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Zhang, Qinqin; Goodman, Maren; Xie, Shiyi – College & Research Libraries, 2015
This research examines students in a first-year engineering course who receive library instruction by using a newly developed online module and attending optional in-person tutorials. It aims to evaluate the outcomes of library information literacy instruction using this module combined with in-person help. Results show a significant improvement…
Descriptors: Library Instruction, Engineering Education, Undergraduate Students, Learning Modules
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Jaeger, Elizabeth L. – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2015
This case study describes the ways in which Sam, an English learner with weak comprehension, grew as a reader, student, and friend during his fourth grade year. Using the Interactive Model of Reading (Dis)ability and the RAND model of comprehension as a frame, Sam's experience in a Tier 2/3 tutorial program is examined. Over time, Sam (1) engaged…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Correlation, Literacy, English Language Learners
Gold, Judith; Potter, Lance – 1999
Developed for the America Reads initiative, this paper presents the LEARNS (Linking Education and America Reads through National Service) Literacy Assessment Profile (LLAP), a student assessment system that is designed to improve providers' ability to deliver high quality literacy programs to students, assess students' literacy understanding, set…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Emergent Literacy, Evaluation Methods, Literacy