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Reading Is Fun: A School Reading Motivation Project, Elene S. Demos

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Elementary teachers and university personnel combined efforts to develop a motivation system that could be implemented within a classroom or school building

Integrating Language Activities Into Reading Instruction, Dixie D. Sanger, Sheldon L. Stick, Una A. Lange

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This study determines if second grade children, who have been identified as having possible listening comprehension problems and language deficiencies, demonstrate improved reading performance with an integrated reading-language treatment approach. A quasi-experimental design included sixteen children in the experimental group and nineteen subjects in the control group. Six operationally defined language behaviors were studied during eleven weeks of treatment. the data were interpreted to imply that certain aspects of an integrative reading-language approach were effective for reading instruction.

Effects Of Adding Folklore To Basal Reading Programs, Ellen R. Sallee, Renuka R. Sethi

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

For the past several years reading in the elementary schools has been an area of special emphasis and has been reinforced as one of the basics of a good education. In response to this situation, educators are always searching for ways to improve reading instruction.

Enliven History With Books, Karla Hawkins Wendelin

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Students often consider history to be dull and the textbooks difficult. Because of the many trade books available, however, history can be brought to life. These books create characters, both real and fictional, within settings of actual historical events. Not only are authentic details given, but the motivations underlying a chronology of causes and effects are presented in readable fashion that may be quite different from textbook material.

Reading Horizons Vol. 25, No. 1

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete Issue of Reading Horizons volume 25, issue 1.

Western News, September 27, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Brown and Gold Day set for Saturday, Homecoming '84 festivities to begin Sunday, McCracken Hall to be expanded, Board approves promotions, retirements, About 60 applicants, nominees for presidency, Kelley and Hopkins appointed to head departments, Border City Committee to meet

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting September 21, 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
• Resolution re Honorary Degree
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments
• Karoub Associates Report
• Executive Session
• Adjournment

Western News, September 20, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Bernhard says amnesty, ratification separate issues; urges faculty to vote, Maze; Holland elected WMU Foundation officers, Residence hall occupancy increases again this year, Two to begin visiting scholars series, Series produced with WMU help wins national award, Dales to be inducted into Hall of Fame, Health Center offers many workshops this fall

Western News, August 9, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Gifts and grants totals reported, Board receives WMU Foundation report, Kundel named financial aid director, Collins-Bondon to be assistant to VP, Stillwell reappointed

The Westerner Vol. 5 No. 1, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Three faculty members receive Fulbright awards • Distinguished Alumni Award recipients announced • Statistician named to Love Canal panel • Library school to close by May 1985 • Michigan values its colleges • Alumna praised at Merze Tate Center dedication • Job-seekers helped • Bernhard-A self-reflection • Ramona Bernhard has played many roles • Thirty-eight faculty members retire in 1983-84 • Sports • We asked the deans how you can help: Private support is essential • Among Alumni • Alumnotes

A Comparison Of Computer-Assisted Instruction And Traditional Instruction In Braille Transcription, Susan Kay Vlahas Ponchillia

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare the teaching effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) with the effectiveness of traditional instruction of braille transcription for sighted persons. Since the traditional method (TM) of teaching and learning braille transcription requires a great deal of time for both instructor and student, it was hoped that computer-assisted instruction would be as efficacious as the traditional method while shortening time requirements for instructor and student. A review of the literature revealed that computer-assisted instruction has been successfully used in teaching many subjects including languages, providing immediate feedback and reducing learning time. In studies where …

Prescriptive Contracting: Utilization Of Self-Monitoring And Contracting In A Study Improvement Program, Raymond L. Boettger

Masters Theses

Several factors in program design and concurrent research of study programs for academically at-risk students have been noted in reviewing the literature. Two of the most effective techniques are self-monitoring and contracting. While many of the programs based on these procedures have shown significant increases in rates of study behavior, few have reported actual academic gains. Those that have predominately used simple difference of means tests to show significance. A major drawback to many of the study improvement programs is that they require additional expense to be implemented and maintained.

