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Thoughts On Seeing Grant Wood's "American Gothic", Carmen Lowe

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

Train Ride, Gretchen Spaans

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

To My Shrink, Sue Lott

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

A Somewhat Entertaining Short Story With Little, If Any Redeeming Social Significance, Joel Firehammer

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

An Army Of Maples, Diane Dragon

Calliope (1954-2001)

No abstract provided.

75-Archaeological Survey Of The Sumitec Corporation Expansion Project, City Of Benton Harbor, Michigan (Er 9289), William M. Cremin

Reports of Investigations

At the request of Ms. Joy Bauer, Consultant, and Mr. Michael R. Prochaska, President, M.R. Prochaska, Inc.,acting for the City of Benton Harbor, Michigan, the project Princigal Investigator, Dr. William M. Cremin, planned and initiated on-site evaluation of a parcel of land fronting on Paw Paw Avenue and intended for expansion of Sumitec Corporation facilities. There follows a report of fieldwork conducted on 20 Nov 86, together with appropriate background information and recommendations based upon our findings.

18-Archaeological Survey Of Hiscock #1-11 Well Pad (20ae813) And Access Road, Valley Township, Allegan County, Michigan, Elizabeth B. Garland

Archaeological Technical Reports

Project Inception

Michael G. Cote, District Geologist, Department of Natural Resources (Plainwell), contacted Elizabeth Garland by telephone on August 18, 1986, concerning preparation of an oil drilling locality in Valley Township, Allegan County. A map detailing the location was delivered to Garland by a representative of the Petroleum Leasing and Exploration Company (Allegan) the following day. Since the planned well site was seen to be near a stream and within half a mile of a known prehistoric site, an archaeological survey was deemed advisable. Field work was carried out on August 20 and 21 by Garland and two associates from …

20-Archaeological Survey Of The Us-23 Weigh Stations Project In Whiteford Township, Monroe County, Michigan, William M. Cremin

Archaeological Technical Reports

With the execution of a Cultural Resource Investigation work authorization (#6-86/87) under contract #85-1115 (MDOS ER #4573), as amended, on 10 Oct 86 between the Michigan Department of Transportation, the Michigan Department of State, and Western Michigan University, authorizing Phase I assessment of the US-23 Weigh Stations project in Whiteford Township, Monroe County, Michigan, archaeologists undertook a systematic and intensive on-site survey of the project on 20-21 Oct 86.

Employing reconnaissance and shovel testing,procedures, the survey team thoroughly examined an area of 25.9 ha (64 acres), making not a single observation of potential significance with respect to the presence in …

The Reading Conference: Questions, Information, Activities And Feedback, Elene S. Demos

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Just as a lesson can fail because of poor planning, so can a conference. To avoid this, the teacher must make some preliminary decisions. The teacher must first decide the purpose of the conference. According to Hunter (1976), there are three types of conferences and each type serves a different purpose. These types include giving information, receiving information and problem solving. We are now ready to enter the first phase of the conference.

Strategies For Independently Attacking Unrecognized Words, Leo M. Schell

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Jenkins, et al (1980) asked 17 good and 17 poor third grade readers to pronounce nonsense words such as clide, sarwinky, and weapadoot in isolation. They found that the good readers were significantly more flexible in their attempts than were the poor readers, many of whom either continuously repeated a pronunciation or gave one that was entirely unrelated to the key word. Even though given repeated opportunities to correctly pronounce these words, poor readers as a group didn't change each pronunciation or think of reasonable alternatives.

Reading Horizons Vol. 26, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 26, issue 2.

Bulletin Western Michigan University: The Graduate Catalog 1986-1988, 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

Twelve "Musts" For Improved Reading Comprehension, Linda M. Clary

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Recent years have brought an unprecedented interest in reading comprehension, particularly in the area of research. The Center for the Study of Reading was established in 1976 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, with its basic goal to conduct research into the underlying processes of reading comprehension. One unusual characteristic of this endeavor was the assembly of a multidisciplinary staff of researchers from the areas of psychology and linguistics, as well as reading. Over the past years, the CSR has been prolific in its research and dissemination with hundreds of pieces of ongoing research and summaries of studies having been …

Literary Books Make The Difference In Teaching The Esl Student, Mary H. Appleberry

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Eager, bright eyed children gather close around the teacher's chair, where she holds several enticing books. In this multiethnic class she makes very sure that Juanita, Pablo, and Kim, who know little English, are seated close to her where they can point to pictures and hear her words clearly. The teacher begins with The Very Hungry Caterpillar, the children giggling as he eats his way through "One red apple", "Two yellow pears", etc. While the story is reread the children join in chorus as different pupils point to the pictures. The teacher continues with Teddy Bears One to Ten, Ape …

Using Language To Gain Insight Into Literacy Learning, Dora L. Bailey, Richard T. Vacca

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

A "language story" captures children's interactions with their immediate surroundings--the world about them--in such a way that it reflects how children develop the expectation that oral or written language is meaningful. As teachers of reading and writing we can use children's language stories as a tool to gain insights into processes related to literacy learning.

Teacher Expectation: Implications For Achievement, Dan T. Ouzts

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

One variable that has often been cited for high achievement in school is that of high expectations for learning. While most teachers would agree that some type of expectation, positive or negative, is placed upon every student in every classroom, how one arrives at these expect at ions varies as much as the effect it has upon the student. The idea that we as classroom teachers may have different expectations for students in our classrooms could be related to the different types of interactions that are a daily part of the classroom.

