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This Book Reminds Me Of You: The Reader As Mentor, Andrea C. Sledge

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

You, the teacher, are the reader's mentor, whether that reader is your student, your colleague or your friend. No, more accurately, readers are mentors to readers and to future readers; close, trusted, experienced counselors and guides in the development and promotion of a wide variety of reading interests.

Ways To Foster A Home-School Partnershipin Reading, Nicholas P. Criscuolo

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Polls consistently show that the public gives literacy a high rating. Although many children are receiving high quality reading instruction at school, parents have a role as reinforcers. At one time, the belief was prevalent that parents should keep "hands off" any aspect of inst ruction. Teaching took place in the classroom and the place for parents was in the home. No more. It is now recognized that parents can do a great deal to support and buttress reading/language arts skills at home.

Reading Horizons Vol. 26, No. 4

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 26, issue 4.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting June 20, 1986, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Gift Report
• Grant Report
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Recommendation re Revised 1985/86 General Fund Operating Budget
• Resolution re Continuation of 1985/86 Budget into 1986/87
• Recommendation re Revinvestment of Unitrust and Pooled Income Funds Account
• Recommendation re Liquor License
• Recommendation re Revised Policy on Naming of Buildings
• Recommendation re Architect Selection for College of Business Building
• Board Committee Reports
• Report on Tour Group Visit to Russia
• Affirmative Action Report
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Western News, June 19, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Tuition discount to be recommended, MLK Program kicks off year, Orientation sessions under way, Buckner selected for summer institute, Scholarship available to China, Forum on crime and disabled set

Western News, June 5, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Private gifts up 23 percent, Funds received for special projects, Seven frosh awarded $20,000 Medallion Scholarships, Grievance policy to be seminar topic, Faculty; staff retirements approved by Board of Trustees

The Westerner Vol. 6 No. 6, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Women no longer funneled away from pursuing engineering careers • Student applications increase • Seven more Medallion Scholarships established and awarded • Business building site selected • Tour group from Western reflects on Russia trip, radiation leak • Honorary degrees, seivice awards presented during commencement exercises • New center will promote region's horticultural industries • Administrative reorganization will strengthen 'critical areas' • Welborn Hall groundbreaking ceremonies draw large crowd • Projects should improve science and mathematics teaching • Funds received to pay for Libyan students' educations • Dolphins pick Offerdahl in second round of NFL draft • Moving to …

The Effects Of Strain Differences On The Binding Of Concavalian A To Mouse Sperm, Lisa A. Mckay

Honors Theses

The current study, lectins were used as genetic probes to determine the phenotype of the sperm from different strains of mice. Lectins are proteins of non-immune origin, which bind to specific carbohydrates (McCoy, 1986). Being that virtually all cell membranes contain carbohydrate components, lectins have been used to identify all types of cells. In this study, a biotinylated lectin Concavalian A (Con A) derived from Canavalia ensiformis, was used and binding was detected using an avidin-biotin peroxidase (ABP) complex technique. The object of the current research was to 1) determine if mouse strain differences have an effect on lectin binding, …

Western News, May 22, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: New provost expected to be named by November, Site named for business building, Topics sought for pop culture meeting, 17 faculty members granted tenure, Arcadia Road to be closed

Western News, May 8, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Ground broken for $2.8 million printing center, Board approves reorganization, Haenicke says 5.1 percent not enough for Western, 600 students to participate in Michigan Youth Arts Festival

Prison Education, Joseph Behar

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

College level education is provided by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice to inmates on site at the Riker's Island Correctional Facility in New York City. This undergraduate satellite program is examined in relation to the opportunities for de-institutionalization, re-socialization, and possible effects on "prisonization." The conditions and potential of "education behind bars" for rehabilitation, student development, and personal reorientation are discussed through an analysis of the emergence of an innovative instructional environment not directly controlled by the official nor subcultural systems of the institution. In this context, the educational uses of the "sociological imagination" become part of a …

The Anatomy Of "Burn-Out;" The Love Paradigm As Antidote, Norman N. Goroff

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

The phenomena, "burn-out," contains all of the factors of disappointment, disillusionment, fatigue, hopelessness, and powerlessness that a person experiences when coming face-to-face with the inherent contradictions between a desire to help fellow human beings and the structural demands and limitations of a social service enterprise wherein control is the central concern.

