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Teachers' Opinions Of Affirmative Action And Faculty Seniority In A Court Ordered Desegregated Public School System, Monroe Johnson Jr.

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate teachers' opinions of affirmative action and faculty seniority in a court ordered desegregated public school system.

The population investigated consisted of 725 public school teachers. Sixty-eight and three-tenths percent (68.3%) returned surveys. Significant differences of opinion were found to exist between: (a) white and black teachers as a group, (b) white male elementary teachers and black male elementary teachers, (c) white male secondary teachers and black male secondary teachers, (d) black female elementary teachers and white female elementary teachers, (e) black female secondary teachers and white female secondary teachers, (f) black female …

A Study Of The Relationship Between Oral Communication Apprehension And Cognitive Restructuring In High School Speech Class, Lolita Fox Balch

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a cognitive restructuring unit in the reduction of oral communication apprehension (CA) and the enhancement of semester grades in high school speech class. The unit was designed to raise self-acceptance, and thereby, self-confidence, especially in oral communication.

The experimental treatment method, cognitive restructuring (plus skills training), was compared with the skills training only traditional speech class method. Both treatment methods were reviewed, as well as inappropriate treatment methods for classroom and clinic.

Subjects registered in four different speech courses were randomly assigned by computer to classes which were then …

A Study Of Wage Differentials Between Females And Males In Administrative Positions In A Michigan University, Barbara S. Liggett

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the wages of administrators at Western Michigan University to answer the following questions: Are there wage differentials between men and women in administrative positions at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan; and, if differentials exist, what are possible explanations for such wage differentials?

The research population was 439 non-bargaining unit administrative employees; 241 females and 198 males were included.

The data were gathered from university records, using a computerized system developed by the researcher. In addition to gender and salary, the variables of experience, education, occupation selection (grade) and performance were studied. Descriptive …

Field Testing Of An Instrument For Measuring Educator Knowledge Of Laws Of The State Of Michigan, Barbara A. Souve

Dissertations

In this study, educator literacy about selected laws of the state of Michigan pertaining to education is examined. Literature related to laws and litigation have often included assertions that educators are not familiar with laws and court decisions related to their workplace.

The purpose of this study was to develop and field test an instrument for measurement of educator knowledge of laws of the state of Michigan related to education and judged important as laws about which educators should be knowledgeable. A test was developed from three sources: the Michigan School Code of 1976, Michigan Laws Relating to Education, and …

An Investigation Of Variables Related To Successful Foster Care Of Juvenile Delinquents, John Charles Weiks

Dissertations

This research was designed to investigate the outcomes of foster care placements involving delinquent youth placed by a juvenile court in regular foster family homes and more specialized treatment group homes (TGH). Forty predictor variables were identified through a survey of probation officers and a review of the literature. The major research question was to determine which of these variables were significantly associated with outcome of foster care placements. A second research question was to determine whether there were different variables related to foster family placement outcomes as compared to TGH placement outcomes.

The case records of 233 youth removed …

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

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting July 18, 1986, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Gift Report
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Recommendations re Fall Semester 1986 Tuition Schedule
• Recommendation re General Fund Budget for 1986/87
• Recommendation re Borrowing Resolution (Term-Loan Agreement)
• Recommendation re Computing Facilities Bond Offering
• Recommendation re Appointment of Bond Underwriting Firm
• Recommendation re Tuition Remission
• Recommendation re Authorization to Confer Degrees
• Recommendation re Honorary Degrees
• Board Committee Reports
• Report on Intercollegiate Athletics
• Minority Purchasing Report
• Miller Auditorium
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

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

Western News, July 3, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Several appointed to administrative positions, Architects named for new building, Announce changes in office locations, Two earn secretarial certification

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.

Author Index

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Index to authors in volume 26.

Article Index

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Index to articles in volume 26.

Teaching/Learning: The Student Viewpoint, Bruce A. Lloyd, Rosa C. Lloyd

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Learning is a vital aspect in the life of every individual. To some it comes, easily, but to others it does not. Why this happens depends on several interrelated factors. Among them are home environment and parental support, individual capabilities/potential including mental maturity and personal drive, and school/educational classroom methodology or procedures. The latter point is the focus of this paper.

Improving Students' Comprehension Of Character Development In Plays, Claire Ashby-Davis

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This article is divided into three sections, each a development of theory or practices which relate to direct teaching of thinking in the reading or language arts classroom. These are: 1. the need for a reader to use inductive reasoning when reading a play; 2. the importance of understanding character development in a play; and, 3. the presentation of a method to teach inductive reasoning directly so that students can use the strategy when analyzing character development in plays.

