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Writing For Reading, Robert Karlin, Andrea R. Karlin

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

For some time concern about the writing ability of students has matched the attention given to their reading development. Teachers of all subjects are urged to require their students to write more, and suggestions for helping students improve their writing abound. At the same time we see additional justification for stressing writing; improvement in writing might well lead to improvement in reading.

Readiness For Reading Readiness, Beverly B. Swanson

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

A child entering school is confronted with the truly immense task of learning how to read. Though more research has been done in this area of education than most others, how a child goes about acquiring the skill of reading is still basically unknown.

Internal Motivation And Feelings Of College Students In The Developmental Program, Anne M. Ferguson, Joe Bitner

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The purpose of the Developmental Education Program at Southeastern Louisiana University is to provide a program to meet the needs of students who enter the University with inadequate school preparation. One major problem facing the entering college student is a lack of basic reading skills which hampers the student's ability to follow classroom presentations, read required materials, organize and summarize content information, and interpret examination instructions and questions. Student deficiencies in the area of reading include low word recognition, poor meaning vocabulary, inadequate reading comprehension and slow rate of reading. The other pressing problem is the students' lack of confidence …

Reading Horizons Vol. 24, No. 2

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 24, issue 2.

Ssr, Accountability And Effective Reading Instruction, Mark C. Sadoski

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Recently, SSR has amassed a research base which strongly suggests that it is of significant value in promoting reading achievement when combined with a regular program of reading instruction and that it has a positive effect on student reading attitudes and habits (Moore, Jones & Miller, 1980; Sadoski, 1980). SSR may also be a reading activity that has more points of contact with successful educational outcomes in reading than perhaps any other single reading activity.

A Simplified Miscue Analysis For Classroom And Clinic, James W. Cunningham

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

In light of the work of Goodmans, Burke, and Tortelli, the author has developed a miscue analysis system which attempts to maintain the strengths and completeness of the RMI while eliminating most of its weaknesses.

Read First, Test Later: Meeting The Needs Of The 'Overskilled' Reader, Karen D. Wood

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Is there really a problem with overskilled readers in our schools? Yes, but not necessarily with the kind of skill that suggests proficiency in reading. Instead, there is a problem when students are routinely subjected to a myriad of isolated, ordered skills all in the name of readin ginstruction. Workbooks and ditto sheets are common purveyors of "overskill." But the real culprit is an over-reliance on basal assessment tests for progress and placement; particluarly those which sacrifice comprehension in favor of decoding, structural analysis and reference skills to name a few. What actually occurs in the classroom to perpetuate "overskill?"

Promote Identifying With Characters For Motivation In Reading Stories, Samuel A. Perez

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

This article provides teachers with generic questions that may be used to help children identify with story characters. The questions can be used with most stories and books, but should not be thought of as a substitute for preparing a variety of questions at various levels of understanding for specific selection

Wordless Books For All Ages, Karla Hawkins Wendelin

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Wordless books are plentiful and vary widely in their presentation of concepts and plot complexity. Below are some recent wordless books appropriate for a wide range of age/grade levels.

1984 Brown & Gold Western Michigan University, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Yearbooks (1906-1985)

• Pictures from across campus
• Pictures of Seniors

Faculty Senate Yearbook, 1984-85, Wmu Faculty Senate

WMU Faculty Senate Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Using A Modified Smog In Primary And Intermediate Grades, Lawrence L. Smith

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Since educators tend not to use the SMOG Grade because of its variant scores from the Fry Graph, and since the SMOG is so easy and requires no word lists or charts, the author decided to attempt a modification of the SMOG so that it might correlate more closely with the Fry Graph.

Promoting Language And Reading Development For Two Vietnamese Children, Brenda Weaver, Diane J. Sawyer

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The remainder of this paper is a case report of how the reading specialist in this district organized available information on ESL and the normal progress of language development in order to identify instructional goals, assess linguistic and cultural awareness, structure a program based on this information, and to evaluate pupil growth toward attainment of the instructional goals.