Prescriptive Contracting in an Individualized Guided Study center was designed …

Mental Health Status Of Malay Students At U.S. Colleges And Universities, Md. Shuaib Che Din

Dissertations

The basic premise of this study was that foreign students are faced with problems during much of their stay in the United States. It was the purpose of this study to determine the effects of everyday life strains on the mental health status of Malay students at U.S. colleges and universities. Specifically, this study looked at the relationships between the symptoms of psychiatric disorders of depression, psychological coping resources of self-esteem and self-mastery, and the background variables. Also this study attempted to determine the levels of depression, self-esteem, and self-mastery; the manifestation of the depressive symptoms according to the domains …

Reliability And Validity Of The Black English Sentence Scoring System, Yvette D. Hyter

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to assess the concurrent validity and interscorer reliability of a specific diagnostic tool of language assessment which is designed to be nonbiased for dialectally different children. Black English Sentence Scoring (BESS; Nelson, 1983), which is based on Lee's (1974) Developmental Sentence Scoring (DSS), is a system for analyzing spontaneous language samples that gives cred it for the normally developing features of Black English dialect. The sample consisted of 17 children between three and seven years who were residing in Michigan in communities where Black English was spoken frequently. All were identified as having language …

An Examination And Analysis Of The Department Of Special Education In The Muskegon Heights Public Schools, Doristine Louise Minott

Masters Theses

This project was undertaken so that an indepth view of the role of the director of special education and the Department of Special Education, Muskegon Heights Public Schools, could be observed. While there are many facets in the Department, much of the time was spent reviewing the Michigan Department of Education Administrative Manual for Special Education, working on administrative skills, and getting a feel for operating the Department.

It was determined that the Department is a very complex one indeed. Because policies change so often from the state level, it is often difficult to stay abreast of things. Therefore the …

The Effects Of Immediacy To Parenthood On The Perceptions Of Importance Of Parent Education Topics, Nancy Mauro Gerard

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine how immediacy to parenthood affects one's perception of what should be learned in a parent education class. Differences were sought among groups of individuals at four levels of immediacy to parenthood on the perceived importance of 11 parenting topics. These topics were Pregnancy and Childbirth, Infancy, Early Childhood, Late Childhood, Adolescence, Health and Safety, Social Issues Related to Parenthood, Family Relations and Communication, Guiding the Behavior of Children, Parenting Patterns, and Career-Related Concerns. In order to determine if there were differences, the data, collected through the use of a parent education questionnaire, …

Job Position As A Moderator Of Opinion Regarding School Finance Among Seventh-Day Adventist Administrators, Gregory A. Gerard

Dissertations

All levels of public and private education have been affected by difficult economic times. Much attention has been paid to the financial plight of public schools, but less research has been undertaken regarding the financial operation of parochical schools.

The purpose of this study was to investigate one aspect of the financial operation of one church's school system. Specifically, the research examined the opinions of incumbents of five different positions within the Seventh-day Adventist Church and school system concerning the potential of within and outside of school strategies for the operation of boarding schools. Within school strategies were defined as …

Ralph Iii And The House Of Tosny, Joseph P. Huffman

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study is to provide a full prosopographical examination of the origins of a great Norman noble family known as the Tosnys, and of its principal figure Ralph III. The Tosny role in the Norman ventures in Italy, Spain, and England is studied, and an analysis of Ralph Ill's English lands, as found in Domesday Book, is also included. This thesis presents a complete study of the life of Ralph III de Tosny; a life virtually void of participation in English affairs after the Conquest. In this he departs from the standard of Norman aristocratic activity in …

A Modification Of The Dry-Bed Training For The Treatment Of Nocturnal Enuresis, Abubaker Muftah Abdurrazek

