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Bishara, Saied; Kaplan, Shani – World Journal of Education, 2016
The goal of the research was to examine executive functioning and figurative language comprehension among students with learning disabilities as compared to students without learning disabilities. As part of the research, we examined 20 students with learning disabilities and 21 students with no learning disabilities, both groups of students…
Descriptors: Executive Function, Learning Disabilities, Figurative Language, Grade 7
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Creagh, Susan – Race, Ethnicity and Education, 2016
Since 2008 Australia has held the National Assessment Program: Literacy and Numeracy (known as NAPLAN) for all students in years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Despite the multilingual character of the Australian population, these standardized literacy and numeracy tests are built on an assumption of English as a first language competency. The capacity for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Usage, English Language Learners, Refugees
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Protopapas, Athanassios; Fakou, Aikaterini; Drakopoulou, Styliani; Skaloumbakas, Christos; Mouzaki, Angeliki – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2013
In this study we propose a classification system for spelling errors and determine the most common spelling difficulties of Greek children with and without dyslexia. Spelling skills of 542 children from the general population and 44 children with dyslexia, Grades 3-4 and 7, were assessed with a dictated common word list and age-appropriate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Spelling, Classification, Error Patterns
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Favart, Monik; Passerault, Jean-Michel – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2009
The present study looked at how children establish a relationship between the conceptual and linguistic dimensions of linearization in descriptive text composition. Written productions were compared with oral ones. French-speaking participants, drawn from the fifth, seventh, and ninth grades, produced both a written and an oral description of a…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Grade 5, Grade 7, Grade 9
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Limbrick, Lisa; Wheldall, Kevin; Madelaine, Alison – Australian Journal of Education, 2010
Extensive research indicates that there are more boys than girls who are struggling readers, although considerable variation in gender ratios has been reported as a result of a lack of consensus in defining and measuring poor reading. The purpose of this study was to establish stable and consistent gender ratios for poor reading using a single…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Reading Difficulties
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Beyreli, Latif; Ari, Gokhan – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2009
In this study, the purpose was to determine whether there was concordance among raters in the assessment of the writing performance using analytic rubric; furthermore, factors affecting the assessment process were examined. The analytic rubric used in the study consists of three sections and ten properties: External structure (format, spelling and…
Descriptors: Sentences, Scoring Rubrics, Program Effectiveness, Writing Evaluation
Arizona Department of Education, 2009
This publication contains an updated academic standards of Arizona public schools for grade 5. The contents of this document include the following: (1) The Arts Standard 2006--Grade 5; (2) Comprehensive Health Education/Physical Activity Standards 1997--Essentials (Grades 4-8); (3) Foreign and Native Language Standards 1997--Foundations (Grades…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Health Education, Sex Education, Public Health
Arizona Department of Education, 2009
This publication contains an updated academic standards of Arizona public schools for grade 6. The contents of this document include the following: (1) The Arts Standard 2006--Grade 6; (2) Comprehensive Health Education/Physical Activity Standards 1997--Essentials (Grades 4-8); (3) Foreign and Native Language Standards 1997--Essentials (Grades…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Health Education, Sex Education, Public Health
Arizona Department of Education, 2009
This publication contains the updated academic standards of Arizona for Grade 8. The contents of this document include the following: (1) The Arts Standard 2006--Grade 8; (2) Comprehensive Health Education/Physical Activity Standards 1997--Essentials (Grades 4-8); (3) Foreign and Native Language Standards 1997--Essentials (Grades 4-8); (4) Reading…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Health Education, Sex Education, Public Health
Arizona Department of Education, 2009
This document contains the Arizona academic standards for Grade 7. The following 11 standards are reviewed: (1) The Arts Standard 2006 --Grade 7; (2) Comprehensive Health Education/Physical Activity Standards 1997--Essentials (Grades 4-8); (3) Foreign and Native Language Standards 1997--Essentials (Grades 4-8); (4) Reading Standard Articulated by…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Health Education, Sex Education, Public Health