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Ideas in Practice: Picture Books and Developmental Students.

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Aikman, Carol C. – Journal of Developmental Education, 1995

Discusses the role of picture storybooks in developmental education, indicating that these deceptively simple books can provide interest and variety to the classroom, offer self-confidence to hesitant and language-diverse students, and easily remedy gaps in background knowledge for many different content areas. Includes possible example…

Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Classroom Techniques, Cultural Awareness, Developmental Programs

Measuring ESL Students' Awareness of Reading Strategies.

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Mokharti, Kouider; Sheorey, Ravi – Journal of Developmental Education, 2002

Describes the Survey of Reading Strategies (SORS) instrument, which is intended to measure adolescent and adult ESL students' metacognitive awareness and perceived use of reading strategies while reading academic materials such as textbooks. Discusses the development of SORS and offers guidance for using it as a means of raising learner awareness…

Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, English (Second Language)