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Grima-Farrell, Christine – Support for Learning, 2014
The knowledge and practices associated with improved outcomes for readers have yielded converging evidence about practices associated with improved reading outcomes for primary students. This considerable intervention knowledge can be beneficial for English teachers working with struggling secondary readers. Fluency is one critical element that…
Descriptors: Reading Fluency, Oral Reading, Prevention, At Risk Students
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Slade, Melanie; Lowery, Claire; Bland, Ken – Support for Learning, 2013
The Forest School movement, an important part of education in Scandinavia, has gained momentum in the UK in recent years. Within the context of declining access to, and engagement with, the natural environment Forest Schools can provide invaluable life experiences for our children. In 2012 the University of Northampton investigated opportunities…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College School Cooperation, Pilot Projects, Elementary Schools
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Papageorgiou, Dora; Andreou, Yiannoula; Soulis, Spyros – Support for Learning, 2008
A basic need for a child is to belong to a group (Maslow, 1970). Groups help children: to develop relationships and to foster individual mental health (Johnson and Johnson, 1989); and disabled and non-disabled children, when given assistance, can develop relationships with each other (Sideris, 1998). But there are very few opportunities in Cyprus…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Multiple Disabilities, Foreign Countries, Academic Accommodations (Disabilities)
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Dowd, Rose; Thorne, Hilary – Support for Learning, 2007
Many educational psychology services across the country have changed or are in the process of changing to a consultation approach to service delivery. This paper outlines the experiences of an inner city service in the development of consultation particularly in the area of group consultation. Group consultation involves a pair of educational…
Descriptors: Urban Areas, School Psychologists, Educational Psychology, Foreign Countries