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The Most Effective Way To Teach Spelling, Mandy Lea Strange
The Most Effective Way To Teach Spelling, Mandy Lea Strange
Theses Digitization Project
The research in this project shows that spelling needs to be taught through patterns, rhymes and the use of analogies. Weekly spelling tests are effective to assess spelling patterns, instead of useing a pre-determined collection of random words. Additionally, spelling needs to be taught within writing, not as a completely separate subject.
Assisting Students With Concept Acquisition In Basic Skills Reading Through The Use Of An Interactive Website, Michele Barbara Laveaux
Assisting Students With Concept Acquisition In Basic Skills Reading Through The Use Of An Interactive Website, Michele Barbara Laveaux
Theses Digitization Project
This project creates an interactive website on the literature surrounding reading and concept acquisition skills in adult learners. This website used in conjunction with the Basic Skills English 10A course given in community colleges will enhance reading and concept acquisitions skills enabling student the self cofidence, encouragement and motivation to complete the course.
Creating A Student-Centered Learning Community In The College Reading Classroom By Incorporating Web-Based Technology, Michael James Shefchik
Creating A Student-Centered Learning Community In The College Reading Classroom By Incorporating Web-Based Technology, Michael James Shefchik
Theses Digitization Project
This project investigated the problem of how to enable a student-centered environment in reading instruction through effectively incorporating meaningful web-based technology into the community college reading curriculum. Three multimedia strategies were tested to promote individual and collaborative meaning making: ePortfolios, eJournals, and the Class Know-It-All. The success of these strategies was measured against that of a previous course with identical materials and resources with the exception of multimedia integration.
Does California's Scripted Curriculum Affect Students' Motivation To Read, Francene Marie Fisher
Does California's Scripted Curriculum Affect Students' Motivation To Read, Francene Marie Fisher
Theses Digitization Project
This thesis looked at the effects of California's adopted scripted learning programs on students' motivation for reading. There is much research about the efficacy of these types of one-size-fits all programs, which claim to be on scientific research.
Comparison Of Effectiveness Between Merit Software And Traditional Grammar Instruction For Ninth Grade Students, Cynthia Joann Furr
Comparison Of Effectiveness Between Merit Software And Traditional Grammar Instruction For Ninth Grade Students, Cynthia Joann Furr
Theses Digitization Project
Purpose of the project is to determine whether Merit Software program, "Write it right" could be effective in a whole class setting (using one computer) rather than in a computer lab. The further purpose was to identify if this strategy was more effective than the use of the traditional textbook method of grammar study in the ninth grade. Lesson plans and a software description are included.
Using Music To Create Effective Curriculum For English Language Development, Steven John Schulz
Using Music To Create Effective Curriculum For English Language Development, Steven John Schulz
Theses Digitization Project
Research supporting the viability of music to promote language and literacy development as well as the theory of multiple intelligences suggests that any sound educational program employ a multifaceted approach to teaching and learning. This project created a thematically based multiple intelligence curriculum for first grade English language learners that emphasized the use of song.
Tell Me A Story About Feathers: Teaching Discipline Through Literature, Carol Tripoli Rondeau
Tell Me A Story About Feathers: Teaching Discipline Through Literature, Carol Tripoli Rondeau
Theses Digitization Project
This project contends that the instructional time given to language arts is the appropriate time to teach discipline. Sample lesson plans incorporating the teaching of discipline into California's third grade curriculum are offered to inspire and inform educators to become teachers of self-discipline.
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.
Planting The Seeds Of Environmental Sensitivity Using Children's Literature, Kristin Alayne Sanderson
Planting The Seeds Of Environmental Sensitivity Using Children's Literature, Kristin Alayne Sanderson
Theses Digitization Project
This project is aimed at helping children in elementary grades 1-6 develop a deep awareness of and empathy for the environment through children's fictional literature. This project takes a selection of children's books that encourage feelings of love, respect, and concern for the environment, and pairs them with an array of activities that put children more in touch with our planet and its problems. This combination of shared stories and related activities may be influential in developing environmental sensitivity in young children.
Use Of A Video Based Instruction Program To Enhance English Literature And Writing Concepts, Jeffrey Christian Pitcher
Use Of A Video Based Instruction Program To Enhance English Literature And Writing Concepts, Jeffrey Christian Pitcher
Theses Digitization Project
In this project an educational DVD about the life and writing styles of John Steinbeck was developed for use in high school freshman classrooms at Yucaipa High School. Additional activities to stimulate students' writing and composition in the style of Steinbeck were created to match educational theory and state standards.