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Relationships Among Need Achievement Themes And Ethnic And Gender Identities In Elementary Literature Series, Kathleen E. Eyia, Lois A. Bader

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Educators agree that students succeed when reading materials are suitable to their backgrounds and contain ideas that are motivating. Interest in achievement motivation dates back to at least 1910, but until the pioneering work of Atkinson and McClelland, little progress was made in developing achievement motive theory emphasizing both clinical and experimental models (Heckhausen, 1967). McClelland, Atkinson, Clark and Lowell (1953; 1976) formulated the theory of achievement motivation through the use of the Thematic Apperception Test (Murray, 1938) measuring individual differences in the motive to enter an achievement situation. McClelland (1961) defines n-Ach (need achievement) motivation as competition with a …

Children's Knowledge Of Environmental Print, L.D. Briggs, W.D. Richardson

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Children spend a large portion of their time in the home environment where they engage in many activities. Teachers hope that these learning experiences will rein force the concepts, skills and values that constitute the school curriculum. The greater the correspondence between environmental learnings and school activities, the more likely that transfer will take place. Children's contact with words in the environment builds a foundation for literacy because "all meanings that are attached to the words that we use in language are obtained through experience" (Ross and Roe, 1990, p. 6). But the question, Do teachers use children's environmental experiences …

Assessment: Insights Into Teachers' Beliefs And Practices, Sally E. Lipa, Rebecca Harlin

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

It is well established that instruction in process writing is important from the primary grades through the high school years. The work of Graves (1983) and Calkins (1986) provides teachers with a theoretical framework for implementing process writing instruction. However, wide variation in translating theory into practice is evident among teachers (Mangano and Allen, 1986; Bridge, Hiebert and Chesky, 1983). Research reveals that teachers seem to maintain their preset notions about writing conventions such as correct spelling, proper grammar and neatness while attempting to incorporate process writing into the curriculum (Ray, Lee and Stansell, 1986). Thus, teachers' conceptualizations seem to …

Children's Books, Elsa Geskus

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The Noisemakers. Judith Caseley. (1992).; Lightning Inside You: and Other Native American Riddles. John Bierhorst. Illustrated by Louise Brierley. (1992).;

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 …

Western News, Jan. 28, 1993, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Four committees poised to begin planning for the future, Borgess approves gift valued at $1.25 million for proposed baccalaureate program in nursing, Search for Graduate College dean under way, Events planned in celebration of Black History Month, Feb. 4 Career Fair expected to draw 2,800 job seekers, Residence Hall Association earns top honors among regional schools for fifth year since 1980, Academic Skills Center offers software packages to help students tum in letter-perfect papers, Disney World picks WMU as site for recruiting.

Western News, Jan. 21, 1993, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Board praises Haenicke, honors his request for no salary increase for 1993, WMU has good sense of direction, Barrett tells senate, Brady and St. John to lead Board of Trustees, WMU to transfer Asylum Lake property to state DNR, Wolpe returns to the classroom as first chosen for Distinguished Visiting Professor Program, Fraser given emerita status, honored for work on board, Wolpe returns to the classroom as first chosen for Distinguished Visiting Professor Program, Payne named to commission, Edwards to head search for athletic director, target date for appointment is July 1, 1993.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Annual Meeting January 18, 1993, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• Remarks by the President
• President's Evaluation and Compensation
• Election of Officers
• Recommendation re Emerita Status - Trustee Fraser
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Gift Report
• Personnel Report
• Appointment of External Auditor
• Easement Agreement
• Executive Session
• Remarks by the Provost
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Western News, Jan. 14, 1993, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Two administrative appointments on board agenda, Provost Barrett to reflect on her first two years at WMU, Banquet and candle lighting ceremony planned in observance of Martin Luther King's birthday, Pisaneschi on Red Cross board, 'Gala performance' will mark Miller and college anniversaries, New solar-powered car to shine at unveiling on Jan. 22, Expert on health reform and biomedical ethics to speak here on organ transplantation issues, Gold Company strikes it rich with prestigious invitation to international choral music event, Grants total more than $7.5 million since start of year.

