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Wmu Board Of Trustee Minutes 1969, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• MEMBERS AND OFFICERS OF THE BOARD
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• MINUTES
  • January 17
  • February 21
  • March 21
  • April 18
  • May 16
  • June 13
  • July 18
  • September 12
  • October 17
  • October 24
  • November 21
  • December 19
• APPENDIX A - HONORARY DEGREES AND AWARDS
• APPENDIX B - WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
  • April, 1969
  • August, 1969
  • December, 1969
• INDEX

1969 Yearbook Of The University Breckinridge School, Morehead State University. University Breckinridge School.

Breckinridge Training School & University Breckinridge School Yearbooks

1969 Yearbook of the University Breckinridge School on the campus of Morehead State University.

A Study Of School Library Service To The Disadvantaged, Judith E. Bell

All Master's Theses

This thesis was written to provide an annotated bibliography of recent periodical material concerning the school librarian's role in serving both teacher and student in a school containing disadvantaged pupils. The newly trained school librarian or one already established needs a compilation of materials suited to his specific needs.

Techniques To Help Disadvantaged Intermediate Elementary Children Learn To Read, Myrtle J. Stoutenburg

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study is two-fold. The first objective is to review research done in the area of helping disadvantaged elementary children learn to read, the importance of this research to scholastic growth and whether or not it merits the time required for development of techniques and activities. The second objective is to formulate a collection of techniques and activities for helping disadvantaged elementary children learn to read.

Venezuelan Higher Education And National Development, Roy James Sorensen

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

The author spent four years in Latin America--almost three of those years in Maracaibo, Venezuela (1962-1965). As a Student Affairs Grantee with the United States Information Agency and working out of the cultural America House, it was his duty to know the university scene, and especially its student leaders. Among other duties were the teaching and organizing of English classes within the university and assisting the American Embassy by providing student leaders to conference where prominent North American and Venezuelan educators would speak and offer an exchange of ideas regarding the contemporary university scene.

During that time it was his …

A Study Of The Method Of Teaching Called "Scripture Chase" As Employed By The Full-Time Teachers Of The Seminaries Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints, Vernon W. Mattson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of the LDS Seminary Scripture Chase in the following areas: (1) Principles of learning involved; (2) Percentage of full-time teachers using the Scripture Chase; (3) Teacher evaluation of the Scripture Chase in terms of (a) teacher training in the Scripture Chase, (b) student involvement and application, (c) areas of effectiveness and (d) evaluation and rating of the over-all program.
Questionnaires were sent to 498 full-time Seminary teachers in Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming and Canada with a return of 80.3 percent. The data revealed that 143, or 33 percent regularly use …

Education Towards Self-Awareness: The Role Of The Small Group Within The School Setting, Eduardo Pinzon-Umana

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Development Of Indian Legal Education: The Impact Of The Language Problem, Julius G. Getman

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Results Of Two Methods Of Teaching Reading In The First Grade, Melvin Wayne Thurston

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

An examination of the grade-equivalent scores attained in vocabulary and reading comprehension by third-grade pupils at Hudson Community School on the Iowa Test of Basic Skills over the preceding four-year period revealed that many of the pupils were seriously retarded in reading. During this period a total of 210 third-grade pupils were tested. Thirty-one per cent of these pupils scored one or more years below the norm for Iowa third-grade pupils in vocabulary, and the same level of retardation was true in reading comprehension for twenty-seven per cent of these pupils.

Most of these pupils had been taught beginning reading …

A Comparative Study Of Three Different Approaches To Beginning Reading Comprehension: Ita, Programmed Reader, And Basal Reader, Helen Ferrier Ristau

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purposes of this study were to compare the effectiveness of three specific approaches to beginning reading for teaching reading comprehension in the schools of a midwestern community: ITA, Programmed Reader, and Basal Reader. The Reading: Stories or reading comprehension scores on the Metropolitan Achievement Tests were used to compare: (1) the overall effectiveness of teaching reading comprehension under the three approaches, and (2) the effectiveness of the three approaches for particular types of learners. The data was analyzed according to the following factors: sex, M.A., socioeconomic status, and maturity level to determine which approach is best for any of …

A Study Of The Creative Genesis Of The Twenty-Two Published Children's Novels By Howard Pease, Shirley May (Woods) Jennings

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

It was the purpose of this study to gather primary source material, and corroborate that material whenever possible, concerning the creative genesis of each of the twenty-two published trade books for children written by Howard Pease. It attempted to determine to what extent Pease's past experiences were incorporated into his novels, as well as those external forces which influenced the genesis of these trade books.

Construct Validation Of A Language Inventory, Margaret Louise Cheney Drennan

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Language is the all-encompassing term used in many places and having various denotations. For this reason language has uses, too. Oral language is used as a principal factor to determine cultural disadvantage and is the primary medium of instruction in the school setting. Language operates as the intangible aspect in measurements of intelligence. The term 'language development' is used whenever one refers to the merits of federally funded preschool projects and is accepted without definition while the counter term 'linguistics' brings confusion in the mind of many classroom teachers and administrators. Commercial materials carry the label "linguistic method" or a …

November 8 1968, Friday Bulletin

CSUSB Friday Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Research News, November 1968, Morehead State University. Bureau Of Research And Development.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Reports and Publications

A newsletter published by the Bureau of Research and Development at Morehead State University in November of 1968.

