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Developing critical literacy through English newspaper articles for high-intermediate EFL students in Korea
(2012-12-10)Diverse teaching methods have been used in English classrooms of Korea to enhance students' academic proficiency. In spite of English education reform, students are not encouraged to express their ideas spontaneously and ... -
Developing the food safety management system for the University of Wisconsin-River Falls Dairy Pilot Plant
(2014-06-09)The concern over food safety and the implications associated have increased over the last several years due to high profile and large scale recalls. The recalls have forced many companies to invest in a more comprehensive ... -
Differentiated Spelling Instruction and the Impact on Student Spelling
(2017-11-14)How does my students’ spelling proficiency change after I utilize differentiated spelling and word work? This study looks at the effects using differentiated spelling instruction has on 13 students’ spelling. Students ... -
Digital Texts and Engagement in 2nd Grade
(2019-05-08)Reading engagement is a necessity for reading instruction. If students are not engaged in their reading, they may not be able to construct meaning. Recent technological advances have allowed people to access texts in ... -
Displaying children's artwork
(2014-05-07)Displays of children's artwork are common in early childhood classrooms. Maria Montessori, however, did not write about visual displays. Just like in all other areas of the classroom a Montessori guide should ponder over ... -
Do Goal Setting and Student-Directed Learning Lead to Gains in Self-Motiviation and Academic Performance?
(2021-06-07)Self-directed learning (SDL) has been gaining popularity in recent years, particularly with adult learners. However, research has indicated that it can be an effective means to educate younger students within a variety of ... -
Does student engagement have a direct correlation to student achievement?
(2014-09-18)Education has been changing and evolving over time. There have been different initiatives over the years that have come and gone. The way teachers teach has become very different from that of even twenty years ago. There ... -
Does word work really work? Investigating the effects of word work vs. traditional spelling instruction during guided reading
(2011-12-17)The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of word study instruction as opposed to traditional spelling instruction on students' reading abilities during guided reading. The participants consisted of three-second ... -
Early Adolescents' Perceptions of their Engagement and Comprehension Using Reader's Theatre
(2019-05-23)Reader's Theater has been proven effective in boosting engagement and fostering comprehension. However, most Reader's Theater studies reveal the benefits of using Reader's Theater with younger grades in elementary settings ... -
Easing constraints on L2 readers: a blueprint for teaching native texts to high-intermediate non-native speakers
(2014-12-10)Reading can be frustrating and alienating for second language (L2) learners, but it is crucial to surviving in an L2 environment ? especially an academic environment. According to Grabe and Stoller (2002, p. 76), a reader ... -
Education that Fosters Environmental Literacy
(2018-10-15)This study was conducted to examine the effects of exploratory play in nature combined with locally based, environmental education (EE), on the environmental literacy (EL) of students in a lower elementary Montessori ... -
Effect of a formal lab practical performance activity before written exams on test scores in high school physics classes
(2013-11-25)Mastering a physical concept is and should always be the goal of any lesson in a physics classroom. How to prove the understanding of that concept is difficult to assess. Written exams only give us a small indication of ... -
Effect of book choice on read-to-shelf engagement
(2013-11-13)Elementary teachers who are using "The Daily 5" and/or any independent reading strategy as part of their literacy block often wonder how to select books for their readers and who should do the selecting. This action research ... -
The Effect of Explicit Phonics Instruction on First-Grade Writing
(2021-05-30)Learning to write and composing a story in first grade requires multiple steps of phonemic awareness and phonics. The writing process they use requires more than one simple step of putting words together to make a sentence ... -
Effect of inquiry labs on content knowledge and inquiry skills
(2012-04-17)Inquiry had become a major part of science education in the last decade, as seen by the inclusion in the National Science Standards (NRC1996, 2000). However, the definition of inquiry can vary widely between educators. The ... -
Effect of interactive read-alouds on student comprehension
(2015-05-05)With elementary schools using comprehensive and demanding reading curricula, interactive read-alouds are often being neglected, or implemented without utilization to their fullest potential. Research shows that read-aloud ... -
Effect of Nursery Rhymes on Emergent Literacy Development in a Kindergarten Classroom
(2017-11-13)Students are expected to become emergent readers by the end of kindergarten, yet some students begin kindergarten lacking the emergent literacy skills needed to become readers. As a teacher, I need to know what I can do ... -
Effect of student sharing on reading comprehension
(2014-11-19)One of the elements of effective literacy instruction is to provide the opportunity for every child to talk with peers about reading (Allington & Gabriel 2012). Book clubs and literature circles have become very popular ... -
Effect of test retakes on long-term retention
(2012-11-26)This study examines the effect of an optional retesting strategy on long-term retention of course content. It does so by comparing the number of retests a student chooses to take during the semester to the student's ... -
Effect of working and semantic memory on inferencing comprehension
(2013-12-03)This study examines the connection between working and semantic memory and its effect on the reading process, specifically inferential comprehension. Research indicates many of the cognitive processes involved in inferential ...