While not official theses, the following papers, produced by students in the Occupational and Technical Studies graduate program since 1974, are in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Education. The program is offered by the Department of STEM Education and Professional Studies of the Darden College of Education. It is currently directed by Dr. Mickey Kosloski.

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Master's Projects from 1983

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A Survey of Scholastic Aptitude Test Scores Among Black Students Before Integration and 12 Years After in Gloucester County, James Newton

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A Study to Show the Correlation between Students' S.R.A. Math Scores and their Ability to Accurately Employ a Measuring Scale and Math Functions on Practical Problems, Louis Temple

Master's Projects from 1982

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Developing a Word Processing Curriculum for Northampton High School Using Validated Tasks Lists, Madge S. Christian

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A Survey of Business Education Graduates of Accomack County for 1980-1981, Alma M. Davis

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An Update of the Tidewater Apprenticeship Information Handbook, Claud R. Divers III

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A Comparison of Chemical Applications Using Micromax Spinners and Conventional Sprayer Tips, John P. Downing

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A Survey of the Salaries of Auto Mechanics in Southeastern Virginia, Michael J. Fanelli

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A Survey to Determine the Need to Make Typewriting II Part of Arcadia High School's Business Education Curriculum, Elsie Bailey Fisher

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The Understanding and Attitudes of Virginia Beach High School Guidance Counselors Toward Business Education, Joyce L. Gregory

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Factors Related to the Drop-Out Problem at Arcadia High School During 1979 and 1980, William E. Hall

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Implementing Competency-based Vocational Education in the Area of Clerk-typist I at Arcadia High School, Ann White Handy

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A Study to Determine the Validity of a Curriculum Prepared on Economic Education, Bonnie M. Harry

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A Study to Determine the Major Reasons for the Mass Exit of Industrial Arts Teachers in the Chesapeake Public School System, Richard L. MacDonald

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A Study of the Curriculum Content for the Clothing Occupations Program at Northampton High School, Jacquelyn W. Martin

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A Study to Determine the Effects of Competency Based Education on Student Performance in Beginning Accounting, Benjamin P. Mason

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A Study to Determine the Effect of Serving Foods Preferred by Students on Cafeteria Sales at Arcadia High School, Martha M. Simpson

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A Follow-up Study of Business Education Graduates of Northampton High School for the Years 1980-81, Doris M. Upshur

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A Survey to Assess the Needs for Expanding the Child Care Program in the Vocational Occupational Home Economics Curriculum at Northampton High School, Martha L. White

Master's Projects from 1981

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A Study of Reading Ability and Other Characteristics of High-Risk Community College Students in Introduction to Business, William W. Able

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Efficacy of Gaming Verses Video Viewing in Hospital Annual Mandatory Training, W. Lawrence Daniels

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A Study of the Career Salience, Marriage/Family Plans and Sex-role Identity of Twelfth Grade Girls in Vocational and Academic Programs as Determinants of Vocational Choice, Janet F. Dickinson

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A Study to Determine the In-service Needs of Vocational Education Teachers in the City of Chesapeake, Grover T. Eure Jr.

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"Applied Values" and its Perceptions at Paul D. Camp Community College, Michael J. Forrest

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A Study to Validate the V-Tecs Catalog of Tasks for Legal Secretaries in the Norfolk-Portsmouth Virginia Reach Area, Margaret Say Hamilton

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A Study to Determine the Feasibility of Offering a Vocational Education Course in Television Production at the Chesapeake Technical Center, Robert F. Head

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Description of Factors That Influenced the Ninth Grade Students' Enrollment of the Industrial Arts Department in the City of Chesapeake, Oliver Croswell Holley Jr.

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A Survey to Determine if the Goals of AIASA are being met by Participating AIASA Students, Hubert P. Rodriguez

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A Survey to Determine Teacher Attitudes and Treatment of Secondary Business Law, Marcialyn JoAnn Samuelson

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A Study of the Relationship Between General Business and Business Block Programs at Poquoson High School, Ann F. Semeyn

Master's Projects from 1980

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A Study of Vocational Programs for Handicapped Students in Newport News, Virginia, William D. Barton

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A Study to Determine the Acceptance by Potential Employers of a Cooperative Education Program for Gifted and Talented Students in Newport News Public Schools, Deborah Smith Buchanan

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The Prospect of the Introduction of the Virginia Industrial Arts Curriculum, Exploring Technology into the Norfolk Public School System, Christopher A. Canty

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A Study of the Benefits that Audio-Visuals Have on High School Crafts Classes, F. Evans Cochran

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Methods Being Used Currently in Teaching Business Law, Timothy L. Coffey

