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Bulletin - Western Michigan University: The Graduate Catalog 1973-1974, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• Graduate Calendar of Events
• Board of Trustees
• Administrative Officers
• The Graduate College
• Section I General Policies and Procedures
• Section II Master's Degree Programs and Requirements
• Section III Specialist Degree Programs and Requirements
• Section IV Doctoral Degree Programs and Requirements
• Section V Description of Graduate Courses
• Index

Ten-Second Reviews, Blanche O. Bush

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

No abstract available.

Reading Horizons Vol. 13, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 13, issue 2.

A Language Arts Curriculum For The Seventh Grade At Morgan Junior High School, Lois A. Fisher, Marianne Mcafee

All Graduate Projects

The goal of this project is to develop a meaningful program for Seventh Grade Language Arts. The factors to consider are the following: (1) handling large numbers of students, (2) meeting varied interests and abilities, (3) using available materials profitably and efficiently, (4) selecting specific skills and determining the amount of emphasis given the skills, (5) utilizing the physical setting.

The Teacher As Liberator: An Analysis Of The Philosophy Of Education Of Friedrich Nietzsche (1973), Ann Margaret Sharp

Collected Papers of Ann Margaret Sharp

This dissertation will be an exegesis of the educational thought of Friedrich Nietzsche with the central focus on his conception of the teacher as liberator. This will involve an analysis of his conception of freedom, an analysis which involves a grasp of his philosophy as a whole. Nietzsche never wrote a systematic educational philosophy. Yet, in a certain sense, education is his primary concern. "I teach you the overman. Man is something that shall be overcome.... The overman is the meaning of the earth." In Nietzsche's view, the conscious production of the overman, a person who is characterized by a …

Efficacy Of Reinforcement In An Observational Paradigm, Charles M. Krizic

Masters Theses

Study investigated the effectiveness of reinforcement in an observational paradigm where the dependent variable was indicated by increased morphological resemblance of an observer (O) after viewing a model (M). The stimulus was a series of novel responses recorded on videotape with each child viewing the tape individually. The subjects were 32 Head Start males divided into four groups. The first group was administered verbal praise prior to the modeling session. The second served as the vicarious reinforcement condition and observed an adult praise the model. The third group received direct reinforcement during the test for acquisition. The control group received …

Survey Of Education Of Aboriginal Children In Selected Western Australian Schools : (Preliminary Survey), C. Makin, D. Ibbotson

Research outputs pre 2011

Information was sought late in 1972 about problems encountered by teachers in schools with a fairly high proportion of Aboriginal children. For this purpose a questionnaire was designed to elicit information about the school situation, the surrounding community, enrolment, age and experience of the teaching staff and actual pedagogical problems encountered and methods of dealing with them. Another principle aim was to ascertain the extent to which the curiculum had been adapted to local situations and to determine what implications this might have for pre-service and in-service training.

Wmu Board Of Trustee Minutes 1973, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE BOARD
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• MINUTES
  • January 19
  • February 16
  • March 16
  • April 20
  • May 18
  • June 15
  • July 20
  • August 17
  • September 21
  • October 26
  • November 16
  • December 19
• APPENDIX A - HONORARY DEGREES AND AWARDS
• APPENDIX B - WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
  • April, 1973
  • August, 1973
  • December, 1973
• INDEX

The Effects Of Contingent And Non-Contingent Reinforcers On Intelligence Quotients, Donald T. Edwards

All Master's Theses

Eighty Caucasian fourth and fifth grade boys and girls were matched according to grade, sex and Total IQ on the California Short-Form Test of Mental Maturity. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale of Children was then given under four randomly assigned incentive conditions: 1) Tokens contingent upon correct responses, 2) Praise contingent upon correct responses, 3) Non-Contingent Tokens and 4) Non-Contingent Praise.

An analysis of variance of the Verbal, Performance and Full Scall IQs showed no significant differences between incentives. Similarly, comparisons by grade and sex indicated no significant differences.

Remediation Of Deficit Automatic Level Functions As Related To Second Grade Reading Achievement, Jack R. Hall

All Master's Theses

This paper presents a study designed to determine if remedial procedures suggested by the authors of the ITPA would improve specific psycholinguistic functions and reading achievement. The Ss were 18 second grade children placed in matched pairs. They received 15 minutes of instruction per day for 60 days. The results did not indicate a significant improvement by the experimental group when compared to the control group

Recommendations include repeating the same experimental procedures using Ss with greater psycholinguistic deficits.