Masters Theses

The present study explored the effectiveness of the Dry-Bed Training (DBT) method without positive practice (20 trips to the toilet) and urine alarm. It also compares the efficacy of the DBT with and without the urine alarm. Eight nocturnally enuretics, aged 6 to 12 years, were assigned to two groups, experimental and control; each consisted of three boys and one girl. During the first phase of treatment, the experimental group underwent the DBT without positive practice and urine alarm, whereas the control group underwent the DBT with positive practice but no alarm. Subsequently, the urine alarm was introduced to both …

Western News, July 26, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: New dean of education named, Presidential position description OK'd, Board appoints two department chairs, Vander Weyden to head new office

Is The Influence Of Psycholinguistic Research Evident In Preservice Teachers' Views Of The Reading Process?, Mary Jane Gray

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The overall aim of this investigation was to attempt to determine whether the psycholinguistic view of the reading process was being reflected in the views of preservice teachers.

Reading Horizons Vol. 24, No. 4

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 24, issue 4.

A Workshop To Incorporate Language Development In Teaching Reading, Dixie D. Sanger, Sheldon L. Stick

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

It is the purpose of this paper to describe a workshop designed to teach elementary school teachers how to incorporate language development activities during reading instruction, particularly with children who have language-based reading difficulties.

Competency Model For Preservice Teachers In A Basic Skills Course, Mary Sue Eckert, John Wollenberg

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This model was developed for counseling preservice teachers and altering foundation courses to meet the individual needs of a heterogeneous collegiate student body.

Western News, June 28, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Summer orientation sessions begin, Bernhard comments on tuition freeze, National Safety in the Workplace Week observed, Duncan named outstanding volunteer

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting June 15, 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
• Western Michigan University Board of Trustee Meeting Dates for 1984/85
• Recommendation re School of Library and Information Science
• Resolution re Building Maintenance and Repair Projects
• Recommendation re Revised 1983/84 General Fund Operating Budget
• Resolution re Continuation of 1983/84 Budget into 1984/85
• Recommendation re Student Health Fee
• Board Committee Reports
• SAME (Science and Mathematics Education Center) Report
• Public Comments
• Executive Session
• Adjournment

Western News, June 14, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Institute obtains valuable index, Collective bargaining teams to meet, Faculty participate in convention, Extra time required for MPERS retirement processing

Valued Traditions And New Directions: Faculty Recognition Dinner 1984, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

Valued Traditions and New Directions

Faculty Recognition Dinner

June 9, 1984

Honored Guests

• David W. Adams
• Donald Blasch
• Harold Boles
• Earl L. Borr
• Joan A. Boucher
• Donald H. Bouma
• William L. Burdick
• Arthur Christensen
• Stanley K. Derby
• Roscoe A. Douglas
• Robert Engstrom
• John L. Feirer
• June France
• Joseph A. Frattallone
• Beth Giedeman
• Clarence J. Goodnight
• Paul L. Griffeth
• William O. Haynes
• Imy V. Holt
• Charles O. Houston
• Don C. Iffland
• G. Stewart Johnson
• Dale D. King
• Neil Lamper
• Hung Peng Lee
• Charles E. Meyer
• Gilbert W. Morell
• Don W. Nantz
• Frank B. Olenchak
• Harvey W. Overton
• Maisie K. Pearson
• William …

Western News, June 7, 1984, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Applications up 12% over last year; Hannah notes, Sichel to be visiting scholar at Stanford, Here are 1983 W-2 earnings for University faculty; staff members, PA Program involved in forum, American Chemical Society here, Ficsor named visiting professor at Duke

The Assimilation Of Indochinese Refugees: Social Service Issues, Mark W. Lusk

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

This paper summarizes the recent history of the Indochinese refugee experience in the United States and factors inhibiting their assimilation. Social service practice and policy issues which have arisen during their settlement are discussed.

America's experience during the past decade with the "boat people" and other refugees from Indochina has reignited longstanding controversies regarding immigration. The exodus of the Indochinese has stimulated national interest in the growing world refugee problem and has revived the discussion regarding this country's historic role as a haven for the dispossessed. Social welfare institutions have been challenged to respond to the practice and policy issues …