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Western News, January 6, 1994, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story Highlights: Nursing program moves ahead with $5 million in gifts, Haenicke comments on proposed appropriation figures, Business building named for founding dean Schneider, Maier's views on the historical Jesus showcased on international radio and in national magazine, Urban Bush Women performance is Jan. 15

Conceptualizations Of Nature And Scientific Literacy, Part I: Research Methodology, William W. Cobern, Adrienne T. Gibson

Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project

If we may paraphrase and adapt from feminist scholars, there are voices of people that need to be heard if scholars intend to have a valid understanding of people and their behavior. The feminist scholars were of course seeking ways of making women’s voices heard but the importance of their work exceeds gender issues. It is important for restoring the image of people as persons rather than as objects of research. As we have undertaken it, the foundational perspective of worldview research is that one must hear from students and science teachers about themselves. We thus suggest it is important …

Western Michigan University Graduate Catalog 1994-1996, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Course Catalogs (1904-present)

Section I: General Policies and Procedures

Section II: Master's Degree Programs and Requirements

Section III: Specialist Degree Programs and Requirements

Section IV: Doctoral Degree Programs and Requirements

Section V: Description of Graduate Courses

Section VI: The Graduate Faculty

Windows, Andrea Urbiel

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

1994 University Employee Service Recognition Program, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club

• New Inductees
• Members
• Retirees
• Thirty-five Years of Service
• Thirty Years of Service
• Twenty Years of Service
• Fifteen Years of Service
• Ten Years of Service

Improvement Of Strength Properties For Currency Paper, Michael D. Schultz

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

Objective

The primary objective of this thesis is to increase the strength properties of currency paper by:

(1) Varying the ratio of first cut cotton linters to flax fibers in a currency furnish. Wet and dry strength additives were included in the furnishes developed.

(2) Addition of spruce fibers to the base currency furnish of 75% cotton linters, 25% flax, a wet strength additive, and a dry strength additive.

This project was an attempt to improve the strength of a base currency furnish, developed similar to the base currency furnish used by the U.S. Bureau of Printing and Engraving.

Cultural Constructivist Approach To The Teaching Of Evolution, William W. Cobern

Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project

Educators typically think that one teaches evolution to develop students' conceptual understanding of evolution. It is assumed that if students understand evolution they will believe it. From a constructivist perspective it can be argued that understanding and belief, though related, are distinct concepts each of which is a potential goal for instruction. Though there are good reasons why belief should not be an instructional goal, achieving conceptual understanding requires that issues of belief be addressed. The point is that students are not likely to gain much understanding of something that they dismiss outright as unbelievable. What counts as believable for …

Alternative Constructions Of Science And Science Education, William W. Cobern

Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project

I want to begin today with two short personal remarks. My field of research at home is the cultural study of science education. In other words, I am interested in what is commonly called the culture of science and how that becomes interpreted in science education by teacher and curriculum. I am interested in the variation of culture among American students, cultural variations grounded in family and community and brought to the classroom. I am interested in the cultural interactions that are precipitated by the meeting of cultures in the science classroom. In my current work I use worldview concepts …

Worldview Theory And Conceptual Change In Science Education, William W. Cobern

Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project

Once again science education finds itself in the midst of reform. Reform documents are too numerous to mention by name but they all share the same view that Americans know far too little science. Durant (1990) noted that even the well educated often know little science. Of course every reform document by its very nature offers a solution. Many in the science education research community "see conceptual change as the emerging focus of science teaching" (Wandersee, 1993, p. 319) and thus focus their research interests here as well. To borrow warfare metaphors, conceptual change activities are tactical devices used to …

The Economics Of Rich And Poor: The Political Economy Of Income Redistribution 1994-95, Department Of Economics

Werner Sichel Lecture Series

The Economics of Rich and Poor is the thirty-first Annual Public Lecture Series conducted by the Department of Economics at Western Michigan University. This series is co-sponsored by the Department of Economics and the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. All lectures are open to the public.

Poetry And Vision, William Olsen

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Gatherings No. 8 Winter 1994, Friends Of The University Libraries

Gatherings: Friends of the University Libraries Newsletter

Complete issue of Gatherings no. 8. Edited by Laurel Grotzinger.

The Westerner Vol. 14 No. 2, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Spirit and pride are flying high at WMU • Alumni Teaching Excellence Award winners named • News in Brief • Proposed science facility will meet twenty-first century needs • Steps taken to enhance English and theater studies at WMU • Athletic director sees strong link between sports and community • Athletic director sees strong link between sports and community • Athletic boosters take pride in their Broncos • Spirit & Pride Are Flying High • Dennis W. Archer wins election for mayor of Detroit • McPherson takes helm at Michigan State

104-Preliminary Assessment Of Archaeobotanical Remains From The Phase Ii Testing Of Sites In The New Lenox Park District Archaeological Project, New Lenox, Illinois (Midwest Archaeological Research Services), William M. Cremin

Reports of Investigations

In late 1993, Midwest Archaeological Research Services {MARS) conducted limited test excavations at a series of sites recorded earlier during Phase I reconnaissance survey of a 200 acre parcel for the New Lenox Park District in Will County, Illinois. The study area (located in the NE 1/4 of Section 15; the NW 1/4, NW 1/4 of section 14; and the sw 1/4, SE 1/4, sw 1/4, SE 1/4 of Section 10, New Lenox Township (T35N, R11E), for the most part, lies south and on the inside of a sweeping bend in the course of Hickory creek, a tributary of the …

Photograph, James Wilson

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Deer Camp, Amanda Miller

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

And The American Poet Died In This Rainy Gutter, Ryan Hudson

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Call Me Mozart, Joy Van Bael

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Delightful Lies, Tina Abi-Samra

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Mop, Shea Collins

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

The Local Cafe, Heather Crull

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Untitled, Janel Stead

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

The Mother Of All Battles, James Orr

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

"A Saltillo Night", Kari Tiscornia

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Fearless, Lauren Moran

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Capital Punishment, Amanda Mcclellan

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Ice Cream Cones, Kristin Moore

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

The Men In My Life, Kelly Day

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Less Than That...Or More, Rachel Cousinaw

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

A Penny For Your Thoughts, Lisa Ballinger

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.