No. 72 1968 November Review

International Journal for Business Education

This initiative documents the preservation and digital release of the organization’s historical print archives, representing decades of scholarship in international business education. By converting legacy issues into accessible online formats, the project enhances global access to foundational research, pedagogical innovations, and early thought leadership that shaped the field. The digitized collection provides educators, researchers, and practitioners with a comprehensive record of evolving theories, instructional practices, and international business trends. Making these archival materials publicly available supports continued inquiry, enables longitudinal analysis, and strengthens the discipline’s historical continuity. This effort reflects the organization’s commitment to advancing international business education by ensuring …

Crusader, October 25, 1968, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

October 18 1968, Friday Bulletin

CSUSB Friday Bulletin

No abstract provided.

We Suggest, Eleanor Buelke

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Creber, J.W. Patrick. "Sense and Sensibility." 1965

Lingual Deviation, Visual Perception, And Reading Achievement, Dolores Warner

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Progress in reading instruction depends to a great extent on perception and cognition. Perception depends upon the performance of sensory organs, quality of the circumstances attendant to the act of perception and the attitudes and predisposition of the perceiver which affect the quality of his perceptual performance.

Reading Horizons Vol. 9, No. 1

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 9, issue 1.

"Introduction Of New Faculty And Address By The President", Gregory Baker Wolfe

Special Collections: Oregon Public Speakers

First address to the faculty by incoming PSC President Gregory B. Wolfe.

Mississippi State University Research / Demonstration Module, E. T. Kohler, R. C. Maxson

Appalachian Adult Basic Education Demonstration Center Archives

A final report on the Mississippi State Module Planning Grant prepared by E. T. Kohler and R. C. Maxson in September of 1968.

The Language Of The Cultural Chasm In Somerset Maugham's "Of Human Bondage", Martha Lee Combs

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A monograph presented to the faculty of the Department of' English at Morehead State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts by Martha Lee Combs in August of 1968.

A Survey Comparing Aspects Of Programs For The Able Student At Lochburn Junior High School In The Clover-Park School District To Selected Junior High Schools From Throughout The United States, Larry Allen Carlson

All Master's Theses

Even though programs for the talented have been expanding in this country for the last thirty years, the "knowledge explosion" currently being experienced in the United States suggests that even more must be done to fully develop the potential of the highly able student.

A Study Of Teacher Awareness Of Interest Factors Contributing To Success In Reading Among Intermediate Grades In Eighteen Elementary Schools In California’S Rio Linda Union School District, Charles Ralph Dykstra

All Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the attitudes of classroom teachers concerning factors involved in the development of greater interest in reading among intermediate grade children.

Development Of An Automated Program To Teach Auditory Discrimination, Lawrence A. Porter

All Master's Theses

The study was initiated to determine whether or not certain skills which are necessary to the development of good speech could be programed. Students utilizing programed instruction techniques would be able to practice skills which were formerly acquired during regular therapy sessions and, therefore, have the benefit of therapeutic services at their own discretion. The particular phase of speech therapy selected was auditory discrimination ability.

Perception And Its Implication For The “Perceptually Handicapped Child” With Emphasis On Auditory Modality, Della J. Cable

All Master's Theses

It was the purpose of this study to present a review of the modern literature on perception, with an emphasis on the auditory modality, in an effort to summarize what research says concerning: 1. the neurological makeup of the perceiving organism; 2. the linguistic makeup of the perceiving organism; 3. the nature of innate perceptual capacities and of acquired percepts; 4. the nature of perceptual deficits and the importance of early identification; 5. the interrelationship of feedback and perception; 6. the interrelationship of auditory discrimination to perception; 7. the dynamics of system functions as it applies to perceptual choices; and …

An Analysis Of Washington State Elementary Teachers’ Attitudes Toward Foreign Language Instruction In The Elementary School (Files), Thomas H. Nelson

All Master's Theses

The purposes of this study were (1) to ascertain the attitudes and opinions of 125 teachers in first class districts in the State of Washington toward the teaching of a foreign language in elementary schools; and (2) to present a summary of literature on FLES to reveal the thinking of those involved in FLES programs.

A Comparative Investigation Of The Reading Achievement Of Non-English Speaking Children, Kathleen M. Timmins

Teacher Education, Educational Leadership & Policy ETDs

The study was designed to determine the reading achievement of children for whom English is a second language. The children involved in the study were from two distinct groups of non-English speaking children, those from Spanish-speaking families and those from Navajo families. The children were tested at the end of second grade by standardized reading achievement tests designed to measure reading vocabulary and comprehension. The study was based on the question, "Is there any difference in the reading achievement at the end of second grade for non-English speaking children who have been taught to read through a reading program based …

An Application To The Teaching Of Orthography Based On Elementary Principles Of Linguistic Science, Ellen Sharp Worsham

Theses & Honors Papers

Over the years, teachers and administrators alike have struggled with teaching orthography, the conventions and rules of spelling. In particular, teachers in Prince William County in Virginia have struggled with how to teach orthography in their junior high schools. In the past, various orthography techniques they’ve used have failed to meet the needs of their students. This thesis analyzes the effect of an in-service program in Marsteller Junior High School to improve the orthography instruction in their schools.