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Effects Of Emotional And Behavioral Disorders And Executive Dysfunction On Literacy Achievement: Through The Lens Of Secondary-Level Education, Natalie Deutsch
Effects Of Emotional And Behavioral Disorders And Executive Dysfunction On Literacy Achievement: Through The Lens Of Secondary-Level Education, Natalie Deutsch
Student Research Poster Presentations 2024
The study examined the effects of emotional and behavioral disorders (E/BD) and executive dysfunction on literacy achievement in secondary-level education. The research questions focused on behavior interventions for at-risk students with behavioral disorders, the association between E/BD signs and reading deficits, incorporating executive functioning skills into reading instruction, and the positive and negative effects of self-contained classrooms on students with EBD. The study found that accommodating the specific needs of students with E/BD and executive dysfunction led to a statistically significant increase in mean test scores. The methods involved tiered intervention programs within the Units of Study curriculum, executive functioning …
Teaching Literacy Foundations, Debra D. Murphy
Teaching Literacy Foundations, Debra D. Murphy
ATU Faculty Open Educational Resources
Goals and Objectives of the Textbook
This textbook aims to equip educators with the knowledge, skills, and tools necessary to create rich and inclusive literacy learning environments for all students. The specific objectives of the textbook are:
1. To present a historical and theoretical framework for understanding literacy development and instruction.
2. To explore the essential components of literacy instruction, including phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary development, reading fluency, reading comprehension, and writing instruction.
3. To provide practical strategies and activities for teaching and assessing literacy skills.
4. To discuss differentiated instruction and inclusive practices that address the diverse needs of …
Infographic: Reading Instruction Strategies Used In Year 4 Lessons In Australia, Dominique Russell
Infographic: Reading Instruction Strategies Used In Year 4 Lessons In Australia, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
Recently released survey data from PIRLS 2021 (Progress in International Reading and Literacy Study) includes information on reading instruction strategies used in year 4 lessons. This infographic shows the percentage of Australian PIRLS 2021 students whose teachers reported using these strategies in every or almost every lesson.
Infographic: Australia’S Reading Results Within The International Context, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Infographic: Australia’S Reading Results Within The International Context, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Teacher infographics
The new report, Progress in International Reading Literacy Study: Australia’s results from PIRLS 2021, reveals how the average reading performance of year 4 students in Australia compares to other countries. Find out more in today’s infographic.
Infographic: Basic Literacy Skills And The Gap Between Male And Female Students, Jo Earp
Infographic: Basic Literacy Skills And The Gap Between Male And Female Students, Jo Earp
Teacher infographics
NAPLAN’s National Minimum Standard is the ‘agreed minimum acceptable standard of knowledge and skills without which a student will have difficulty making sufficient progress at school’. Ahead of the 2023 tests, we compare the percentage of male and female students in year 9 achieving at or above the standard in Literacy, over time.
Infographic: Basic Skills And The Gap Between Indigenous And Non-Indigenous Students, Jo Earp
Infographic: Basic Skills And The Gap Between Indigenous And Non-Indigenous Students, Jo Earp
Teacher infographics
In the National Assessment Program — Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) tests, the national minimum standard (NMS) is the ‘agreed minimum acceptable standard of knowledge and skills without which a student will have difficulty making sufficient progress at school’. This infographic looks at the performance of Indigenous and non-Indigenous students in Year 9, over time.
Infographic: Language And Cognitive Skills In The Early Years, Zoe Kaskamanidis
Infographic: Language And Cognitive Skills In The Early Years, Zoe Kaskamanidis
Teacher infographics
Results from the 2021 Australian Early Development Census (AEDC) collection cycle show that of all early childhood developmental domains, children’s language and cognitive skills have seen the most significant shift. Find out more in today’s infographic.
Infographic: Student Reading In A Digital Age, Zoe Kaskamanidis
Infographic: Student Reading In A Digital Age, Zoe Kaskamanidis
Teacher infographics
An OECD report 21st-Century Readers: Developing Literacy Skills in a Digital World analyses data from the 2018 PISA test and student survey to report on the reading habits of 15-year-olds in OECD countries. Find out more about how reading in digital and paper formats effects students' reading performance and enjoyment in today's infographic.
