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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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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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Geertsema, Salomé; Hyman, Charene; van Deventer, Chantelle – South African Journal of Education, 2011
SMS language is English language slang, used as a means of mobile phone text messaging. This practice may impact on the written language skills of learners at school. The main aim of this study was to determine the perspectives of Grade 8 and 9 English (as Home Language) educators in Gauteng regarding the possible influence of SMS language on…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Written Language, Telecommunications, Computer Mediated Communication