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A Study to Determine the Relationship Between Speed Building With and Without Error Penalties in Developing Straight-Copy Typewriting Speed, Jerusha Moseley Coleman

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An Evaluation of the Masters Program in Industrial Arts Education at Old Dominion University 1974-1979, Michael L. Davenport

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An Analysis of Alternative Students' Attitudes Enrolled in "Exploring the Construction Industry" at the Virginia Beach Career Development Center, Martin M. Fay

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A Study to Determine if Factors such as Child Labor Laws, Minimum Wages, Tax Credits, and Shifts of Retail Trade and Service Businesses from the City to the County Have Contributed to a Decline in Employment Opportunities for 14 and 15 Year Old Disadvantaged Youth in Charlottesville, Virginia, Daniel W. Fielding

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Factors Related to Absenteeism and Lateness to Class in Ninth Grade Special Needs Students, Tucker Gerard Freeman

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Activities for Materials and Processes Technology, Leo M. Gibbs Jr.

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Employability of Norfolk Cooperative Distributive Education Students, Darrellyn D. Hamlet

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Follow-up Study of a Work Experience Cooperative Education Program at Falls Church High School in 1979, Charlotte June Hartell

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A Study of Methods and Strategies Utilized by Supervisors and Teachers for Revision, Update and Modernization of Industrial Arts Subject Matter in Tidewater, Virginia Public Schools Systems, Richard L. Hicks

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A Survey to Compare the Ratio by Sex of the Fashion Merchandising Workers in the Tidewater Area to Enrollments in Fashion Merchandising Classes in Virginia Beach Public Schools, Susan S. Johnson

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A Study to Determine if Predictive Relationships Exist Between First Month Apprentice Mathematic Failures and Unsuccessful Completion of the Three Year Norshipco Apprentice Program, Donald Allan Kilmer

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An Analysis of the Usefulness of Educational Research Training to the Vocational Education Students of Old Dominion University, Billy B. Ricks

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In School Study to Determine Whether the Business Education Curriculum at Windsor High School Should be Expanded, Charleen W. Saunders

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A Study to Substantiate the Need for Consumer Economic Education in Norfolk Secondary Schools, Geraldine W. Scott

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A Study to Determine the Relationship Between Grade Point Average and Job Success, Charlotte S. Slade

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A Study to Determine the Effectiveness of a Specialized Cooperative Food Service Course in the Hampton, Virginia Distributive Education Program, Gary C. Smith

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A Study to Measure the Influence of Vocabulary Mastery on the Overall Achievement of Tenth Grade General Business Students at Princess Anne High School, Virginia Beach, Virginia, Josephine Lee Turner

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A Study to Determine the Awareness of Tidewater Industrial Arts Teachers of the Procedures for Proper Handling of Toxic Substances, Brigitte Graudins Valesey

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Development of Measurement Instruments for Testing Minimum Competency for the Woods Technology I Curriculums in the State of Virginia, Maynard D. West Jr.

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The Determination of the Compatibility Between the Reasons for Attending and the Career Goals of Secondary Students at the Norfolk Technical-Vocational Center, Judith A. Wiltshire

Master's Projects from 1979

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The Effect of Federal Monies on Reimbursed Cooperative Programs versus Non-Reimbursed Programs for Disadvantaged Youth in Selected Secondary Schools in Virginia, Luther L. Atha Jr.

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A Ranking of Competency Areas of Instruction by Suffolk City Merchants to Determine Felt Importance as a Basis for Distributive Education Curriculum Sequencing, Henry O. Billups

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A Technical Study Evaluating the Three Major Brands of Spark Plugs, Kenneth J. Brumley

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An Analysis of the Strategies Employed in Recruiting Industrial Arts Majors by Industrial Arts Teacher Education Institutions in the United States, John F. Carr

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A Survey of the Attitudes of Industrial Arts Teachers in the City of Norfolk, Virginia toward the IACP Approach to Teaching Industrial Arts, George D. Chastain

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A Six-Weeks Individualized Curriculum Guide in Construction Technology for Junior High School Students, Dan R. Deetz

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A Study to Determine the Effect of the Increasing Minimum Wage on the Placement and Retention of Cooperative Education Students in the City of Portsmouth, Sidney Jordan Duck III

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An Analysis of Student Perception of the Goals and Objectives of the Junior High School Industrial Arts Course Offerings, William R. Duffy

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The Effectiveness of the Exploratory Distributive Education Course (DE 8) on Student Choice of Fundamentals of Distribution (DE 10) at Abingdon High School, Paula J. Hill

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A Survey of the Attitudes of Industrial Arts Teachers in the Tidewater Area of Virginia, John Edwin Jones

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Requirements for Textile Product Knowledge in Marketing and Fashion Merchandising Curricula, Carolyn H. Josey