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 13, No. 2 (June 1986)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Table of Contents

• The Anatomy of "Burn-Out": The As Antidote - NORMAN N. GOROFF
• Love Paradigm
• Determinants of Knowledge About Social Security: A Study of Nonremarried Widows Caring For Children - MARTHA N. OZAWA, WILLIAM T. ALPERT
• Income Tax and Inequality: What Constitutes Welfare State Expenditure? - GORDON W. TERNO ETSKY
• Factors Contributing to Coalition Maintenance - MARIA ROBERTS-DeGENNARO
• On the Dialectics of Social Theory And Action: A Synthesis of Six Models of Community Engagement - DREW HYMAN
• Role-Set Diversity: Benefits or Strain? - MARILYN GAIL MORGAN, ALFRED DEMARIS
• Retirees As Technoguides: A New Role As Shapers And Makers of …

Factors Contributing To Coalition Maintenance, Maria Roberts-Degennaro

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Organizations are building advocacy coalitions as a way of strengthening their survival skills. This article reports on a case study of the factors associated with maintaining an advocacy coalition. The survival of a coalition appears to depend on whether it can insure its member organizations of the payoffs from committing their resources for advocacy purposes.

Role-Set Diversity: Benefit Or Strain?, Marilyn Gail Morgan, Alfred Demaris

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Most social workers interact with many different types of people in performing their jobs. One view suggests such diversity is beneficial; an opposing view is that this causes job strains. This 'research indicates a correlation between increased strain and increased role-set diversity only for those age 36-41. Perceived benefits rose with diversity for those in mental health and public welfare settings. For mental health workers, benefits outweighed strains more often as diversity rose. Several areas of job satisfaction were explored for correlation with role-set diversity. There were significant findings by age, years of experience, and agency type. There were no …

The Yorkville Emergency Alliance: One Community's Response To The Federal Budget Reductions, Michael J. Smith

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A case study of one community's response to the Reagan budget cutbacks reveals the strengths and weaknesses of local voluntary initiatives for funding social services and replacing federal funds. The development and growth of the Yorkville Emergency Alliance is described as a private initiative of citizens living in a wealthy area of New York City. In about one and a half years, this group of residents raised over a quarter of a million dollars to attempt to replace federal funding reductions for the social services.

On The Dialectics Of Social Theory And Action: A Synthesis Of Six Models Of Community Engagement, Drew Hyman

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Two dominant theoretical perspectives--systems theory and conflict theory--can be seen to underlie major approaches to community intervention. This paper presents a conceptual linkage between models of intervention for planning and organizing as developed by Rothman and elaborated by Stockdale and major sociological theories of society. Two additional models are presented to address issues of management and administration. The six models are integrated into a typology which integrates the conflict and consensus theories of society in relation to the The result is a synthesis of six models for community engagement which is rooted in dialectically opposed theories of society, and which …

Determinants Of Knowledge About Social Security: A Study Of Nonremarried Widows Caring For Children, Martha N. Ozawa, William T. Alpert

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Social security beneficiaries and the general public alike are concerned about the financial solvency of the social security program. But how much do they know about how the system works? This study analyzes the determinants of knowledge about social security among nonremarried widows having children under their care. It builds a research model based on the economic theory of rational decision making. Using ordinary least squares regression estimation techniques, the level of knowledge about specific social security provisions is regressed on family income, implicit tax rate, number of children, human capital variables, and other demographic and locational variables. The findings …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting April 25, 1986, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Administrative Title Changes
• Gift Report
• Grant Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Recommendation re Student Room and Broad Rates for 1986/87
• Recommendation re Vehicle Registration Rates
• Recommendation re Business Building Site Selection
• Academic Personnel Report
• Recommendation re Departmental Name Change
• Recommendation re Library and Information Science Endowments
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Western News, April 17, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Five more $20,000 Medallion Scholarships established, 1,800 to receive degrees at commencement, Haenicke urges Presidential Scholars 'to make constant use' of 'freedom to profess the truth', First occupational therapy grads to reunite, Projects to help mathematics and science teachers

Final Report Of Blue Ribbon Task Force On The Nature Of The University, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

I. Introduction to the Report, 2

II. Charge to the Task Force, 2

III. Report on Budget Savings, 3

IV. Report on Planning, 4

V. Report on Communications, 7

VI. Report on New Program Initiatives, 10

VII. Report on the Nature of the University, 13

Western News, April 10, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Boyle; Bullock to receive service awards April 26, Haenicke to address Presidential Scholars, Professors should design ethical standards and be governed by peers; Haenicke says, Foundation honors four as 'Volunteers of the Year', Telecommunications project moving ahead, Counseling conference to celebrate 50th anniversary, Faculty; staff members invited to apply for Administrative Associates Program

