments, Frank Peter Comella, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
The Brass Instrument Class, a Workbook-Text for the Teacher or Student of the Cornet, French Horn, and Trombone, F. Earl Dunn, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
A Supplementary Method for the Teaching of Expression in Music to the Large Ensemble, Hugh J. Eicke, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
Tonal Balance Within the Concert Band: An Objective Approach to Augment Subjective Theories, John L. Evenson, School of Music, Open Access Thesis
