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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"trade books"”.
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Using trade books for language arts skills instruction and environmental education
… to incorporate an environmentally-oriented trade book, Bird Watch (1990) by Jane Yolen, into their language arts curriculum. Bird Watch is a collection of sixteen poems which describe a variety of birds, their habitats, and activities.
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Writing and Designing Science Trade Books for Young Adolescents: Model Development and Application
… by planning and writing a science chapter for a trade book. Then, the chapter was revised in two separate ways, (a) by analyzing reader protocols and (b) by incorporating the comments of a professional editor, to produce two new manuscripts. Computer technology was used and methods developed to …
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The effect of trade books on the environmental literacy of 11th and 12th graders in aquatic science.
… environmental education program using trade books versus 11th- and 12th-graders who participated in an eighteen-week, traditional environmental education program without the use of trade books. This study was conducted using a quasi-experimental research technique. Four high school …
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Factors Which Influence Kindergarten Teachers Selection of Trade Books for Use in Readaloud Sessions in Their Classrooms
… factors that influence teachers' selection of trade books for use in readaloud sessions in their kindergarten classrooms. Participants included six kindergarten teachers with varying levels of experience, and data were collected in the naturalistic setting through means of interview, focused …
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Enriching science trade books with explicit-reflective nature of science instruction: impacting elementary teachers' practice and improving students' learning
… investigated the impact of elementary science trade books, which were modified to include explicit-reflective nature of science (NOS) references, on four variables: teachers' views of NOS, changes in teaching practices during a read-aloud of the trade book, students' interaction with the NOS …
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An Investigation of the Use of Children's Nonfiction-Informational Trade Books in Selected Fourth-, Fifth-, and Sixth-Grade Classrooms in Illinois
… children's nonfiction-informational trade books for instruction in all areas of the curriculum; however, little documentation has existed to describe how teachers are using these materials in their instructional plans. This study (a) investigated use of children's …
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Asian American Children's Literature: A Qualitative Study of Cultural Authenticity
… systematically analyze Asian-American children's trade books in terms of their cultural authenticity and to examine the perceptions of producers (authors) and consumers (teachers) as related to the cultural authenticity of such books. I wanted to understand the role of Asian-American children's …
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The Incorporation of Puppetry into Reading Instruction
… puppets with reader's theatre scripts as well as trade books. The students taking part participated in a twenty minute puppetry center where they were encouraged to incorporate puppets into their reading activities. Data were analyzed using triangulation of student interviews, live observations, …