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Developing Students' Reading Comprehesion Through Whole Language, Zelda Marie Thomas
Developing Students' Reading Comprehesion Through Whole Language, Zelda Marie Thomas
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of the study is to investigate the motivational affects of Transactional Strategies Instruction (TSI) and generative themes applications in the effort to change students' attitude and behavior in reading novels and volume reading materials to improve ninth grade reading comprehension. A descriptive six-week qualitative study on improving ninth grade students' reading comprehension through teaching the concept of whole language and Transactional Strategies Instruction (TSI) was conducted.
Assessing English Learners: Authentic Evaluation At The Elementary Level, Marco Antonio Mendoza
Assessing English Learners: Authentic Evaluation At The Elementary Level, Marco Antonio Mendoza
Theses Digitization Project
This project explores various forms of assessing English learners within the language domains of reading, writing, and oral language. The project also looks ath the California English Language Development Test (CELDT) as part of its study.
Whole Language Curriculum For English Learners In Elementary Schools, Norma Alicia Alvarado
Whole Language Curriculum For English Learners In Elementary Schools, Norma Alicia Alvarado
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to propose a pedagogy that adds, builds, and uses the student's language and culture to speak, read and write English. This project establishes the need for a comprehensive model of instruction for English learners in elementary schools.
College-Level Reading And Writing: Considering Curriculum From A Postmodern Perspective, Brenda Jean Littleton
College-Level Reading And Writing: Considering Curriculum From A Postmodern Perspective, Brenda Jean Littleton
Theses Digitization Project
This project presents qualitative investigations into the relation of science systems to education systems, and suggests post modern constructs as models of systemic change, with application toward reading and writing literacy for the college-level adult learning.
Teaching Vocabulary Through Integrated Curriculum Improves Reading Comprehension, Linda Carol Cox
Teaching Vocabulary Through Integrated Curriculum Improves Reading Comprehension, Linda Carol Cox
Theses Digitization Project
This investigation was designed to determine if teaching vocabulary through integrating English and Social Studies curricula would provide tenth grade students who are poor readers with strategies to improve their reading comprehension. The strategies used were designed to support struggling readers and English language development students to connect denotative and connotative meanings of words found in the novel Animal Farm to their social studies class' content.
Creative, Imaginative English-As-A-Foreign-Language Using Storytelling And Drama, Man-Lin Rau
Creative, Imaginative English-As-A-Foreign-Language Using Storytelling And Drama, Man-Lin Rau
Theses Digitization Project
With a view to improve English teaching, this project provides creative teaching methods for English teachers of elementary schools in Taiwan. Storytelling, creative writing, and creative drama are interesting and lively activities that are used to motivate students to learn English.
Staff Development For Whole-Language Teacher In Taiwan English As A Foreign Language, Chung-Ju Lai
Staff Development For Whole-Language Teacher In Taiwan English As A Foreign Language, Chung-Ju Lai
Theses Digitization Project
This project explores the Whole Language method for developing Taiwanese students' language proficiency in both Chinese and English. It includes sections on current practice in primary-level instruction, teaching methods, learner-centered literacy, crosscultural teaching and learning, and school administration. It provides a theoretical framework for training Whole Language teachers, an instructional unit and a strategy for assessment.
Online Storybook As A Facilitator For English As A Second Language Learning, Pei-Chen Tsai
Online Storybook As A Facilitator For English As A Second Language Learning, Pei-Chen Tsai
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project was to develop an online storybook as an ESL (English as a second language) or EFL (English as a Foreign language) learning facilitator for beginning english learners.
Gender Issues, Core Curriculum, And Statewide Content Standards, Scott Douglas Godwin
Gender Issues, Core Curriculum, And Statewide Content Standards, Scott Douglas Godwin
Theses Digitization Project
This project is a discussion of the continuing need to address gender issues while teaching core curriculum in English classes at the secondary level.
Patterns Of Invented Spelling In Spanish, Mercedes Pérez
Patterns Of Invented Spelling In Spanish, Mercedes Pérez
Theses Digitization Project
This study proposes to examine the invented spelling patterns that Spanish speaking children create in their writing. Their writing samples were then transcribed and each word was categorized as either conventional or an invented spelling.
Embellishing The Art Of Writing Instead Of Impairing It During First-Grade Studies, Maria Carmen Canelo
Embellishing The Art Of Writing Instead Of Impairing It During First-Grade Studies, Maria Carmen Canelo
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Word Study: An Interactive Approach To Word Solving, Nancy Watkins Walker
Word Study: An Interactive Approach To Word Solving, Nancy Watkins Walker
Theses Digitization Project
This project addresses the problems some second grade students face when reading and writing due to decoding and encoding confusions and difficulties.
