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Gender Difference As A Factor In Psychological Crisis, Paula Laufer

Dissertations

The study's purpose was to examine possible gender differences in problem perception and desired treatment outcome of 311 persons (135 males and 176 females) selected from a pool of 1500 clients seeking treatment at an outpatient mental health clinic in a medium-sized midwestern city. One hundred males and one hundred females were randomly selected for inclusion.

Literature related to crisis theory, research in linguistics, and gender role indicated evidence supporting gender role differences in a variety of interpersonal situations. Clients' verbatim written statements and their reactions to a standard problem checklist at the time of intake provided the data base …

Coalition Politics In Malaysia, Zakiah Awang

Masters Theses

This thesis has attempted to explain the success and the stability of the coalition party system in Malaysia from 1955 to 1982. This success has been attributed to three factors.

The most important factor is the role played by political elites. Malaysian political elites come from a different racial background. It is their willingness to cooperate, work together in harmony and to find solutions through compromises that helped to hold the coalition party together. Elite cooperation, in turn, has been fostered through similarities in the leaders' socioeducational- linguistic backgrounds.

The success of the coalition party is also closely linked to …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting July 15, 1983, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Western Michigan University Foundation Report
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Continuing Education Student Fees
• Recommendation re Water Easement
• Recommendation re Authorization to Confer Degrees
• Board Committee Reports
• College of Business Report - Fetzer Business Development Center
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Instructional Strategies For Implementing A Reading For Meaning Approach, Elaine G. Wangberg

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

If our goal as reading educators is to develop in students the ability to gain meaning from written language, our instruction and programs should present and emphasize experiences which promote this ability. The following is a listing of practical suggestions for implementing a reading for meaning approach.

An Informal Reading--Language Test, Una A. Lange, Dixie D. Sanger, Sheldon L. Stick

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Professionals working with children who need help in language development and reading have reported a positive relationship between reading performance and the development of language skills (Mattingly, 1972; Goodm3n, reported in Gutknecht and Keenan, 1978; Berger, 1978; Semel and Wiig, 1975; Stark, 1975). Semel and Wiig (1975) report that many reading problems are due to a child I s difficulty or inability to understand the ideas being expressed by complex syntactic structures, and Rupley (1974) states that problems in understanding the vocabulary used in reading texts may contribute to reading problems. The relationship and parallelism between reading and language development …

Current Reading Research: What Does It Tell The Classroom Teacher?, Ellen R. Smith

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Teachers often consider research as an entity separate from classroom practices. However, if one looks carefully at research results, implications that have a direct bearing on classroom practices can be found.

In the field of reading, there is a growing abundance of research results which can affect what is done in the classroom. It is the purpose of this article to present an brief overview of current research done in reading and point out some implications for classroom reading teachers. Standal (1978) descriptive model of reading is used as a framework in which to present the research. Standal' s components …

The Return To Process: The Reading Example, Marcia Baghban

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

A growing number of reading educators are adjusting the primary focus of their attention from learner performance to learner competence. The rationale of this shift from a product to a process orientation lies in the assumption that even the youngest humans are able to observe, categorize, associate, hypothesize, revise, integrate information, and solve problems. These learning strategies enable humans not only to think and to talk, but also to become literate. Oral language and reading are viewed, therefore, as constructive processes, reflective of the particular culture which gives rise to them. These processes develop in response to meaningful experiences, and …

Fanfares & Celebration: Faculty Recognition Dinner 1983, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

Fanfares & Celebration

1982/1983 Fine Arts Year of Celebration

Faculty Recognition Dinner

Friday, June 3, 1983

Our Honored Guests:

