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Inviolata Lunani Sore – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The current global trends demand that we remain conscious of how distinct norms in groups we affiliate with affect decisions. Among developmental aspects, childhood language acquisition depends heavily on epigenetic interactions between the innate and the immediate environment (Sinha, 2017). This explanatory sequential mixed methods study explored…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Student Surveys, Decision Making, Language Acquisition
Martino, Al; Barnett, Harriet – Learning Languages, 2013
At present, Whole Language (WL) teachers DO teach reading as a part of their curriculum. However, the new common core learning standards set the stage for Foreign Language in Elementary Schools (FLES) teachers to take a more active role, if not lead the way in developing important reading skills in children. Although this new challenge may at…
Descriptors: Literacy, FLES, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
Robinson, Richard D., Ed.; And Others – 1996
Developed with practicing teachers in mind, this book presents reprints of 22 articles and excerpts from longer works that deal with the most significant trends and issues facing literacy educators--whole language, phonics, literacy materials, emergent literacy, spelling, assessment, content literacy, vocabulary instruction, national standards,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Padak, Nancy D., Ed.; Rasinski, Timothy V., Ed.; Peck, Jacqueline K., Ed.; Church, Brenda Weible, Ed.; Fawcett, Gay, Ed.; Hendershot, Judith M., Ed.; Henry, Justina M., Ed.; Moss, Barbara G., Ed.; Pryor, Elizabeth, Ed.; Roskos, Kathleen A., Ed.; Baumann, James F., Ed.; Dillon, Deborah R., Ed.; Hopkins, Carol J., Ed.; Humphrey, Jack W., Ed.; O'Brien, David G., Ed. – 2000
Drawing from the popular "Distinguished Educator" series of articles in the journal "The Reading Teacher," this book presents 33 essays by respected scholars in nearly every field of reading research and instruction. In addition to the original articles, almost all featured educators have included a professional biography written especially for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Literacy, Reading Achievement
Kinzer, Charles K., Ed.; Leu, Donald J., Ed. – 1992
The 43 manuscripts presented in this collection represent qualitative and quantitative studies, as well as papers that present literacy research, theory, and pedagogy. Papers in the collection include: "Family Uses of Literacy: A Critical Voice" (D. Madigan); "Intergenerational Literacy: Impact on the Development of the Storybook Reading Behaviors…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Leu, Donald J.; Kinzer, Charles K. – 1995
Developed as the basic text for preservice teachers in an elementary reading methods course, this book aims to develop insightful teachers empowered to make logical reflective decisions about reading instruction. The book is an integrative text, based on the assumption that effective teachers of reading must understand both what to do during…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Decoding (Reading)