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Reading Horizons Vol. 33, No. 4

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete Issue of Reading Horizons, volume 33, issue 4.

Comparing Selection-Based And Topography-Based Language Systems With Verbal Adults Learning Japanese Words, Matthew A. Stratton

Masters Theses

This study compared selection-based with topography-based learning of similar verbal relationships. In two previous studies, using developmentally disabled subjects, topography-based relations were easier to learn. The previous researchers suggested that the advantage of a topography-based system would increase as the number of relations to be learned increased.

To investigate this possibility, the present study used a 5 and 20-stimulus version of each system. Four independent groups of seven college students each were used in a two by two design. The selection-based task consisted in learning to point to the Japanese character appropriate for each English sample. The topography-based task consisted …

Language Abilities Of Male Adolescents In A Juvenile Detention Center, Krista J. Klein

Masters Theses

This study was designed to analyze the language abilities of male adolescents with delinquent behavior. It was based on the hypothesis that male adolescents with delinquent behavior would have lower language skills during expressive language tasks. Language skills of male adolescents in a juvenile detention center were examined by comparing 12 grammatical variables, four subtest scores, and one total score from the Screening Test for Adolescent Language (STAL; Prather, Ausdal-Breecher, Stafford & Wallace, 1980). Results indicated that the adolescents with delinquent behavior omitted significantly more words, but also produced significantly more secondary verbs in a narration task. Significantly lower results …

Self-Control And Choice In Children: Effects Of Food Magnitude And Reinforcer Delay, Ellen Lee Sharenow

Dissertations

The present research was designed to replicate and extend earlier studies with humans and nonhumans in the area of self-control. A discrete trial, within-subject experimental design over multiple sessions, with food as the reinforcer, was used. Instructions did not describe contingencies of reinforcement Subjects were preschool age children, a population that questionably possess the verbal repertoire capable of generating sophisticated tacting, or mediating behavior during long delays. Four experiments consisted of fixed-ratio, concurrent chain schedules with initial and terminal links. Initial links were forced trials, terminal links, choice trials. In Experiment I, the effects of differences in magnitude while holding …

Language Skills Of Adolescents With Emotional Disorders, Diane T. Hardy

Masters Theses

The language abilities of adolescents with emotional impairments were examined to determine the differences that may occur between this population and that of a control group of similar age, race, and gender. Ten adolescents with emotional impairments and ten students in general education were examined using two procedures. The Screening Test of Adolescent Language (STAL) (Prather, Breecher, Stafford, & Wallace, 1980) includes four subtests: vocabulary, auditory memory span, language processing, and proverb explanation. A language sample was also gathered using a cartoon video narration task (Dollaghan, Campbell, & Tomlin, 1990) which examined for syntactic, semantic, and discourse variables.

Results indicated …

Story Writing By Students With Hearing Impairments, Lois A. Ketchum

Masters Theses

Students with hearing impairments (N = 21) wrote a personal narrative each academic year from 1990 to 1992. These narratives were rated on maturity of the story as a whole and maturity of the language used in the story by senior undergraduate students in the education department at Western Michigan University. The method used for rating was a holistic magnitude estimation technique.

Significant change over time was found for story scores, but not language scores. Grade level was found to have no significant effect on change from first to last ratings for either story scores or language scores. Degree of …

The Impact Of Test Sophistication On Tenth Grade Students’ Michigan Educational Assessment Program (Meap) Scores, Iris Williams

Dissertations

The primary purpose of this study was to determine whether test sophistication training would result in more tenth grade students achieving performance levels on the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) subtests in mathematics and reading which would entitle them to receive the state endorsed diploma.

Two groups of English II students (grade 10) from the same school participated in the study. One group received test sophistication instruction, and the other received no treatment. During the test sophistication training, students were instructed using the Ace That Test Preparation for Success Student Guide (Yarosz & Yarosz, 1991a) which was based on the …

A Comparison Of The Hutchings’ Low-Stress, Factor Analysis, Hand-Held Calculator, And Conventional Addition Algorithms For Speed, Accuracy, And Preference With Regular Education Students, John C. Hampel

Masters Theses

Three repeated measures experiments were conducted to determine the efficiency with which medium and low math-achieving, fourth- and fifth-grade students computed two sizes of addition problems using each of four different algorithms. The experimenter selected the conventional algorithm and the hand-held calculator because they are currently in popular use. The experimenter selected the Hutchings' low-stress and factor analysis algorithms because of their demonstrated performance enhancing characteristics and unique design features. The three written algorithms represented a design continuum that facilitated a powerful deductive analysis.

In all conditions the Hutchings' low-stress algorithm produced incrementally superior performance consistent with its unique features. …

Effects Of Familiarity With A Sample-Stimulus In Selection-Based Learning Of Verbal Behavior, Robert J. Wallander

Masters Theses

Selection-based verbal behavior involves indicating a stimulus in some way from a set of stimuli. Twenty undergraduates served as subjects in this study of familiarity with a sample stimulus in a selection-based paradigm. The study utilized twenty Japanese Kanji characters as the comparison stimuli to be selected. Half the subjects were presented English names of animals as sample stimuli and the other half of the subjects were presented Japanese Katakana symbols (which appear as little more than nonsense figures) as sample stimuli.