Western News, Jan. 7, 1993, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Administrative reorganization consolidates positions, Engler appoints two to Board of Trustees, Haenicke to form three study councils to help with planning efforts for the short-term future, Teleconference to explore mind's effect on body, faculty member creates supplemental materials, Ramp near Miller Auditorium will nearly triple number of parking spaces at busy campus site, First McDonald's coffee house in the country expected to open in February in Bronco Mall, Workshop planned to help faculty members with their scholarly and professional writing, New program aimed at improving worker productivity.

The Westerner Vol. 13 No. 2, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• University completes $62 million fund-raising campaign • Thanks to generosity of donors, campaign exceeds expectations • Campaign leadership shines • Campaign construction vital • Haenicke takes 'mini-sabbatical' to set WMU's course for year 2000 • University News in Brief • Alumni give WMU excellent approval rating • WIDR alumnus initiates Jules Rossman scholarship • Make your plans now for Homecoming '93 • Three faculty members receive 1992 Alumni Teaching Excellence Awards • Researchers Loeffler, Micklin named distinguished faculty scholars for 1992

Staples, Lynette Mallett

Calliope (1954-2001)

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1993 University Employee Service Recognition Program, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club

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

World View, Metaphysics, And Epistemology, William W. Cobern

Scientific Literacy and Cultural Studies Project

It has been argued from world view theory that fundamental beliefs about the world exert a powerful influence on how sense is made of events in the world. However, the nature of that influence has remained enigmatic. Hannah Arendt's distinction between thinking and comprehension, and knowing and apprehension provides a clarification. Thinking is the epistemological path to conceptual comprehension. Knowing is the metaphysical path to apprehension - to the acceptance of a concept as true or valid. Comprehension does not necessitate apprehension. One may reject a fully understood concept. The recent discussion in science education about world view is essentially …

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 …

Death Of The Blues, William Olsen

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

102-Phase I Archaeological Assessment Of The Riverfront Walk-Brookside Park Project, City Of Otsego, Michigan, William M. Cremin

Reports of Investigations

Upon verbal receipt of authorization from Ms. Jennifer Antel of the Office of City Manager, Otsego, Michigan to conduct a Phase I archaeological survey along the Kalamazoo River in Section 23 of Otsego Township (T1N R12W) where the City proposes to create a recreational walkway, the Principal Investigator initiated a literature and site file search and his associated on 17 May undertook an-site evaluation of the project area in order to determine whether the proposed activity would adversely impact potentially significant archaeological resources. Two days later Ms. Antel and the Office of State Archaeologist, Bureau of History, Michigan Department of …

Calliope Manuscript Day 1993

Calliope (1954-2001)

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The Bus Ride, Nikki Cook

Calliope (1954-2001)

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A N.Y. Sidewalk, Geoff Azzopardi

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Blood Fishing, Brie Tiderington

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Chantra, Miguel Centellas

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Robina's Tights, Annmarie Borucki

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Dream Keeper, Jessica L. Jacobsen

Calliope (1954-2001)

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When I Die, Sarah Nelson

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Heat & Cold, Scott Reschke

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Bottle Of Rain, Kelly Skar

Calliope (1954-2001)

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Granddaddy, Katherine Smith

Calliope (1954-2001)

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The Underground Economy 1993-94, Department Of Economics

Werner Sichel Lecture Series

The Underground Economy is the thirtieth Annual Public Lecture Series organized by the Department of Economics at Western Michigan University. In this series the concerns of policymakers and economists about the alleged growth in underground legal and illegal economic activity are explored. This year's series is directed by Susan Pozo of the WMU Economics Department and is co-sponsored by the W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research. All lectures (followed by a question and answer session) are open to the public.

Daddy, Annmarie Borucki

Calliope (1954-2001)

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