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Guiding Independence: Developing a Research Tool to Support Student Decision Making in Selecting Online Information Sources
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Baildon, Rindi; Baildon, Mark – Reading Teacher, 2008
The development and use of a research tool to guide fourth-grade students' use of information sources during a research project is described in this article. Over a period of five weeks, 21 fourth-grade students in an international school in Singapore participated in a study investigating the extent to which the use of a "research resource…
Descriptors: Research Tools, Readability, Information Sources, Credibility
Developing the IRIS: Toward Situated and Valid Assessment Measures in Collaborative Professional Development and School Reform in Literacy
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Rogers, Theresa; Winters, Kari Lynn; Bryan, Gregory; Price, John; McCormick, Frank; House, Liisa; Mezzarobba, Dianna; Sinclaire, Carollyne – Reading Teacher, 2006
This article illustrates the development and use of a situated assessment tool in the context of a collaborative (university-school district) literacy reform effort in British Columbia, Canada. The three-year project was focused on improving literacy, including reading comprehension strategy use, among students in grades 4 through 8. It began in…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Literacy, Professional Development, Educational Change
Other Countries' Literacies: What U.S. Educators Can Learn from Mexican Schools.
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Smith, Patrick H.; Jimenez, Robert T.; Martinez-Leon, Natalia – Reading Teacher, 2003
Examines language and literacy practices in first- and fourth-grade classrooms in two schools in a small town in central Mexico. Explores how educators can expand their own understanding of reading and writing--and how to teach them--by considering the literacy practices of other countries. Uses Mexico, the country of origin of many students and…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 1
Reading Achievement of German Boys and Girls Related to Sex of Teacher.
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Preston, Ralph C. – Reading Teacher, 1979
A study in German schools found that sex of teacher had no effect on either boys' or girls' reading achievement. (MKM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Grade 4