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Western News, January 19, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Western to observe Nontraditional.Student Week, Art critic; designer to be granted honorary degrees in ceremonies during this semester, Employees invited to submit suggestions, Staff training offers two programs, Newhouse named assistant manager

Western News, January 12, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Purchase agreements reached with computer firms, Administrative internship. program initiated with four employees, Film by academic services wins major national award, President; trustees invite faculty-staff to reception, Computer-purchase agreements completed, Health Center to offer 'healthy' programs

Western News, January 5, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Rossi appointed chair of political science; Sanders is acting chair of business info, .MerzeTate Center opens Monday in College of Ed, Stokman to be visiting scholar, Kilpatrick to speak at King banquet Jan. 14, Phelps named to regional-center post

A Late Winter-Early Spring Experience, James Osterland

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Learning Phonics Naturally: A Model For Instruction, Barbara Johnson, Linda Lehnert

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

While many teachers incorporate specific phonic methods, they often find the same recurring problem-children have difficulties applying phonics while reading text. The primary purpose of this article is to provide teachers an understanding of primary children's abilities, inabilities, and requirements to use phonics as a beginning reading strategy and to suggest a model that facilitates children's application of phonics while reading.

The Application Of Culturally Relevant Factors To Literacy Programs In Appalachia, Marcia Baghban

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Appalachia is an American region characterized by a strong oral tradition. Ballads, ghotlore, minelore, herblore, riddles, and proverbs abound. It is not uncommon to have family members and neighbors visit for an entire day, filling the time talking. While the imposition of the mainstream technological society may be weakening the opportunities for the practice of such lore or the desire of the young people to learn the lore, the subculture continues to support a basically oral tradition.

Readiness For Reading Readiness, Beverly B. Swanson

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

A child entering school is confronted with the truly immense task of learning how to read. Though more research has been done in this area of education than most others, how a child goes about acquiring the skill of reading is still basically unknown.

Reading Horizons Vol. 24, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 24, issue 2.

A Simplified Miscue Analysis For Classroom And Clinic, James W. Cunningham

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

In light of the work of Goodmans, Burke, and Tortelli, the author has developed a miscue analysis system which attempts to maintain the strengths and completeness of the RMI while eliminating most of its weaknesses.

Read First, Test Later: Meeting The Needs Of The 'Overskilled' Reader, Karen D. Wood

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Is there really a problem with overskilled readers in our schools? Yes, but not necessarily with the kind of skill that suggests proficiency in reading. Instead, there is a problem when students are routinely subjected to a myriad of isolated, ordered skills all in the name of readin ginstruction. Workbooks and ditto sheets are common purveyors of "overskill." But the real culprit is an over-reliance on basal assessment tests for progress and placement; particluarly those which sacrifice comprehension in favor of decoding, structural analysis and reference skills to name a few. What actually occurs in the classroom to perpetuate "overskill?"

Promoting Language And Reading Development For Two Vietnamese Children, Brenda Weaver, Diane J. Sawyer

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The remainder of this paper is a case report of how the reading specialist in this district organized available information on ESL and the normal progress of language development in order to identify instructional goals, assess linguistic and cultural awareness, structure a program based on this information, and to evaluate pupil growth toward attainment of the instructional goals.

Western News, December 8, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Program to up number of women and minorities in higher administrative positions at University, 12 to be inducted into 25 Year Club tonight, List offices to be open during holiday recess

Western News, December 1, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Speech Path; Audiology grant will boost programs, School of Music Christmas concert is Sunday, Noted Africanist to speak on art next week

An Investigation Of The Feasibility Of The Replacement Of Starch By Synthetic Cationic Polymers For The Emulsification Of Alkenyl Succinic Anhydride, Lisa L. Schultz

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of replacing cationic starch with a synthetic cationic polymer in the emulsification of alkenyl succinic anhydride for use in alkaline sizing.

Three methods of determining the validity of the hypothesis were investigated. The mechanisms encompassed with respect to polymer performance were emulsion stability, retention of ASA, and ASA hydrolysis.

Effect Of Hot Supercalendering On Sheets With High Filler Loadings And Polypropylene Fibers Added, Michael R. Whitescarver

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

This study investigates the effects of hot supercalendering on sheets with high filler loadings and polypropylene pulp added. An uncoated sheet that had sheet and optical characteristics similar to a coated number three sheet. was desired. Research was conducted in two stages, handsheet analysis and a machine trial on Western Michigan University's Fourdrinier Pilot Plant. The hot supercalendering of these sheets with 15% Pulpex resulted in a 111% increase in Scott Bond. Unconsolidated Pulpex has no synergestic effects with clay fillers for gloss, brightness, and opacity. Pulpex that has been consolidated does have a synergistic effect with clay for gloss.

