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Literacy behaviors of two first-grade children with down syndrome
(1995-12)The purpose of this study was to describe the literacy behaviors of 2 children with Down syndrome. Literacy behaviors were identified as the children participated in their regular first-grade classrooms during the first 6 ... -
Writing teacher professional development: A photo elicitation of teacher change
(2018-12-17)Writing development is a complex and continuous process that is acquired within social environments. Process-oriented writing instruction allows for complex writer-directed work, however studies that examine how teachers ... -
Exploring how third-grade African American children leverage academic discourse to engage in literate behaviors
(2018-11-14)The purpose of this qualitative embedded multiple case study (Yin, 2003) was to explore the written and literate language structures, or the academic discourse features, of eight African American students in order to gain ... -
Reflections of the heart: An autoethnography of a literacy leader's online identity construction and change
(2018-10-03)Educational blogs, or edublogs, are ubiquitous in today’s society. National literacy organizations such as International Literacy Association (ILA) and National Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (NCTELA) post ... -
Bolivian bilingual elementary teachers' beliefs about education, second language teaching, and theoretical orientations to reading
(2010-05)The purpose of this quantitative survey study was explore bilingual Bolivian elementary teachers' beliefs about education, their beliefs about second language teaching, and their theoretical orientations to reading instruction ... -
Taking action: Reciprocity in reading and writing within early intervention
(2018-08-30)In 2004, the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, in direct alignment with No Child Left Behind, allowed schools to allocate 15% of their special education funds to improve instruction and ... -
Developing adaptive practice in preservice teachers during a student teaching practicum
(2018-08-13)ABSTRACT CHERYL A. THE DEVELOPING ADAPTIVE PRACTICE IN PRESERVICE TEACHERS DURING A STUDENT TEACHING PRACTICUM AUGUST 2018 The purpose of this study was to understand how an instructional intervention with preservice ... -
Literacy specialists: Understanding adaptive teaching in elementary intervention settings
(2018-08-02)The purpose of this study was to explore and describe the decisions and adaptations that literacy specialists make before, during, and after literacy intervention instruction. The theoretical framework for this study ... -
Functions of English language learners' talk during writing
(2010-12)Framed by a sociocultural perspective, this qualitative study explored how English language learners' talk during writing-sessions changed over time and how English language learners' writing and talk during writing ... -
Why not ask me: Narrative accounts of the educational experiences of Mexican immigrant adolescent English language learners
(2009-12)There is pressing need for educational research that documents the experiences of adolescent English language learners (ELLs). The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine the narrative accounts of young people, ... -
They answered with their lives: The oral histories of two tenured reading professors
(2002-12)The storied lives of two tenured reading professors were represented in this project. The encompassing purpose guiding the oral histories of Margaret Griffin and Rose Spicola was to tell the stories of their lives through ... -
The influence of social practices on student decision-making and identity during writing
(2011-05)The purpose of this study was to understand how children construct identity and made decisions during the writing time (writer's workshop) in our first-grade classroom. The theoretical framework for the study was literacy ... -
Second grade African-American reader response to culturally conscious and mainstream literature used for comprehension instruction
(2011-05)This thesis documents a qualitative research study that explored how 2nd grade African-American students responded in writing to picture books written by and about African-Americans (defined as culturally conscious, Sims, ... -
Emergent readers' and writers' construction of sight words in kindergarten
(2005-05)This naturalistic inquiry provided a rich description of the complexities involved in learning sight words in a kindergarten classroom setting. The description was in the force of case studies that followed individuals' ... -
The journey of Latina English language learners from elementary to middle school
(2000-05)This study analyzed the discourse of 7 Latina English Language Learners as they transitioned from elementary to middle school. Specifically, the research focused on the girls as they moved from a small, self-contained ... -
"What if this really happened?" Using critical literacy practices and dystopian fiction to mediate self-efficacy with at-risk readers
(2015-12-30)At-risk students are oftenn unmotivated and disengaged from literacy activities. They are sometimes below grade level and feel inadequate to accomplish the complex reading tasks with which they are confronted in high school; ... -
Descubriendo la Lectura (DLL): A study of teacher-child interactions that support the development of writing composition
(2015-12-30)The purpose of this study was to look at the nature of teacher-child conversations when composing messages for writing in a bilingual intervention. Research participants were four at-risk first grade students in a bilingual ... -
What happens when parent volunteers provide literacy support for preschool students using interactive read alouds in a private reading?
(2015-05-30)The purpose of this study was to examine and measure how a read aloud training program could be used to train parents in the early reading behaviors of preschool children in a private reading tutorial center. Two groups ... -
English language learners and expository text: A cross-case analysis of reading behaviors using retrospective miscue analysis
(2015-05-30)This cross-case analysis of reading behaviors focuses on ELLs and expository text. The objective of this study was to examine fourth grade ELL reading processes of expository text. The theoretical framework will be based ... -
An examination of interactions and outcomes of student participation in a summer online literature discussion
(2014-08-30)The purpose of this study was to understand what happens when middle school students participate in an online literature discussion during the summer, and the influence of this participation on reading comprehension and ...
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