ERIC Number: ED473495
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2003-Feb
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-1540-4854
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Core Literacies.
Perkins, Joan, Ed.
Pacific Educator, v2 n1 Feb 2003
This journal issue focuses on teaching various types of literacies. The journal contains the following 16 articles: "Our Heritage, Ourselves: The Importance of Maintaining Cultural Literacy in the Pacific Islands" (Masa-Aki Emesiochl); "It Works! Web-Based Reading Program Helps ELLs Make Literacy Gains" (Zoe Ann Brown); "A Bridge to Reading and Writing Literacy: Developing Oral Language Skills in Young Children" (Jan Jenner); "A Key Reading Component: Focus on Fluency Helps Develop Reading Comprehension" (Ludy van Broekhuizen); "Targeting Fluency: Forum Speakers Stress Need for Oral Reading and Feedback"; "Becoming Better Readers: Fluency Work Makes a Difference" (Susan Hanson); "Parent Corner: Simple Strategies Spell Early Reading Success" (Patricia von Oelhoffen); "Teaching the Standards: Decision Making Skills Enhance Student Health" (Sonja Evensen); "Supporting Health Literacy: NCLB Funds Community Learning Centers" (Harvey Lee); "Picturing Science: Photographing and Writing about Island Environments" (Lori Phillips and Kavita Rao); "From Memorization to Inquiry and Exploration: New Classroom Strategies Promote Science and Mathematics Literacy"; "More Instruction Time Lost: Supertyphoon Pongsona Batters Guam, Chuuk, and Rota" (Alice Borja; Ismael Dobich; Jean Olopai); "Information Literacy: From Identifying Needs to Evaluating Sources" (Nancy Lane); "Developing Technology Literacy: Creating Critical Thinkers and Lifelong Learners" (Andrew Kerr); "Videoconferencing: Improving Access to Training" (Steve Baxendale and Jim Bannan); and "Tech Tips: Do Those Pop-Up Ads Frustrate You, Too?" (Tim Moline). (NKA)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Health Education, Instructional Effectiveness, Literacy, Mathematics Instruction, Reading Comprehension, Reading Fluency, Science Instruction
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Publication Type: Collected Works - Serials
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Language: English
Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.; Department of Education, Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Pacific Resources for Education and Learning, Honolulu, HI.
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