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Musical Linguistics: How Music And Artistic Creativity When Delivered As A Linguistic Practice, Help Students Master Academic Skills In English Language Arts, Cynthyny Ann Lebo Apr 2012

Musical Linguistics: How Music And Artistic Creativity When Delivered As A Linguistic Practice, Help Students Master Academic Skills In English Language Arts, Cynthyny Ann Lebo

Theses Digitization Project

This Masters project consists of two elements: 1) an integrated after-school program to improve student English language reading and academic outcomes for third graders' vocabulary development by incorporating music, artistic creativity and linguistics; 2) a pilot sample curriculum that demonstrates the approach for building student comprehension through musical theater and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) content experiences. Called "Water Buddy", this is an after-school program uses singing, dancing, writing, and play to build reading and vocabulary skills. The goal is to improve learner academic outcomes by mastering the elemental building blocks of words, letters, symbols by making memorable the …


Bridging The Gap By Using Mini Shared Reading, Ljubica Radisich Quilici Jan 2004

Bridging The Gap By Using Mini Shared Reading, Ljubica Radisich Quilici

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to investigate an alternative teaching strategy for assisting five first grade students who were struggling with learning how to read. This project examined how Mini Shared Reading, a melding of Shared Reading and Guided Reading, enabled these students to progress five to ten reading levels in five weeks.


The Role Of Imaginative Literature In First Year Composition, Randee Teresa Cowles Jan 2004

The Role Of Imaginative Literature In First Year Composition, Randee Teresa Cowles

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This study steps into a long running discussion of the place of imaginative literature in First Year Composition (FYC) courses. Chapter one surveys the scholarship, including the work of Erika Lindeman and Gary Tate, two compositionists whose debate has been at the center of this discussion, and three scholars' responses to the issues their debate raises. Instructors might be able to include imaginative literature in FYC courses if they use the literature to support the courses' rhetorical goals rather than to "teach the literature" itself.


Taoism The Adolescent Way, Claire Christine Osburn, Kathryn Ramsey Jan 1998

Taoism The Adolescent Way, Claire Christine Osburn, Kathryn Ramsey

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No abstract provided.


A Handbook On Ways Parents Can Help Their Children Learn To Read, Deborah S. Waltzer Jan 1990

A Handbook On Ways Parents Can Help Their Children Learn To Read, Deborah S. Waltzer

Theses Digitization Project

1st grade -- Parents and literacy -- Transitional whole language method.


Potpourri Of Poetry: A Guide For Using Poetry In Elementary Schools, Penelope L. Levers Jan 1989

Potpourri Of Poetry: A Guide For Using Poetry In Elementary Schools, Penelope L. Levers

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No abstract provided.