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Factors Affecting Faculty Attitudes Toward The Use Of Instructional Media In Selected Public Colleges And Universities In Michigan, Abdelgader Ali El Musrati

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to answer the following questions: (1) Do the attitudes of faculty members in institutions rated as having high quality media service programs differ from the attitudes of faculty members in institutions rated as having low quality media service programs in regard to the use of instructional media? (2) Do type of institution, subject field, academic rank, degree held, length of teaching experience, formal courses in educational media, and in-service training programs in instructional media uses affect faculty members' attitudes toward the use of instructional media?

The research population consisted of 6 media directors and …

Service Begets Sales: An Investigation Into The Relationship Of Automotive Dealership Customer Service Satisfaction With Sales Success, Ivyl L. Gilbert

Dissertations

Investigated in this descriptive study was the relationship between new car dealership customer service satisfaction ratings and dealership sales success, as measured by market penetration ratings, within a major domestic automobile company. Specifically, the first step in the study was the collection of data regarding customer service and sales success ratings earned by the total of the subject company's dealers in each of 42 geographical zones in the United States. Second, an attempt was made to determine whether a relationship existed between the customer service ratings and sales success ratings for the company's zones to whom certain characteristics could be …

Perceptions Of American College Students About Arabs: The Role Of Mass Media And Personal Contact In The Formation Of Stereotypes, Mansour Owaid Aljeaid

Dissertations

American students, as well as people of other nations, form perceptions of others who differ from their own cultural, racial, and social groups. These mental pictures are "stereotypes."

The purpose of this study was to identify stereotypes that American students enrolled at Western Michigan University (WMU) had about Arabs and to determine if there were differences in these stereotypes when students were classified by race, sex, level of education, age, and sources of stereotypes. Twenty-five bipolar adjectives were organized as semantic differential scales to assess students' perceptions. The instrument was either mailed or hand delivered to a sample of 400 …

Instructional Leadership: The Role Of The Director Of Library Services For The Grand Rapids, Michigan, Public School District, Judy A. Deruyter

Masters Theses

The purpose of this project was to familiarize the intern with the position of director of library services. A review of the district's media program enabled the intern to assist in the district's media program and work on the curriculum development changes that would be occurring during the duration of the internship.

The major results of the internship were a district handbook detailing policies and procedures for the media specialists and, using Appleworks (Lissner, 1983), a computer program was written for library management and utilization.

Important aspects of the project were curriculum work sessions and the resulting plans for implementing, …

Western News, July 31,1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Board OKs tuition remission plan, University at a 'standstill' with $97.5 million budget, Belson named University ombudsman, Gabier; Loew among list of retirees

Western News, July 17, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Groundwater program provides model for DMB report, Board approves faculty promotions, Clark to retire after 38 years of service, Sellin wins $2,000 research award

This Book Reminds Me Of You: The Reader As Mentor, Andrea C. Sledge

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

You, the teacher, are the reader's mentor, whether that reader is your student, your colleague or your friend. No, more accurately, readers are mentors to readers and to future readers; close, trusted, experienced counselors and guides in the development and promotion of a wide variety of reading interests.

Do Pictures Make A Difference In College Textbooks?, Brenda D. Smith, Joan M. Elifson

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

When we compare college social science textbooks popular in the 1960's with those used in the 1980's, the first change that strikes us is the proliferation of pictures. The number of pictures has not merely doubled or tripled in twenty years; in many cases pictures have increased exponentially.

Interactive Children's Literature: Movingfrom Print To Electronic Literacy, Dennis M. Adams

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

New computer software allows children to take ownership of a story they are reading. Students change the plot, participate in the action, choose a role as a major or minor character -- or simply step aside and change the direction of the action. The combination of print, computers, visual imagery and personalized action is a strong motivation for learning about all four. Motivation is one thing, effective instruction is another. To be effective as an instructional tool, computer controlled literature must pay careful attention to both technology and instructional theory. One thing is certain, the potential is there for powerful …

Parents, Schools And Hssr, Elene S. Demos

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

As parents become more involved in the schools and as schools st rive to involve parents in meaningful ways and extend the work that is done in schools, educators should look at promising educational practices that can be reinforced in the home environment.

