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Transitioning Children With Autism From One-On-One Discrete-Trial Settings To Special Education Classrooms, Jennifer L. Freeman

Dissertations

The goal of an early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) program is to teach each child the skills necessary to make meaningful progress in less-restrictive environments (Fox, Dunlap & Crushing, 2002). However, few studies have detailed the steps necessary for a “successful” transition into these educational settings. We transitioned two children, who received 20 hours a week of one-on-one discrete-trial therapy and attended a half-day special education pre-school classroom, to a full-time educational setting. With the goal of aiding each during his/her transition, this study used the Verbal Behavior Milestones Assessment and Placement Program (VB-MAPP) (Sundberg, 2008), particularly the barriers and …

A Formative Evaluation Of A Program Providing Support To College Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Kourtney Kay Bakalyar

Dissertations

Young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) are attending institutions of higher education more than ever before (Smith, 2007). All college students with disabilities have the right to accommodations under the American with Disabilities Act Amendments Act of 2008 (ADAAA; P.L. 110-325); however, these accommodations frequently do not address barriers that prevent students with ASD from successfully completing their academic programs. The Autism Services Center at a public, four-year university provides services to its college students with ASD to address difficulties with communication and social skills, unique emotional and behavior characteristics, insufficient executive function, and difficulties with independent living skills. …

Community Conversation-Center For Michigan Event, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.

25-Year Club, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.

25 Year Club: 35th Annual Gala, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club: 35th Annual Gala

November 29, 2016

• New Inductees
• Members
• Retirees

Updates In Academic Affairs: 11/21/2016, Office Of The Provost And Vice President Of Academic Affairs

Updates in Academic Affairs

• BUSINESS COLLEGE DEAN CANDIDATES TO GIVE ON-CAMPUS PRESENTATIONS
• PANEL DISCUSSION ON ‘STUDENTS OF CONCERN’ SET FOR DEC. 1
• NOMINATION FOR NEW ‘GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT’ AWARD DUE DEC. 4

Four College-Level Writing Assignments: Text Complexity, Close Reading, And The Five-Paragraph Essay, Elizabeth Brockman, Marcy Taylor

Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education

No abstract provided.

Creating In A Participatory Culture: Perceptions Of Digital Tools Among Teachers, Emily Howell, Rebecca Kaminski, Sarah Hunt-Barron

Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education

The following embedded case study examines teachers’ perceptions of using digital and Web 2.0 tools for literacy instruction. These perceptions are important if teachers hope to enact a more participatory culture of creation rather than consumption called for by scholars such as the New London Group and the New Media Literacies scholars. Case study participants were teachers involved in a NWP site’s Invitational Summer Institute (ISI), with embedded cases of rural teachers in a high-poverty school district. The findings suggest teachers still face extrinsic barriers to enacting a participatory culture, and professional development is needed to help teachers effectively use …

Poetry Is Powerful: High School Students And Pre-Service Teachers Develop Literacy Relationships Through Poetry, Susanne L. Nobles, Amy Price Azano

Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education

Teaching poetry can serve as a roadblock for many English teachers who lack confidence with the genre. Likewise, high school students struggle reading poetry and creating their own poetic works. In an effort to provide an authentic learning experience for our students, we created a semester-long, collaborative poetry project between our high school and college students. This manuscript provides details about the goals, processes, and takeaways for both groups of participants. The high school students were two classes of freshman-level English students who practiced developing critical literacy skills while reading, reciting, and writing poetry. The college students were pre-service English …

Writing For An Authentic Audience – One Teacher-Writer’S Narrative Journey, Danielle L. Defauw, Melissa Smith

Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education

The research literature shows many universities do not require elementary pre-service and in-service teachers to take a writing methodology course, yet elementary teachers must be prepared to teach K-8 writing. This qualitative case study highlights a beginning elementary in-service teacher’s experiences enrolled in a K-8 writing methodology course designed to strengthen her teacher-writer voice for authentic purposes using the writing workshop framework. Using narrative inquiry’s critical event approach to analyze and compare the teacher’s and her peers’ data (writer’s notebook, reflections, surveys, interviews, written selections, field note journal), this research article details her case study as a critical incident to …

Feedback In Online Writing Forums: Effects On Adolescent Writers, Heather J. S. Birch

Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education

Adolescents are writing online. A cursory look at the web reveals that teenagers are well-represented; in blog posts, social media updates, profile pages, comments on YouTube videos, responses to news articles, and websites about their interests, teenagers are writing (Williams 2009). In the current research study, the specific kind of adolescent writing under consideration is writing posted in a social media context designed specifically for writers. This case study focuses on six young writers who are active members of an online writing community, and who post their writing in order to receive feedback. Descriptive data collected through interviews, as well …

“It’S A Two-Way Street”: Giving Feedback In A Teacher Writing Group, Lochran C. Fallon, Anne Elrod Whitney

Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education

Abstract: A consistent feature of teacher writing groups is the giving and receiving of feedback on writing. While there have been several studies that have explored the effects of receiving feedback on one's own writing, there have only been a few that explored the effects of providing feedback to others can have on a teacher’s own work. Drawing on interviews with teacher-writers who work together in a writing group, we conclude that giving feedback transforms the writing lives of all participants involved in the feedback process through experiences of reciprocity, involving claiming authority within a community of writers, developing …

Developing Preservice Writing Teachers’ Professional Judgment: Design Conjectures For Supporting Equitable And Rigorous Writing Instruction, Britnie Delinger Kane

Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education

To meet the composition demands of the future, secondary students in the United States will need more rigorous and more equitable writing instruction. They will need opportunities to inquire into and frame authentic problems. They will need to communicate for a variety of audiences and purposes, and they will need access to a variety of linguistic and literary forms. In turn, secondary teachers will need improved preparation for teaching writing. This conceptual review outlines what intellectually rigorous and equitable writing instruction looks like, arguing that teaching writing in these ways requires that teachers deploy substantial professional judgment. I then rely …

