Part 1
By
Michael Milone, Ph.D.
Author Acknowledgement
Dr. Michael Milone, your course author, brings the authority of experience to the Human
Relations course. As an educator, his teaching experiences provide insight concerning problem areas in his students’ development. As an author, he addresses these areas so that his students and others can succeed. Developing Reading Powers, texts designed to teach reading comprehension, and Scoring High, texts designed to improve student performance on achievement tests, are just two series authored by Dr. Milone to supplement the educational curriculum.
Dr. Milone has also co-authored or written chapters in textbooks dealing with gifted education, special education, reading management, research on handwriting, and learning styles. In his award-winning monthly column in Technology and Learning, he reports on computer hardware and software topics that are of interest to school administrators.
Dr. Milone holds active memberships in over a dozen professional associations in education and psychology. He has served as chairperson of the Technology and Reading
Committee of the International Council of Teachers of English, the Association for
Supervision of Curriculum Development, the Council for Exceptional Children, the
Association for Children with Learning Disabilities, the National Association for the
Education of Young Children, TALMIS, Educational Computer Conferences, and the
Educational Press Association of America.
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