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An Investigation Of The Effectiveness Of Study Aid Formats, Mary Anne Saint

Masters Theses

The effectiveness of matrix organizational format versus outline organizational format versus self-structured study notes was tested with high school subjects. Contrary to predictions, results of a multiple choice and essay question posttest revealed a nonsignificant study aid effect, F (2, 53) = 1.17, p > .05. An interaction between passage order and subject sex was significant, F (2, 53) = 4.68, p < .05. An analysis of recall, application and analysis levels of learning again revealed a nonsignificant study aid effect, F (2, 68) = 1.53, p > .05. A difference among recall, application and analysis posttest scores was significant, F (2, 4) = 93.25, p < .05. It was noted that the mean of the Matrix Group was somewhat greater than other groups across all five measures. The probability of one of three groups outscoring other groups across five analyses would result in a chance level of occurrence of .0039. It is speculated that additional experimentation will demonstrate a significant difference in the effectiveness of study aid formats.

Patent Medicine Town A Social History Of Patent Medicines In Marshall, Michigan, Teresa Lou Trupiano

Masters Theses

Marshall, Michigan, once known as "patent medicine town," had over fifty medicine companies. The medicine industry flourished in America until the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 regulated the trade. Marshall provides a microcosm of the industry.

The H. A. Peterman Co. (1870-1890) and Sharpsteen's Family Medicines (1873-1950) introduced Marshall to many techniques, from mail-order marketing to medicine shows. The Voltaic Belt Co. OSSIES) , Chrystal’s Electric Belts (1893-1905), L. F. Page Co. (1891— 1901), and H. A. Horton (1916-1928) sold remedies for "lost manhood." Success of the F. A. Stuart Co. (1893-1956) and Brooks Appliance Co. (1880-present) encouraged …

Western News, March 28, 1985, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Dietrich to coordinate implementation of plan, Search screening committee meeting reset, Schaper approved as auxiliary enterprises head, Freshman Writing Contest deadline is April 3, Computer programming team competes in New Orleans

Western News, March 14, 1985, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Western, 'K' College selected for national workshop, College of Engineering's TECH EXPO set for March 22-23, Occupational therapy reaccredited, Graham to address health and human services, Schedule International Study/Travel Night March 21, Cagers to play Texas in NCAA opening round, Elledge to speak on author E. B. White

Journal Of Sociology & Social Welfare Vol. 12, No. 1 (March 1985)

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• The Origins of English Aging Policy: A Re-Examination of the Cyclical Theory of Social Relief - JOHN B. WILLIAMSON, KENNETH J. BRANCO
• Social Reproduction and Helplessness in a Dying - MICHAEL HIBBARD
• Learned Community Homelessness and De-Institutionalization - JOHN J CONKLIN -
• The Social and the Emotional in the Etiology of Childhood Lead Poisoning - HARRIS CHAIKLIN, BARBARA S. MOSHER, DAVID M. O'HARA
• Black and White Social Work Faculty: Perceptions of Respect, Satisfaction and Job Permanence - LARRY E. DAVIS
• Chicano Social Work: A Critical Analysis - JULIO ANGULO, LOURDES ARGUELLES
• Pre-Retirement Attitudes and Financial Preparedness: A …

The Origins Of English Aging Policy: A Re-Examination Of The Cyclical Theory Of Social Relief, John B. Williamson, Kenneth J. Branco

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper examines the explanatory power of Piven and Cloward's cyclical theory of social relief through an exploration of policies in England from the twelfth through the nineteenth century. While there is evidence of a cyclical trend between restrictive and liberal policies in this period, we find that those shifts cannot consistently be explained by social turmoil. There is also evidence of a long-term trend toward a more restrictive aging policy which is unaccounted for by cyclical theory. This trend can be better explained by a more basic set of ideas uncerlying cyclical theory, i.e., the needs of a capitalist …

Western News, February 15, 1985, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: WMU 'a unique institution,' JTB tells Senate panel, College of Arts and Sciences forum is Feb. 22, Canada Week to be celebrated here Feb. 18-23, Western receives $418,571 grant from Kellogg, Resource economist to speak on agriculture, Handicapper Awareness Week scheduled for Feb. 18-22

The Westerner Vol. 5 No. 4, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Printing center receives $200,000 Kellogg grant • Board of Trustees elects new slate of officers and gains two new members • Maier is among the nation's best • List of presidential hopefuls narrowed • Kemp cited for his service to WMU • Henderson named admissions head • Bernhard comments on findings in higher education commission report • Technology transfer idea gaining momentum • WMU television programs earn awards • Inaugurations: Everything from rhetorical to rowdy • New training program initiated • Sports • Linebacker Offerdahl named All-American • The beauty of the beast • Among Alumni • Alumnotes

