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Showing 1 to 20 of 420 for “"Education, Reading."”.
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Special education reading instructional strategies in one Midwestern intermediate school district
<p>Reading is one of the most important skills needed throughout life. Recent national studies combined with the passage of the No Child Left Behind Law and the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Improvement Act have heightened the educational community’s awareness of the broken …
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Elementary special education student engagement in the general education reading classroom : a case study.
This research is based on the idea that general education teachers have the role and responsibility of providing inclusive classroom instruction for all students. Federal laws and the push for inclusion in general education classrooms contribute to the need for general education teachers to be …
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Involving Students in their own learning: The Experience of a first year Curriculum innovation
… a high level of satisfaction with their basic education; reading, writing and a calculation skills (Hannan and Shorthall, 1991). The level of satisfaction with personal and social development, preparation for work and other adult roles however fall short of the targets reached by basic …
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The relationship of the NCATE standards to the accreditation decision
… Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) standards and certain institutional characteristics in the accreditation decision. Nine teacher education programs were investigated: three programs at the baccalaureate level (Elementary Education, Secondary Education, and Special …
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Reading habits in Scotland circa 1750-1820
This thesis examines reading habits in Scotland between circa 1750 and 1820, a subject surprisingly little studied by historians before, given the backdrop of the Enlightenment, and traditional ideas about Scottish education and literacy. From a methodological viewpoint, reading as an activity at …
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A more perfect union : Joseph Story's synthesis of natural rights philosophy and the common law.
… of the United States as a project of civic education. Reading the Commentaries on the Constitution in this light directs attention to the Nullification Crisis, the context for Story's Commentaries. As such, Story's project of civic education ought to be understood as a response to the rise …
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A descriptive study of the current status of middle schools in Virginia
… a variety of programs including guidance, career education, reading, volunteer, and orientation; however, teacher-advisor and special interest or mini-course programs were found in only 27 and 36 schools, respectively. The majority of teachers had no special training or certification in middle …
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The Role of Grammatical Word Class in Second Language Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition Through Reading
Results showed a difference in learners' initial gain and retention of grammatical class and word meaning, with evidence of greater gain and retention of grammatical class than word meaning. This finding indicates that certain categories of syntactic lexical information, such as grammatical class, …
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Improving Kindergarten Students' Capacity to Learn by Use of Selective Listening Activities
The findings of the five direct in-depth listening activities used to improve the experimental group's listening skills had a significant effect with the Wepman Auditory Discrimination measurement by using initial scores of the Wepman and Listening Skills to equate the groups. The experimental …
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Reading Achievement of Students in a Fifth-Grade Urban Classroom: A Comparison of Basal and Literature-Based Approaches to Teaching Reading. A Longitudinal Study
Reading comprehension scores from the Iowa Test of Basic Skills were used as pretest scores and indicated that there were no statistically significant differences between the groups prior to fifth grade. Observations over time revealed that a literature-based reading program helped students to …
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An Examination of the Factors Affecting State and District Participation in the Voluntary National Test in 4th-Grade Reading
… proposed Voluntary National Test in 4 th-grade Reading (VNTR) and existing state and district reading assessments for similarly aged children was examined. Also studied were the factors that affected states' and districts' decisions about whether to participate in the VNTR. Findings obtained …
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Case Studies of Turkish Children's Literacy and Oral Language Development in English as a Second Language
Both students demonstrated use of reading strategies. Unfamiliarity with vocabulary and genre seemed to hinder their comprehension, and the expository text was more difficult for them. The students' English oral language and literacy abilities showed a negative relationship, where oral proficiency …
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Predicting Chinese Children's Reading Development From Kindergarten to Second Grade
… to a better understanding of how normal Chinese reading acquisition develops and what cognitive skills underpin this development. The long-term goals are to improve methods for reading instruction for all children and to enable the early identification and treatment of at-risk children.
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The Effects of Oral Repeated Reading With and Without Corrective Feedback on the Fluency and Comprehension of Narrative and Expository Text for Struggling Readers
In this study, the effects of oral repeated reading with and without corrective feedback on the fluency and comprehension of 6-7th grade struggling readers are examined. Comparisons were made by group on readings of narrative and expository texts and by type of comprehension questions. Students …
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First and Second Language Readers Distinguishing Fact From Opinion: An Exploratory Study
Results were examined by groups, items, and individuals. These results indicated that readers used evidentials and relied on the first part of combined sentences in making fact and opinion evaluations. The more proficient second language readers evaluated most sentences similar to first language …
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Constructing and Validating Parallel Forms of Performance-Based Writing Prompts in an Academic Setting
"Based on the findings of the investigation on prompt comparability, it was concluded that the degree of comparability among the three new EPT writing prompts was generally quite high in terms of both the placement reproducibility and the skill profile consistency, despite their slight differences …
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Mexican-American High School Students and the Role of Literacy Across Home-School-Community Settings
… learning because it provided culturally relevant reading material. At home, most students had monolingual Spanish-speaking parents and home literacy practices encompassed translation activities, functional literacy, and reading for entertainment. The lost opportunities for effective literacy …
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Effects of Simultaneous Listening and Reading on Second Language Learners' Comprehension
This study found that simultaneous listening and reading does not always improve L2 comprehension. Under some conditions, multichannel input can cause interference which lowers students' comprehension. Slowing down the speed and reducing the number of channels of input can sometimes be effective …
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