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Crain de Galarce, Patricia – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Urban schools are struggling to hire and retain effective literacy teachers. Alternative certification programs throughout the country seek to bridge the achievement gap and to bring qualified teachers to underserved classrooms. This dissertation explores the transformative inquiry of developing "resident" teachers in their journey as…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Literacy Education, Alternative Teacher Certification, Reading Difficulties
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Laverick, DeAnna M. – Reading Improvement, 2014
The purpose of this research was to determine if reading specialist candidates improve the reading proficiency of their students through the use of digital, technology-based teaching techniques and materials. The candidates were certified teachers who provided individualized and small-group instruction to K-6 children while the candidates were…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Stafford, Jerry – Reading World, 1972
Discusses the University of Maryland Reading Center Competency Program. (MM)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Competency Based Education, Graduate Students, Higher Education