Western News, January 31,1985, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Black History Month celebration set for February, Six committees formed under terms of AAUP agreement, AID administrator to speak, Atomic physicist to be visiting scholar, Employees should check insurance records, Staff hired for Disadvantaged Students Program

Wmu Board Of Trustees Annual Meeting January 18, 1985, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Election of Officers
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Departmental Merger and Name Change
• Presidential Salary
• Board of Trustees Bylaws
• Board Committee Reports
• Residence Hall Life Programs
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

University Employee Service Recognition Program 1985, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club

• New Inductees
• Members
• Retirees
• Forty Years of Service
• Thirty-Five Years of Service
• Thirty Years of Service
• Twenty Years of Service
• Fifteen Years of Service
• Ten Years of Service

Bulletin Western Michigan University: Undergraduate Catalog 1985-1987, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• Accreditation
• University Calendar
• Admission, Advising, and Career
• Student Fees
• Financial Aid and Scholarships
• Student Services
• Miscellaneous Information
• Faculty and Administrative
• Councils
• General Regulations
• Degrees and Curricula
• The University Curriculum
• The Honors College
• International Education and Programs
• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Business
• College of Education
• College of Engineering and Applied Sciences
• College of Fine Arts
• College of General Studies
• College of Health and Human Services
• The Graduate College
• Division of Continuing Education
• The Directories
• Buildings and Grounds
• The Index

Instructional Cloze: Confronting Some Common Concerns, Nancy Lee Cecil

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

In the last ten years, the cloze procedure has increased in popularity as a respected and useful teaching tool. Current research indicates that this growing acclaim is warranted.

Changing Perspectives On Context, Argiro L. Morgan

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The purpose of this article is to show how older, largely context-free models of reading and its instruction became changed into a multidimensional, context-dependent orientation toward written language and the reading process. This change was influenced by an identical trend in linguistics, which also shifted from an over-reliance upon isolated pieces of language to a stufy of naturalistic, connective texts (Kintsch, 1974). The article concludes with suggestions for using a variety of contextual strategies to increase reading comprehension.

Reading Horizons Vol. 25, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 25, issue 2.

1985 Brown & Gold Western Michigan University, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Yearbooks (1906-1985)

• Pictures from across campus
• Pictures of Seniors

The Verbal Language Of Public Television, Kathleen C. Stevens

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Television is a phenomenon that touches the life of almost every American child. Indeed, the average eighteen year old in the United States has watched 18,000 hours of television (Liberman, 1983). The effects of such a concentrated block of time on the child's development have to be considerable. These effects influence many areas of the child's life-psychological, sociological, perhaps even physiological. It is the area of television's language modeling that is of interest in this article.

The Westerner Vol. 5 No. 3, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• McCracken Hall expansion approved • Contract ratified • More than 100 want to be president • Residence hall life becoming more popular • New program serves thought with food • Beam appointed finance chief • Lawyer named to development post • Workers restoring Asylum Lake site • Paper foundation elects officers • Americans sticking with traditional holiday foods • Sports • Among Alumni • Protecting your rights with a will • Medallion Scholar applicants sought • Alumninotes

An Investigation Of The Reliability, Validity, And Translation Of Holland's Self Directed Search For Utilization By A Malaysian Population, Amla H. M. Salleh

Dissertations

The main purpose of this study was to examine the validity of the Malay translated version of Self Directed Search (SDS) and the use of Holland's hexagonal model with a Malaysian college student population.

Form E of the SDS was used. The four subscales, Likes, Competencies, Occupations, and Self Rating, were modified and translated into Malay Language following back-translation procedure. The translated version was pretested using "counterbalance" design. The responses from a population of 169 Malaysian undergraduate students from Western Michigan University were analyzed. Principal factor analysis with varimax rotation was used to produce simple structure analogous to types (Realistic, …

Adjustment Problems Of Malaysian Students At Western Michigan University, Suradi Salim

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify and examine the adjustment problems encountered by Malaysian students enrolled at Western Michigan University. The study also attempted to determine if there were significant differences in the adjustment problems among respondents in the various variables and sub-groups identified.

