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An Evaluation Of Student Attitudes In The Audio-Tutorial Biological Science Program At Western Michigan University And How They Are Reflected In Student Achievement Versus Time Spent In Laboratory, Dorothy Anne Hackett

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Analysis Of The Language Of Mentally Retarded And Non-Retarded Children, Hartmut Günther

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Utilization Of Topographic Maps To Verify Selected Aspects Of Pre-Collected Data Accuracy, Larry L. Patrick

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Token Reinforcement On School Attendance And Study Behavior In A Special School For Delinquent And Pre-Delinquent Juvenile Males, Michael L. Boyle

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Utility Of Social Psychological Variables As Predictors Of Educational Aspirations, Robert W. Bilby

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Informant Volume Iii, Number 1, Western Michigan University

Informant (1968-1981)

Volume III, Number 1

October 1970

• Riddle
• Mystery Ballad
• Faculty and Senate
• Pluses and Minuses
• Graffito

Ten-Second Reviews, Blanche O. Bush

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

No abstract available.

Reading Horizons Vol. 11, No. 1

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 11, issue 1.

A New Teacher Looks Toward That First Memorable Year, Harriet E. Fredenberger

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

As I look ahead to the approaching school year, many thoughts cross my mind. Like many new teachers, I feel a bit overwhelmed with the immensity of the impending task. The desire to be a successful teacher is mixed with nervous anticipation and a few worries. Will I be able to establish and maintain rapport with my class of fifth-graders? Will I be able to motivate my students and promote a desire to learn? Will it be possible for me to meet the needs of the individual children in my class? Will I be a good teacher of reading? In …

Listening Skills: Caught Or Taught?, Karen L. Casebeer

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

No abstract available.

Sick And Tired, Louis Foley

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Recently one of our sprightliest columnists wrote an entertaining article on things that people were "sick and tired" of hearing. For a final example, as a sort of climax, he said: "I am sick and tired of the attempt to eliminate the word 'now' from the English language. On radio, on television, and in the press there seems to be a conspiracy to wipe out this wonderfully short and to-the-point word meaning 'at this very instant.' The most common substitute is the word 'presently,' which doesn't even mean 'now,' but 'soon,' as everybody with a second-grade education used to know. …

Did You See?, Dorothy J. Mcginnis

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

A Decade of Reading Research in Europe~ 1959 - 1969: A Review by Eve Malmquist? Dr. Malmquist, Professor of Education at Teachers College, University of Linkoping, Sweden, has summarized and reviewed a number of empirical reading research studies. He has organized his report under the headings: ( 1) The Sociology of Reading, (2) The Psychology of Reading, (3) The Physiology of Reading, and (4) The Teaching of Reading. The review is published in the March 1970 issue of The Journal of Educational Research.

We Suggest, Eleanor Buelke

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Hall, Mary Anne. 1970. Teaching Reading As a Language Experience

Western Michigan University Newsletter, October 1970, Western Michigan University

Western Newsletter (1955-71)

• Fall Enrollment Soars to 21,713
• WMU Trustees Approve New Approach to Open Visitation
• Dr. Lloyd Swierenga Named Pres. Miller's Admin. Assistant
• Social, Civic and Political Involvement
• Whirlpool Grant Aids Student Volunteers
• Dow Chemical Co. List of Gifts to WMU Mushrooms
• WMU Upward Bound Program Receives U.S. Education Office Grant
• Large Mott Foundation Grant Assists WMU Comm. School Development Cen.
• WMU, Berrien County Churches Aid Migrant Worker School Program
• WMU Hosts First Seminar on Consumerism Held in Michigan
• WMU Aids in Laser Cane Research to Aid Blind
• WM School of Social Work Receives $160,000 to Develop Training Program

Faculty Publications 1968-69, Western Michigan University

Faculty Contributions (1950-1981)

Faculty Publications 1968-69 is the seventh major compilation of the publications of the Faculty of Western Michigan University . These included, respectively, materials that were published between July 1, 1957 and June 30, 1961; July 1, 1961 and June 30, 1963; July 1, 1963 and June 30, 1965; July 1, 1965 and June 30, 1966; July 1, 1966 and June 30, 1967; and July 1, 1967 and June 30, 1968 . This compilation is designed mainly to apprise the Faculty of the University of the breadth of writing of their colleagues .

