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Showing 1 to 20 of 72 for “"Language arts (Elementary)"”.
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Who Is She? A Case Study of A Teacher of Gifted Learners
<p>An English language arts elementary teacher is the focus of this qualitative case study. For twelve years, 'Karen Winters' (pseudonym) served as an elementary reading specialist for struggling readers and today, she is in her second year of teaching English language arts to students who are …
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A multimodal program of identification and remediation for intermediate students with learning disabilities in the area of written expression
<p>The study was not concerned with those students who have seevere problems of phasia, agnosia, apraxia, or alexis. It was not concerned with the “non-reader” or the child diagnosed as dyslexic.</p><p>The focus of the study was on those students who exhibited the following behaviors: (1) those who …
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Utilization of emergent literacy skills with a grade one physical education class: A case of selected Primary Schools in Lundazi District of Zambia
… pupils. Data was analysed thematically and pie charts with bar charts were produced through Microsoft excel. Findings revealed that children came with emergent literacy to a PE class such as athletical, rhythmic and manipulative literacy. The study also established different types of knowledge …
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Utilization of emergent literacy skills with a grade one physical education class: A case of selected Primary Schools in Lundazi District of Zambia
… pupils. Data was analysed thematically and pie charts with bar charts were produced through Microsoft excel. Findings revealed that children came with emergent literacy to a PE class such as athletical, rhythmic and manipulative literacy. The study also established different types of knowledge …
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Students as agents of change
<p>The purpose of this study was to examine how literacy instruction encouraged students to think of themselves as agents of change. Using a qualitative design, a case study examined the effect literacy instruction had on students' perceptions of themselves as agents of change. The study took place …
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Active learning: strategies that help first graders transition and build literacy skills
… literacy skills necessary for success in elementary education. The study was conducted in a first grade classroom with 31 students. The qualitative research paradigm was followed and data collected included student surveys, a Sociogram, student work, teacher observations, student …
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Self-regulated strategy development: a cognitive strategies approach to persuasive writing
… Development pairs mnemonics representing the parts of different genres of writing with self-talk statements used by the students to "think" through the writing process. The students in this study were introduced to these strategies through small group instruction that took place during the …
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Nonfiction interests and reading habits of third grade students
<p>In recent years there has been a push for informational text use in the areas of reading and writing. The Common Core State Standards was introduced in 2009 as an initiative to have all students, no matter where they live, be prepared for college and careers. Further the reading panel of the …
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What is the effect of language arts small group instruction in the form of student directed centers or teacher directed small groups on the social and educational relationships of teachers and students within a primary grade classroom?
… have far reaching implications for the way that Language Arts small group instruction techniques can be utilized in the primary academic grades.
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What happens when you use multicultural mentor texts as read alouds to generate ideas for writing personal narratives?
The purpose of this study is to determine what happens when you use multicultural mentor texts as read alouds to generate ideas for writing personal narratives in 3rd grade readers and writers. By utilizing these mentor texts as read alouds this study seeks to determine what effects they have on …
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Using the Keyword Method and the Smart Board in vocabulary instruction for students with learning disabilities
The purpose of this study was to examine the use of the Keyword Method and the Smart Board presentation in vocabulary instruction for students with Learning Disabilities (LD). A total of five students, ages 8-10 participated in this ten week study. Students were taught using traditional …
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What happens when writing notebooks are used in a first grade classroom?
The purpose of this research study was to investigate what happened when writing notebooks are implemented in a first-grade regular education classroom. Writing notebooks were used along with the Writer's Workshop curriculum in which students learned how to revise, edit, and use professional …
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Encouraging parent-student literacy conversations: hosting an upper elementary family literacy event
… teachers to develop the literacy skills of upper elementary school students in grades 3-5. The family literacy event used in this study consisted of two sessions held at the students' school. The first session was a parent-only learning experience, and both parents and students were invited to …
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Writer's workshop: the results when iPads are used by kindergarten students
<p>The purpose of this research study was to determine what happens when kindergarten students use iPads during writer's workshop. The iPad was used on a daily basis to help determine what students were capable of when using this tool. Additionally, a series of mini lessons were used to teach …
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