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Emergent literacy development: Home environment and parental behavior
Zbornik Instituta za pedagoska istrazivanjaA modern state?s socioeconomic and cultural development is significantly shaped by its citizens? functional literacy. Considering that basic functional literacy skills are developed by promoting emergent literacy, our research aimed to examine emergent literacy development through the lens of home environment characteristics as well as ...
Jelena Stevanovic, Emilija Lazarevic
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, 2012 The ability to demonstrate digital literacy skills, defined by the European Commission as the confident and critical use of ICT for work, leisure, learning and communication, is a key requirement for graduates, demanded both by the UK Quality Assurance ...
Baker, Kirsty, Hall, Marion, Nix, Ingrid
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Monitoring Success in Choice Neighborhoods: A Proposed Approach to Performance Measurement [PDF]
, 2010 Offers a framework and tools for performance management in the initiative to transform poor neighborhoods into revitalized, sustainable mixed-income communities.
Deborah McKoy +7 more
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IdeguruThis study employs a case study method with a qualitative approach to understand the home-based literacy program and its impact on early-grade students' literacy.
Endi Rochaendi +6 more
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The initial validation of a test of emergent literacy
Per Linguam : A Journal of Language Learning, 2017 In addition to a large body of evidence supporting the relevance of the home environment for literacy development, tests of cognitive-based skills are commonly employed to predict literacy acquisition.
Gruhn, Sophie , Weideman, Albert
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Making homework count: Homework as a collective task for language minority families
, 2009 In response to a writing prompt asking, “What can parents do to ensure academic success for their child?” a mother with three children under the age of six wrote: “In my opinion he needs motivation from his parents and interest in his homework. [He needs]
Fox, Kathy R.
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The Enhanced Reading Opportunities Study: Early Impact and Implementation Findings [PDF]
, 2008 This report presents early findings from a demonstration and random assignment evaluation of two supplemental literacy programs that aim to improve the reading comprehension skills and school performance of struggling ninth-grade readers. On average, the
Elizabeth Nelson +5 more
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Do teachers make better parents? -the differential performance of teachers’ children at school [PDF]
This paper investigates whether teenagers are educationally advantaged if their parents are educators, using PISA data for Great Britain and Ireland. It examines whether teachers’ children do better at tests of reading ability.
Kevin Denny
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Circling the Cross: Bridging Native America, Education, and Digital Media [PDF]
, 2008 Part of the Volume on Learning Race and Ethnicity: Youth and Digital MediaTo paraphrase a Native elder, any road will get you somewhere. The question for Native America is, where will the information highway take them?
Antonio Lopez
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Harnessing Technology: new modes of technology-enhanced learning: a case study series [PDF]
, 2009 This report presents the outcomes and conclusions from a series of 18 case studies exploring the innovative use of technology for learning and teaching using new modes of ...
Balmer, Kim +3 more
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