NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Publication Type
Reports - Evaluative20
Journal Articles14
Books1
Information Analyses1
Audience
Teachers1
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 20 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Papadopoulos, Timothy C.; Csépe, Valéria; Aro, Mikko; Caravolas, Marketa; Diakidoy, Irene-Anna; Olive, Thierry – Reading Research Quarterly, 2021
Research on literacy has become universal and is essential for researchers of various disciplines, educators, and psychologists. For this article, we examined the most important methodological challenges that arise when conducting literacy research across languages, some of which have long been acknowledged in the relevant literature.…
Descriptors: Literacy, Reading Research, Research Methodology, Reading Fluency
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Zavala, Virginia – Journal of Language, Identity, and Education, 2020
Based on an ethnography of a language policy in the region of Apurímac in the Peruvian Andes, I analyze the boundaries that are constructed by a community of practice of Quechua "experts" in a context where resources in the indigenous language become more valuable. Although the declared wish is to build a regional "us," Quechua…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Language Planning, Communities of Practice, American Indian Languages
Zoll, Susan; Feinberg, Natasha; Saylor, Laura – Teachers College Press, 2023
Teaching reading successfully requires deep knowledge of the reading process and development, as well as the implementation of impactful reading instruction and differentiation. This book aligns Montessori didactic materials and pedagogy, developed over a century ago, with current research on reading development. Readers will gain a solid overview…
Descriptors: Montessori Method, Teaching Methods, Instructional Materials, Reading Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Grushkin, Donald A. – American Annals of the Deaf, 2017
Signed languages around the world have tended to maintain an "oral," unwritten status. Despite the advantages of possessing a written form of their language, signed language communities typically resist and reject attempts to create such written forms. The present article addresses many of the arguments against written forms of signed…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Written Language, History, Orthographic Symbols
Alonzo, Julie – Online Submission, 2019
This manuscript presents the results of an analysis between the easyCBM® literacy assessments, Grades K-3, and Ohio's Learning Standards related to literacy at those grade levels. Results indicate some alignment at each grade level, with the greatest degree of alignment in Grade 3.
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, State Standards, Academic Standards, Alignment (Education)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Jessi Thomsen – English Journal, 2018
This article examines the power of composing images as students construct identities and shape their own worlds. It illustrates student empowerment through agency, intellectual engagement, and community investment and suggests that composing with images forms a bridge back to alphabetic-centric composing.
Descriptors: Art Products, Student Empowerment, Personal Autonomy, Learner Engagement
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Clark, Margaret M. – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2017
Languages differ in the way that speech and meaning are represented in written form: in English, the correspondences are variable. Thus, in learning to read in English there is need for an approach that combines alphabetic decoding and a mastery of sight vocabulary. Teaching children to read should develop from an analysis of the skills and…
Descriptors: Literacy, Written Language, Speech Communication, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Coronel-Molina, Serafín M.; Cowan, Peter M. – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2017
Recent studies have examined Indigenous and mestizo communities that engage in social practices of transculturated, Amerindian and translingual literacies, often to resist efforts by powerful groups to oppress them. By drawing on data from studies conducted in Peru and the United States, we trace the trajectories of Amerindian and translingual…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Literacy, Postmodernism, Foreign Policy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Neumann, Michelle M.; Hood, Michelle; Ford, Ruth M.; Neumann, David L. – European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, 2013
The relationship between letter and numeral identification is reviewed to determine whether early identification of these symbols impact upon both literacy and numeracy development. Numerals and letters share similar perceptual properties such as geometric features and arbitrary labels. Through early socio-cultural experiences with surrounding…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Literacy, Numeracy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
What Works Clearinghouse, 2016
"READ 180®" is a reading program designed for struggling readers who are reading 2 or more years below grade level. It combines online and direct instruction, student assessment, and teacher professional development. "READ 180®" is delivered in 90-minute sessions that include whole-group instruction, three small-group…
Descriptors: Intervention, Reading Programs, Reading Difficulties, Instructional Effectiveness
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Bhattacharya, Usree – Berkeley Review of Education, 2011
This paper analyzes a construct that, while pervasive, is not often questioned or defined in literacy studies: the "West." Through a review of pertinent literature, I explore the ways in which problematical assumptions have undergirded its unqualified use in literacy theory. What is the "West," who is it, in literacy research?…
Descriptors: Literacy, Literature Reviews, Concept Formation, Western Civilization
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Neumann, Michelle M.; Neumann, David L. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2014
The use of touch screen tablets by young children is increasing in the home and in early childhood settings. The simple tactile interface and finger-based operating features of tablets may facilitate preschoolers' use of tablet application software and support their educational development in domains such as literacy. This article reviews…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Diallo, Ibrahima – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2012
Traditional African literacy practices have often been ignored in the wake of European colonialism and the educational policies of colonial governments. Nonetheless, literacy had been established in parts of Africa following the introduction of Islam. This paper will examine the developments of literacy in pre-colonial West Africa. In this region,…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, African Languages, Language Planning, Islam
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Francis, Norbert – Language Learning, 2010
The special circumstances of bilingual and second language literacy learning offer investigators an important additional vantage point from which to better understand the components of reading ability. Cross-writing system comparisons complement this perspective. Comparing writing systems and how children learn to read through the medium of each…
Descriptors: Phonology, Written Language, Reading Ability, Literacy
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
Project CRISS[R] (CReating Independence through Student-owned Strategies) is a professional development program for teachers that aims to improve reading, writing, and learning for 3rd- through 12th-grade students. The implementation of Project CRISS[R] does not require a change in the curriculum or materials being used in the classroom, but…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Reading Fluency, Program Effectiveness
Previous Page | Next Page »
Pages: 1  |  2