• Lee O. Baker
• Robert H. Barstow
• Edward T. Callan
• Robert M. Davidson
• Herbert E. Ellinger
• Edward O. Elsasser
• Ardith B. Embs
• Tom R. Fulton
• Roy W. Groulx
• Willard J. Hahnenberg
• Chester L. Hunt
• Mary Ida Hunt
• Jean Lowrie
• Jack R. Meagher
• Genevieve M. Orr
• Erwin W. Rayford
• Phoebe Rutherford
• Neill J. Sanders
• Frank S. Scott
• Isabelle R. Smith
• Marjory A. Spradling
• Irene Storoshenko
• Robert M. Travers
• Donald C. Weaver

Western News, June 2, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: New compensation and classification plan to take effect July 4, Commissioner on aging to speak here next week, Bernhard endorses blood drive for June 14, Engstrom granted retirement as emeritus

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting May 20, 1983, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Change in Board of Trustee's Bylaws
• Recommendation re Addendum to Collective Bargaining Agreement
• Recommendation re Naming of the Language, Speech and Hearing Clinic
• Resolution re Trustee Emeritus J. Michael Kemp
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Western News, May 5, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Waszkiewicz; Williams named to Board of Trustees, Blanchard budget plan 'encouraging'-JTB, Here are 1982 W-2 earnings for University faculty; staff members, Matthews named new engineering dean

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting April 22, 1983, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Committee Appointments
• Academic Personnel Report
• Recommendation re Faculty Layoffs
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Student Housing Rates for Fall 1983
• Recommendation re Replacement of Turf in Waldo Stadium
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Western News, April 14, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Two to receive Distinguished Service Awards April, Goal surpassed in WMU United Way campaign, More than 1,800 to be awarded degrees April 23, Areopagitica 'Blues!' Bernhard issues call to freedom in address at third annual Presidential Scholars Convocation

Western News, April 7, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Bernhard expresses hope that 'civility and respect' would characterize discussion, Tree-planting to be part of 'Jim Miller Day' today, Faculty development is final Forum topic, Share of Blanchard's cut is $1.8 million, Noted petrologist to speak here next week, Balance needed to produce liberally educated professionals; Ehrle says

Acquisition Of Syntax--A Developmental Process, Linda Lehnert

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Recent studies of elementary school children's language have revealed developmental trends in the acquisition of syntax. The following discussion reviews studies of the productive oral syntax (Le., studies of syntax based on natural conversation) of children between ages 5 and 9 years, in terms of: developmental characteristics of productive oral syntax; the relationship between conservation (a measure of cognitive maturity) and productive oral syntax; and recommendations for classroom instruction. Findings from the cited studies lend strong Support to the theory that language learning is a developmental process.

The Validation Of A Behavioral Programmed Text For Increasing Self-Control Attitudes, Douglas Howard Ruben

Masters Theses

Applied behavior analysis programs designed to reduce attitudes about addictive behavior have been weak as far as overall training results. This research was an alternative training model in that it contained (a) a programmed instructional manual and self-paced homework assignments, and (b) lecture sessions. Selection of subjects from a local prison and private industry was based on indicated needs for substance abuse rehabilitation. Subjects went through a series of 9 programmed instructional units on developing self-control, and met for one weekly session for 9 consecutive weeks. Each instructional unit taught within a cognitive-behavioral model introduced concepts and techniques related to …

Western News, March 31, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: 'Jim Miller Day' for beautification to be April 7, Intellectual Skills reaches off campus to schools, Amoco Foundation offers geophysics scholarship, Mills named Michigan Dance Teacher of Year, Hathaway is 'Outstanding Young' SAE

Western News, March 3, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: 'Tech-Expo' March 18-19 to feature demonstrations, Bennett; Hartenstein are Senate officers, Name changes for two academic units approved, Staff member to go to Bryn Mawr/HERS Institute this summer for three weeks, Israeli tank brigade officer speaks March 14, Ellinger and Iffland granted retirement as emeriti, Solomon Amendment 'unwise law:' Bernhard

Western News, February 24, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: John G. Kemeny: Computer will 'invade' human life, 'Pirates of Penzance' musical will open Friday at Shaw for five performances, Task force investigating microcomputer group plan, The Deficit: A Monumental Challenge Faces Michigan, Handicap Awareness Week culminates Friday with faculty-staff simulating handicaps, U staff must keep their hospital; medical insurance records up to date at all times

