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Direct linkGreene-Woods, Ashley – American Annals of the Deaf, 2020
The language of instruction for Deaf children in the American educational system has long been the subject of debate: Should Deaf children learn language via American Sign Language (ASL), English-based visual communication systems, or spoken English only? It has long been the practice of the standard epistemology to encourage the use of verbal…
Descriptors: Language of Instruction, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Special Needs Students
Hiebert, Elfrieda H. – Journal of Education, 2011
The "Common Core State Standards/English Language Arts" include the ability to become increasingly more capable with complex text over the school career, redirecting attention to the measurement of text complexity. While suggesting multiple criteria, the Standards offer a single measure of text complexity--Lexiles. Additional…
Descriptors: Readability Formulas, Readability, Information Sources, Difficulty Level
Download full textFurlong, Michael; Quirk, Matthew – Contemporary School Psychology, 2011
This study examined the relations of age, preschool experience, and gender with children's school readiness levels at kindergarten entry. The sample included 5,512 children of predominantly Hispanic heritage and from families experiencing low socioeconomic circumstances. A series of between-subjects ANOVAs indicated that age…
Descriptors: School Readiness, Age, Low Income, Mathematics Achievement
What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
"Project Read"[R] is a multisensory language arts curriculum designed for use in a classroom or group setting. Two main objectives of the program are to use language in all its forms, and to use responsive instruction rather than preplanned textbook lessons. The program emphasizes direct instruction, and lessons move from letter-sounds…
Descriptors: Multisensory Learning, Language Arts, English Curriculum, Phonology
Spear-Swerling, Louise – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2009
This study examined the learning of teacher candidates taking a language arts course in a special-educator preparation program and that of the second graders they tutored in a supervised field component of the course. Teacher candidates' knowledge of literacy instruction was assessed using five knowledge tasks; children were assessed on several…
Descriptors: Spelling, Field Experience Programs, Special Education Teachers, Literacy
Ross, Steven M.; McDonald, Aaron J.; Gallagher, Brenda McSparrin – Center for Research in Educational Policy (CREP), 2005
This report presents student-level achievement results for the four charter schools that began operation in Tennessee during the 2003-04 academic year. To conduct a rigorous and valid analysis of student achievement outcomes at these schools, we employed a matched program-control design at the student level, whereby each charter school student was…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Grade 4, Grade 7, Grade 6
Rearick, Mary L. – 1995
An action research study investigated the relationship between literary development and integrated instruction in visual arts (illustration) and language arts. Subjects were students in a second-grade classroom and in an art room in a public school of 500 students in an affluent part of a suburban community. Interactions were examined between…
Descriptors: Action Research, Art Activities, Grade 2, Illustrations
Giordano, Tina – 1997
A study examined the past home environment (prior to kindergarten entrance) of 26 students currently in grade 2. Subjects were selected from the population of second graders who participated in the district-wide First Grade Reading/Language Arts Assessment Test when they were in the first grade in an elementary school in central New Jersey.…
Descriptors: Early Experience, Emergent Literacy, Family Environment, Family Literacy
Ajayi, Lasisi – Reading Improvement, 2005
Coursebooks are an indispensable tool of the language arts instruction in elementary schools across California State. They are designed for teachers with precise indications of instructional practices, classroom social and participatory structures. However, these pre-designed practices are hardly evaluated for their appropriateness to meet…
Descriptors: Grade 2, Teaching Methods, Interests, Elementary School Teachers
Griffith, Priscilla L. – 1987
This report examines student performance on a test composed of items developed to be aligned with the Charleston County School District (CCSD) Language Arts Comprehension Curriculum. The report contains a data analysis section that explains the relationship between two basic concepts of the Rasch measurement model, item difficulty and student…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Curriculum Design, Difficulty Level, Elementary Education
Peterson, Elaine – 1992
Seven Chapter 1 elementary schools in the Jefferson Cluster in Portland (Oregon) Public Schools invited children who had completed second grade to a language arts summer school in 1992. As part of the program, parents were also invited to attend eight sessions on strategies and activities that would strengthen their children's language arts…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Guides, Grade 2, Instructional Materials
Calderon, Margarita; And Others – 1997
The effects of a cooperative learning program, Bilingual Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (BCIRC), on the Spanish and English reading, writing, and language achievement of second and third graders of limited English proficiency in Spanish bilingual programs in El Paso (Texas) were studied. BCIRC was expected to improve student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Cooperative Learning, Elementary School Students
Baenen, Nancy R.; Hopkins, Patricia – 1989
This paper focuses on the nature and effectiveness of elementary transition classes (TCs) used by the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) as an alternative to retention to improve low achievers' achievement. Data were examined concerning the number and nature of TCs operating in the AISD during 1987-88; achievement progress of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Elementary School Students, Grade Repetition
