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Mary Jeremy Finnegan, The Women Of Helfta: Scholars And Mystics. The Univ. Of Georgia Press, 1991, E. Ann Matter

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Bibliography, No.13 1992

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Western News, February 27, 1992, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Haenicke proposes options for consideration in dealing with tight budget, Students gain health care experience in rural communities, Students to spend 'alternative spring break' working on community service projects, Scott, Lyons selected for 'Woman of the Year' award, Two well-known speakers to give keynote addresses at minority leadership conference

Western News, February 20, 1992, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Speedy supercomputer to aid in groundbreaking research, Architects support feasibility of park, Satellite uplink opens window to global communication, WMU race team again seeking 'sun' more for the road, WMUK-FM garners five top news awards in Michigan Association of Broadcasters contest, Better communication could reduce burnout, solve nursing shortage, says faculty member, Pulitzer Prize-winning author to read from work, 'lead seminar on children's literature Feb. 26, Student-run restaurant open in Kohrman Hall

Western News, February 13, 1992, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: New council among amendments proposed for senate, Sen. Carl Levin to present keynote address at March 23-24 conference on 'The New Europe', Participants chosen for career development program, Three c~ndidates for director of proposed School of Nursing to make presentations, Gifts and grants received during December up over amounts received a year ago this time, Pending agreement on lost foam casting represents first foray into patent transfer, Board approves appointment of Carol Stamm, Roehrick named acting chairperson of theatre, Voyage on the Great Lakes could be the ticket to learning about maritime history; nautical science

School-Based Staff Development To Encourage Reading In Elementary And Middle Schools, Linda Mixon Clary

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Recent educational reports, conferences, and articles have urged schools to allow students to read more than the seven to eight minutes per day currently allocated in many schools. Unfortunately, the basic skills emphasis of the last several years has drawn our attention away from emphasizing wide reading in school and allowing school time for students to read. This article contains several ideas for staff developers to use in helping schools plan how to encourage wide readings.

Reading Horizons Vol. 32, No. 3

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons, volume 32, issue 3.

Using Poetry In The Intermediate Grades, Luethel M. Kormanski

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Poetry is the natural language of children. When children are observed at play, their enjoyment of rhyme, rhythm, alliteration, and other elements of poetry is obvious. One would assume that poetry would be emphasized in language arts instruction; however, this literature form is often a neglected aspect of this curriculum. Survey research suggests that the sharing of poetry by teachers with their classes decreases as students enter the intermediate grades and middle school grades.

Living Through Literacy Experiences Versus Literacy Analysis: Examining Stance In Children's Response To Literature, Joyce E. Many

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

In her transactional theory of reader-response, Rosenblatt (1978) has hypothesized that a reader's stance, or focus of attention when approaching literature affects the individual's reaction to and understanding of a work. An efferent stance indicates the reader's attention is focused on the information to be learned and can lead to a study of the text. From an aesthetic stance, on the other hand, the reader's focus is upon the lived-through literary experiencce and the experiences, thoughts, feelings, images, and associations which are evoked.

Expanding Horizons, Sharon Crawley, Linda Jones Mccoy, Victoria Hammett, Mary P. Deming, Maria Valeri-Gold

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Mother Goose is Alive and Culturally Relevant; Predictable Books in a Middle School Class Writing Program; Computers and the Developmental Learner

Western News, January 30, 1992, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU/KVCC partnership boosts transfer rate for minority students, Device could help hearing impaired with telephone talk, Events planned in celebration of Black History Month, Search for dean of business college under way; committee plans to recommend finalist by April, Faculty members share their expertise with talented high school students

Western News, January 23, 1992, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: Geologist uses Teflon to speed up recovery of petroleum spills under $93,000 EPA grant, CEO Council asks WMU to take on business center, Group's spans four decades of education in music school, Two promoted to positions in Division of Continuing Education

Western News, January 16, 1992, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: 1991 recycling efforts net 336 tons of paper and cardboard, University has 'wiggle room' in charting its futures, Public events planned to commemorate King birthday, Levin to focus on economic implications of educationally at-risk students in Jan. 22 lecture, Miller to be honored as 1992 'Man of the Year', Brewer writes atlas with nature center authors on 215 breeding bird species in Michigan, University earns more than $250,000 each in gifts and grants during November; board learns, Blasch honored for contributions

Western News, January 9, 1992, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: Renovation to result in road changes; office relocations, Wolpe to discuss Cold War, alienation in Clark Lectures, Citizens group formed to support public higher education, Coyne honored as advocate for students with Distinguished Service Award from trustees, Retirement options for p/tJa staff members include incentive window and supplement plan, Stamm to direct budget and allocation process as executive assistant in academic affairs office, Beam book provides pointers on preparing successful reports for students and professionals