Western News, April 3, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Two students; faculty members honored by MAGB, Center to promote area horticultural growth, College of Education plans research conference, Curriculum expert to be Visiting Scholar, Faculty; staff retirements approved by Board, Evaluation center grants highlight reports

The Westerner Vol. 6 No. 5, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Volunteerism helps make Western one of Michigan's best universities • Thanks for helping • Quiet students may need a little 'verbal encouragement' • Enrollment figures continue their upward climb • Denenfeld to retire next year after serving more than 30 years • Radio and television were instrumental in the Philippine revolution • WMU economist says U.S. trade deficit isn't alarming • Tate center's equipment and personnel ease graduate students' frustrations • Listening: an essential skill for those wanting to get ahead in the business world • Mechanical Engineering to establish new research centers • Private donors have generously supported …

How To Avoid Being Tyrannized By Readability Formulas, Betty M. Davenport, Judith F. Phillips

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

We offer a real-life case study of how one teacher approached an aspect of this issue--selection of the most appropriate reading text for her students. By using most of the ten suggestions that follow the case study, this teacher did manage to avoid being tyrannized by readability formulas.

Teaching Guides From The First Learning Environment, Marietta Peskin

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Given intact psycho-neurologic and perceptual systems, all children from birth to school entrance are successful language users. For many, however, failure begins during their initial exposure to reading instruction in kindergarten. This paper will examine how the application of certain learning principles in the young child's home foster successful learning while ignoring those same principles in the schools allows or fosters failure.

The major purpose of this paper is to demonstrate how these guides from the first learning environment, the home, can be better implemented in the schools so that reading problems can be prevented or ameliorated in a more …

Dual-Purpose Activity Versus Single-Purpose Activity In An Institutionalized Geriatric Population, Rita M. Yoder

Masters Theses

The use of purposeful, goal-directed activity has traditionally been a central theme for occupational therapy. In dual-purpose activity the participant has two goals: successful task completion and the making of adaptive responses in the activity process. This study compares the extent to which a dual-purpose activity (stirring for the purpose of exercise and baking cookies) enhances performance in contrast to a single-purpose activity (stirring for the purpose of exercise alone) in an institutionalized geriatric population.

Thirty women between 70 and 92 years of age were randomly assigned to either the single- or dual-purpose activity. Duration, exertion, and discontinuities were measured …

The Michigan Intermediate School District Superintendent: A Unique Job Role, Lanny Ray Johnston

Masters Theses

One of the job roles in Michigan's system of public education is that of the Intermediate School District Superintendent. However, the definition of this job role and the skills required to function in it are unclear for those striving to attain an intermediate school district superintendency. This lack of clarity in the areas of interpersonal, conceptual, and technical skills, makes career planning difficult. In an effort to improve this situation, this intern elected to investigate the role of the intermediate superintendent as a public school, high management/leadership/administrative position.

The outcome of this investigation includes: (a) a clearer perspective of the …

Perception Of Effectiveness As A Factor In Schedule Management System Usage In Industries Involved In Department Of Defense Development Programs, Lyle Adelbert Wolcott

Dissertations

The extent to which a schedule management system is used in day-to-day program management operations may depend upon how useful the individual manager perceives the system to be. This study attempts to identify system-manager relationships that impact their usage by management personnel.

The study had two purposes. The first objective was to isolate attributes of the company schedule system and determine the significance of their relationship with manager opinion of the system. The second objective of the study was to investigate selected operational conditions that may impact the schedule management system and determine the significance of their relationship with manager …

School Consolidation As Viewed By Michigan Public School Superintendents, Dennis Owen Mcmahon

Dissertations

This study was conducted to determine the attitudes and opinions of Michigan public school superintendents toward school consolidation.

Data analysis provided an accurate description of the K-12 public school superintendent's attitudes regarding school consolidation and demographic information relative to selected characteristics of the respondents and their districts.

The population for this study was all 529 K-12 Michigan public school superintendents. The sample size determined was 106. Of the 106 superintendents selected 103 or (97%) participated in the study.

The research instrument, a questionnaire of 25 questions was administered by telephone by the researcher.

The analysis provided: (a) a description and …