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Western News, Feb. 11, 1993, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Winter enrollment down slightly from last year, on-campus minority/international numbers up, Senate votes to institute new faculty evaluation system, Boston University economist to discuss global competition, Ziring book covers Middle East topics from A to Z.

Reading: The Conferences, Paul Wilson

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

During its more than 40 year existence, the National Reading Conference has become one of our premiere avenues for stimulating and reporting on advances in reading research, reading instruction, and reading policy. The 1992 annual meeting, with 142 sessions, is the most recent contribution to NRC's fine reputation. The following highlights are presented with apologies to the many fine researchers, scholars and teachers whose work cannot be mentioned.

Reading Disabilities: Are There Fewer In Japan?, E. Marcia Sheridan

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Comparative reading research offers us an avenue to study a universal process — learning to read — in cultures and societies with different customs, traditions and writing systems. Such studies provide insights into how we learn, and fail to learn, and information about methods for meeting the reading needs of different students in our own country. In studying learning to read in another writing system there is always the temptation to make comparisons in terms of which is better or worse, easier or harder. In the past, research from Japan indicated that learning to read in Japanese produced fewer reading …

Contextual Constructivism: The Impact Of Culture On The Learning And Teaching Of Science, William W. Cobern

Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project

Though rooted in Piagetian research, constructivism1 is an avenue of research pertaining to teaching and learning that departed from the neo-Piagetian2 mainstream twenty years ago and has continued on a distinct path of development. The departure was evident by the late seventies, clearly marked by two publications, Novak (1977) and Driver & Easley (1978). For constructivists, learning is not knowledge written on, or transplanted to, a person's mind as if the mind were a blank slate waiting to be written on or an empty gallery waiting to be filled. Constructivists use the metaphor of construction because it aptly summarizes the …

Western Michigan University Undergraduate Catalog 1993-1995, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• Glossary of Terms
• 1989-91 Calendars
• About Western Michigan University
• Accreditation
• For More Information, Contact . . .
• Physical Facilities and Campus Map
• Admissions Policies and Procedures
• Student Fees
• Financial Assistance and Scholarships
• Academic Policies and Procedures
• Registration, Records, and Regulations
• Services for Students
• University Services
• Student Rights and Responsibilities
• Degrees and Curricula
• Military Science
• The University Curriculum
• The Honors College
• International Education and Programs
• College of Arts and Sciences
• Haworth 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 …

Faculty Senate Yearbook, 1993-94, Wmu Faculty Senate

WMU Faculty Senate Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Western News, Dec. 10, 1992, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Haenicke one of 36 named to national task force to promote student retention and graduation, Architectural internship program earns statewide honor, C/TO seeks sites, donations for drive for YWCA shelter, Books use techniques of storytellers to portray groundwater resources in Michigan counties, Branclulw elected head of international association.

Western News, Dec. 3, 1992, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Catalogs highlight 11artworks and their creators included in year-long Sculpture Tour Program, Final lecture in series to focus on study/work opportunities in E.C., WIDR alumni establish fund for Rossman scholarship, Earhart book gives readers overview of world religions, Holton earns national award, Earhart book gives readers overview of world religions, Cordier explores post-Cold War defense plans, Cotton achieves economic developer certification, Off-campus management students pound keyboards instead of the pavement.

An Analysis Of Student Math Scores Based Upon Teacher Training In The Instructional Theory Into Practice Model, Martha O'Kray

Dissertations

The main purpose of this study was to determine if teacher participation in Instructional Theory Into Practice (ITIP , Hunter, 1978) training resulted in any difference in student achievement. Student outcomes were measured by scores received on the district's Exit Level Mathematics Test (Roseville Community Schools, 1986).

The study took place in Roseville Community Schools. Six hundred forty-nine students and 32 teachers in Grades 3, 4, and 5 participated.

Fourteen teacher observations were included to confirm the appropriateness and frequency of ITIP strategies in classroom instruction. Observers using the Instructional S kills Observation Instrument (ISOI, Wolfe, 1984) scored non-ITIP-trained teachers …

The Effect Of Vestibular Stimulation On Expressive Language Of Pre-Schoolers With Down Syndrome, Tiffany Bergo

Masters Theses

Effects of vestibular stimulation, when presented prior to language therapy, on expressive language abilities in pre-school children with Down syndrome were examined. Two subjects participated; one subject completed the study. Vestibular stimulation was therapist- and child-initiated and provided by various types of equipment. The subject's expressive language use (verbal and non-verbal) was videotaped during fifteen minutes of language therapy across a six-week, eleven-session period.