Chaos And Order, Mystery And Knowledge, The Beautiful And Mundane: College Student Conceptualizations Of Nature, William W. Cobern

Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project

What do students believe about the world around them? Hawkins (1983) suggested that young students can have a difficult time understanding heliocentrism because their personal experience is literally geocentric. What this illustrates is that meaningful learning in the science classroom presupposes students who enter with beliefs about the world compatible with science as it is taught in the classroom. The study of student beliefs (or for that matter, teacher beliefs) at fundamental levels is the study of worldview (Cobern, 1991a). The research reported here was an interpretive study of beliefs about nature, a delimitation of worldview, held by women college …

Medieval Danish Wooden Sculpture: Roods: Part Ii: 1400 A.D. - 1600 A.D., James Mills

Early Drama, Art, and Music

An index of Danish examples of rood figures in the areas covered to that date in Danmarks Kirker, now represented by the website danmarkskirker.natmus.dk. This digitized version includes text pages only.

Institutional Data Reference Book (1992-93), Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Fact Books

• General Information
• Enrollment Information
• Institutional Comparison
• Student Information
• Faculty Information
• Budgets and Resources

Calliope, Manuscript Day 1992

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Lyric Detachment: Two New Books Of Poetry, William Olsen

English Faculty Publications

Review of "Region of Unlik" by Jorie Graham and "Perdido" by Chase Twichell.

Western Michigan University Graduate Catalog 1992-1994, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

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

Section VI: The Graduate Faculty

Minutes Of The Faculty Senate Councils, 1992-93, Wmu Faculty Senate

Minutes of the WMU Faculty Senate Councils

No abstract provided.

The Westerner Vol. 12 No. 2, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Ethics becoming standard discussion topic in tomorrow's college classrooms • Various faculty members teach courses incorporating ethical issues • University News in Brief • WMU dedicates new building to house business departments • Major gifts and pledges to continue excellence at Western Michigan University • Alumni Association announces 1991 Alumni Teaching Excellence Award winners • Amateurism, commercialism among ethical issues challenging Olympic ideal

Faculty Senate Yearbook, 1992-93, Wmu Faculty Senate

WMU Faculty Senate Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Western News, December 5, 1991, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Record number inducted into 25 Year Club at banquet, Prehistoric residents lived well; according to new book, Visiting professor from Eastern Illinois University to present convocation lecture Wednesday, Dec. 11, Teicherts write German language textbook

Acoustic And Perceptual Correlates Of Breathy Vocal Quality, Ronald Allen Cleveland

Masters Theses

Recordings were made of seven normal female and eight normal male talkers producing sustained vowels under normal, moderately breathy, and very breathy conditions. Twenty listeners judged the recorded vowel tokens for degree of breathiness using a direct magnitude estimation procedure. A Cronbach coefficient alpha revealed strong intrasubject agreement.

Several acoustic analyses were evaluated by measuring their correlations with the mean of the listeners' breathiness ratings. Measures of cepstral peak prominence in band limited signals were most strongly correlated with perceived breathiness. The height of the autocorrelation peak in highpass filtered signals and the relative amplitude of the first harmonic were …

The What, Why, When And How Of Reading Response Journals, Julia Shinneman Fulps, Terrell A. Young

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Today much student time is spent in preparation for mandated reading and writing tests. Consequently, students rarely get a chance to generate their own meanings as they read and compose from their own thoughts as they write. Ruth (1987) points out the need to present opportunities for students to ask and answer real questions of their own about reading and writing. Reading response journals provide students with an opportunity to respond and interpret their reading personally.

Reading: The Conferences, Jeanne M. Jacobson

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

National Middle School Association 18th Annual Convention, November 1991

Becoming Literate: The Acquisition Of Story Discourse, David L. Brown, L.D. Briggs

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Educators and researchers are focusing their attention on children's knowledge of reading and writing acquired prior to formal instruction. Many research projects have described the parallel between children's acquisition of spoken and written language. As a result of extensive research during the last twenty years, educators' understanding of how children learn to read and write has changed drastically.

Reading Horizons Vol. 32, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons, volume 32, issue 2.

Ethical Implications Of Politics In English Speaking West African Countries: The Need For A Greater Ethical Concern, Adeyinka Christopher Thompson

Masters Theses

This thesis evaluates the ethical implications of policies adopted by politicians in three West African countries: Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Liberia. The evaluation focuses on the policies African politicians adopt in their bid to solve two problems facing Africa: corruption, and achieving a democracy.

The evaluation relates selected policies of some African politicians to certain ethical theories propounded by various philosophers. Such questions as the respect politicians show for human life or dignity; the way they manipulate people, using them solely as a means to an end; secrecy in government; and whether their policies are meant for the general good …