Infographic: School Funding – What Are Educators Seeking Support For?, Dominique Russell
Infographic: School Funding – What Are Educators Seeking Support For?, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
Philanthropic funding is one way school leaders can access support to implement and enhance initiatives and projects. Australian charity Schools Plus recently published details of applications for its latest round of grants. The requests from schools provide a snapshot of the initiatives and projects educators are seeking funding for.
Need For Comprehension Remediation In A University-Based Online Reading Clinic, Patricia Ash
Need For Comprehension Remediation In A University-Based Online Reading Clinic, Patricia Ash
Student Research Poster Presentations 2022
The significant areas of concern for this research include determining the most effective comprehension strategies that will address the needs of students who struggle with comprehension. There is no doubt that technology and alternative means of instruction have to be explored and used for education; however, the platforms must be evaluated with specific criteria to allow for seamless instruction and student interaction. Finally, this research will evaluate if the need for a reading clinic is one that school districts think needs to be filled.
Increasing Oral Reading Fluency Rate Of Middle School Students With Learning Disabilities Through Cooperative Learning, Kristin Stuffick
Increasing Oral Reading Fluency Rate Of Middle School Students With Learning Disabilities Through Cooperative Learning, Kristin Stuffick
Student Research Poster Presentations 2022
This study highlights the importance of focusing on student motivation and engagement to encourage an optimistic school and future education viewpoint. Student interest can be maintained by promoting student choice in their reading materials to align with individual interests and increase comprehension retention. The long-term implications of reading difficulties can affect individuals after middle school by lessening their chances of earning a high school diploma, leading to decreased annual income and increased reliance on government assistance throughout their lifetime.
Infographic: School Librarian Recruitment – Valuing Reading For Pleasure, Dominique Russell
Infographic: School Librarian Recruitment – Valuing Reading For Pleasure, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
A new study has explored job titles and descriptions for school librarian jobs advertised in the United States and Australia to assess the emphasis placed on a school librarian’s role in promoting reading for pleasure. Researchers found ‘Australian school librarians are far more likely to be expected to foster reading for pleasure’.
Infographic: Student Enjoyment Of Reading, Dominique Russell
Infographic: Student Enjoyment Of Reading, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
The most recent Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey measured the attitudes held by 15-year-olds on reading. An Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) Snapshot report has analysed these attitudes, and looked at how they differ between girls and boys, Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, and most disadvantaged and least disadvantaged students.
Infographic: Foundational Literacy And Numeracy Skills, Jo Earp
Infographic: Foundational Literacy And Numeracy Skills, Jo Earp
Teacher infographics
In the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2019, Year 4 principals were asked to report how many students in their school could do foundational literacy and numeracy skills such as ‘write their names’ and ‘recognise written numbers from 1 to 10’ when they began their first year of primary school. Find out how Australian data compare to the international average in this infographic.
Reach Out And Read Awareness And Utilization At The Community Health Centers Of Burlington, Catrina Hood, Jacob Shaw M.D.
Reach Out And Read Awareness And Utilization At The Community Health Centers Of Burlington, Catrina Hood, Jacob Shaw M.D.
Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects
The Reach Out and Read (ROR) program is an evidence-based model of literacy promotion used to deliver anticipatory literacy guidance and books to parents and caregivers of children, ages 6 months through 5 years, at well child visits with Primary Care Providers (PCP's). The objective of this project was to assess provider familiarity with and utilization of ROR at the Community Health Centers of Burlington (CHCB) via anonymous survey.
Infographic: Student Word Choice During A Pandemic, Dominique Russell
Infographic: Student Word Choice During A Pandemic, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
Children aged 8-14 in Australia recently submitted a 100 word story responding to the prompt ‘A different world – living in lockdown’ for a story-writing event. Their word choices were analysed and in this infographic, we see how their word choices compare to previous instalments of the event.
