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Adult Esl Oral Reading Fluency And Silent Reading Comprehension, Kristin Lems

Dissertations

A descriptive study of second language adults studying ESL at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels in a post-secondary academic program revealed that their oral reading fluency had a significant, low-to-moderate correlation with scores on a measure of silent reading comprehension. The correlation was slightly stronger for measures of accuracy than speed, and strongest for miscue ratio. The correlation increased as proficiency level increased. Among different first language groups, the correlation was highest for Hispanic learners, and lowest for Chinese. Furthermore, all fluency measures correlated better with a listening measure than with the silent reading comprehension measure. When a system …

Leadership Transitions: What Do Directors Experience?, Mccormick Center For Early Childhood Leadership

McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership Publications

The Center for Early Childhood Leadership recently conducted a study of 401 directors from 21 states and the District of Columbia on leadership transition.

Organizational Power And Politics: More Than Meets The Eye In Program Planning, Susan Shaver

Dissertations

Organizational power and politics influence corporate training in ways not often discussed. This study explores the effects of organizational power and politics on program planning and how planning, with its inherent power and politics (see Cervero & Wilson, 1994a), influences the daily practices of corporate trainers.

This study was informed by the literature of systems theory and constructivism. Von Bertalanffy’s (1968) general systems theory, in which the whole of a system is considered to be greater than the sum of its parts, Senge’s (1990) systems view that interrelationships within organizational structures, (not events), underlie complex situations, and Lincoln & Guba’s …

Staffing And Stability In State-Funded Prekindergarten Programs, Mccormick Center For Early Childhood Leadership

McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership Publications

The Center for Child Care Workforce found variations in staffing depending on whether pre-K programs were housed in publicly operated or privately operated settings. The following summarizes the key findings of the study as well as implications and recommendations for policy and practice.

Financial Aid Strategies: The Key To An Early Childhood Career Development System, Mccormick Center For Early Childhood Leadership

McCormick Center for Early Childhood Leadership Publications

Linking practitioners to professional development resources and financial assistance for education and training is essential to achieving a well-trained, stable early childhood workforce.