Our Daughter Learns To Read And Write: Looking Back, Marcia Baghban

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

I enjoy reminiscing about our earliest years with Giti and her language learning. My husband, Hafiz, and I were graduate students at Indiana University and interested in everything there was to know about life. When I found out I was pregnant, I never doubted that our child would read. I had spent entire days in my childhood whipping through piles of library books and swapping Nancy Drew and Judy Bolton books with cousins. My husband had taught himself to read under the most miserable of circumstances, and begged for paper and pen in a Central Asian village where neither could …

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 …

And This Little Teacher Went To Market, Charles R. Whaley, Deborah Yacinda

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Have you ever seen an unmotivated child in a supermarket? There I s no such thing! From tempting displays of colorful, animated cereal boxes to appealing, eye-level candies at checkout, children (and adults) are bombarded with motivating messages from the friendly market manager. These master merchandisers could teach us something about motivation in the classroom.

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.

Learning To Read Better: Training Decoding, Comprehension And Perceptual Skills, Elizabeth J. Short, E. Marcia Sheridan, Louise Anes

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The present study is a program evaluation designed to evaluate an elementary school remedial reading instructional program using Carr's model (1982) of reading ability. The "Learning to Read Better" program evolved from Anes' (1979a, 1979b, 1981) study and experience In teaching children with reading problems. The program is structured according to the components of the reading process, with time in the reading room and teaching responsibility allocated so that learning in each component occurs during every remedial session. Four key components of the reading process emphasized in this program are: visual-perceptual training, decoding, oral reading, and comprehension.

Reading Horizons Vol. 26, No. 4

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 26, issue 4.

The Consonant Generalizations Revisited, Louis Gates

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

It has been over twenty years Since Clymer published his pioneer phonic generalization study. In this study Clymer selected four widely used basal reader manuals from which he culled over 150 consonant and other word attack generalizations, including some that had been used without question from the time that phonic generalizations were first introduced by Noah Webster.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting June 20, 1986, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Gift Report
• Grant Report
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Recommendation re Revised 1985/86 General Fund Operating Budget
• Resolution re Continuation of 1985/86 Budget into 1986/87
• Recommendation re Revinvestment of Unitrust and Pooled Income Funds Account
• Recommendation re Liquor License
• Recommendation re Revised Policy on Naming of Buildings
• Recommendation re Architect Selection for College of Business Building
• Board Committee Reports
• Report on Tour Group Visit to Russia
• Affirmative Action Report
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Western News, June 19, 1986, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Tuition discount to be recommended, MLK Program kicks off year, Orientation sessions under way, Buckner selected for summer institute, Scholarship available to China, Forum on crime and disabled set

A Commitment To Excellence: Faculty Recognition Dinner 1986, Western Michigan University

Faculty Recognition

A Commitment to Excellence

Faculty Recognition Dinner

June 7, 1986

Honored Guests:

• Donald E. Boven
• Russell W. Brown
• Walter J. Brunhumer
• Zane Cannon
• Bernadine P. Carlson
• Bill M. Chambers
• John A. Copps
• Gurdino G. Dadlani
• Betty J. Deshler
• Robert L. Culp
• Ruth M. Davis
• Edsel Erickson
• John M. Fisher
• Jack D. Jones
• Ruth Kaarlela
• Adli S. Kana'an
• Janet Kanzler
• Dorothy J. McGinnis
• Margie Jeanne Miner
• William F. Morrison
• Paul T. Mountjoy
• Robert C. Nagler
• John E. Sandberg
• George B. Seafort
• Barbara J. Stephenson
• Robert B. Trader
• James P. Zietlow

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.

The Effects Of Strain Differences On The Binding Of Concavalian A To Mouse Sperm, Lisa A. Mckay

Honors Theses

The current study, lectins were used as genetic probes to determine the phenotype of the sperm from different strains of mice. Lectins are proteins of non-immune origin, which bind to specific carbohydrates (McCoy, 1986). Being that virtually all cell membranes contain carbohydrate components, lectins have been used to identify all types of cells. In this study, a biotinylated lectin Concavalian A (Con A) derived from Canavalia ensiformis, was used and binding was detected using an avidin-biotin peroxidase (ABP) complex technique. The object of the current research was to 1) determine if mouse strain differences have an effect on lectin binding, …