NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Quintero, Elizabeth; Huerta-Macias, Ana – School Community Journal, 1993
Project FIEL, Family Initiative for English Literacy, was designed to provide participatory literacy and biliteracy development opportunities for (Hispanic-American) families in El Paso. This article discusses program goals; theoretical perspectives; project design rationale; population characteristics; curriculum development, implementation, and…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs, Hispanic Americans
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Donat, Dorothy J. – Reading & Writing Quarterly, 2006
The increasing demand for improved student performance in the context of significant time constraints places considerable stress on educators and administrators to develop innovative strategies that promote literacy acquisition. This article describes the procedures and outlines the evaluative data for Reading Their Way, a literacy acquisition…
Descriptors: Time Factors (Learning), Reading Skills, Time Management, Literacy
Smith, Michael S. – 1992
Six student teachers who were committed to the tenets of whole language were studied to determine how they manifested their whole language perspectives in light of the enabling and constraining factors they faced in their specific field sites. Results indicated that the six student teachers were forced to alter their teaching behaviors…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Context Effect, Cultural Background, Elementary Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Johnson, Genevieve Marie – International Journal of Special Education, 2004
Constructivism refers to a collection of educational practices that are student-focused, meaning-based, process-oriented, interactive, and responsive to student personal interests and needs. In contrast, instructionism refers to a collection of educational practices that are teacher-focused, skill-based, product-oriented, non-interactive, and…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Reading Comprehension, Remedial Reading, Sight Vocabulary