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Structured Literacy Is Really Controlled Literacy: Units Of Study Is Not A Balanced Approach, Andrew P. Johnson
Structured Literacy Is Really Controlled Literacy: Units Of Study Is Not A Balanced Approach, Andrew P. Johnson
Elementary and Literacy Education Department Publications
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Instructional Practices That Promote Reading Growth In K-3 Students: A Qualitative Study Of Highly Effective Reading Teachers, Valora J. Unowsky
Instructional Practices That Promote Reading Growth In K-3 Students: A Qualitative Study Of Highly Effective Reading Teachers, Valora J. Unowsky
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The focus of this study was to examine the effective instructional practices, philosophies, values, and beliefs of highly effective reading teachers, as evidenced by their students’ rate of reading growth over the course of one academic year across all demographic subgroups. Teacher instructional strategies, approaches to tier one and tier two instruction, planning, preparation, and philosophical beliefs about teaching were investigated. The primary goal of this study was to identify and examine teacher practices and characteristics which result in high reading growth, so as to benefit students. This qualitative grounded theory study used targeted teacher interviews and extensive coding methodologies …
Innovations And Critical Issues In Teaching And Learning, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2021
Innovations And Critical Issues In Teaching And Learning, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2021
Innovations and Critical Issues in Teaching and Learning
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Innovations And Critical Issues In Teaching And Learning, Volume 1, Issue 2, 2020
Innovations And Critical Issues In Teaching And Learning, Volume 1, Issue 2, 2020
Innovations and Critical Issues in Teaching and Learning
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Innovations And Critical Issues In Teaching And Learning Volume 1, Issue 1, 2020
Innovations And Critical Issues In Teaching And Learning Volume 1, Issue 1, 2020
Innovations and Critical Issues in Teaching and Learning
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The Importance Of Utilizing Play To Promote Emergent Literacy In Early Childhood Environment, Terisa Scrabeck
The Importance Of Utilizing Play To Promote Emergent Literacy In Early Childhood Environment, Terisa Scrabeck
Innovations and Critical Issues in Teaching and Learning
There is no question that play is important in the lives of children at home and at school. Unfortunately, the amount of play in early childhood classrooms continues to diminish. Teachers are under pressure to meet high academic expectations so they are spending more time on instruction and testing instead of play. Children enjoy play and it improves many different skills, like literacy. Children develop knowledge of literacy as they engage with print. Therefore, literacy can be developed through different types of play, including well-defined enriched literacy play settings and adult role models. The importance of utilizing play to promote …
Whole Language Vs. Phonics?: Meaning-First And Code-First Approaches To Reading Instruction, Andrew P. Johnson
Whole Language Vs. Phonics?: Meaning-First And Code-First Approaches To Reading Instruction, Andrew P. Johnson
Elementary and Literacy Education Department Publications
This chapter excerpt describes approaches to reading instruction based on two different theoretical perspectives: a meaning-based approach and a skills-based approach. Video mini-lectures are included.
Instructional Design: How Secondary Teachers Promote Student Comprehension Of Informational Text, Patti Strukel
Instructional Design: How Secondary Teachers Promote Student Comprehension Of Informational Text, Patti Strukel
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This study examined how secondary teachers supported their students’ comprehension of informational text. Four content-area teachers – English, science, social studies, and vocational – were observed and interviewed in this study based on hermeneutic phenomenology methods. In addition, the teachers provided a sample of lessons delivered outside the observed processes. The findings exposed processes and actions that teachers intentionally engaged in to make informational text accessible to their students, create conditions that celebrated and supported the learning process, and that led students to valuable understandings when their students read informational text. The research also unveiled varied points of emphasis in …
Approaches To Phonics Instruction, Andrew P. Johnson
Approaches To Phonics Instruction, Andrew P. Johnson
Elementary and Literacy Education Department Publications
This chapter excerpt provides a brief overview of synthetic and analytic approaches to phonics instruction. Related mini-lectures are included.