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Showing 1 to 20 of 3810 for “"Literacy"”.
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Literacy Principals's...Literacy Coaches' Perceptions of Principals' Literacy Leadership
… the instructional leadership of the principal on literacy initiatives as it relates to student achievement. It examined literacy coaches' perceptions of how a principal's instructional leadership relates to teachers' literacy curriculum. The study also examined whether South Carolina principals' …
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Home Literacy Factors Affecting Emergent Literacy Skills
… of this study is to identify factors in the home literacy environment using the Stony Brook Family Reading Survey (SBFRS) in order to understand the extent to which these factors predict phonemic awareness and other basic reading skills, as assessed by selected subtests from the Woodcock-Johnson …
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Do Parents' Literacy Beliefs and Home Literacy Experiences Relate to Children's Literacy Skills?
… study examined the relationship among parents' literacy beliefs, home literacy experiences, and children's literacy skills. Forty-three children, who attended a university preschool, and their parents participated in the study. Parents' literacy beliefs and the home literacy experience, namely …
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Identification and Literacy: The Way Children Identify Themselves as Literacy Learners
… a Growth Mindset and how it can affect students’ literacy identity. It also explores how students identify themselves as literacy learners. The purpose of this study is to learn more about how students identify themselves as literacy learners. Furthermore, this study looks into the impact of …
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The Effect of Early Literacy Experiences on Preschool Teachers’ Literacy Approach
… of this study was to investigate how personal literacy experiences during the early years of three preschool teachers impact the literacy experiences they provide for their students in their preschool classroom. Data was collected using the narrative inquiry method of qualitative research. Two …
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The Literacy Sponsors Gallery Wall: Rethinking Literacy Sponsorship Through Multimodal Drafting
… how might multimodal drafting through the Literacy Sponsors Gallery Wall assignment support students' process of writing the Literacy Narrative, through an IRB-exempt study of the implementation of an original multimodal writing assignment, the Literacy Sponsors Gallery Wall, in my …
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Encouraging parent-student literacy conversations: hosting an upper elementary family literacy event
… between parents and 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 …
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Literacy practices of Mexican and Ghanaian immigrant women with limited ESL literacy
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Strategies for Teaching Literacy
… spell? How do they best construct meaning from literacy lessons? This study discusses a balanced approach to literacy education examining the use of phonetic and whole-language approaches to instruction. The author examines the benefits of teaching reading and spelling using each approach …
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Accountability and transformative literacy
… while still incorporating effective and critical literacy practices using democratic literacy frameworks and approaches toward democratic whole school reform.
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Literacy, Autism, and Inclusion
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Dual Lives Assimilation Literacy
<p>In recent years, the field of literacy studies has not given enough attention to exploring the English literacy journeys of immigrants and in particular, Latin immigrants. Furthermore, there has been little dialogue that has encouraged plans to help fix this issue. </p> <p>We, in the academy, …
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Visual literacy in anatomy
All branches of anatomy (gross anatomy, histology, neuroanatomy, and embryology) involve significant amounts of visual identification. Understanding the spatial relationship and visual representations of anatomical structures forms the basis for much of anatomy education, particularly in laboratory …
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Rethinking scientific literacy standards
… science education reforms. The scientific literacy effort proposed by Project 2061 is described and criticized with regard to its educational and philosophical commitments. It is argued that a number of controversies involving science studies can aid students and educators in learning about …
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Media Literacy Education : a Case Study of the New Mexico Media Literacy Project
… the frontrunners in the establishment of media literacy education in schools, providing performance and content standards, norm-referenced tests, and pre-service university training for a specialty in media education. Canada is also in the advanced stage in the development of a media literacy …
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The emergent literacy development of pre-schoolers and their home supports for literacy
The aim of the study was to assess the emergent literacy knowledge of a group of South African pre-schoolers from low and low-middle class families and to explore their home supports for literacy. The sample comprised 24 subjects, aged between 5 years 9 months and 6 years 5 months. Sixteen of the …
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Literacy At Transition : An Exploration Of The Continuities And Discontinuities In Literacy Practices Across Secondary Transfer And Their Implications For Literacy Development
<b>Literacy at Transition</b>, an interpretative study adopting the sociocultural perspective of literacy as a situated social practice, offers an “experiential” (Murdoch, 1986) examination of commonalities and differences in cross-phase literacy practices. Designed as a small ethnographic case …
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Exploring the Impact of a Substitute Teacher’s Passion for Literacy and Her Literacy Beliefs
This self-study examines the literacy beliefs of a substitute teacher and the role that those beliefs play in her pedagogical choices. The study also seeks to identify the participant’s passion for literacy and how that is present in her interactions with her students. Data were gathered using …
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A longitudinal study of literacy experiences, the role of parents, and children's literacy development.
This study investigated the literacy experiences and attainment of 42 children aged 3 to 7, who had attended preschool education in a city in the North of England. Data were collected through parent interviews before nursery entry; literacy assessment at school entry, and at age seven; and by …
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