“A Course No One Wants To Teach”: A Brief History Of The Undergraduate Writing Methods Course, Christine E. Tulley

Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education

In this essay, I untangle two historically embedded challenges within the undergraduate writing methods course that continually reestablish divisions between theory and pedagogy (and often English and education departments by association) for preservice teachers. The two issues are:

1. The lack of status of the undergraduate writing methods course within English departments, entrenched by the historically marginalized reputations of both rhetoric and composition and English education programs; and

2. Internal disputes within the field of rhetoric and composition over a theoretical versus pedagogical emphasis for the undergraduate writing methods course, and external debates between the fields of rhetoric and composition …

Reimagining Instructional Practices: Exploring The Identity Work Of Teachers Of Writing, Melody Zoch, Joy Myers, Claire Lambert, Amy Vetter, Colleen Fairbanks

Teaching/Writing: The Journal of Writing Teacher Education

This article provides a cross-case analysis of three teachers who participated in a two-week professional development (PD) on the teaching of writing that addressed their own identities as writers. This is an area that is commonly overlooked and how teachers view themselves as writers may play an important role in how they help their students to think of themselves as writers, may shape the conversations they have about writing, and may influence the kinds of writing opportunities they provide. Drawing on an identity perspective, the findings illustrate how the opportunity to construct and enact writing identities shaped how the teachers …

Western News, November 17, 2016, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU experts help millions to get clean water, Long celebration of Dunn presidency starts in January, WMU saluted again in rankings of veteran-friendly institutions, Community forum focuses on public trust in state government, Researcher finds little connection between violence; video games, On Campus with Laura Weber

Curiosity Beyond The Classroom: Developing Engaging Education Programming At The Grand Rapids Public Museum, Sara Forman

Honors Theses

This project was designed to examine the impact of museums as authentic learning environments for traditional students, and analyze the role of student-centered educational programming in such an environment has upon student’s growth and connection to social studies content. The aim of this project was to develop an education program for secondary students, implement the program in a museum setting, and assess its effectiveness in encouraging student growth. The education program was created and taught at the Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM) in relation to the exhibit, Whales: Giants of the Deep. The program was developed under the supervision of …

First Global Ambassadors Scholarship Competition, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.

Math Curriculum (Algebra Ii) With Focus On Sports, Raychel Figurski

Honors Theses

Learning mathematics is something that is difficult for students to do. This is definitely the case when the students do not get to investigate and really dive deep into the mathematical concepts. This thesis consists of a curriculum set up to promote a greater learning experience for students learning mathematical concepts. The curriculum is set up to cover one unit, or chapter, revolving around the concepts of linear functions. This thesis contains a student copy of a textbook for a unit on linear functions as well as a teacher version. The teacher version contains answers to all questions as well …

A Post-Election Message From President Dunn, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

As noted in my pre-election message to the University campus, elections are always challenging and hard fought. And they offer rhetoric that can be disturbing or offensive. We witnessed some of this, clearly, in this year’s campaign.

A Post-Election Message From President Dunn, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

The 2016 U.S. presidential campaign ends Tuesday, Nov. 8. Earlier today, I taped a message, primarily for our students, simply asking that they take heart, keep this polarized election in perspective and plan to vote.

Updates In Academic Affairs: 11/08/2016, Office Of The Provost And Vice President Of Academic Affairs

Updates in Academic Affairs

• Clery reports for student travel due by end of January
• Instructors urged to make plans for student testing accommodations now
• Don’t miss upcoming receptions, luncheons

Kalamazoo Russian Festival, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.

Western News, November 3, 2016, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Grant puts rare manuscript into collection, NASA fellow modeling off-world polar storms, Numerous events in November are honoring veterans, Alum working to broaden opportunities for young Dominicans, Drawings continue for campus United Way donors, On Campus with Jason Long

Bernie Sanders Event Welcome, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.

Emeriti News, November 2016, Emeriti Council

Emeriti News

Contents from Volume XXV Number 1:

• Emeriti Council
• Message from the Chair: Andy Brogowicz
• Wednesday lls Returning to Heinig Emeriti Lounge
• Invitation to Get Involved
• Announcements and General News
• Emeriti Council VP Receives Kudos in Florida
• In Remembrance
• Medallion Scholars Contribute to Kalamazoo Life
• Emeriti Council Scholarships
• Medallion Scholarships
• Osher Lifelong Learning Institute

Connections, 11/2016, College Of Health And Human Services

College of Health and Human Services Newsletter

• Students explore options at inaugural Student Expo
• Ph.D. program cohosts second annual PBRN Symposium
• State of the College, Faculty and Staff Awards take place Dec. 2
• CHHS welcomes new faculty for 2016-17
• OT students learn about ergonomic furniture design at the Herman Miller Design Yard
• Burian lecture, Diversity and Inclusion conference scheduled for February

Take A Bow - 11/2016, Department Of Theatre

Theatre Newsletter

WMU Theatre News

Cto Updates - 11/2016, Office Of Information Technology

Tech Talk

• Wired connections on WMU's residential network greatly simplified
• Office of Information Technology computer labs
• BCC/UCC improvements
• Bronco safety
• W-Exchange update
• To WUDO or not to WUDO
• Augmented reality
• Educause Center for Applied Research (ECAR)

Haworth College Of Business News (11/2016), Haworth College Of Business

Haworth College of Business News

• SERVICE TO COMMUNITY
• PENSKE CIO SHARES TRENDS
• CORPORATE CULTURE