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Case Study Analysis In Reding/Language Arts: Getting To The "Nitty-Gritty", Janet H. Towell
Case Study Analysis In Reding/Language Arts: Getting To The "Nitty-Gritty", Janet H. Towell
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
On the first day of class in a graduate reading assessment and evaluation course, my students were asked to formulate a list of questions in cooperative groups that should be considered when doing a case study on a student to assess his or her skills and abilities including strengths and needs in read ing/language arts. They were asked to think of any areas of concern that may affect the student's academic performance such as social or emotional factors. The following table of 20 questions was compiled by this group of 16 inservice teachers with varying levels of experience and expertise. …
Reading Horizons Vol. 37, No. 2
Reading Horizons Vol. 37, No. 2
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
Complete issue of Reading Horizons volume 37, issue 2.
An Environmental Impact Statement: Designing Supportive Literacy Classrooms For Young Children, D. Ray Reutzel, Mary Wolfersberger
An Environmental Impact Statement: Designing Supportive Literacy Classrooms For Young Children, D. Ray Reutzel, Mary Wolfersberger
Reading Horizons: A Journal of Literacy and Language Arts
The physical environment of the classroom can be a powerful tool in support of literacy learning or an unrecognized and undirected influence (Loughlin and Martin, 1987). Teachers who organize, arrange, and dress up their classrooms intuitively understand that, "Every home, every classroom, every school contains a certain atmosphere" (Van Manen, 1986, p. 31). Although peripherally accepted as an important part of literacy instruction for many years, too little attention has been focused on what the literacy environment of the classroom brings to children and their learning. Recent research by Neuman and Roskos (1990, 1992) demonstrates a clear relationship between the …