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Developing A Culturally Responsive Literacy Pedagogy: Preservice Teachers, Teaching Cases, And Postcard Narratives, Annmarie Alberton Gunn
Developing A Culturally Responsive Literacy Pedagogy: Preservice Teachers, Teaching Cases, And Postcard Narratives, Annmarie Alberton Gunn
USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
How Prepared Are Students For College Level Reading? Applying A Lexile[R]-Based Approach., Chuck Wilkins, Jenifer J. Hartman, Noelle Howland, Nitin Sharma
How Prepared Are Students For College Level Reading? Applying A Lexile[R]-Based Approach., Chuck Wilkins, Jenifer J. Hartman, Noelle Howland, Nitin Sharma
USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications
This study develops and documents a new methodology that uses the Lexile Framework[R] for Reading to determine the proportion of grade 11 Texas public school students whose scores on the exit-level Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills for English language arts and reading (TAKS-ELAR) or the TAKS-ELAR Accommodated indicate the ability to read and comprehend textbooks used in entry-level (freshman) English courses in the University of Texas system. The findings show that at the 75 percent comprehension level, 51 percent of students can read 95 percent of first-year English textbooks used in entry-level classes in the University of Texas system, …
Creating The Credit Il Course In A University Setting., Catherine A. Cardwell, Colleen Boff
Creating The Credit Il Course In A University Setting., Catherine A. Cardwell, Colleen Boff
USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications
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Are Texas' English Language Arts And Reading Standards College Ready?, Eric Rolfhus, Gary Cook, Jessica Brite, Jenifer J. Hartman
Are Texas' English Language Arts And Reading Standards College Ready?, Eric Rolfhus, Gary Cook, Jessica Brite, Jenifer J. Hartman
USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Publications
This study compares alignment of the ACT and the American Diploma Project (ADP) national college readiness standards sets with the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English language arts and reading (TEKS ELAR) standards for grades 9-12 and analyzes their cognitive complexity. It finds that a majority of the content in the ACT and ADP standards sets is addressed to some extent by the TEKS ELAR standards and that the TEKS ELAR standards demand higher levels of cognitive complexity than do the other two standards sets. The study has two key limitations. First, the definition of partial alignment was very …