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Bertram, Kay (Fa 1238), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Bertram, Kay (Fa 1238), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
FA Finding Aids
Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1238. Student paper titled “Taylor County’s One Room Schools” in which Kay Bertram details the history, the construction, and the eventual consolidation of public schools in the county. Bertram describes how funds were raised in order to build the schoolhouses, teachers’ annual incomes, and a “typical day” in the life of a student. The paper also contains color photographs of each one-room school and a brief description of the location.
Greenwell, Doris (Fa 1237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
Greenwell, Doris (Fa 1237), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives
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Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 1237. Student paper titled “The One-Room Schoolhouse in America’s Past” in which Doris Greenwell details the significance of two schoolhouses in New Haven, Kentucky. Greenwell gathered information from two teachers, both of whom taught in one-room schools for an extended period of time. The author describes each schoolhouse as well as common characteristics of how the schools operated on a daily basis. The paper includes pictures of the Hagan School and the former New Haven School.
Developmental Readers, New Literacies, And The Impact Of Direct Instruction, Kristine Elizabeth Wilson,
Developmental Readers, New Literacies, And The Impact Of Direct Instruction, Kristine Elizabeth Wilson,
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Many students enter college underprepared for the rigors of college-level reading, and these students are often placed in developmental courses. Furthermore, many students, with and without the developmental label, face challenges when reading online and in print, and research shows that these reading processes are not exactly the same. Research into new literacies finds that online reading comprehension gaps exist that are different from print reading. Varying reading strategies as well as metacognitive strategies can help assist students in successfully comprehending texts at the college level. This study investigated how explicit instruction in new literacy strategies impacts a reader’s ability …