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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Literacy Achievement"”.
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The Stalled Race to Close Literacy Achievement Gaps: Federally Legislating Public Education
Racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps remain stagnant in public school education, even though federal involvement was initiated to create an equal system for all and to help the most vulnerable students. Focusing on literacy, a historical lens was used to assess that similar strategies …
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Preschool and the Literacy Achievement Gap in one Rural School Division in Virginia
… entering kindergarten with inadequate pre-literacy skills. This lack of preparation creates a gap in literacy achievement that is persistent and grows throughout a child's K-12 experience. One rural Virginia school division has begun offering a full-day prekindergarten program for the most …
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A comparison of literacy achievement in full-day, alternate-day, and half-day kindergarten
… study was to examine the pre and post scores of literacy surveys to determine if there is a differential improvement in the literacy achievement of kindergarten students who attend one of three kindergarten programs: full-day, alternate-day, and half-day. The sample of this study consisted of …
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Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students' Standardized English Literacy Achievement and Language Redesignation Status: A Multiple Regression Analysis
… alone has led to significantly different achievement for CLDs across the country (Hill, Weston, & Hayes, 2014; Mahoney & MacSwan, 2005) and has created an expansive achievement gap with their non-CLD White counterparts (Reardon, 2011; U.S. Department of Education, 2012). This dissertation …
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Factors that contribute to low literacy achievement among grade seven(7) pupils with hearing impairment in Lusaka District, Zambia
… to establish the factors that contribute to low literacy achievement among grade seven (7) learners with hearing impairment. The study was driven by four (4) objectives. These are: to find out the factors that could be responsible for low achievement in reading among grade seven hearing impaired …
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The Impact of Pre-Kindergarten Programs on Literacy Achievement in Primary Grades in Rural Southeast Alabama Title I Schools
… was to examine how pre-kindergarten impacts the literacy achievement of students in Alabama Title I schools. This quantitative study employed a causal-comparative (ex post facto) research design to examine the impact of Alabama’s First-Class Pre-K (FCPK) program on early literacy and school …
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Can grit fix the achievement gap? An investigation of grit's conceptual uniqueness and predictive value in diverse student achievement
… noncognitive factor for promoting academic achievement and closing the racial achievement gap. School-based policy and intervention work, however, is getting ahead of the grit research. Specifically, it is unclear to what extent grit overlaps with existing noncognitive variables as a …
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The Strategy is at the Station: The Importance of Connecting Literacy Stations to Reading Strategies in Developing Independent Readers
<p>Guided reading groups and independent literacy stations are implemented in many elementary school classrooms... The present study looks at whether student literacy achievement is positively affected when guided reading strategies are connected to and used in independent literacy stations. …
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Sustained Effects of Reading Recovery®: Beyond the Intervention
… of the sustained effects of Reading Recovery® on literacy achievement beyond the initial intervention period. It examines the program’s long-term effectiveness, assessing whether early literacy gains are maintained and identifying key factors that contribute to sustained progress. This study, …
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The effect of parental involvement on Grade 4 learner literacy : evidence from prePIRLS 2011
… effect of parental involvement on the reading literacy abilities of Grade 4 learners. Literacy is a fundamental skill needed to successfully function in a country’s economy, as well as broader society. The acquisition of literacy is a complex and difficult process, where several factors can …
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Examining the Relationship between Technology & Engineering Instruction and Technology & Engineering Literacy in K-8 Education
… instruction and technology and engineering literacy in grades K-8. The factors identified and used for the purpose of this study were gender, socioeconomic status, race/ethnicity, and important modes of technology and engineering instruction. These factors were evaluated to determine their …
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Investigating Gender Differences in the Reading Motivation Profiles of a Population of Low-Literate Adult Learners
There is a known gender gap in literacy achievement with females consistently outperforming males on literacy tasks. Research has shown that this gender gap is present among all age groups ranging from school-aged children to adult learners (Statistics Canada & OECD, 2011). However, very little …
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Teacher Perceptions of a Literacy Intervention Implementation in Middle School: A Case Study
… Middle School regarding the implementation of a literacy intervention and evaluate its impact on students’ literacy achievement. The study was guided by the social learning theory, which posits that a literacy intervention program would enhance students’ literacy skills. The study findings …
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Critical Pedagogy and literacy teaching in Grade 4 classrooms
… investigated the use of critical pedagogy in literacy teaching in the Grade 4 classrooms of two Quintile 1-4 schools on the Cape Flats, in the Western Cape. Its purpose was to provide Grade 4 teachers in disadvantaged schools on the Cape Flats with an opportunity to share their experiences of …
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Gottshall Early Reading Intervention: A phonics based approach to enhance the achievement of low performing, rural, first grade boys.
… have made progress toward increasing the reading achievement of America's children. Still up to 60% of boys who live in poverty cannot read or read two years below grade level. In this experimental study, I designed and examined the effects of the Gottshall Early Reading Intervention (GERI) to …
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Scientifically based reading research strategies in the preschool classroom: An investigation into quality early childhood reading practices and literacy acquisition in one northern Michigan early reading first program
… and environmental factors related to early literacy acquisition for 173 four-year-old children in nine early childhood classroom programs. Using the Phonological Awareness Literacy Screener (PALS) for Pre-K and the Early Language and Literacy Classroom Observation (ELLCO) Scores, student …
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There is wealth in the village: Exploring early literacy and the cultural wealth capital of black parents with children entering kindergarten
… and the impact their preparation has on later literacy achievement. This study, grounded in Dr. Tara J. Yosso's (2005) Cultural Wealth Model, represents a framework to understand how students of color access and experience the school environment from a strengths-based perspective. In this …
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Smoke in a Bottle: Adolescent Literacies and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies in an Urban Catholic High School
Increased standardization within adolescent literacy education leads to dehumanization of students who become a demographic label, statistic, or problem to fix (Blackburn, 2013; Freire, 1996; Gordon, 2009; Paris & Alim, 2017; Paris & Winn, 2013). This is particularly true in urban contexts where …
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The Home Literacy Practices of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families of Kindergarten Students
… study was initiated in order to examine the home literacy practices of culturally and linguistically diverse families of kindergarten students. In particular, the literacy practices of mothers were surveyed, as previous research has supported the assertion that mothers play a significant role in …
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