Results of this study indicate that expressive language use increased or improved across many parameters during the vestibular stimulation phase of the study. The subject displayed greatest gains in the use of multiple word utterances and …

How Can We Use What We Know About Questioning Skills To Develop Literate Thinkers?, Bonnie B. Thomas

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

As the critical thinking movement has developed and corresponding research has been reported, a wide body of knowledge has developed around the skill of questioning as a means of developing critical thinking. Effective teachers from Socrates to the present day have sought to do more than transmit facts to students. Teachers have tried to help students develop skills in problem-solving, analyzing, evaluating and interpreting information. A typical teacher does this by asking hundreds of questions on a given day. The prevalence of this type of teaching has been found in reviews of research on teachers' questions which include studies going …

Reading Horizons Vol. 33, No. 1

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete Issue of Reading Horizons, volume 33, issue 1.

Western News, Sept. 24, 1992, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Haenicke lifts hiring freeze after three months, savings will be applied to anticipated deficit, Three notable alumni to be honored during Homecoming, Woodworth named to national AAUP post, GEM Center pumping out models to meet big demand, Gianakaris pens second book on Peter Shaffer, Unique musical duo earns applause in Italy, Fitness programs, campus recreational activities consolidated into one unit due to reorganization, Fierro tapped for spots on state and county commissions, Heinig uses drama to help children understand literature, Muizniece co-writes new book to help students better understand Latvian language's verbs.

Western News, Sept. 03, 1992, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: Lecture series to explore implications of single market, Ed leadership chairperson takes crash course in current school administration problems, Campus landscape changes with summer construction, Facts on file, Spiritual leader to speak on 'New Vision of Reality'.

The Westerner Vol. 13 No. 1, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Wise Crack Wisdom • Tim Allen's gags, gadgets, and grunts build a solid hit • Three receive honorary degrees • Happy Anniversary • Sculptures installed as part of year-long exhibition • University News in Brief • Research Summary • Six athletic standouts named to hall of fame • The Book Nook • Kendall gift is largest from an individual in WMU's history • University embarks on ambitious project to upgrade athletic, recreational facilities • Homecoming Schedule of Activities and Events • Three receive Western Michigan University's 1992 Distinguished Alumni Award • Everything old is new again • A funny …

Women In/And Medieval Philosophy: A Survey And Bibliography, Joan Gibson

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Karen Swenson, Performing Definitions: Two Genres Of Insult In Old Norse Literature. Cadmen House, 1991, Elizabeth Ashman Rowe

Medieval Feminist Forum: A Journal of Gender and Sexuality

No abstract provided.

Western News, August 6, 1992, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Grants top $13 million during eighth year of record growth, Board approves honorary degree for Jurgen Schneider, Community sees preliminary research park plan, Summer enrollment declines both on and of campus

Factors Influencing Persistence Of Adult Students In High School Completion Programs, Joan E. Garbarino

Dissertations

This research was conducted to contrast adult persisters' and dropouts' perceptions of the importance of institutional, situational, and dispositional barriers to high school completion.

Institutional factors included staff support, curriculum , student services, and logistical considerations. Situational factors were family and friend support, time, employment, and health. Dispositional factors included attitudes toward education, academic preparedness plus expectations, and satisfaction.

Completers who graduated and noncompleters who dropped out before graduation were surveyed. Statistical analysis allowed the researcher to test differences between the perceptions of persisters and dropouts in regard to eleven factors found in the three major barriers. It also revealed …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting July 31, 1992, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Motion
• Remarks by the President
• Fall Semester 1992 Tuition Schedule
• Revised Campus III Tuition Rate
• Recommendation to Confer Honorary Degree
• Academic and Student Affairs Committee Recommendations
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• HIV Policy (Revision of University AIDS Policy)
• Gift Report
• Personnel Report
• Presidential Deferred Compensation Agreement
• Michigan Association of Boards (MAGB) Update
• Remarks by the Provost
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

A Prologue: What Happens Before Alternative Groupings, Mary E. Hauser

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

In this introduction I wish to stimulate you to raise questions that will help you to think about what your personal definitions of reading/literacy/language arts are and then to use this knowledge as a background for interpreting and applying the information presented in the articles in this special issue.

