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Gipe, Joan P.; And Others – 1992
A longitudinal study described the language and literacy abilities of urban at-risk children at several points over a 3-year period; provided the children with small-group literature-based reading/language arts instruction; and compared these children's progress in literacy achievement to other similar groups. Participants in the study were…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, High Risk Students, Higher Education
Allison, Desmond; And Others – Hong Kong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1995
A recent study proposed a rational for investigating the effects of mediating tasks upon a summary writing activity for tertiary-level students using English as an educational medium. The tasks in this study involved a group discussion or a reading comprehension exercise, with a third condition providing for immediate access to the text and…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Economics
Hughes, Sandra – 1999
This paper reports the findings of a comparative case study designed to describe how the implementation of whole language, an educational philosophy influencing many of today's elementary schools, evolved in four school libraries in Virginia. The study examined the impact of whole language in terms of its effect on the library program and the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change Agents, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change