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Florida International University

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2012

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Changing The Interface Of Family And Consumer Sciences At Florida International University, Sandra Poirier, Emilmari Faria, Annette Marie Hernandez, Melissa Madia Dec 2012

Changing The Interface Of Family And Consumer Sciences At Florida International University, Sandra Poirier, Emilmari Faria, Annette Marie Hernandez, Melissa Madia

South Florida Education Research Conference

The need to change the interface of the Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Program at Florida International University (FlU) has evolved because of changes in our family structure, culture, resources, educational reform, new knowledge in basic disciplines and applied research.


An Investigation Of Narration Rates For The Reading While Listening Strategy, Chan-Ho Chae, Lisbeth A. Dixon-Krauss Dec 2012

An Investigation Of Narration Rates For The Reading While Listening Strategy, Chan-Ho Chae, Lisbeth A. Dixon-Krauss

South Florida Education Research Conference

This study investigated the effects of Reading While Listening narration rates on elementary students' comprehension. Slow, normal and sentence interval narration rates were used. Results showed higher comprehension scores with the slow narration rate for students with low reading levels, and normal rate for high and medium level readers