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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Second grade children"”.
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Spaced Versus Massed Scheduling of Music Instruction of First and Second Grade Children
… scores, and attitude towards music of first and second grade students.
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The effectiveness of teaching moral development on the ethical decisions of first and second grade children
… education administered to a group of first and second grade children over a six-month period. The subjects for this study attended or are presently attending Atlantis Elementary School, located on McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey. This information can help determine whether or not an …
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A Comparison of the Effects of the Individualized and Basal Reader Approaches to Teaching Reading to Second Grade Children.
For the last two decades a new approach to teaching reading has aroused much interest in educational circles and created a considerable amount of controversy as well. Individualized reading, as it is called by most reading authorities, is not a method of teaching reading, but a framework of ideas …
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A Study to Determine the Effect of Picture Interpretation on the Achievement of Culturally Deprived Second Grade Pupils
… purpose of this study is to determine whether second grade children from a low socio-economic area, taught with the use of flat pictures and the interpretation of such pictures to build vicarious experiences in the social studies program in correlation with other subject areas, will achieve as …
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The effects of conceptual training on reversal learning in young children
… and performance on reversal learning tasks in children, a three part experiment was conducted employing 45 preschool, 45 kindergarten and 45 second grade children. During part one, all 135 subjects were taught the initial learning phase of the Kendler’s (1962) reversal shift task. When initial …
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Videotaping: A tool for self-evaluation in language arts processes
The project represents an ethnographic study of second grade children using video technology to facilitate self-evaluation in the reading/writing processes.
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Videotaping: A tool for self-evaluation in language arts processes
The project represents an ethnographic study of second grade children using video technology to facilitate self-evaluation in the reading/writing processes.
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The Effect of Self-Directed Structure versus Adult-Directed Structure in the Learning of Articulation Skills in First and Second Grade Boys and Girls
… will be most effective in helping first and second grade children acquire adequate articulation skills?
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Pragmatics, Prosody, and Social Skills of School-Age Children with Language-Learning Differences
… understanding of oneself and other persons. Children who have difficulties with interpreting social cues (e.g., identifying basic emotions and responding to cues in speech) have immediate and progressive consequences in both academics and social living. Children with typical language skills …
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The Relationship Between Somatosensory Processing and Handwriting Proficiency
… proficiency. Seventy-four typically developing second grade children were assessed on their handwriting proficiency and their somatosensory processing. Measurement instruments included the Minnesota Handwriting Assessment (MHA), The Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual Motor …
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Children's Understanding of Racial Classifications as a Function of Their Knowledge of Inheritance
Many studies have examined how children categorize various objects but few studies have looked at how children categorize race. Research shows that adults tend to essentialize race; that is, they treat race as a natural kind (Madole, Keleman, Glerum & Webb, 1999). Do children treat race in the same …
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The Effects of Laughter Yoga on Second Grade Math Achievement
… laughter yoga on the mathematic achievement of second grade students as measured by the math Mock Criterion Reference Competency Test (CRCT). According to Hoffman (2008), laughter can provide positive benefits to children and adults impacted by autism, epilepsy, and even diabetes. Hoffman (2008) …
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An investigation of the relationship between playfulness and self-esteem
… externality, self-perceptions, IQ, first-grade readiness, and selected demographic variables were studied in a sample of 93 first and second grade children. Playfulness and externality were obtained from teacher ratings on the Child Behaviors Inventory and self-perceptions were obtained …
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Engaging the Whole Mind: Transmediation Between Pictures and Print
… of this study was to investigate the ways second grade children signaled the meanings they made from pictures and print and to identify ways they signaled new meanings when transmediations between these two semiotic systems took place. The study was a mixed methods study using qualitative …
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF PICTURE-GENERATED STORIES
… on the development of story knowledge in young children. This dissertation explored the similarities and differences among nursery school, first and second grade children, and adults. Each individual was asked to produce an oral story after having viewed a set of story-book pictures.</p><p>The …
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Border inspections in a dual-language, second-grade classroom in the U.S. Midwest
… analysis of the multiple borders faced by four second-grade children of Mexican immigrant families at a 50-50 Dual Language (DL) school in the U.S. Midwest. The image of the border was used as a metaphor to represent the barriers and oppressive acts faced by Mexican immigrant children and their …
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An investigation of relationships between two tests of cognitive processes and two tests of expressive language skills.
… Northwestern Syntax Screening Test (NSST), and second, to determine if there is any correlation between language disorders and learning disorders. To do this, data were gathered on both topics and comparisons were made. In order to establish correlations between the two disorders, a statistical …
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An evaluative study of the effect of pupil sharing on the selection of library books and on reading vocabulary
… and on the improvement of vocabulary of second grade pupils.The study was conducted over a period of twelve weeks from the first pre test to the final post test.The subjects selected for the study were forty-two second grade pupils in two classes in Anthony Elementary School, Muncie, …