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Rowe, Deborah; Fain, Jeanne Gilliam – Language Arts, 2013
The Family Backpack Project provided 249 low-income, prekindergarten children and their families with opportunities to read and listen to audio recordings of 3 sets of books in their homes. Families received English or dual-language texts (English plus Spanish, Arabic, Kurdish, or Somali) matched to their home languages. Children and their…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Low Income Groups, Preschool Children, Family Programs
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Chen, Chiu-Jung; Liu, Pei-Lin – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2012
The purpose of this study was to explore the effectiveness of using learner-generated and instructor-provided multimedia annotations on foreign language reading comprehension and attitudes. The four research questions are: (1) what are the effects of using different multimedia annotations on reading comprehension for learners of different…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hypermedia, Cognitive Style, Reading Comprehension
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Faez, Farahnaz – Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 2010
This paper reports on findings of a qualitative study that explored the experiences, needs and challenges of internationally educated teacher candidates (IETCs) in a large metropolitan university in Canada. Interviews were conducted with IETCs as well as the teacher educator working with them. Findings revealed that IETCs required additional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Attitudes, Communication Skills, Teacher Educators