A Guidebook For Implementing A Writer's Workshop, Kimberly Mackay Hartnett
A Guidebook For Implementing A Writer's Workshop, Kimberly Mackay Hartnett
Theses Digitization Project
The purpose of this project is to provide beginning teachers or teachers new to writing instruction with a step-by-step guideline for implementing writer's workshop in a K-3 classroom. The first eight weeks of writer's workshop are outlined and defined complete with prompts and reflections teachers can use to make this strategy responsive to the needs of their students.19 440 0 Thesis (M.A.)--California State University, San Bernardino, 1998.
The Book Look Nook: An Informational System Literature Search Program, David Roy Karlquist
The Book Look Nook: An Informational System Literature Search Program, David Roy Karlquist
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
A Model Of The Reading Process Applied In Efl Reading In Taiwan, I-Chen Wang
A Model Of The Reading Process Applied In Efl Reading In Taiwan, I-Chen Wang
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Successful Strategies For Sixth Grade Students, Joan Brennan Molinaro
Successful Strategies For Sixth Grade Students, Joan Brennan Molinaro
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
The New Title I: A Handbook For Reading Instruction In A Year-Round Middle School, Wendel Roy Morden
The New Title I: A Handbook For Reading Instruction In A Year-Round Middle School, Wendel Roy Morden
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Spelling Instruction For Beginning Writers In Whole Language Classrooms, Gabriele Lenz
Spelling Instruction For Beginning Writers In Whole Language Classrooms, Gabriele Lenz
Theses Digitization Project
Teachers of beginning writers, who believe in a whole language philosophy for teaching language arts, are faced with the challenge of integrating spelling instruction into their writing programs. Traditional approaches that involve word lists and weekly spelling tests are not in accordance with whole language beliefs.
Reading And Writing Reciprocity Through Literature-Based Thematic Cycles, Karen Diane Lyon
Reading And Writing Reciprocity Through Literature-Based Thematic Cycles, Karen Diane Lyon
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Helping Classroom Volunteers Have A Positive Impact On Literacy Acquisition, Sheril Lee Bethurum
Helping Classroom Volunteers Have A Positive Impact On Literacy Acquisition, Sheril Lee Bethurum
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Student Storytelling: A Strategy For Developing Oral Literacy In The Intermediate Grades, Rita E. Mccarthy
Student Storytelling: A Strategy For Developing Oral Literacy In The Intermediate Grades, Rita E. Mccarthy
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Author Studies: Connecting Children With The World Of Books, Kelly Sue Brown
Author Studies: Connecting Children With The World Of Books, Kelly Sue Brown
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
A Whole Language Approach To Teaching History: Social Studies Through Literature, Glenda Nell Tharp
A Whole Language Approach To Teaching History: Social Studies Through Literature, Glenda Nell Tharp
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
A Multiage Learning Project For Primary Students, Linda Darlene Rector
A Multiage Learning Project For Primary Students, Linda Darlene Rector
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Early Reading Success: Parents Make A Difference, Sandra Jean Schwinn
Early Reading Success: Parents Make A Difference, Sandra Jean Schwinn
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
An Electronic Writing Portfolios Program For The Primary Classroom, Ivy Kaufhold Patten
An Electronic Writing Portfolios Program For The Primary Classroom, Ivy Kaufhold Patten
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Publishing Class Books In First Grade: Making The Reading-Writing Connection, H. Lawrence Heywood
Publishing Class Books In First Grade: Making The Reading-Writing Connection, H. Lawrence Heywood
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.
Integrating A Science/Language Arts Curriculum Through The Use Of Theme Cycles In A First And Third Grade Classroom, Mary Carrillo, Lorena Montoya
Integrating A Science/Language Arts Curriculum Through The Use Of Theme Cycles In A First And Third Grade Classroom, Mary Carrillo, Lorena Montoya
Theses Digitization Project
A collaborative science curriculum created by a first and third grade class. The students were provided with the global theme of change and were invited to brainstorm topics of interests that were utilized to create a science theme cycle.
Oral Tradition In The Classroom: The Relationship Between The Use Of Culturally Appropriate Reading Material And Reading Comprehension, Celina Lynn Arredondo-Montoya
Oral Tradition In The Classroom: The Relationship Between The Use Of Culturally Appropriate Reading Material And Reading Comprehension, Celina Lynn Arredondo-Montoya
Theses Digitization Project
This research project explores the relationship between the use of culturally sensitive reading material and reading comprehension among Spanish-speaking language minority students of elementary school age. Text includes Spanish and English transcriptions of stories.
How To Transition From A Traditional Classroom To A Whole Language Classroom By Implementing A Fourth Grade Social Studies-Language Arts Unit That Meets The Needs Of All Students, Marcia Ann Musket Fiorindo
How To Transition From A Traditional Classroom To A Whole Language Classroom By Implementing A Fourth Grade Social Studies-Language Arts Unit That Meets The Needs Of All Students, Marcia Ann Musket Fiorindo
Theses Digitization Project
No abstract provided.