Preparing To Teach, Committing To Learn: An Introduction To Educating Children Who Are Deaf/Hard Of Hearing, Susan Lenihan, Jenna Voss, Ellie White, Dan Salvucci
Preparing To Teach, Committing To Learn: An Introduction To Educating Children Who Are Deaf/Hard Of Hearing, Susan Lenihan, Jenna Voss, Ellie White, Dan Salvucci
OER Textbooks
Preparing to Teach is an open-source eBook on deaf education for students and faculty in professional preparation programs, practitioners in deaf education, and families of children who are DHH. Although the focus is on deaf-education teachers who are providing services to students who are DHH, the text is useful to students and faculty in related fields including speech-language pathology, audiology, and special education. Because the text is introductory in nature it covers a broad range of topics and does not replace texts that go into more depth on a particular aspect of deaf education. The text includes references and additional …
Gjr Volume 42 Number 1 Summer 2019, Lina B. Soares
Gjr Volume 42 Number 1 Summer 2019, Lina B. Soares
The Georgia Journal of Reading Archive
The Georgia Journal of Reading's Summer 2019 issue includes:
Message From the Chair by Davetta Grigsby (pg. 4)
Message from the Editor by Lina B. Soares (pg. 5)
Diversity in Literacy Education: How Are Literacy Teacher Educators Preparing Teacher Candidates? by Rebekah E. Piper, Laurie A. Sharp and Roberta D. Raymond (pg.6)
Exploring the Reading Motivation of Less-Motivated Adolescent Latinx English Learners by Robert A. Griffn (pg. 18)
Ready, Set, Grow: Exploring the Readiness and Preparation of Kindergarten Students within a Title 1 School by Morgan Mitchell, Sybil Keesbury and Vicki Luther (pg. 31)
Infographic: Top Borrowed Picture Books, Dominique Russell
Infographic: Top Borrowed Picture Books, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
Each year, a list of the top 10 most borrowed picture books in Australia is released by the Civica Libraries Index. See which picture books made the list for 2018 in today’s infographic.
Infographic: High Frequency Words Used By Young Students In Australia, Dominique Russell
Infographic: High Frequency Words Used By Young Students In Australia, Dominique Russell
Teacher infographics
New research explores the words most frequently written by students in Australia in their first three years of schooling. Today’s infographic looks at the words that were written at a high frequency, unique to each year level.
Teaching Information Literacy And Writing Studies: Volume 1, First Year Composition Courses, Grace Veach
Teaching Information Literacy And Writing Studies: Volume 1, First Year Composition Courses, Grace Veach
Purdue University Press Book Previews
This volume, edited by Grace Veach, explores leading approaches to foregrounding information literacy in first-year college writing courses. Chapters describe cross-disciplinary efforts underway across higher education, as well as innovative approaches of both writing professors and librarians in the classroom. This seminal work unpacks the disciplinary implications for information literacy and writing studies as they encounter one another in theory and practice, in the post-information age. Topics include: reading and writing through the lens of information literacy, curriculum design, specific writing tasks, transfer, and assessment.
Infographic: Reading Achievement, Hunger And Tiredness, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Infographic: Reading Achievement, Hunger And Tiredness, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Teacher infographics
In PIRLS 2016 (the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study), students were asked about behaviours that could limit reading instruction. This infographic takes a look at some of the results for students arriving at school feeling hungry and tired.
Infographic: Reading Achievement And Student Absenteeism, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Infographic: Reading Achievement And Student Absenteeism, Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)
Teacher infographics
In PIRLS 2016 (the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study), students were asked about behaviours that could limit reading instruction. Today’s infographic takes a look at some of the results for absenteeism.
