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Literacy Access through Storytime: An Ethnographic Study of Public Library Storytellers in a Low-Income Neighborhood [PDF]

, 2019
While early literacy achievement continues to be stratified by social class in the United States, public libraries often offer programs such as “storytime” in order to bolster the literacy development of youth in their communities.
Babchuk, Wayne A., Sarroub, Loukia K., Young, Tiffany Y.   +2 more
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Learning About Alphabetics and Fluency: Examining the Effectiveness of a Blended Professional Development Program for Kenyan Teachers

Education Sciences
This study examined the effectiveness of an 18-week online blended teacher professional development program for Kenyan in-service teachers. Also, teachers received instruction on the use of an evidence-based early literacy software program for children ...
Noah Battaglia, Eileen Wood, Alexandra Gottardo, Livison Chovu, Clifford Ghaa, Edwin Santhosh, Natasha Vogel, Anne Wade, Philip C. Abrami   +8 more
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AI in chemical engineering: From promise to practice

AIChE Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) in chemical engineering has moved from promise to practice: physics‐aware (gray‐box) models are gaining traction, reinforcement learning complements model predictive control (MPC), and generative AI powers documentation, digitization, and safety workflows.
Jia Wei Chew, Ronnie Andersson, Thomas Bierweiler, Patrik Ryttestal, Torsten Wik   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

REALIZING THE GREAT NATION THROUGH CULTURAL LITERACY [PDF]

, 2015
Mastery of literacy in all aspects of life become the backbone of the progress of civilization of a nation. It is impossible to become a great nation, if only relying on oral culture in the institutions of learning coloring school.
Setyawati, Rukni
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Invented Writing Activities in Nordic Early Childhood Education and Care – Traces of Didactics in Practice

Nordic Journal of Literacy Research
This study investigates early childhood education and care (ECEC) teachers’ reported practices and views regarding children’s invented writing. A total of 222 teachers from Finland, Norway, and Sweden responded to a questionnaire on their practices ...
Sofie Tjäru, Randi Høyland , Hilde Hofslundsengen, Maria Magnusson   +3 more
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Context Awareness and Human–Robot Interaction Optimization for Museum Intelligent Guide Robot

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This study presents a context‐aware human–robot interaction framework designed for intelligent museum guide robots. The system features a three‐layer architecture—perception, understanding, and behavior execution—that enables adaptive and meaningful interactions with museum visitors.
Anna Zou, Yue Meng, Shijing Tong
wiley   +1 more source

Dimensions of the AI Divide: Digital Inequality and Psychological Consequences

AI &Innovation, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a foundational component of contemporary social, economic, and political life. Yet, the ways in which AI reshapes patterns of exclusion beyond questions of access and technical capability remain insufficiently theorized.
Christos Papaioannou
wiley   +1 more source

How does the Kids SIPsmartER program impact the sugar‐sweetened beverage intake of students: An investigation beyond total treatment effect in randomized controlled trial

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This study develops and empirically estimates a structural framework to decompose the causal pathways of multilevel behavioral interventions targeting adolescent health behaviors. We apply this framework to the Kids SIPsmartER (KSS) program, a 6‐month, school‐based intervention evaluated through a clustered randomized controlled trial in rural
Naveen Abedin, Wen You, Annie Reid, Kathleen Porter, Brittany Kirkpatrick, Jamie Zoellner   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich, Valerio Giuffrida, Bruno Martorano, Georg Schmerzeck, Marco Tiberti   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring enabling literacy environments: Young children’s spatial and material encounters in early years classrooms [PDF]

, 2015
This article upholds that young children are cultural agents (Corsaro,2005) who exact agency through their meaning making activity. This expression takes place as they draw upon their developing communicative and cultural practices and utilise available ...
Daniels, Karen
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