Psychological Typology Of The Local Firm Certified Public Accountant, Paul John Otte

Dissertations

This research expanded the study of psychological typology to the local firm Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Differences in type have been previously reported, based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), resulting from both level of authority and area of specialization in Big Eight firm CPAs. This study utilized the MBTI and a Personal Data Questionnaire to identify types and accumulate data related to the independent variables of level and preferred area of specialization. The MBTI operationalizes Jung's type theory and reports 16 possible Jungian types which were the dependent variables in this study.

The population of interest included individuals employed …

Using Anthropological Approaches In A Human Service Setting, Steven Alan Erickson

Masters Theses

Public criticism of human service organizations has underlined the fact that there are essential differences between organizations which provide services and organizations which produce goods. As service providers, human service organizations represent an organized response to human needs and problems, but this response is affected by different assumptions about people's ability or inability to meet their own needs. The process of providing services entails a number of interactions at various levels between the organization and the community. These relationships are as complex as the people and social systems of which our pluralistic society is comprised, but there are special manifestations …

A Comparison Of Sexual And Non-Sexual Assault Prosecution, Susan Caringella-Macdonald

Dissertations

In 1974 the state of Michigan enacted what has come to be referred to as model rape legislation. A salient objective of the Criminal Sexual Conduct (CSC) Code in this state was to facilitate the comparable rather than unique handling of sexual assaults in the criminal justice system. The primary purpose of this study was to discern whether or not this objective of equitable case treatment was realized through implementation. The focus of this research was therefore directed towards the discovery of differences in sexual and non-sexual assault case prosecutions. Specific aspects of legal change involving corroboration requirements, consent and …

An Experiential Project Examining The Summer School And Enrichment Elements Of Community Education, Susan V. Slade

Masters Theses

The objective of this experiential project was to examine the role and functions of the community school’s director in the summer school and enrichment elements of the total program.

Major areas that were examined were budgeting procedures, curriculum and programming, staffing and personnel, and facility utilization.

Through the investigation of these areas is was found that budgeting was based on a "break-even" philosophy. It was observed that curriculum and programming were in a constant state of search for improvement and variety based on community need. Further, it was discovered that successful instructors and teachers for these programs are special people. …

A Study Of The Knowledge About Reading Concepts Of Principals Of Schools Holding Membership In The Association Of Christian Schools International, Maxine Edge Margesson

Dissertations

This study focused upon the amount of knowledge that elementary principals in schools holding membership in the Association of Christian Schools International have regarding primary reading instruction. The problem was based on the contention that the elementary principal is responsible for the instructional program in his or her school, and in order to offer quality supervision, he or she must be knowledgeable about curriculum.

Data were obtained from a research questionnaire completed by 220 principals and 1,065 elementary teachers. The questionnaire contained 40 statments relating to primary-grade reading. Seven categories of reading concepts were utilized: (1) word recognition, (2) comprehension, …

The Effects Of Contingency-Management On Probationary Students' Academic Behavior, Brian Delano Yancey

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of procedures designed to reduce student attrition. The contingency-management approach was presented as an alternative to other approaches which assume student attrition to be a function of personality differences, study-skills deficiencies, and ecological deficits. Forty undergraduate students on academic probation were referred to the Self-Management Course offered by the Psychology Department at western Michigan University. The Self- Management Course was designed to deliver behavioral consequences for study behavior more immediately than is normally the case. Students taking the Self-Management Course completed several worksheets, participated in group discussions, and attended a …

The Role Of Automatic Conditioned Reinforcement And Automatic Conditioned Punishment In Infant Vocal Behavior, Rick A. Smith

Masters Theses

Two female children, aged 11 and 14 months, were exposed to a procedure in which an experimenter-emitted vocal response was paired with a reinforcing stimulus (positive condition), a neutral stimulus (neutral condition), or a mild aversive stimulus (negative condition). An AB design was utilized to examine the effects of the pairing procedure on the subjects* vocal responding. Sessions were conducted in each subject’s home. Only one subject was exposed to the pairing with a neutral (control) stimulus, and with the mild aversive verbal stimulus. Responding during the post-pairing period remained constant in the neutral condition, but was markedly reduced in …

Effects Of Perceived Power Of Those Assigning Goals On Goal Attainment, Larry L. Langeland

