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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Reading acquisition"”.
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A study of kindergarten reading instruction
… conceptual frameworks about kindergarten reading acquisition and teachers' instructional behavior during reading in kindergarten. The study proceeded in two phases.
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An investigation of guided reading with beginning readers in the national literacy strategy (1998-2002)
… practices in, and perceptions of, guided reading in the National Literacy Strategy. The study was framed by two connected debates. The first debate concerns reading standards and has resulted in increasing centralisation of the education system, culminating in the National Literacy …
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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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Learning to read: Effects of memory consolidation on orthographic and lexical learning
… the methodological challenges of studying reading acquisition, i.e. learning letter-sound knowledge. This thesis combines laboratory-based orthographic learning with an overnight consolidation framework to track the effects of sleep on learning novel letters and novel written words in six …
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Flexible electronics for chipless RFID sensors
… a wired controlled measurement to a wireless reading acquisition of the microwave sensing node response. Finally, the sensor potentialities will be further enriched by adopting fabrication techniques typical of the flexible electronics field. An inkjet printing strategy is investigated for the …
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Emerging Readers and Inferential Comprehension with Wordless Narrative Picturebooks: An intervention study
… is a process that is key to successful reading (e.g., Bowyer- Crane and Snowling, 2005; Oakhill and Cain, 2012) and that begins to develop early in the reading acquisition process, through listening comprehension (e.g., Kendeou et al., 2009). Despite being able to generate inferences, …
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Reading Instruction and Instructors’ Perceptions of Learners’ Needs in LINC Level 1-3 Classes
… study investigates instructors’ perceptions of reading instruction and difficulties among Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) Level 1-3 learners. Statistics Canada reports that 60% of immigrants possess inadequate literacy skills. Newcomers are placed in classes using the …
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Teacher understandings of responsibilities for reading instruction in stage one and two English courses of study in Western Australian schools
… poor literacy skills with regard to the Reading Outcome in the Western Australian English Courses of Study. As an experienced secondary English teacher, the researcher was aware that the reading demands of senior secondary classrooms were challenging for some students and that many …
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The effects of visual representations on teacher training of phonological awareness principles
… being held to high accountability standards in reading instruction, yet studies show that teachers lack adequate knowledge in reading and phonological awareness principles (Moats, 1994, 2009; Spencer, Schuele, Guillot, & Lee, 2008). The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of …
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The predictive validity of three preschool screening batteries
This study addressed the prevention of reading problems by examining the predictive validity of the Developmental Indicators of Assessment and Learning-Revised (DIAL-R), the Gesell School Readiness Test, and the Preschool Screening Battery. The effects of entry-level developmental abilities on …
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The Impact of the “Universal Voyager Literacy” Reading Program on Reading Achievement and Instructional Practices in an Urban School District
… Expanded Learning is a provider of K-3 in-school reading programs, as well as K-8 reading intervention programs for school districts throughout the United States. Voyager Universal Literacy's systematic, precise framework fully addresses the five elements of reading instruction, through an …
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Reading achievement in Kenya: the language factor
… how the home language may affect early reading skills. The study is situated in urban Kenya, where Kiswahili is the official language of instruction in lower grades, with English used later on, while many households use other languages at home (e.g. Kikuyu, Kikamba). This dissertation …
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PHONOLOGICAL AND LEXICAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO READING AND SPELLING IN ENGLISH: A COMPARISON OF ENGLISH-L1, MANDARIN-L1 AND MALAY-L1 BILINGUAL CHILDREN
LITERACY ACQUISITION DEPENDS ON ORAL LANGUAGE EXPERIENCE AND IS INFLUENCED BY CROSS-LINGUISTIC FACTORS (BIALYSTOK, 2002). PHONOLOGICAL MEMORY IS ASSOCIATED WITH VOCABULARY ACQUISITION (GATHERCOLE ET AL., 1992), AND READING (GOSWAMI & BRYANT, 1990) AND SPELLING DEVELOPMENT (BROWN & HULME, 1996), YET …
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Biliteracy effects on phonological awareness, oral language proficiency and reading skills in Taiwanese Mandarin-English bilingual children
… English oral language proficiency, and English reading skills. Participants were 40 Taiwanese Mandarin-English bilingual children and 20 English monolingual children in the U.S. Based on their performance on a Chinese character reading test, the bilingual participants were divided into two …
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Improving Reading through Fine Motor Skill Development in First Grade
… of students in one class room increased their reading abilities. This was a mixed methods research study which assessed the quantitative data from the running record assessments, and the qualitative data taken by teacher-aide during assessment process post fine motor intervention. This study …