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A Study of the Duties and Responsibilities of the Industrial Arts Supervisors in the Commonwealth of Virginia, Charlie R. Jubilee

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A Study of the Identification and Validation of Competency-based Tasks for the Power and Transportation Area of Industrial Arts in the State of Virginia, Robert P. Quiqley

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What are the Benefits of Using Performance Testing in Electrical and Electronic Courses within the Virginia Community College System, Donald E. Remy

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A Study to Determine the Effect of the Repeal of the Sunday Blue Law on the Placement of Distributive Education Cooperative Students in Hampton, Carol S. Rollins

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Creating a Humanized Environment to Enhance Self Esteem, James J. Thompson

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The Identification and Validation of the Minimum Competencies for Woodworking I and Woodworking II Curriculums in Virginia, Lawrence W. Thrasher

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A Compilation of Tasks for Competency-based Instruction in Fiberglass Technology for Industrial Arts Education, James Roy White

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A Presentation and Analysis of the Results of a Survey Reflecting Curriculum Content in the Woodworking Program in Virginia Beach, John Zadell

Master's Projects from 1978

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A Study to Determine Virginia Industrial Arts Teacher's Knowledge of Terms Associated with the Metric System of Measurement, Samuel P. Bowers

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A Math Curriculum for Retail Buying (ECIDE 306) Old Dominion University, Betty Bradshaw

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A Projection of Student Enrollment in Industrial Arts at Old Dominion University 1978-1982, Donald James Buchanan

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A Study to Determine the Relationship Between the Degree of a Student's Intelligence to the Degree of His Trade Skill in Vocational Fields, David Bunin

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A Survey of Selected Business Teachers and Business Students in Four Norfolk Public High Schools of Their Opinions of Various Aspects of the Phase Elective Program, Linda R. Dickens

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The Development of a Competency-based Simulation Curriculum for Fashion Merchandising I in Virginia Beach Public Schools, Teresa Fary

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Relevancy of Equipment Maintenance to the Everyday Activities of Secondary Industrial Arts Teachers in Virginia Beach Public Schools, Jeffrey Mark Forman

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The Cognitive Ability Requirements of Vocational Education: A Role for Elementary Industrial Arts, E. Bryan Newsome

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A Follow Up Study of I. C. Norcom High School Machine Technology Graduates, Robert Benjamin Shirk

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A Comparative Study of the Practices Followed by Selected Colleges and Universities in Placing Students with Previous Typewriting Experience in the Various Levels of College Typewriting Instruction, Patricia Tynes Tompkins

Master's Projects from 1977

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The Comparison of Industrial Arts Teachers' Attitudes Toward the American Industrial Arts Student Association, James R. Doyle

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A Study to Determine a Need for In-Service Training for Virginia Beach Industrial Art Teachers Related to Career Education, Ronald R. Garrison

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A Comparative Study to Determine Teacher Attitudes Toward Teaching Traditional Industrial Arts versus Industrial Arts Curriculum Project, Larry W. Hoskins Sr.

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A Follow-up Study of 1977 Graduates from the Newport News Public Schools, Joseph E. Pink

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Mechanical Drawing I: Orthographic Drawing, John Rickman

Master's Projects from 1976

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The Vocational Selections of Industrial Arts Graduates of the School of Education Old Dominion University, Willis H. Alexander

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Investigating Methods of Accelerating the Seasoning of Wood Blanks for Bowl Turning, Myron W. Curtis

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Visual-Motor Skill Development in Learning Disabled Diagnosed Students Utilizing Industrial Arts Methods, Vernon M. Fueston Jr.

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A Curriculum Guide for Windmills, Bentley R. Harrell

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A Study of the Homemaking Activities of Boys in the Junior and Senior High Schools at Norfolk, Virginia, Charles Don McAdams

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A Comparison of the Individualized and Traditional Approaches to Student Achievement in Photography at Churchland High School, James Earl Perkinson

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Identify Competencies for Teachers of the "World of Transportation" in Industrial Arts, James Alexander Roth

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A Study of Employment Opportunities and Job Requirements for Entry-level Stenographic Occupations in Suffolk, Virginia Businesses, Margaret Wishon Willett

Master's Projects from 1975

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A Job Description for Distributive Education Personnel Having a Cooperative Vocational Program on the Secondary Level in the State of Virginia, Daniel J. Graves

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A Study to Determine the Feasibility of Implementing the Senior Intensified Retail Selling Program in the Four Senior High Schools in Hampton. Virginia, Virginia Cooke Johnson

Master's Projects from 1974

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Preliminary, Research and Final Reports on Multi-dimensional Tic Tac Toe Game Production Kit, Paul Coussens

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Electroplating, James G. Farrell