Annotated Bibliography On Research In Written Composition Since 1963 Limited To Grades 7-12 And The First Two Years Of College, Avis Ann Ross

All Master's Theses

This paper presents an annotated bibliography on research in written composition since 1963. The sections are divided into research related to objective tools to describe students' writing, such as the T-unit developed by Kellogg Hunt; specific writing problems, such as dialect interference and hearing disorders; methods based on grammatical analysis to improve writing; and other methods to improve writing. Three areas recommended for further research are work with low ability level students, rhetoric, and spelling.

The Short-Term Effects Of The Yakima Valley School Language Development Program On Non-Institutionalized Persons With Developmental Disabilities Of Different Chronological And Mental Ages, Noreen F. Simonson

All Master's Theses

This paper provided a field test of the expressive and receptive language development program written by the staff of Yakima Valley State School for the persons with developmental disabilities, Selah Washington. The program is a progressive one which was based on the developmental theories of Gesell and Bayley. This study sought to define the parameters of applicability from the program. The subjects, both male, non-institutionalized, persons with developmental disabilities, represented a lower and higher level of functioning than had previously been instructed with this program. The results of the study indicated gains in language development for both subjects.

A Comparative Analysis Of Head Start Graduates Their Disadvantaged Peers, And Children Above-Poverty Guidelines, Rodger William Debritz

All Master's Theses

This study investigated the impact of a Head Start program upon its participants and compared the performance of these children to their disadvantaged peers and children above poverty-level guidelines. The results of the study indicated there were no significant differences in the school readiness skills attained by the Head Start and disadvantaged peers groups. Both groups evidenced significantly weaker school readiness skills than did their more advantaged counterparts.

Recommendations include more activities for developing readiness skills and suggestions for additional research.

Reading Tests Don't Really Tell It Like It Is, George D. Masters

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Reading, at one time the hallmark of the educated man, is now the bugbear of the modem school. In other ages it was recognized that there were some children who didn't want to read, never wanted to read, and never would want to read. Today, such a student is spurred, goaded, and hounded till he either learns to read for self preservation, drops out of school, or confronted with failure, lets the world see the only R's he has learned, the wrong R's-resistance, rejection, and rebellion.

Counseling-Learning Theory Applied To Foreign Language Learning, Rosa Mena Gallagher

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Paraprofessional Assistance On The Academic Achievement Of Migrant Children, Lelia Mccain Veaco

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of paraprofessional assistance on the academic progress of lower achieving intermediate grade migrant children.

Francis Wayland Parker : An Historical Study Of The Influences On His Philosophy Of Education As It Relates To Language Arts, Gregory S. Johnson

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Francis Wayland Parker was one of the earliest American educators of national prominence to advocate what has come to be known today as progressive education. He was in total support of the common school concept, helped from the earliest, formal child study association in America, promoted the institution of kindergartens, and stressed the need for a child-centered, correlated curriculum organized around the natural and physical sciences. Through his work in the Quincy, Massachusetts, public schools and at the Cook County (Chicago) Normal School, Parker also made strong contributions to early language arts/reading instruction and methodology. Despite his influences on his …

1973 January - June (Radio & Television), Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases for television and radio from January to June of 1973.

"University And The Community: Playing For High Stakes", Emmanuel Rose

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

No abstract provided.

Quarterly Review Of Australian Education Vol 5 No 4 1972, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

Quarterly Review of Australian Education

No abstract provided.

A Method For Surveying Literacy In Minority Languages In Mexico, Steven T. Egland

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to develop a testing method for surveying the literacy needs of minority language groups in Mexico. The tests were designed to determine the approximate percentage of adults in a given Mexican Indian town who can read and write in Spanish and in their own Indian language. The reading tests allowed subjects to be classified according to their abilities.

The tests were intended to improve on some previous studies of literacy in minority language groups outside of the United States. As the tests designed by this investigator were used in three language groups of Mexico …

Oracle (Oct 20, 1972), Holy Spirit Research Center Oru Library

Oracle: ORU Student Newspaper

No abstract provided.

Ke Alakai, Vol. 17, No. 08 (1972-10-19), Brigham Young University Hawaii

Ke Alaka'i

No abstract provided.

Volume Xcii, Number 3, October 6, 1972, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Crusader, October 6, 1972, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Ten-Second Reviews, Blanche O. Bush

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

No abstract available.

Uni Schedule Of Classes, Fall 1972, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Schedule of Classes

A listing and schedule of the courses being taught as well as policies and procedures concerning attending classes at the University of Northern Iowa.

Faculty Publications 1970-71, Western Michigan University

Faculty Contributions (1950-1981)

Faculty Publications 1970-71 is the ninth major compilation of the publications of the Faculty of Western Michigan University and is designed mainly to apprise the Faculty of the University of the breadth of writing of their colleagues.

1972 July - December, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Morehead State University press releases from July to December of 1972.

Volume Xcii, Number 1, September 22, 1972, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.