One of these reinforcing, supportive activIties that are feasible for all parents and children, yet do not require instructional technology, is Sustained Silent Reading, which has been effectively utilized in schools.

Ways To Foster A Home-School Partnershipin Reading, Nicholas P. Criscuolo

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Polls consistently show that the public gives literacy a high rating. Although many children are receiving high quality reading instruction at school, parents have a role as reinforcers. At one time, the belief was prevalent that parents should keep "hands off" any aspect of inst ruction. Teaching took place in the classroom and the place for parents was in the home. No more. It is now recognized that parents can do a great deal to support and buttress reading/language arts skills at home.

Reading Horizons Vol. 26, No. 4

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 26, issue 4.

Western News, June 5, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Private gifts up 23 percent, Funds received for special projects, Seven frosh awarded $20,000 Medallion Scholarships, Grievance policy to be seminar topic, Faculty; staff retirements approved by Board of Trustees

The Westerner Vol. 6 No. 6, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Women no longer funneled away from pursuing engineering careers • Student applications increase • Seven more Medallion Scholarships established and awarded • Business building site selected • Tour group from Western reflects on Russia trip, radiation leak • Honorary degrees, seivice awards presented during commencement exercises • New center will promote region's horticultural industries • Administrative reorganization will strengthen 'critical areas' • Welborn Hall groundbreaking ceremonies draw large crowd • Projects should improve science and mathematics teaching • Funds received to pay for Libyan students' educations • Dolphins pick Offerdahl in second round of NFL draft • Moving to …

The Socializer, June 1986, Department Of Sociology

The Socializer

Volume 1, Number 25 of the Socializer, published February 22,1973.

Western News, May 8, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Ground broken for $2.8 million printing center, Board approves reorganization, Haenicke says 5.1 percent not enough for Western, 600 students to participate in Michigan Youth Arts Festival

The Yorkville Emergency Alliance: One Community's Response To The Federal Budget Reductions, Michael J. Smith

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

A case study of one community's response to the Reagan budget cutbacks reveals the strengths and weaknesses of local voluntary initiatives for funding social services and replacing federal funds. The development and growth of the Yorkville Emergency Alliance is described as a private initiative of citizens living in a wealthy area of New York City. In about one and a half years, this group of residents raised over a quarter of a million dollars to attempt to replace federal funding reductions for the social services.

Homelessness: Residual, Institutional And Communal Solutions, Ron E. Roberts, Thomas Keefe

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Drawing upon demographic data and ethnographic interviews conducted by the authors, the article addresses the question, "Who are the homeless?" It identifies five kinds of homeless people and the sources of the homeless populations in the social structure. It then addresses residual and institutional policy solutions and draws on the efforts of the homeless themselves to advance a collective solution to their problems.

Retirees As Technoguides: A New Role As Shapers And Makers Of The Future, Arthur B. Shostak

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Retirees nowadays serve in many out-of-the-home roles that make astute use of their maturity, their discretion time, and their flexibility about compensation: Large numbers help as paid or voluntary aides in day care centers, health fairs, home health care, hospice programs, nursing homes, and the vital like.

A brand new role that might appeal to many would have them learn and practice the craft of technology assessment and the process of technology diffusion: With these tools retirees could serve as technoguides, or paid or voluntary aides in the testing, evaluating, and adapting of new products and services to the needs …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting April 25, 1986, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Administrative Title Changes
• Gift Report
• Grant Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Recommendation re Student Room and Broad Rates for 1986/87
• Recommendation re Vehicle Registration Rates
• Recommendation re Business Building Site Selection
• Academic Personnel Report
• Recommendation re Departmental Name Change
• Recommendation re Library and Information Science Endowments
• Board Committee Reports
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Western News, April 17, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Five more $20,000 Medallion Scholarships established, 1,800 to receive degrees at commencement, Haenicke urges Presidential Scholars 'to make constant use' of 'freedom to profess the truth', First occupational therapy grads to reunite, Projects to help mathematics and science teachers

