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The Relationship Between Cognitive Style Match And Observer Ratings Of Cotherapy Teams, Philip R. Mitchell

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Traceability In Graphs, Ronald J. Gould

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

An Alternatives Prevention Approach To Drug Abuse, Wilma Joan Busse

Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of a primary prevention alternatives strategy with undergraduate college students. The prevention approach was examined to determine its effect upon the students' drug knowledge, drug attitudes, drug use behavior, and participation in alternative behaviors.

The design used was the pre-test - post-test control group design. There were five groups and two group leaders. The five groups consisted of two reinforcement of alternatives groups, two placebo/discussion groups and one control group. A total of sixtyseven volunteer subjects were randomly assigned across the five groups. The reinforcement and placebo/discussion groups were exposed …

Preparation And Properties Of Benzotropones And Benzohomotropones, Robert E. Suder

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Self-Concept Enhancing Activities On Students In Classrooms For The Emotionally Impaired, Pamela Neal Britton Schutz

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Western News, July 26, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Four Administrators Are Reassigned, Vice President Loew Resigns, Trustees Appoint Associate Dean, Second Elderhostel this Summer Ends Saturday, Lou Rawls Appearance Here Postponed, WIDR-FM Will Ask for Increased Power, New Student Vehicle Rates Approved, Doctoral Examination Dates Set, Bowers; Alvarez; Orr and Nobes Will Retire

Western News, July 19, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Familiar Sight on Campus to Change, Board of Trustees Meets Friday, Videotape on Dance Wins Awards, Suterko Will Teach Blind Mobility in Poland, Special Photo Equipment on Display Here, Today is Homecoming Publication Deadline, East Meets West(ern) in Coming Conference, Energy is Conserved via Car Pools

Western News, July 12, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Jurors Needed for "Practice" Trials, Businessmen Teach in Summer Institute, Pearl Bailey and Kingston Trio Coming Here, Study Committee Makes Recommendations, Invitation to Study/Teach in China Offered, Summer Edition of Quarterly Journal Issued, Band Clinic at Waldo Stadium, High School Students Study Paper Science Here

Western News, July 5, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Legislators Honor WMUK for Peabody Award, University Wins Recognition for Cost Cutting, Elderhostel Openings Still Available, Study Use of TV for School Instruction, Faculty-Staff Golf Champions Crowned, Muskegon Regional Center has New Address, All-Star Wing Will Join WMU Hockey Program

The Real Energy Shortage, Ken Vandermeulen

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Letter from the editor.

Reading Research--What Difference Does It Make?, Richard D. Robinson

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

What we are confronting here is the dilemma of implementation - how can the results of reading research be utilized in a meaningful way by those who are given the responsibility of teaching children?

The Science Of Reading, John D. Stammer

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Those who teach children to read are continually seeking answers to several questions that will improve their approaches to helping children learn.

Selling Reading, Nancy Galen, John Prendergast

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Reading teachers hope all their students will become lifelong readers. Students who can successfully propel themselves through print and who view reading as a worthwhile activity are most likely to form this type of permanent attachment to reading. Thus, there should be two ultimate goals of all reading instruction: the evolution of both competent and avid readers.

Teachers' Perceptions Of Children's Reading Miscues, Duane R. Tovey

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Many journal articles, scholarly reports and books have been published regarding miscues and the predictive/ communicative nature of the reading process. Few teachers, however, seem to be aware of these more recent research findings which hold highly significant implications for instruction. How many teachers are aware of the predictive/communicative nature of the reading process? How do they feel about reading behavior that does not process each word in a precise exacting manner? Unless teachers are aware of such concepts and incorporate them in their teaching, research efforts become inconsequential.

Book Review, Eleanor Buelke

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Feelings: Our Vital Signs by Willard Gaylin

Black Students Get An Edge In Reading, Barbara C. Palmer, Lawrence E. Hafner

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The purpose of this article is not so much to report that minority children are having trouble in learning to read all kinds of children are for that matter·· but to point out that with the proper kind of instruction black children can do as well as other children. Consider briefly the findings of a few research studies documenting contentions about the reading acquisition problems that numbers of black children have.

Professional Concerns, R Baird Shuman, Collet B. Dilworth Jr.

