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Reading and Navigational Strategies of Web Users with Lower Literacy Skills [PDF]
, 2005 About half of the adults in the U.S. read at the 8th grade level or below (Kirsch, Junegeblut, Jenkins, & Kolstad, 1993). Yet most websites are written at the 10th grade level or higher.
Summers, Michael, Summers, Kathryn
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AlifmatikaNumeracy literacy skills play a crucial role in the Independent Learning Curriculum. Currently, students' literacy skills are geared towards more independent learning.
Nuryami Nuryami
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Self-perfection or self-selection? Unraveling the relationship between job-related training and adults' literacy skills. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Can participation in job-related training contribute to the formation and maintenance of adults' literacy skills? Although evidence suggests that participation in training is related to higher literacy skills, it remains unclear whether this association ...
Britta Gauly, Clemens M Lechner
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study investigates the financial literacy (FL) of Swedish farmers, its linkages to farmer characteristics, management accounting practices and farm outcomes by surveying Swedish Farm Accountancy Data Network farmers. Using item response theory, we expand the existing FL measurement specifically to the farming context, assess measurement ...
Uliana Gottlieb, Helena Hansson
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Reciprocal Associations Between Social Competence and Language and Pre-Literacy Skills in Preschool
Journal of Early Childhood Education Research, 2018 The present study examined reciprocal associations between children’s social competence and language and pre-literacy skills across the preschool year. Participants were 441 children (six-year-olds; 212 boys, 229 girls) and their teachers.
Eija Pakarinen +3 more
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Students’ Mathematical Literacy Skills in Terms of Learning Styles
Edumatica: Jurnal Pendidikan MatematikaThe results of the OECD-PISA state that the mathematical literacy skills of students in Indonesia are still relatively low. The objectives of this study are: 1) To analyze students' mathematical literacy skills in solving Two-Variable Linear Equation ...
Shinta Alfiatu Nadila +1 more
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Literation Skill to Improve Higher-Order Thinking Skills in Elementary School Students
Al-Bidayah: Jurnal Pendidikan Dasar Islam, 2020 Higher-order thinking skill is closely related to literacy skills. However, data from PIRLS 2011 states that the reading ability of elementary school students in Indonesia is relatively low because it is ranked 42 out of 45 countries. Data from PISA 2018,
Husni Mubarok, Dian Mustika Anggraini
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A Skills Gap Analysis of Farmer Directors of US Farmer Cooperatives
Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Boards of directors are vital to firm performance and are an integral part of the decision‐making process of any business. Several studies have been conducted that observe corporate or nonprofit board characteristics, skills, and the board's connection to firm performance.
Jody S. Herchenbach +5 more
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Foundations for Literacy: Emergent Literacy Competencies of Grade R Learners on the Cape Flats
South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 2007 International research has demonstrated that a considerable amount of children’s literacy development occurs prior to formal schooling and that emergent literacy skills at school entry are strong predictors of later literacy and general academic ...
Ingrid Willenberg
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Agribusiness, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite the broad focus on necessity‐ and opportunity‐driven entrepreneurship in research and policy, the entrepreneurial dichotomy within the agribusiness context has not been adequately addressed. This study contributes to closing this knowledge gap by examining youth's perceptions of agribusiness through the lens of the push‐pull motivation
Cool Dady Mangole +6 more
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