The following demographic and personal data, and patterns of social integration were treated as independent variables: Age; Sex; Marital status; Academic classification; Setting of home residence; Duration of stay in the U.S.; Major field of study; Financial sponsorship; Entry qualification; Work experience; English language proficiency; Frequency of interaction with American students, non-Malaysian foreign students …

Feminine Role Orientation And Locus Of Control In Battered Women, Nancy C. Zielke

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine locus of control and feminine role orientation in battered women. It was hypothesized that battered women would have a more "external" locus of control than women who have not been in a battering relationship. It was also hypothesized that battered women would describe themselves as having more characteristics that are traditionally associated as "feminine" in nature and fewer characteristics that are considered "masculine" in nature than women who have not been in a battering relationship. Finally, it was hypothesized that there would be a relationship between locus of control and self-perceived feminine …

Coping Strategies Of Female Holocaust Survivors, Marlene Sway

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper describes how Holocaust survivors learned to help themselves and to reestablish their sense of community and self-worth. Sixteen female survivors were interviewed regarding their post-war adjustment. Data from the interviews revealed three themes which the women employed to cope with their post-war stress. These important factors in the adaptation process include establishing a family, building a community, and using work as therapy.

A Performance Audit Of A Graduate Training Program, Maria Emma Garcia

Masters Theses

The present study consists of a performance audit of a graduate training program. The performance audit is an engineering model created by Gilbert (1978) to design, analyze, and evaluate organizations. This performance audit was applied to the Behavioral Systems Analysis Program (BSAP), a graduate training program of the Psychology Department at Western Michigan University. The mission of BSAP consists of training behavioral systems analysts to effectively create or improve systems that benefit humanity.

This study had two objectives: first, the identification of the areas of BSAP with greatest potential for improvement and the identification causes of their deficiencies; second, to …

The Musical Sturm Und Drang, Linn Vanmeter-Drew

Masters Theses

This paper presents information regarding the validity of applying the term Sturm und Drang to music. In it, opinions of English speaking musicological authorities regarding various aspects of the musical Sturm und Drang are discussed and compared.

Each aspect of the musical Sturm und Drang is discussed in a separate chapter, along with parallel information on the literary Sturm und Drang. Then the various aspects of the musical Sturm und Drang are systematically compared with those of its literary namesake. This comparison makes it possible to reach certain conclusions regarding the validity of applying the term Sturm und Drang to …

The Evangelical High Church: A Moderate Answer To The Oxford Movement, David Wayne Carmicheal

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to investigate the various reactions to the Oxford Movement among the Evangelicals of England; and to determine whether those Evangelicals who did not react by becoming Low Churchmen attempted to define a new and unique position for the Anglican Church. A certain group of Evangelicals, some of whom referred to themselves as Evangelical High Churchmen, did not simply reject the High and Low Church extremes, but attempted to define a moderate position which embraced aspects of both Low Church Evangelicalism and Tractarianism. This group helped prepare the way for the Anglican Church to emerge, …

Political Integration: A National Language For Malaysia, Zairina Othman

Masters Theses

This study investigates the need of a national language policy to promote political integration in a new nation, using Malaysia as an example. The thesis attempts to explain why Bahasa Malaysia was chosen as the national language and how its implementation as the prime language of political, social, and economic communication has contributed towards national political unity and stability in Malaysia. Three propositions are presented and investigated in support of the thesis.

The first proposition suggests that an acceptable national language helps foster political integration in a culturally pluralistic society. The primary objective would be to replace a specific ethnocultural …

Western News, November 1,1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Public-education leaders unite to oppose Proposal C, Consortium preidents: 'C' would close doors of opportunity to students, hurt recovery, Campus groups united in opposition to Proposal C, Brown to be honored at national convention, 1984-85 campus directories distributed, Canadian studies scholar to speak Nov. 1-2, Yugoslavian scholar to speak on victimology, September gifts, grants total $485,992, Cooper honored a occupational therapist, New nutritional program serves thought with food

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting October 19, 1984, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re General Fund Budget for 1984/85
• Recommendation re Capital Outlay Budget for 1985/86
• Resolution re Lock Box Collection Services
• Resolution re Proposal C
• Board Committee Reports
• International Student Report
• Adjournment

Western News, October 18,1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Proposal C 'dangerous, sinister,' Bernhard declares, Five to be honored for teaching excellence Oct. 25, ROTC member receive national award, Alumni Association elects new officers at meeting, Asylum Lake is the site of land improvement project, Moore named to position in social work

The Westerner Vol. 5 No. 2, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• New office aids nontraditional students • More freshmen are attending Western • Ho receives appointments in China • Faculty contract still not ratified • Proposal C: 'A dagger in the heart of higher ed' • Chinese Fulbright studying here • Gallegos named education dean • National guard and Western sign degree-program agreement • Job market for teachers showing improvement • Admissions adds toll-free numbers • Being the president's daughter isn't all fun • New aid director says plan ahead • Sports • Student commutes from Oregon for unique program • Proposal C is 'crippling' tax initiative • Economic recovery …