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

In the contribution which follows, Collett B. Dilworth, Jr., of the English Department at East Carolina University, gets to the very heart of why literature is taught in schools. He broaches the question of how literary study relates to the basic skills, and he ties his rationale in with questions of accountability and its handmaiden, competency testing. Probably the heart of Dilworth's argument is in his statement, "The student of literature is not primarily looking for information, s/he is looking for experience."

Reading Horizons Vol. 19, No. 4

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 19, issue 4.

Article Index

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Index to articles in volume 19.

Elementary Students' Definitions Of Reading, Kathleen M. Ngandu

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Many reading education authorities (i.e. Smith 1978; Stauffer 197b; Thorndike 1973) discuss reading as a meaning identification process in which the reader actively thinks about what s/he reads. Similarly, most classroom teachers include this relationship between reading and meaning in their definitions of reading (Green, Macaui, & Wood 1978).

Little research. however, has been done on children's perceptions of reading (Tovey 1976). How do children view reading? Do they also view reading as a process emphasizing meaning. or do they view reading as something else? The purpose of this study was to investigate children's definitions of reading. with a special …

The Gifted Student In The Intermediate Grades: Developing Creativity Through Reading, Sharon Dunn

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

There is no consensus on what makes a child gifted. Certainly it is a combination of a multitude of factors: The child's natural heredity sets an upper limit to his possibilities, but giftedness is not a package given at birth with no hopes of change. It is a growing, becoming process that constantly creates, elaborates and refines itself by selecting, comparing, and organizing life experiences (Strang, 1960).

Bringing Children And Books Together, Mary Jane Gray

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The author of good children's books devotes his talents to creating new worlds into which continuing generations eagerly seek entrance. How can teacher help children to discover these new worlds? It has been said that in order to help children develop an interest in reading and a desire to read, the classroom teacher must be familiar with children's books. Much of the literature dealing with the teaching of reading seems to indicate that capitalizing on interests is a relatively recent practice, however, a glance back to the seventeenth century demonstrates that at least one individual would have been an ardent …

Diagnosis--A Part Of Content Area Reading, Martha C. Cheek, Earl H. Cheek

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

One of the major trends in education is that of relating reading instruction to the content areas. Middle and secondary school content specialists have been asked to incorporate appropriate reading or learning skills into their content teaching. Many content specialists have recognized this need and are attempting to meet the challenge. Much in-service education is being provided to assist these teachers. Additionally, many state certification standards are requiring that pre-service programs provide new content specialists with necessary instruction in teaching reading in their content areas.

A Foot In The Door: The Annotated Checklist, Timothy R. Hornberger, Jack Cassidy

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The role of the reading specialist has traditionally been perceived as broader in some scope than that of just a remedial teacher. Ideally, the reading specialist becomes a resource upon which all classroom teachers can rely. Some recent evidence (IRA, 1976) seems to support the assumption that this ideal is, at least to some degree, a reality at the elementary level.

Inferential Aspects Of The Cloze Task, Michael C. Mckenna

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The central assumption underlying the cloze procedure is that context can be used inferentially to predict deleted words (or other graphic units). The importance of this assumption suggests that an adequate understanding of the cloze task is impossible without an analytical knowledge of the role inference must play. The present discussion embodies a stepwise analysis of this role, from the point at which the context is read to the point at which the reader is able to distinguish acceptable responses.

Author Index

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

Index to authors in volume 19.

Quick Reviews

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

No abstract available.

Principles For Establishing Effective Secondary Reading Programs, Donald C. Cushenbery

Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts

The purpose of this article is to make recommendations regarding the manner in which an effective, viable reading curriculum should be established.

Western News, June 28, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Police Find "Wright" Answer to Gas Problem, EVO Staff Members Win Awards, Into the Pool, Everyone!, Aviation Seminars begin Next Month, WMU is Represented in Australia, Student Chosen for a Year's Study Abroad, Oppliger Appointed Liaison Person, Doctoral Examination Date Set

Western News, June 21, 1979, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Temporary Budget Approval Given, Administrative Changes Announced, Hoy Will Retire July 1, Trustees Plan Building Maintenance, Settle Suit on Flood Damage, Carney Will Head Art Department, Trustees Approve Tuition/Health Fee Boosts, Memorial Services Set for Dr. William Viall