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to present and test with a field experiment the hypothesis that the perceived power of those assigning goals has a significant effect on goal attainment. A survey was used to determine three levels of the independent variable perceived power of three individuals who assigned tasks to subjects. The dependent variables were the number of responses on the tasks of listing 15 specific responses each for increasing cost-effectiveness, improving morale, and improving communication. Forty-three office and management personnel were randomly assigned to three groups, with each group receiving a all levels of power type and …

Histopathology In Rat Temporal Bones Resulting From Excess Dietary Fluoride In Conjunction With Suspected Water Born Toxins, Donna Lee Healy

Masters Theses

The occurrence of perinatal deaths, bony extoses, and deafness in dog kennels in certain areas of Michigan led The Upjohn Company and Western Michigan University to suspect fluoride toxicity and/or water born toxins. The present project was designed to examine the ability of excess fluoride ingestion and/or the ability of suspected water born toxins to induce histopathology in Sprague-Dawley rats. An otopathological assessment of the rat temporal bones showed no otopathology nor any changes in cochlear dimensions, however, a quantitative assessment of osteoclastic density showed a large increase in the numbers of osteoclasts of spongy bone in the high fluoride …

Melody Plus Rhythm Drill: A Computerized Melodic Dictation Drill Program, Pamela Ann Covert

Masters Theses

The Melody Plus Rhythm Drill is a melodic dictation drill program written for the Apple II microcomputer. It is designed to be used in conjunction with college-level aural comprehension courses. This program is unique in that students must enter both pitch names and rhythm values for all melody notes.

Included in this paper are a discussion on the pedagogical aspects of this type of drill, a user's manual for the program, a breakdown of the actual program into its component subroutines, and a complete listing of the program.

The Cultural Roots Of Behaviorism, Juan Mario Herakovic

Masters Theses

This thesis traces some of the economic, social, religious and political events that played an important role in the development of behaviorism in the United States. The effects of the Enlightenment, the dislocation of moral and social values, the decline of religion, political upheavals and increased immigration, are seen as destabilizing elements in American society. Emphasis is placed upon the specific values of the American society, and the way in which these values remained constant throughout the social history of the United States. As such, behaviorism represents a scientific approach to the historical continuity of ideas within the nation.

Input Frequency And Perceived Impact Of An Interactive Newsletter In A Small Organization, Patricia Calle

Masters Theses

A newsletter, based on the results of two tailor-made self-report questionnaires, was implemented in a vegetable by-product manufacturing company with 83 employees. Need for improvement was detected in the formal communication of organizational policies, projects, goals and events for downward and upward communication relative to performance feedback, non-monetary performance incentives, and response to job-related and personal requests. The newsletter was aimed at facilitating the supply of verbal incentives, performance feedback, formal and informal organizational information and participation in different areas. Prompting procedures were designed to encourage employees' participation in the newsletter. Newsletter impact was analyzed in terms of pre- and …

Distribution Analysis Of The Cultural Materials From The Mushroom Site (20 Ae 88), Allegan County, Michigan, Charles B. Stout

Masters Theses

An analysis of the features, lithics, and spatial distributions of all material culture recovered at the Mushroom site is presented. Based on this analysis and the ceramic analysis done by Mangold (1981:39-67), it is suggested that the major component at the Mushroom site was a warm season encampment, occupied during the late Middle Woodland period. The site appears to have been occupied by a few groups at a time. Comparison between the Mushroom site and the late Middle Woodland component at the Schultz site suggests that fishing may have been an important economic focus at the Mushroom site. Unlike the …

A Magnetic And Resistivity Survey Of Cork Street Landfill, Stanislaw Leja

Masters Theses

Geophysical techniques such as magnetic and electrical resistivity methods are being increasingly applied in investigations of landfills.

For this survey, measurements of the intensity of the earth's magnetic field were taken at regular intervals along traverses. Resistivity readings were taken at selected intervals along the same or very similar traverses. Additional resistivity depth measurements or soundings were obtained at selected points in and around the landfill.

Profiles were analyzed for individual dump structures and for overall magnetic and resistivity response. Contour maps were drawn from the measurements at the site to depict broad trends or patterns. Deeper subsurface geology was …

Western News, November 17, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Smith sounds theme of business-campus cooperation, Emergency call boxes in 18 places, Grant to seek prevention; not just treatment, Sandberg predicts brighter future for education, Band Spectacular to feature four groups, Demographics point to declining enrollment among high school seniors in Michigan, Campus community highly involved in United Way, Paxson to speak on African water spirit