Western News, April 10, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Boyle; Bullock to receive service awards April 26, Haenicke to address Presidential Scholars, Professors should design ethical standards and be governed by peers; Haenicke says, Foundation honors four as 'Volunteers of the Year', Telecommunications project moving ahead, Counseling conference to celebrate 50th anniversary, Faculty; staff members invited to apply for Administrative Associates Program

Western News, April 3, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Two students; faculty members honored by MAGB, Center to promote area horticultural growth, College of Education plans research conference, Curriculum expert to be Visiting Scholar, Faculty; staff retirements approved by Board, Evaluation center grants highlight reports

The Black Child, His Dialect, And His Reading, William S. O'Brube

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The language of the black child, his dialect, has for years been a drawback for the school age child. The child who speaks a black dialect has come a long way in learning "his" language and perhaps feels he has mastered it rather well. But when he enters school, he often discovers that his language is unacceptable at best and openly rejected at worst. If his language is not rejected, it is rarely if ever drawn upon and utilized in the materials and learning activities of the school.

Historically, black children have been required to read, or attempt to read, …

Dual-Purpose Activity Versus Single-Purpose Activity In An Institutionalized Geriatric Population, Rita M. Yoder

Masters Theses

The use of purposeful, goal-directed activity has traditionally been a central theme for occupational therapy. In dual-purpose activity the participant has two goals: successful task completion and the making of adaptive responses in the activity process. This study compares the extent to which a dual-purpose activity (stirring for the purpose of exercise and baking cookies) enhances performance in contrast to a single-purpose activity (stirring for the purpose of exercise alone) in an institutionalized geriatric population.

Thirty women between 70 and 92 years of age were randomly assigned to either the single- or dual-purpose activity. Duration, exertion, and discontinuities were measured …

The Michigan Intermediate School District Superintendent: A Unique Job Role, Lanny Ray Johnston

Masters Theses

One of the job roles in Michigan's system of public education is that of the Intermediate School District Superintendent. However, the definition of this job role and the skills required to function in it are unclear for those striving to attain an intermediate school district superintendency. This lack of clarity in the areas of interpersonal, conceptual, and technical skills, makes career planning difficult. In an effort to improve this situation, this intern elected to investigate the role of the intermediate superintendent as a public school, high management/leadership/administrative position.

The outcome of this investigation includes: (a) a clearer perspective of the …

The Validation Of And The Need For Administrative Computer Competencies In Michigan, Larry Joseph Ivens

Dissertations

Purpose. Capable management of a school system requires the manipulation of massive and ever-growing amounts of information. As the information burden increases, school administrators have the availability of new technological tools. Using the computer competencies developed by Mims (1983), this study examines the knowledge and skills and the degree of training school administrators need to meet the challange of this new technology. Once identified, these competencies and the degree of training necessary to effectively perform them could be helpful to universities, colleges, and all persons involved in the preparation and in-service of school administrators.

Methods and Procedure. In this research …

The Use Of Microcomputer Programs To Improve The Reliability And Validity Of Content Analysis In Evaluation, Richard D. Frisbie

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to advance the body of knowledge about how practicing evaluators can use microcomputer programs to obtain reliable and valid content analyses of responses to open-ended survey questions. This is important because practitioners often analyze such responses as part of larger evaluation efforts. To address this general problem, content analysis experts have developed methods of survey and discovery to help delineate new category systems and obtain codes for responses based on existing categories. Fortunately, some of the methods can be implemented with general purpose microcomputer programs. For example, key words out of context--word lists--can be …

Western News, March 27, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Bernhard; Blanchard among five to get degrees, Jaksa; Renstrom re-elected to Senate offices, Career Fair expected to draw 2,000, Haenicke to discuss 'Ethics in Academia', President of Metropolitan State to speak at fifth annual Minority Mentor/Mentee lunch, Cain to receive 'Woman of the Year' award

Western News, March 20, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: 'Spring Into Wellness' with a trip to the fair, Kendall gift of $130,000 'caps' campaign for center, Three possible sites named for business building, Board issues statement on academic freedom, Philosopher to be visiting scholar, 'Magic of Technology' explained at TECH EXPO, Alumni Association seeks award nominations, Applications available for Denenfeld award, Board okays changes in Senate constitution