Wmu Board Of Trustees Regular Meeting December 16, 1983, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes
• Correspondence
• President's Remarks
• Academic Personnel Report
• Non-Academic Personnel Report
• Gift and Grant Report
• Recommendation re Depository Accounts
• Recommendation re Checking Accounts with First National Bank and Trust Company
• Recommendation re Resolution on the National Bank of Detroit as Depository
• Recommendation re Imprest Checking Account for Miller Auditorium
• Recommendation re Account with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Genner and Smith, Inc.
• Recommendation re Endowment Investment Policy
• Recommendation re Chemical Bank Corporate and Institutional Bank of New York
• Recommendation re Old Kent Bank and Trust Company
• Recommendation re Divisional Name Change
• Recommendation re Departmental Merger and …

Western News, December 8, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Program to up number of women and minorities in higher administrative positions at University, 12 to be inducted into 25 Year Club tonight, List offices to be open during holiday recess

25 Year Club: Second Annual Banquet, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club

Second Annual Banquet

December 8, 1983

• New Inductees
• Charter Members

The Westerner Vol. 4 No. 3, Western Michigan University

The Westerner (1980-1997)

• Students hunt for jobs by computer • Western shows its bones to the community • Smith encourages business-campus cooperation • Information network announced • WMU Foundation Board elects officers • Paper Technology board elected • Pond area renamed for biologist • HIREing is underway • Cooperation is the answer to higher education problems • Brighter future for education predicted • Mentor/Men tee Program on the rise • Health grant emphasizes prevention • Speech Pathology and Audiology receives grant • Tax laws favor giving • Among Alumni • Sports

Western News, December 1, 1983, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Speech Path; Audiology grant will boost programs, School of Music Christmas concert is Sunday, Noted Africanist to speak on art next week

The Use Of Old Corrugated Board In The Manufacture Of High Quality White Papers, Rene H. Kapik

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

Clean corrugated board waste was fractionated into its softwood/hardwood fiber components, repulped using a kraft pulping process, and bleached using a CEHD bleaching sequence in an effort to produce high brightness fiber suitable for use in medium to high quality white paper.

The papers produced has almost equivalent mechanical strengths and opacity, but possessed unsatisfactory brightness and cleanliness when compared to commercially manufactured bleached kraft pulps of identical softwood/hardwood contents.

Based on this experimental data, the use of recycled fiber from corrugated board as a fiber substitute in the manufacture of high quality printing and writing papers is not recommended …

Effects Of Ultrasonic Vibration On A Coating Slurry As It Dries On The Sheet, Craig N. Husted

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

This thesis involves a study of the reaction of coating pigment slurries to ultrasonic vibrations during drying on a sheet of paper. The coating was done with a Meyer Rod and immediately transferred to the surface of a loudspeaker apparatus until dry. Several different coating formulations were used and evaluated with and without ultrasonic agitation. These coatings include combinations of #2 clay, delaminated clay, titanium dioxide, calcium carbonate, and polystyrene plastic pigment. Frequencies of 25,000 Hz and 42,000 Hz were used as well as the control group which was not treated. The amplitude was the highest attainable with the frequency …

Cleaning And Upgrading Of Post Consumer Corrugated Containers As A Secondary Fiber Source, Daniel L. May

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

Introduction

The use of secondary fiber as a source of raw material in the paper industry is now an important reality ingrained into papermaking. The reasons for using secondary fiber are many and diversified but most point to economy as the primary factor. With wood and virgin pulp becoming more expensive, secondary fiber will undoubtedly maintain its place in the industry and may increase in the future. Total paper production is approaching 88,000,000 tons. Of this total only 23,000,000 is recycled. With nearly 64% of total paper production going to waste either through landfill, incineration or other disposal methods it …

An Investigation Of The Feasibility Of The Replacement Of Starch By Synthetic Cationic Polymers For The Emulsification Of Alkenyl Succinic Anhydride, Lisa L. Schultz

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

The objective of this study was to determine the feasibility of replacing cationic starch with a synthetic cationic polymer in the emulsification of alkenyl succinic anhydride for use in alkaline sizing.

Three methods of determining the validity of the hypothesis were investigated. The mechanisms encompassed with respect to polymer performance were emulsion stability, retention of ASA, and ASA hydrolysis.

Study Of Bagasse Pulps To Obtain Corrugated Medium, Maria A. Carbonari

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

Bagasse was used as raw material to pulp various NSSC, Soda and Kraft liquors and evaluated as corrugating medium. A new pulping procedure with the M & K Digester was developed in order to reach maximum temperature at the shortest practical time.

It was found that a 10% Active Alkali at 5% Sulfidity and an NSSC liquor at pH 10 with 15% SO₂ on pulp gave suitable strength properties. The NSSC cook gave a higher yield but a pulp with more shives.

