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Unlocking the Code: Matters of Agency, Metalinguistic Skills, and Literacy Achievement for Speakers of Non-Mainstream American English
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Smith, Adrina O. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This study examined the latent factors of dialect variation as they relate to reading achievement of second grade students. Sociocultural theory, identity theories, and critical theory used against a metaphorical backdrop of a bundle of locks were used to illustrate the complexity of language variation and its effect on reading achievement within…
Descriptors: Metalinguistics, Nonstandard Dialects, Language Variation, Screening Tests
The Impact of Response to Intervention on Learning Disability Identification: School Based Practices
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Smith, Tina B. – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The "Response to Intervention Guidance for New York State School Districts" (2010) document indicates Response to Intervention (RTI) is a mandated general education process intended to provide early interventions to struggling at-risk students. The multi-level RTI framework is structured to include targeted evidence-based interventions…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, School Districts, Early Intervention, At Risk Students
Virtual Schooling...A Closer Look from the inside of an Indiana Charter Virtual School Examining the Teachers' Perceptions of the Characteristics of Its Teachers and Students
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Sturgeon, David Brian – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The focus of this research is in the area of virtual schooling at the K-12 level, specifically looking into teachers' perceptions of important traits of teacher effectiveness and student progress in this online learning environment. Such a study is important in Indiana, as this is the first time in public school history when there is now a new…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Electronic Learning, Virtual Classrooms, Elementary Secondary Education