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Download full textVirgen-Heim, Veronica; Erlanger, Wendy; Crowe, Judith – 2002
This paper describes the Reading Language Arts Technology Institute at California Lutheran University (CLU), a two-unit continuing education course to develop teacher content area knowledge in ways that effectively utilize technology in K-12 reading instruction. Goals included: to enhance the teaching of reading and language arts; to better…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Computer Mediated Communication, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Atkinson, Rhonda; And Others – 1993
Developed by the ABCs of Construction National Workplace Literacy Project, these seven workbooks are designed to enhance the basic skills of pipefitters. Reading and Solving Basic Pipefitting Problems #1 defines and uses eight basic terms pipefitters need to know, reviews steps a pipefitter must take to identify and solve a simple pipefitting…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Building Trades, Definitions
Messmer, Bet; Pemberton, Kristeen – 1995
A variety of materials and forms used in the development of vocational English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs for industry employees are provided, with little narrative information. They include: a list of criteria for teacher selection; forms for recording contacts with companies; a list of information sources and content areas and several…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods
Wilson, Lex – 1993
A study was conducted at the Cumberland Campus of Nova Scotia Community College to determine the effect of a computer-based learning system on the academic and personal growth of adolescents with learning disabilities. Eleven learning disabled students, with an average age of 16.1 years, and one observer were chosen to participate in an 8-week…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks
Rustin, Terry A. – 1989
A practicum was designed to increase the amount of time parents read to their kindergarten children. Fifteen parents in a suburban area participated in a series of teacher-presented workshops to discover the value of reading aloud, learn strategies for presenting literature, and practice reading aloud to their children. All seven of the behavioral…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Kindergarten, Parent Attitudes, Parent Child Relationship
Crowhurst, Marion – 1987
Focusing on the effects of three interventions on students' reading and writing of persuasive discourse, a study investigated (1) whether the writing of persuasive discourse can be improved by instruction, and (2) the effect of reading on writing and of writing on reading within the persuasive mode. Subjects, 100 Canadian sixth graders stratified…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Grade 6, Intermediate Grades
Notari, Angela – 1996
Effects of instruction in phonemic awareness during preschool and/or kindergarten on the metalinguistic development and subsequent reading achievement of young children with disabilities were investigated in this project. The main focus of study combined a longitudinal and experimental design in which 79 preschool children with disabilities…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Disabilities, Early Intervention, Instructional Effectiveness
Porter, Sharon M. – 1995
This thesis investigated the attitudes toward reading of elementary students in 3rd and 6th grade at a small, rural western Kansas school before and after implementing a read-aloud program. The sample consisted of 58 students--33 boys and 25 girls, including both the study group (n=30) and control group (n=28). Independent variables were…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 6
Lynch, Joanne – 1993
Cognitive Academic Language Learning Approach (Project CALLA) was a federally funded program serving 960 limited-English-proficient students in 10 Manhattan (New York) elementary schools in 1992-93 its third year of operation. The project provided instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), mathematics, science, and social studies in…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. – 1987
Part 2 of the Alberta (Canada) Education's "Program of Studies for Elementary Schools 1978" (amended 1981), this bulletin describes the planned design, parts, and scoring of the grade six English language arts achievement test to be written in June 1988, and based on curriculum specifications for an integration of thinking and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Critical Thinking, Educational Testing, Elementary Education
Barrera, Manuel; Vang, Halee; Liu, Kristin; Thurlow, Martha – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2005
English language learners (ELLs) with disabilities, especially Hmong, Latinos, and Somalis, exhibit the lowest academic performance and participation rates on statewide tests of academic achievement required by No Child Left Behind (NCLB). These challenges are even more acute for learners with disabilities among these groups and likely reflect the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Second Language Learning, Teaching Methods, Reading Instruction
Howe, Mary E.; Thames, Dana G. – 1996
Standardized testing for large-scale assessment in Mississippi has changed to include both selected-response and performance-based formats for the past 3 academic years. The purpose of this followup study was to examine the perceptions of practicing teachers who belonged to a professional reading organization in the state with regard to this new…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Administrators, College Faculty, Educational Assessment
Van Tassel-Baska, Joyce; And Others – 1994
This curriculum framework provides a model for developing appropriate and meaningful language arts curricula for high ability learners in kindergarten through grade 8. It is intended as a guide to making decisions about traditional curricular emphases within the language arts areas of reading, writing, speaking, and listening, as well as…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Gifted
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1987
The Children's Art Carnival (CAC) Creative Reading Program combines instruction in reading with art activities, as well as providing the services of a social worker and psychological externs. Operating in sites in Manhattan and Queens, New York, the program served 319 second to sixth grade students during the 1985-86 school year. Students who…
Descriptors: Art Education, Childhood Attitudes, Childrens Art, Disadvantaged Youth
Hartel, Jo Anne; And Others – 1986
This guide is intended for adult educators who work with limited English-speaking students in need of special literacy instruction. It was developed as an outgrowth of classes with adult English as a Second Language (ESL) students from diverse cultural backgrounds. Many of the students had little formal schooling in their native languages. The…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Classroom Techniques
