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Building Fluent Readers: Developing Comprehensive Reading Fluency In K-2 Classrooms, Erika Yersak Aug 2026

Building Fluent Readers: Developing Comprehensive Reading Fluency In K-2 Classrooms, Erika Yersak

Masters Projects

Despite extensive research establishing reading fluency as essential to literacy development, many early elementary students fail to achieve grade-level fluency, compromising their reading comprehension and academic success.  Fluency instruction has been narrowed to measuring reading speed, dismissed beyond third grade, and taught as an isolated skill disconnected from authentic reading across content areas.  While research demonstrates that fluency encompasses accuracy, automaticity, and prosody and should be integrated meaningfully across disciplines, many K-2 teachers lack practical resources and guidance for implementing comprehensive fluency instruction in their classrooms.

To address this gap, this project presents a research-based fluency integration guidebook for K-2 …


Misinformation, Misattunement, And Autistic Theatre: Representation, Access, And Cultural Harm, Sarah J. Nuttall, Jessica Telling Jun 2026

Misinformation, Misattunement, And Autistic Theatre: Representation, Access, And Cultural Harm, Sarah J. Nuttall, Jessica Telling

Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture

This article explores how autistic people experience theatre, showing that exclusion often comes not from individuals but from the way theatre spaces are designed and understood. Using audience feedback from Chameleon (Telling, 2025), an autistic-led production, we look at how common ideas about autism shape both what audiences expect to see on stage and how autistic people are treated in the theatre. Misinformation sets expectations about how autistic people should look, behave, and communicate, and these expectations influence how autistic presence is interpreted. We show how casting autistic performers, designing sensory‑aware environments, and inviting ongoing audience feedback can challenge these …


Front Matter Jun 2026

Front Matter

Ought: The Journal of Autistic Culture

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Work Or Activity: From The Classical "Curse Of Work" To The Willed Activity Of Modern Production Communes, Per Norrung Feb 2026

Work Or Activity: From The Classical "Curse Of Work" To The Willed Activity Of Modern Production Communes, Per Norrung

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Lindisfarne: Change And Development In A Utopian Community, Charles Redenius Feb 2026

Lindisfarne: Change And Development In A Utopian Community, Charles Redenius

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


The Anthropology Of Space In Harmonist And Owenite New Harmony, Lucy Jayne Kamau Feb 2026

The Anthropology Of Space In Harmonist And Owenite New Harmony, Lucy Jayne Kamau

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Utopian Communities In Britain In The Early Twentieth Century: The Example Of New Town, Dennis Hardy Feb 2026

Utopian Communities In Britain In The Early Twentieth Century: The Example Of New Town, Dennis Hardy

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Arcosanti: An American Community Looking Toward The Millennium, Sheri F. Crawford Feb 2026

Arcosanti: An American Community Looking Toward The Millennium, Sheri F. Crawford

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Cohousing Linking Community And Sustainability, Graham Meltzer Feb 2026

Cohousing Linking Community And Sustainability, Graham Meltzer

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


The Truth, The Whole Truth?: A Re-Examination Of James Hervey Elkins' 15 Years In The Senior Order Of Shakers, Mary Ann Haagen Feb 2026

The Truth, The Whole Truth?: A Re-Examination Of James Hervey Elkins' 15 Years In The Senior Order Of Shakers, Mary Ann Haagen

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Federative Home, William Metcalf Feb 2026

Federative Home, William Metcalf

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Timon Communities In The Netherlands, Martine Vonk Jan 2026

Timon Communities In The Netherlands, Martine Vonk

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Review Of The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, And The Wild Life Of An American Commune, Susan Love Brown Jan 2026

Review Of The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, And The Wild Life Of An American Commune, Susan Love Brown

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


The Pilgrimage Of Ralph Albertson, Theodore Kallman Jan 2026

The Pilgrimage Of Ralph Albertson, Theodore Kallman

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Tourism Encourages Heritage Preservation In The Amana Colonies, Erika Doot Dec 2025

Tourism Encourages Heritage Preservation In The Amana Colonies, Erika Doot

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Review Of Manhood In The Age Of Aquarius, Deborah Altus Dec 2025

Review Of Manhood In The Age Of Aquarius, Deborah Altus

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Review Of An Honorable Harvest: Shakers And The Natural World, Carol Medlicott Dec 2025

Review Of An Honorable Harvest: Shakers And The Natural World, Carol Medlicott

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


City Communes In Israel: Prolegomena To A Morphology Of Urban Communalism, James Horrox Dec 2025

City Communes In Israel: Prolegomena To A Morphology Of Urban Communalism, James Horrox

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Zion City: A Theocratic Municipality, With A Coda On Ave Maria, Holly Folk Dec 2025

Zion City: A Theocratic Municipality, With A Coda On Ave Maria, Holly Folk

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Single-Sex, Secular Intentional Communities In Australia, William J. Metcalf Dec 2025

Single-Sex, Secular Intentional Communities In Australia, William J. Metcalf

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


German Memories Of Icaria: Carl Zwicker's "Four Years' Experience Of A Communistic Life" (1878), Philip Lockley Dec 2025

German Memories Of Icaria: Carl Zwicker's "Four Years' Experience Of A Communistic Life" (1878), Philip Lockley

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Gathering Rainbows, Nancy Honchell Nov 2025

Gathering Rainbows, Nancy Honchell

Michigan Reading Journal

No abstract provided.


Communicating The Melaf Standards, Steven C. Erickson Nov 2025

Communicating The Melaf Standards, Steven C. Erickson

Michigan Reading Journal

No abstract provided.


Skills In Context, Constance Weaver Nov 2025

Skills In Context, Constance Weaver

Michigan Reading Journal

No abstract provided.


Review Of Brigham Young: Sovereign In America, Stewart Davenport Nov 2025

Review Of Brigham Young: Sovereign In America, Stewart Davenport

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Lanthorn, Vol. 60, No. 07, November 10, 2025, Grand Valley State University Nov 2025

Lanthorn, Vol. 60, No. 07, November 10, 2025, Grand Valley State University

Volume 60, August 4, 2025 – current

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.


Review Of Hippie Family Values, Nancy Stein Nov 2025

Review Of Hippie Family Values, Nancy Stein

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


The Centripetal Pull Of U.S. Ashrams: Nodes In A Sacred Transnational Network, Lauren M/ Griffith Oct 2025

The Centripetal Pull Of U.S. Ashrams: Nodes In A Sacred Transnational Network, Lauren M/ Griffith

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


The Maverick: Woodstock’S Bohemian Art Colony, John P. Murphy Oct 2025

The Maverick: Woodstock’S Bohemian Art Colony, John P. Murphy

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.


Self-Justification In The Artistic Practice And Artworks Of Kibbutz Women Artists, Ruth Yurovski Oct 2025

Self-Justification In The Artistic Practice And Artworks Of Kibbutz Women Artists, Ruth Yurovski

Communal Societies

No abstract provided.