Keywords: Bagasse, Kraft, Soda, neutral sulfite semichemical, corrugating medium

Effect Of Hot Supercalendering On Sheets With High Filler Loadings And Polypropylene Fibers Added, Michael R. Whitescarver

Paper Engineering Senior Theses

This study investigates the effects of hot supercalendering on sheets with high filler loadings and polypropylene pulp added. An uncoated sheet that had sheet and optical characteristics similar to a coated number three sheet. was desired. Research was conducted in two stages, handsheet analysis and a machine trial on Western Michigan University's Fourdrinier Pilot Plant. The hot supercalendering of these sheets with 15% Pulpex resulted in a 111% increase in Scott Bond. Unconsolidated Pulpex has no synergestic effects with clay fillers for gloss, brightness, and opacity. Pulpex that has been consolidated does have a synergistic effect with clay for gloss.

Geology Newsletter- 1983, Department Of Geology

Geological and Environmental Sciences News

Vol. 1 No. 8

• Dear Alumni and Friends
• Geology Development Fund
• Faculty News
• Geology/ Earth Science Club
• 1982-1983 Awards and Scholarships
• Alumni News
• Geology Department Graduate Students

Psychological Typology Of The Local Firm Certified Public Accountant, Paul John Otte

Dissertations

This research expanded the study of psychological typology to the local firm Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Differences in type have been previously reported, based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), resulting from both level of authority and area of specialization in Big Eight firm CPAs. This study utilized the MBTI and a Personal Data Questionnaire to identify types and accumulate data related to the independent variables of level and preferred area of specialization. The MBTI operationalizes Jung's type theory and reports 16 possible Jungian types which were the dependent variables in this study.

The population of interest included individuals employed …

A Magnetic And Resistivity Survey Of Cork Street Landfill, Stanislaw Leja

Masters Theses

Geophysical techniques such as magnetic and electrical resistivity methods are being increasingly applied in investigations of landfills.

For this survey, measurements of the intensity of the earth's magnetic field were taken at regular intervals along traverses. Resistivity readings were taken at selected intervals along the same or very similar traverses. Additional resistivity depth measurements or soundings were obtained at selected points in and around the landfill.

Profiles were analyzed for individual dump structures and for overall magnetic and resistivity response. Contour maps were drawn from the measurements at the site to depict broad trends or patterns. Deeper subsurface geology was …

The Effects Of Caffeine Alone, And In Combination With Nicotine, On Several Behaviors In Rats, Judith S. Devoe

Masters Theses

Several doses of caffeine-sodium benzoate (0.0, 2.5, 5.0, 10.0 & 20.0 mg/kg, stated as salt) were administered daily by intraperitoneal injections (IP) for an initial twelve consecutive days which constituted Phase I. A probe-dose of nicotine (2.0 mg/kg) was administered in combination with each caffeine dose for the following seven days comprising Phase II. Removal of nicotine subsequent to the last day of Phase II initiated a second caffeine-only (nicotine withdrawal) condition, Phase III. Tests of locomotion and aggression ensued at various points of the study and water intakes and body weights were recorded daily, prior to injections. Overall, locomotion …

Effects Of Perceived Power Of Those Assigning Goals On Goal Attainment, Larry L. Langeland

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to present and test with a field experiment the hypothesis that the perceived power of those assigning goals has a significant effect on goal attainment. A survey was used to determine three levels of the independent variable perceived power of three individuals who assigned tasks to subjects. The dependent variables were the number of responses on the tasks of listing 15 specific responses each for increasing cost-effectiveness, improving morale, and improving communication. Forty-three office and management personnel were randomly assigned to three groups, with each group receiving a all levels of power type and …

The Role Of Automatic Conditioned Reinforcement And Automatic Conditioned Punishment In Infant Vocal Behavior, Rick A. Smith

Masters Theses

Two female children, aged 11 and 14 months, were exposed to a procedure in which an experimenter-emitted vocal response was paired with a reinforcing stimulus (positive condition), a neutral stimulus (neutral condition), or a mild aversive stimulus (negative condition). An AB design was utilized to examine the effects of the pairing procedure on the subjects* vocal responding. Sessions were conducted in each subject’s home. Only one subject was exposed to the pairing with a neutral (control) stimulus, and with the mild aversive verbal stimulus. Responding during the post-pairing period remained constant in the neutral condition, but was markedly reduced in …