The intent of this study was to develop and examine a school and home coordinated program to promote the reading achievement of first grade students. The specific objective was to assess a Reading Activity Kit used by first grade students at home . . .

This thesis examines the symbolism in aspects of environment and other background elements in the works of Charles Dickens. Phenomena such as the weather, rural landscapes, urban landscapes, factories and machines, and fire serve as symbols that revea . . .

This study used the Integrated Play Group model (Wolfberg and Schuler, 1992) to assess whether creating peer play groups for students with severe disabilities would increase the number of interactions between students with severe disabilities and the . . .

Elevated arsenic concentrations were detected in groundwater monitoring wells and a test well boring beneath the western portion of the Livermore Valley Basin in Pleasanton, California during regular sampling events in 1997. The source of the arseni . . .

This thesis is an investigation into the treatment of the myth of the American dream in two very different works from near opposite ends of the twentieth century that illuminates the central importance of the myth in America. The author uses a Marxi . . .

Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106 requires that companies accrue the expenses for nonpension postretirement benefits. The focus of this thesis is to examine the impact of SFAS No. 106 on companies and their employees. Particular att . . .

Nitrate loading is a pervasive water quality problem in the Salinas Valley due to its rich agricultural history. Row crops, including strawberries and lettuce, are grown in the area immediately surrounding the drinking water supply well that is the . . .

Resource allocation to school sites in public school districts is inequitable. While Student Based Funding (SBF) has been implemented in several major urban school districts, there are few empirical studies about how SBF policies are derived and imple . . .

This thesis details the author's attempt to answer the question, "Whatever became of political science?"

The shallow-marine San Pablo Group in the hills east of San Francisco Bay, California, was deposited while the Pacific-North American plate margin was evolving from a convergent boundary to a transform margin at this latitude in middle to late Mioc . . .