T-tests were performed on the average number of twenty-trial blocks needed to meet criterion (two consecutive blocks without …

Western News, March 25, 1993, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Board OKs summary plan for research and business park, Trustees give go-ahead to first phase of park, Chicago firm to provide development services, Hispanic week to feature 'LaBamba' writer/director, Lighting designer to speak as part of visiting artists program, Conference to explore issues facing Native Americans, Cambridge scholar to present Eliade lectures, Self-Enhancement Services helps put troubled students back on their feet, 'Bod Squad' comes to the rescue in health education, Hodge selected for national ad hoc committee to make recommendations on reaccreditation.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting March 19, 1993, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• Remarks by the President
• WMU Research and Business Park: Summary Plan
• Resolution re Trustee Emeritus Roberts
• Authorization to Confer Degrees
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Gift Report
• Personnel Report
• Retirement
• Authorization to Enter into Swap Agreement
• Authorization to Borrow and Refund Series 1991 Bonds
• Lease Agreement - Center for Developmentally Disabled Adults
• Student Room and Board and Apartment Rental Rates for 1993
• Reconveyance of the Dalton Center
• Executive Session
• WMU Research and Business Park
• Remarks by the Provost
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Western News, March 18, 1993, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Roy S. Roberts resigns from Board of Trustees, Three to be honored with 'Woman of the Year' awards, Barrett has 'open door' policy to promote communication, Pretty elected president and CEO ofWMU Foundation, Former faculty member to speak as part of Whitney M. Young Ir. Scholars Program, Young to discuss memories of the Holocaust March 23, Admissions staff targets high school juniors with revamped on-campus recruitment program.

Western News, March 11, 1993, Western Michigan University

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Story highlights: Michigan House unanimously approves measure allowing research and business park development, Specialist in American women's history to give two lectures as part of visiting scholars program, Symposium will concentrate on Central Europe, Events planned for Gay/Lesbian Awareness Days, Spring into Wellness Week events to include seminars, assessment fair, walk and blood drive.

Front Matter, Medieval Feminist Newsletter, No.15 1993

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Elaine Hansen, Chaucer And The Fictions Of Gender. Univ. Of California Press, 1992, Sheila Fisher

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

E. Jeffrey Richards, Ed., Reinterpreting Christine De Pizan. Univ. Of Georgia Press, 1992, Andrea Tarnowski

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Medieval Feminists And The Long Term, Susan Mosher Stuard

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

On Lesbian And Gay/Queer Medieval Studies, David Lorenzo Boyd

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

International Migrants Or Welfare Clients: The Selection Of A Master Status For Indochinese Refugees By American Voluntary Agencies, Jeremy Hein

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Government funding of nonprofit organizations is a dominant trend in American social welfare and it has greatly influenced the voluntary agencies resettling Indochinese refugees. Some agencies identify their clients as international migrants from the Third World, but others view them primarily as welfare recipients. These distinctive master statuses lead agencies to provide different services, thus affecting the refugees' initial adaptation to American society. Religiosity, period of creation, links to the welfare state, and international activities shape the selection of a master status for Indochinese refugees.

Reports, No.15 1993

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Note On Gender Issues And The Teaching Of Medieval Art: Some Recent Resources, Ann Derbes

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Women In Medieval Art: A Schedule Of Readings, Jane Welch Williams

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Pamela Benson, The Invention Of The Renaissance Woman: The Challenge Of Female Independence In The Literature And Thought Of Italy And England. The Pennsylvania State Univ. Press, 1992, Patricia Cholakian

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Faye Marie Getz, Healing And Society In Medieval England: A Middle English Translation Of The Pharmaceutical Writings Of Gilbertus Anglicus. Univ. Of Wisconsin Press, 1991, Fiona Harris

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Helen Rodnite Lemay, Women's Secrets: A Translation Of Pseudo-Albertus Magnus' "De Secretis Mulierum" With Commentaries. State Univ. Of New York Press, 1992, Margaret Schleissner

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Notes And Announcements, No.15 1993

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Bibliography, No.15 1993

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

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Back Matter, Medieval Feminist Newsletter, No.15 1993

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Western News, Feb. 25, 1993, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Pact provides access to computer integrated manufacturing, Nominations needed for teaching excellence award, Jesse Jackson Jr. to speak here as part of Minority Student Leadership Conference, Jackson selected to serve four-year term on peer review board for NIH research division, Second edition of McCarty law book published, Ambitious Shakespeare Festival will feature events spanning three months, Lyons to explore ethical dimensions of teaching, Brown graduates from FBI National Academy Program, Davidson edits book on medieval musical drama.

Western News, Feb. 18, 1993, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: House committee action on Colony Farm parcel moves research and business park closer to reality, Haas comments on quality improvement and strategic planning initiatives, Students will go on 'Alternative Spring Break' to perform community service at three sites, Overly named director of Academic Skills Center, Nelson pens book on childhood language disorders, Overly named director of Academic Skills Center, Expert on high-speed rail transportation to speak here as part of 14th annual Engineers' Week.