What, then, are the characteristics of the classroom …

Reading Role Models: Fictional Readers In Children's Books, Dee C. Storey

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Teachers and librarians know how important reading role models are in fostering a positive attitude toward books. This crucial aspect of a child's education should go beyond decoding and comprehension to encompass a true enjoyment of reading. Educators also hope that youngsters will value literature for what it is and what it has to offer. Such a mind set is frequently incubated at home and further developed early on in the elementary grades.

Minutes Of The Faculty Senate Councils, 1986-87, Wmu Faculty Senate

Minutes of the WMU Faculty Senate Councils

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Yearbook, 1986-87, Wmu Faculty Senate

WMU Faculty Senate Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Durkin Revisited, Katherine D. Wiesendanger

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

In the present study, nineteen of the classrooms were taught by women, one by a male. There were no combination grades and no teacher aides. All the teachers observed had master's degrees in reading and had been teaching from rh-91 two to sixteen years, with a mean of 8.6 years. The number of students in the classroom ranged from 18 to 27, with a mean of 23.2. In three schools, interclass grouping was used; the rest of the classrooms were self-contained. All observations were done in Western New York by the author from September through May during the 1983-84 school …

Senior Honors Project, Kelly Dyksterhouse

Honors Theses

The Statistical Analysis Project is a computer program that interacts with a person to discover the type of statistical test that person should use. Essentially, this program is intended to assist students, faculty and researchers in choosing the correct statistical procedure to use in a particular situation. For example, there are many different types of tests a person can use to test the mean of data but each test is used in a different situation. This program will tell you which test to use based on the situation you give it. This project was started by Anika Forsblad in 1985.

A Study Of The Attitudes Of Michigan School Board Presidents Toward Superintendents' Political And Policy Leadership In Third And Fourth Class School Districts, Jon Bradley Johnson

Dissertations

The question of whether the school board or the superintendent really governs public schools continues to appear in the literature. An issue related to this question is the amount of political and policy leadership exercised by superintendents.

The purpose of this study was to make a beginning inquiry into current expectations for superintendent political and policy leadership by school board presidents.

Five hypotheses were identified involving variables of political and policy leadership, intraboard cohesion, and size of the district.

The research included requesting data from school board presidents of 513 third and fourth class school districts in Michigan. Eventually 396 …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting December 20, 1985, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• President's Remarks
• Report on Visit to Malaysia
• Gift Report
• Grant Report
• Recommendation re Reinvestment of Unitrust and Pooled Income Funds
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Board Committee Reports
• School of Music Report
• Report of Fine Arts Complex Landscaping Project
• Public Comments
• Adjournment

Western News, December 12, 1985, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: DMB awards funds for two centers, 1,280 degrees to be conferred at commencement, New programs will require new funds, Haenicke tells Faculty Senate, Children's Christmas favorite has unusual history, Five renewal grants top $50,000 in report to Board, Munsterman; Oxhandler appointed to new positions

Western News, December 5, 1985, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Financial aid available for nontraditional students, Arts and Sciences Forum Dec. 11 to present discussion on interdisciplinary programs, Nava; Torres to speak during Christmas Fiesta, Patterson named special assistant to Haenicke, New curriculum designed for undecided students, Black Caucus to sponsor banquet and dance, Bates heads Martin Luther King Jr. Program, 1984-85 performance review program summary report published

25 Year Club: Fourth Annual Banquet, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club

Fourth Annual Banquet

December 4, 1985

The Westerner Vol. 6 No. 3, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Halley's comet expected to thrill audiences less than it did the last time around • Project will help children with communication disorders • Board seeks state funds for business college, library • A television visit with artist-entrepreneur Gwen Frostic • President Haenicke hoping to bolster academic excellence at Western • Professor emeritus of history honored on ninety-fifth birthday • Sports • 1985 Development Fund gifts increase 45 percent over last year • WMU Foundation assets total more than $7.7 million • Dear WMU Alumni: • Career assessment offered • Alumnotes

Geology Newsletter- 1985, Department Of Geology

Geological and Environmental Sciences News

Vol 1 No. 10

• Dear Alumni and Friends
• Geology Development Fund
• Advisory Council
• Faculty News
• W. David Kuenzi Scholarship Fund
• Awards and Scholarships
• Geology and Earth Science Club

Continuing Professional Education For Teachers And Its Relationship To Teacher Effectiveness, Gregory Allen Knoblock

Dissertations

In this study, the relationship between continuing education for the teacher and that teacher's effectiveness as measured by an achievement test and an evaluative measure completed by the teacher's students is investigated. The importance that number of hours, currentness, and subject area has upon any relationship with effectiveness, and the relationship between motivation for entry into and satisfaction with graduate/postgraduate work are also studied.

Data necessary to test these relationships were obtained from two sources: a survey of mathematics teachers in Macomb County, Michigan, and the results from two student instruments randomly administered to the classes of those teachers volunteering …

Microencapsulation As An Alternative To Emulsification For Preparing As A For Use In Papermaking, William J. Corriveau

Masters Theses

The sizing chemical ASA is emulsified to make i t compatible with the papermaking process. Unfortunately, emulsified ASA is chemically reactive with water at the elevated temperatures found in papermaking systems. As an alternative, encapsulated ASA was made and investigated for its stability towards water at elevated temperatures.

A handsheet procedure was developed to analyze emulsified and encapsulated ASA. It was concluded that the procedure gave statistically reproducible results. Investigations with the procedure revealed important variables concerning the laboratory and m ill application of ASA. Evidence indicated that retention of ASA was critical to sizing development.

Encapsulated ASA made for …