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Developing Stable Partnerships Among Parents, Students, And Schools – A Parents’ Philosophy On Learning, Adriana Ghoul
Developing Stable Partnerships Among Parents, Students, And Schools – A Parents’ Philosophy On Learning, Adriana Ghoul
Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث
This study describes the development of stable partnerships among parents, students and schools to promote literacy skills. It sets out to explore the involvement of a limited number of parents from different walks of life in their children’s academic life, school provisions in this respect and specific community activities which might contribute to the development of this partnership. The research questions are related to the way parents understand their partnership with schools and to the degree of their “involvement in their children school life”. The participants in this study were parents from different social categories with children at different school …
A Study Of Incarcerated Youth: How Does Interest Affect Comprehension And Engagement, Grace Mutti
A Study Of Incarcerated Youth: How Does Interest Affect Comprehension And Engagement, Grace Mutti
Honors Projects
Current research explores the relationship between high-interest reading material and comprehension in classrooms as well as the impact of literacy on recidivism; however, there is a shortage of research on effective instructional reading practices for incarcerated youth. This qualitative study examines the experience of five white, male incarcerated youth as they experience one-on-one reading instruction from five of BGSU’s pre-service teachers. Instructional strategies used in the study were modeled off of an online program called A-Z Reading and focused on developing students’ fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension skills. The study initially aimed to examine the impact of high-interest materials on the …