Cooperative Grouping In Literacy Instruction, Katherine D. Wiesendanger, Lois Bader

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The purposes of this paper are to describe cooperative grouping, to explain how the transition may be made to cooperative grouping, and to show how the process can be adapted to reading and writing instruction.

Reading Horizons Vol. 32, No. 5

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons, volume 32, issue 5.

Including All Students Within A Community Of Learners, Curt Dudley-Marling, Susan Stires

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

One of the inevitable consequences of schooling is this: a substantial number of children will experience some failure during their educational careers. In general, students fail when they are unable to learn the skills their teachers think they should learn, at the time the teachers think they should. We believe that efforts to reduce school failure must turn away from trying to fix students. Instead teachers should concentrate on transforming their classrooms to make them places which are more congenial to the linguistic, cultural, social, and intellectual backgrounds students bring to school. In short, teachers need to create a community …

A Study Of Cooperative Learning At The High School Level, Lisabeth S. Margulus

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to answer the following research questions:

1. Which teacher skills are necessary to implement effective teamwork in a classroom?

2. What kind of learning environment is optimal for implementing effective teamwork in a classroom?

3. In classrooms using teamwork, does greater student achievement occur than in classrooms not using teamwork?

The study outlined the specific teacher skills and described the optimal learning environment for implementing cooperative strategies in high school classrooms. To address the third question , an experimental study was conducted in which sixty-four 10th-,11th-, and 12th-grade Business Applications and Technology students in …

Faculty Recognition Dinner Photo 1992, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

Faculty Recognition Dinner Photo

May 29, 1992

Photographed:

• Robert Palmatier
• Roy Beck
• Kenneth Dickie
• H. Nicholas Hamner
• David Chaplin
• Benjamin Ebling
• Edward Heinig
• John Woods
• Harold Ray
• Milton Cudney
• John Sheppard
• Jack Wood
• Martin Ross
• Robert Boughner
• Barbara Rider
• Patricia Lemanski
• Paule Miller
• Eugene Bernstein
• Ruth Heinig
• Jean Smith
• Marilynn Heim
• Doris Smith
• Daniel Hendriksen
• Beverlee White
• President Diether Haenicke
• Alfred Balkin

The Faculty Recognition Dinner 1992, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

The Faculty Recognition Dinner

May 29, 1992

Honored Guests:

• Phillip Adams
• Alfred Balkin
• Roy Beck
• Eugene Bernstein
• Robert Boughner
• R. Claire Callan
• David Chaplin
• J. Patrick Clysdale
• Milton Cudney
• Kenneth Dickie
• Benjamin Ebling
• Val Eichenlaub
• Mary Frances Fenton
• Ronald Flaspohler
• Elizabeth Garland
• Norman Greenberg
• H. Nicholas Hamner
• Nita Hardie
• Marilynn Heim
• Ruth Heinig
• Daniel Hendriksen
• Patricia Klein
• Patricia Lemanski
• Paule Miller
• James Nadonly
• Robert Palmatier
• Eugene Paulson
• Harold Ray
• Barbara Rider
• Geraldine Riley
• Martin Ross
• Robert Sechler
• John Sheppard
• Gregory Sheridan
• Doris Smith
• Jean Smith
• George Stegman
• Roger Urich
• Dale Westphal
• Beverlee White
• Jack Wood
• John Woods
• David Zinn

Western News, May 7,1992, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Congress marks 30 years of gathering medieval scholars, Acclaimed authors to present public readings at May 7-9 Third Coast Writers' Conference, Wolpe to receive honorary degree, Bid categories totaling nearly $15 million for recreation; athletics facilities approved by board; IS-month river education project will culminate with congress for students from 13 high schools, WMUK reaches $25,000 goal in first spring fund-raiser

27th International Congress On Medieval Studies, Medieval Institute, Western Michigan University

International Congress on Medieval Studies Archive

The printed program of the 27th International Congress on Medieval Studies (May 7-10, 1992).

Western News, April 16, 1992, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Biggest group of graduates in WMU history expected for commencement, National leaders in integrating arts into schools to speak at three-day conference here in May, Smith to be honored at BGSU commencement, Grant will finance Washington's own company, Women's Center seeks peer educators for fall