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Overview of DIBELS

following paper offers a brief overview of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS), identifying its charact...

A Literacy Initiative

to address early intervention services and literacy at the Pre-K level in order to improve performance outcomes. Standards ...

Literacy and Texting Technology

skills. One drawback the study noted was that "although oral reading fluency is a commonly used measure of proficiency [in literac...

The Problem with Literacy Teaching in Schools

To potential value of a dialogic pedagogy has been recognized in different government policies. For example, in 2005 with the EPPI...

Literacy Learning Profile and Assessment

experiences were utilized and she showed a considerable interest both in the activities of the class and the use of the Internet f...

"Phenomenal Women," Article Analysis

these clubs provide "alternative sista [sister] spaces," which become significant locations for "literacy learning and literacy ac...

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Analyzed

be a slave (Schaub 86). He explained in a mater-of-fact way that since he knew no other life, the term slavery meant nothing to h...

Public Spaces, Literacy, and Language

bombs bursting in air, gave proof through the night that the flag was still there. A modern day example of this planned choreogra...

Technology Questions

In five pages a Q and A format is used to answer 2 questions posed by a student regarding health care professionals and the import...

Expression and the Value of Literacy

were filed. Now with computer-generated cameras that can transmit images immediately back to the studio, television is now at the...

Adult Literacy Since the 17th Century

copies so that reading materials could be distributed more widely. One aspect that affected the United States when printed materi...

Literacy Instruction in a Diverse Classroom

for learning gets drained off so they can defend themselves" (Willis). Trouble generally ensures in some form and the teachers exp...

Multicultural Education - An Overview

come from different disciplines (Gay, 1994). For instance, educators might look at multicultural education from the point of view ...

Article Analysis/Evidence-Based Practice

study also examined the availability of information resources available to the RN respondents (both at work and at home). Their fi...

Effective?: No Child Left Behind and Partnership for Reading

standardized testing in high schools" (Frampton, 2006). In relationship to the Partnership for Reading, the website indicates it...

Literacy Development in Young Children

any other surrounding circumstances. The difference between a clause and a sentence is subtle, but the meaning and the approach ca...

Overview of Metabolic Syndrome

shaped rather than a pear shaped body) has been associated with an increased risk for heart disease" (The metabolic syndrome.) An...

Metabolic Syndrome Explored

apple shaped rather than a pear shaped body) has been associated with an increased risk for heart disease" (The metabolic syndrome...

Multicultural Classroom and the Effects of Involvement by Parents on Literacy

Many of these students are described as limited-English proficient (LEP) students, and many teachers current lack the skills and l...

Approaches to Literacy

productive programs and pedagogies). Proponents of this thinking dont see literacy skills developing in a vacuum unconnected to ot...

Information Literacy

have endeavored to discern, describe and catalogue the information and technology that inundates society, but they have also endea...

Second Grade and a Literacy Program Based Upon Multicultural Literature

In nine pages in which an abstract is also provided this essay examines the development of grade two literacy in a consideration o...

Instruction Design Document on U.S. Military and the Education of High School Students

class given for one quarter of the school year where students learn how to work the computer, surf the Internet and so forth. Fami...

Second Grade Literacy Teaching

In seven pages this paper discuses inner city schools and the various approaches for teaching literacy to second grade students. ...

How a New Teacher Should Teach Reading

a time (Torgesen, 1998). Letter-sound knowledge can be measured by presenting one letter at a time and asking the child what sound...

Grades Seven through Twelve and Literacy That is Literature Based

materials are deemed important for student interest as well as student ability. The program includes teacher resources, such as s...

Four Blocks Literacy Framework Adoption and Change Management

test is administered each May. Boiling Springs has always received a rating of excellent on the school report card. This ended i...

Intellectual Development and Don Quixote, The Mali Epic of Son Jara, and The Epic of Gilgamesh

regard to the acceptance of reality, issues of morality and, perhaps above all, the concept of divine judgment and human guilt. I...

An Article on Literacy Reviewed

the entire article and the question is specifically: "What do teachers in our schools value in literacy?" (Dadds, 1999, p. 9). Thi...

Grades Seven through Twelve, Literacy, and Cooperative Learning

In five pages the development of literacy skills through cooperative learning in grades 7 through 12 are examined through a consid...