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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"literacy interventions"”.
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A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Early Literacy Interventions
Success in early literacy activities is associated with improved educational outcomes, including reduced dropout risk, in-grade retention, and special education referrals. When considering programs that will work for a particular school and context; cost-effectiveness analysis may provide useful …
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Low Health Literacy Interventions and Resources Used At Community Health Centers Using Decision Support from the Care Model
… patients in the United States. Little health literacy research has been conducted in the community health center setting. The Care Model, more specifically the elements of the health care organization, decision support, and productive interactions, guided this study. The purpose of the study …
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Shining a Light: A Single Case Study of Shine Literacy and the Implementation of their Literacy Interventions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
… study which considers how the implementation of literacy programmes run by Shine Literacy were affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020-2021. The pandemic necessitated a rapid re-imagining of Shine Literacy's programmes and presented the opportunity for Shine to critically reflect on their …
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Effects of three early literacy interventions in the preschool classroom: comparing phonological awareness training, dialogic reading, and a combination condition in small groups
… awareness are the building blocks for emergent literacy. These skills can be divided into embedded and explicit domains of early literacy interventions. Dialogic reading, a well-researched embedded method of reading intervention, incorporates oral language and print awareness through adult-child …
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Does professional language affect help seeking in young people? : A randomised study
… systematic review assessed whether mental health literacy interventions delivered to children and young people in education settings improved knowledge, attitudes and help seeking. Seven studies reported significant improvements in knowledge, six reported significant improvements in attitudes and …
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Plain language and multilingualism in South Africa: a focus on literacy and understanding in law drafting
… Madiba (2014) and Moen et al. (2023) studied literacy and multilingual classrooms in South Africa where indigenous knowledge creation and sustenance were discovered as literacy interventions. This study focuses on multilingualism and plain language within the prescripts of South African law …
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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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Literacy, social identity and difference in Newtown and Bellville South
… material to critique South African adult literacy policy. Recent policy documents, I show identify people who lack six years of formal schooling, and particularly people in this position who are also classified as blacks, women and people in rural areas, as being in a deficit position. Not …
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Construction of the health literacy intervention confidence inventory using the Delphi method
… assist individuals experiencing limited health literacy. However, these professionals do not necessarily have the training to effectively teach patients. The purpose of this study was to create a descriptive quantitative survey instrument to determine health care providers’ confidence using …
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Assessing the impact of language on the measurement of financial literacy
Research in the field of financial literacy has found that black people and other minority groups, globally, underperform in financial literacy assessments, in comparison to their white counterparts. Multiple factors have been identified in literature, which try to explain the distribution of …
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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 Effects of Exposure to Slender and Muscular Images on Male Body Dissatisfaction
… These results support the examination of media literacy interventions with this population.</p>
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School District Investment Reform: Examining Student-Level Factors to First Grade Reading Achievement Supported by Equity Funding Formulas in Predominantly Latin/x Schools
<p>Addressing early literacy needs of students has become compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, distance learning, and compromised student wellness. In addition, research suggests that the gaps in reading achievement between Black and Latin/x students from under-resourced communities and their White …
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Climate literacy and adaptation to climate change among small-scale farmers in Chongwe, Zambia.
This study investigated the importance of climate literacy in influencing the attitudes and adaption strategies of small-scale farmers in Chongwe. The report emphasizes how climate change has a substantial influence on the region's agricultural output and food security, particularly through extreme …
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Climate literacy and adaptation to climate change among small-scale farmers in Chongwe, Zambia.
This study investigated the importance of climate literacy in influencing the attitudes and adaption strategies of small-scale farmers in Chongwe. The report emphasizes how climate change has a substantial influence on the region's agricultural output and food security, particularly through extreme …
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The effects of media exposure on body dissatisfaction and cognitive bias in adolescent girls and boys
… has implications for the development of media literacy interventions aimed at addressing body image problems. Limitations in the measurement of cognitive bias and in the salience of the stimuli could explain the null results. Further research on the causes of body dissatisfaction in boys is …
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Becoming Deaf in the Posthuman Era: Posthumanism, Arts-Based Research and Deaf Education
… methodology in investigating the arts-based literacy interventions with deaf adolescents (Barrett & Bolt, 2013; Braidotti, 2013; Coole & Frost, 2010; Jackson & Mazzei, 2012; jagodzinski & Wallin, 2013; Koro-Ljungberg, 2016) and 3) the application of affective pedagogy shaped by posthumanist …
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The ‘four resources model' in South Africa: An analysis of an in-service teacher training intervention for literacy at foundation phase level and its uptake by teachers at a Cape Flats school
Despite a wide range of teacher training literacy interventions in South Africa at foundation phase level, literacy results have declined according to local and international tests. This research outlines the basis of these interventions and then compares them with a new teacher training …
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Pilot Findings from a Randomized Controlled Trial Targeting Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Behaviors
Background: Low health literacy and increased sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) consumption are two broad public health concerns facing the United States. For example, it is estimated that 90 million Americans have insufficient literacy skills (IOMC, 2004) and low health literacy is associated with …
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