Western Michigan University Newsletter, September 1970, Western Michigan University

Western Newsletter (1955-71)

• Apollo 13 Astronauts Made Honorary WMU Alums
• WMU Seeks to Integrate Political Issues With Fall Semester Material
• WMU's First Upward Bound Graduate Is Also First in State
• Annual Fund Drive's Most Unusual Donor Was a Sailor
• Student Environmental Cleanup Activities

The Relationship Of Three Tests Of Visual Synthesis To Lipreading Ability In A Hearing-Impaired Sample, Nicki M. Mulford

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Western Michigan University Newsletter, August 1970, Western Michigan University

Western Newsletter (1955-71)

• Record Summer Session Enrollment
• Dr. Milton Brawer Record Summer Session Enrollment Named As First WMU Ombudsman
• Trustees OK Name Changes for Three WMU Departments
• WMU's College Level Examination Program Aiding Many Adults
• Departments of Speech Pathology-Audiology and Special Ed. Share Grant
• World Pollution Has Not Yet Reached Irretrievable Point, Says One Expert
• WMU's First Annual Folk Festival Termed A Great Success

Peter The Venerable's Concept Of Friendship, James B. Bettendorf

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

The Metropolitan Area Concept And Its Development In Lima, Peru, Jose Luis Mesa

Masters Theses

Introduction

The paucity of comparative urban research is of course not due to indifference or lack of foresight on the part of social scientists, but to the absence of comparable or standardized information from one country to another and to the technical problems presented by this deficiency. The units of observation themselves, that is "cities" and "towns," have not been standardized, nor have we had information on a representative sample of these for the world as a whole. Furthermore, the structure of urban communities has changed with increasing urbanization, a change that has gone further in some countries than in …

The Justification Of Jehan Petit: A Fifteenth-Century Attempt To Justify Tyrannicide, John C. Parsons

Masters Theses

The Justification of Jehan Petit was composed as an attempt to explain the murder in 1407 of Louis, duke of Orleans, by his cousin John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy. The murder was politically necessary for John to be able to dominate the French government while the king, Charles VI, was mad.

Petit attempted to prove that the duke of Orleans had been a tyrant, and that the murder was justifiable as tyrannicide. The validity of Petit’s theory demanded that he be able to prove Louis' tyranny. In so doing, he departed radically from the medieval concept of a tyrant …

An Analysis Of Climatic Influences On Aggression, Alan M. Gonick

Masters Theses

The effects of exposure to various climatic conditions were analyzed to determine whether these conditions could produce aggression or facilitate shock-elicited aggression. Paired rats and single monkeys were used as subjects. The effects of independent and simultaneous changes in temperature and relative humidity were investigated in an attempt to produce aggression. Temperature, relative humidity, and length of exposure to climatic conditions were varied to determine if these conditions would facilitate shock-elicited aggression. The climatic conditions investigated were ineffective in reliably producing aggression between rats and also in facilitating shock-elicited aggression with rats and monkey subjects. Exposure to temperatures above 24.4°C …

A Test Of The Affects Of Selected Variables On Student Attitudes Toward Political Participation, Donald R. Clark

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Factors Associated With The Various Degrees Of Perceived Marginality Among Black Business Leaders, Janet M. Brenneman

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Critical Thinking As Related To Pssc And Non-Pssc Physics Programs, Robert H. Poel

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Future Social Science Teachers: An Exploratory Study Of Political Attitudes And Orientations, Laird Douglas Murray

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.

Teacher-Supervisor Conference Interactions A Study Of Perceptions And Their Relation To Selected Variables, Charles Henry Link

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Development Of A New Organizational Pattern For An Elementary School In The Fruitport School District, John W. Carlson

Masters Theses

The development of an educational program that will meet the needs of all pupils is a goal that is sought by all educators. The needs of individual pupils will be met if such a goal is ever realized. Such a program, by appreciating the fact that each individual has a different rate and aptitude for learning, should help children of all ages and abilities achieve their full potential.

This case study follows the establishment of a nongraded flexibly scheduled, team taught elementary school from inception of the initial concept through the first year of operation. While it was impossible to …

Piano Group Instruction Versus Individual Instruction, Renate L. Meyer

Masters Theses

In this thesis an attempt has been made to discuss and clarify some aspects of piano group instruction and individual piano teaching. The writer has tried to examine the relative advantages and goals of each and to point out some of their pitfalls and problems. An attempt has been made to emphasize the tremendously important role which the teacher plays in group sessions, as well individual lessons. The different abilities, character1stics levels, age groups and future plans of the students have been taken in to consideration. Outlines of group lessons for beginners and an example of an individual lesson have …

An Analysis Of Instruction Duration As A Consequence For Correct And Incorrect Answers, J. Eric Hayes

Masters Theses

No abstract provided.