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'The Politics And Discourses Surrounding Australia’S Current Literacy Initiatives For Indigenous Learners, J. Connelly Oct 2008

'The Politics And Discourses Surrounding Australia’S Current Literacy Initiatives For Indigenous Learners, J. Connelly

Dr. CONNELLY, Jennifer

No abstract provided.


First, You Write!, Susan Adams Oct 2008

First, You Write!, Susan Adams

Susan Adams

Workshop presented at the Indiana Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (INTESOL) Annual Conference, November 2008.


Presenting Results Of Esl Teachers Writing Workshop, Susan Adams, Mary Nicolini Oct 2008

Presenting Results Of Esl Teachers Writing Workshop, Susan Adams, Mary Nicolini

Susan Adams

Presentation at the National Writing Project Conference, San Antonio, TX, November 2008.


Tears, Fears, And The Dreaded Five-Paragraph Essay: Encouraging Your Students To Write In English, Susan Adams Apr 2008

Tears, Fears, And The Dreaded Five-Paragraph Essay: Encouraging Your Students To Write In English, Susan Adams

Susan Adams

Presentation at the TESOL Regional Conference, May 2008.


Narratives Of White Women Teachers And Their Subjectivities In Indigenous Schools, J. Connelly Feb 2008

Narratives Of White Women Teachers And Their Subjectivities In Indigenous Schools, J. Connelly

Dr. CONNELLY, Jennifer

No abstract provided.


Government Intervention In Remote Indigenous Communities. Implications For Literacy: Policy And Practice, J. Connelly Dec 2007

Government Intervention In Remote Indigenous Communities. Implications For Literacy: Policy And Practice, J. Connelly

Dr. CONNELLY, Jennifer

No abstract provided.


Educational Linguistics: Symbolic Constructions In Global Public Visuals, J. Connelly Dec 2007

Educational Linguistics: Symbolic Constructions In Global Public Visuals, J. Connelly

Dr. CONNELLY, Jennifer

No abstract provided.


Teaching The Teachers – Getting Started With Iwb Technology, J. Connelly, S. Gregory Dec 2007

Teaching The Teachers – Getting Started With Iwb Technology, J. Connelly, S. Gregory

Dr. CONNELLY, Jennifer

No abstract provided.


Averaging Effect Sizes Within And Across Studies Of Interventions Aimed At Improving Child Outcomes, Rebecca Maynard, Nianbo Dong, Irma Perez-Johnson Dec 2007

Averaging Effect Sizes Within And Across Studies Of Interventions Aimed At Improving Child Outcomes, Rebecca Maynard, Nianbo Dong, Irma Perez-Johnson

REBECCA A MAYNARD

ABSTRACT—Scientific and political forces are moving the social services field toward greater reliance on evidence-based interventions or strategies, including in the area of child development. This article draws on the work of meta-analysts to illustrate how study findings can sometimes be made more accessible to policy makers and practitioners by converting them to effect sizes and averaging them within or across studies. The article first introduces the concept of an effect size. Using empirical examples, it then illustrates the mechanics of computing average effect sizes and discusses their benefits and limitations as summary measures of the estimated effects of interventions. …


Making Sense Of Academic Failure. Dissertation, Leena Her Dec 2007

Making Sense Of Academic Failure. Dissertation, Leena Her

Leena N. Her

This dissertation is an ethnography of first, how school participants in America make sense of academic failure and second, the consequences of their work. I study the methods they use and the explanations they invoke while engaged in this activity. I focus primarily on two groups of school participants in the American cultural landscape: educational researchers who are designated as the diagnosticians of the maladies of a "broken" educational system; and, students and school staff, who often have to explain the failure that they are confronted with. The analysis of how educational researchers traditionally make sense of academic failure utilizes …