Gjr Volume 41 Number 1 Spring 2018, Lina B. Soares
Gjr Volume 41 Number 1 Spring 2018, Lina B. Soares
The Georgia Journal of Reading Archive
The Georgia Journal of Reading's Spring 2018 issue includes:
Letter from the Editor by Lina B. Soares (pg. 4)
President’s Page by Ron Reigner (pg. 5)
Give the Neurological Impress Method Another Chance for One-to-One Fluency Interventions by Melissa M. Mitchell and Dr. Vassiliki Zygouris-Coe (pg. 6)
Building Comprehension through Explicit and Organic Vocabulary Instruction for English Learners by Marisa Gonzalez and Dr. Robert A. Griffn (pg. 13)
Children’s Literature to Develop Awareness and Advocacy for Social Justice by Dr. Katie Kelly and Dr. Lindsay Yearta (pg. 22)
Maximizing Learning: Embedding Phonological Awareness throughout the Day by Dr. Shawnna Helf, …
Gjr Volume 41 Number 2 Winter 2018, Lina B. Soares
Gjr Volume 41 Number 2 Winter 2018, Lina B. Soares
The Georgia Journal of Reading Archive
The Georgia Journal of Reading's Winter 2018 issue includes:
Letter from the Editor by Lina B. Soares (pg. 4)
President’s Page by Davetta Grigsby (pg. 5)
Teaching to the Test from a Parent’s Perspective by Amy Kettle and Melinda Miller (pg. 6)
Reimagining the Traditional Pedagogy of Literacy by Virginie Jackson and Kinsey Shrewsbury (pg. 11)
Engaging Strategies for Developing Reading Competencies by Renee Rice Moran, LaShay Jennings., Stacey J. Fisher and Edward J. Dwyer (pg. 24)
Taming the Beast: How I Took Back Guided Reading by Laura Sandling (pg. 30)
Infographic: Books In The Home And Student Achievement, Rebecca Vukovic
Infographic: Books In The Home And Student Achievement, Rebecca Vukovic
Teacher infographics
The Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) is an international comparative study of student achievement. Here, we look at TIMSS data on books in the home and the percentage of Australian students at or above the proficient standard for maths and science.
Infographic: Teen Reading Habits, Jo Earp
Infographic: Teen Reading Habits, Jo Earp
Teacher infographics
A new research study involving academics from Deakin University and Murdoch University is exploring the recreational reading habits of Australian teenagers. Here are some of the early findings.
Infographic: Australia’S Pisa Performance Over Time, Jo Earp
Infographic: Australia’S Pisa Performance Over Time, Jo Earp
Teacher infographics
A report on the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) results examines trends in Australia's average performance and the change in the percentages of students considered 'high' and 'low' performers.
Infographic: Frequency And Enjoyment Of Writing And Reading, Jo Earp
Infographic: Frequency And Enjoyment Of Writing And Reading, Jo Earp
Teacher infographics
The National Literacy Trust (UK) annual literacy survey asks eight- to 18-year-olds about writing frequency and their enjoyment of writing. Here are some of the results and comparisons with the Trust's data on reading.
Steps To Success: Crossing The Bridge Between Literacy Research And Practice, Kristen A. Munger, Bryan Ripley Crandall, Kathleen A. Cullen, Michelle A. Duffy, Tess M. Dussling, Elizabeth Lewis, Vicki Mcquitty, Maria S. Murray, Joanne E. O'Toole, Joanna M. Robertson, Elizabeth Y. Stevens
Steps To Success: Crossing The Bridge Between Literacy Research And Practice, Kristen A. Munger, Bryan Ripley Crandall, Kathleen A. Cullen, Michelle A. Duffy, Tess M. Dussling, Elizabeth Lewis, Vicki Mcquitty, Maria S. Murray, Joanne E. O'Toole, Joanna M. Robertson, Elizabeth Y. Stevens
Milne Open Textbooks
Steps to Success: Crossing the Bridge Between Literacy Research and Practice introduces instructional strategies linked to the most current research-supported practices in the field of literacy. The book includes chapters related to scientifically-based literacy research, early literacy development, literacy assessment, digital age influences on children’s literature, literacy development in underserved student groups, secondary literacy instructional strategies, literacy and modern language, and critical discourse analysis. Chapters are written by authors with expertise in both college teaching and the delivery of research-supported literacy practices in schools. The book features detailed explanations of a wide variety of literacy strategies that can be implemented …