Western News, February 17, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: John Kemeny to give two addresses; get degree, Canada Week speaker to talk here Monday, Black History Month schedule has remaining events, Jamake Highwater in residence here next week, Handicappers Awareness Week activities will begin here with wheelchair basketball, Prab president to speak at dinner Tuesday, Visiting Scholar Busch to speak here next week on chemistry topics; research, John E. Fetzer Business Development Center construction on schedule, Social Work workshop on women scheduled

Western News, February 10, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Computer expert John Kemeny to speak next week, Senate meeting hears grim facts on fiscal crisis, Imana Ujima to perform, Burrows one-woman show will be Wednesday, Ellinger to represent .U.S. at overseas confab

Western News, January 20, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Wetnight to make statement to PSC today, Survey shows strong support for higher education, Ho writes book on Chinese economy growth, Neubig visiting professor at Ohio University, List winter semester psychology speakers

Western News, January 13, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: New computer equipment eases student access, Deferral 'disheartening;' Bernhard says, Committees begin work on the examination of the University's current organization, WESTOPS aids Kalamazoo Realtor Board, Chicago high school principal MLK speaker, Second patent for stall margin indicator granted, November gifts; grants report includes one for Department of Computer Science

Western News, January 6, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Staffing levels to be reduced; Bernhard tells Board, Project EXCITE subject of UPI story in Free Press, Cain elected president of AAUP chapter here, Bernhard establishes two committees to examine University reorganization, 'Wise counsel' appreciated; Edwards tells Kemp at Kemp's last Board meeting Dec. 17, Hill appointed marketing chairperson, Bosco named director of Merze Tate Center, VanderMeulen granted retirement by Board

Facts And Fiction About Language 'Skills', Victor Froese

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

A quick glance through most curriculum guides and some textbooks will give the distinct impression that the language arts are composed of a set of "skills" (Otto & Chester, 1976). More implicit is the assumption that if these "skills" are mastered, then the art of language will have been achieved. And while some may not want to surrender this notion, the way out of the dilemma is not clear. What are "skills"? What purpose do they serve? Which are the language arts "skills"? What is the theoretical and research- based evidence on "skills"?

This article addresses the above questions, in …

Bulletin Western Michigan University: Undergraduate Catalog 1983-1985, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

• Accreditation
• University Calendar
• Admission, Advising, and Career Education
• Student Fees
• Fees
• Residency
• Student Financial Aid and Scholarships
• Financial Aid Procedures
• Scholarships and Awards
• Student Loans
• Grant Programs
• Student Employment
• Student Services
• Miscellaneous Information
• Councils
• General Regulations
• Programs of Study
• Degrees and Curricula
• The Honors College
• International Education and Programs
• School of Library and Information Science
• 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

Piaget's Theory Of Conceptual Development As It Applies To The Teaching Of Reading, Robert P. Craig

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This essay will investigate Piaget' s theory of conceptual development as it applies to the teaching of reading. Piaget' s views are important as a corrective to much of the behavioral approach to reading-using contingencies of reinforcement to aid students in learning (memorizing?) basic units of language and in remembering linguistic rules. It is obvious that one can "remember" such rules but not be able to apply them to a particular situation. We will discover that this is Piaget' s main point in his criticism of behavorism.

Reading Horizons Vol. 23, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 23, issue 2.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting December 17, 1982, 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
• President's Report re University Staffing Resolution
• Recommendation re Reinvestment of Bond
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments

Western News, December 16, 1982, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Most U offices to close in 'experimental' recess period from Dec. 23 through Jan. 3, 10 outdoor steps areas to close for snow, Rayford lauds Italian printing industry, Chandler book creates hectic pace, Coe is new Alumni Association head, Hemphill is editor of paperback book on O.T