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Sparking Reading Engagement through Tablets: An Early Intervention Reading Program and Parent Workshop for Tablets at Home
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Tkach, Rochelle; Gallagher, Tiffany L. – Reading Horizons, 2020
Research on this intervention program aimed to address whether digital technology (i.e., apps on tablets) contributes to struggling early readers' (4-6 years old) on-task behavior and level of engagement while learning prerequisite emergent literacy skills (e.g., phonemic awareness, phonics, word recognition and decoding). The research also…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Handheld Devices, Technology Integration, Multimedia Instruction
French Immersion Programs Across Canada: The Influence of Cumulative Amounts of Time, Starting Age and Yearly Time Allotment on the Learning of French. A Review of Evaluations of French Immersion Programs. Research Report 81-12.
MacNab, G. L. – 1981
This paper reviews the results of research on various programs for learning French as a second language from kindergarten to grade 11 or 12 in selected Canadian school systems. Generally, it examines the effects of a number of factors on French learning, such as student selection procedures and student ability, starting age, total amount of time…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Communicative Competence (Languages), Educational Research, Elementary Education
Review of the Learning Partners Program.
Minsky, Elaine – 1986
The Learning Partners Program (LPP) of the Westview Schools in North York (Ontario) was evaluated. The language arts program paired primary school students from grades 1 to 3 with junior school students three years older. The junior school students received preparation from their homeroom teachers. The evaluation examined the degree of program…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum