Screening of phonological awareness in the early elementary grades: an IRT approach     

Vloedgraven JM  Verhoeven L 《Annals of dyslexia》2007,57(1):33-50

The purpose of the present study was to explore the possibilities for the assessment of growth in phonological awareness of children in kindergarten and first grade. Phonological awareness was measured using four sets of items involving rhyming, phoneme identification, phoneme blending, and phoneme segmentation. The results of an exploratory factor analysis and analyses conducted within the framework of item response theory showed one latent ability to underlie the different sets of items, which nevertheless differed in difficulty. Analyses in terms of the children’s ability further showed the phonological awareness measures to be sensitive to growth. The amount of information supplied by the different sets of items depended on the children’s level of ability. The conclusion that it is possible to accurately monitor the development of children’s phonological awareness in the early elementary grades appears to be justified, and this possibility opens up new perspectives for the early screening for reading problems and dyslexia.  相似文献   

Complicity and control in the workplace: a critical case study of TQM,learning, and the management of knowledge     

Fred M. Schied  Vicki K. Carter  Judith A. Preston  Sharon L. Howell 《International Journal of Lifelong Education》2013,32(3):157-172

This article analyses how a Total Quality Management process with an embedded workplace literacy programme was implemented in an industrial manufacturing plant. Designed as an insider/outsider team research project, data were collected through interviews with management personnel, education and training providers, and hourly workers. Findings reveal that the Total Quality Management process and the literacy programme were implemented under the guise of providing education and training for workers, but were driven by corporate policy to reduce labour costs. The study also examines the way in which adult education was complicit in controlling workplace knowledge.  相似文献   

Language, literature and history: An inter-disciplinary exercise     

Judith Sproxton 《Higher Education Quarterly》1982,37(1):39-45

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Association of parent and peer support with adolescent physical activity     

Prochaska JJ  Rodgers MW  Sallis JF 《Research quarterly for exercise and sport》2002,73(2):206-210

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Social and Emotional Functioning of Children with Learning Disabilities: Does Special Education Placement Make a Difference?     

Judith Wiener  Christine Y. Tardif 《Learning disabilities research & practice》2004,19(1):20-32

Children with learning disabilities in four types of special education settings were compared in terms of social acceptance, number of friends, quality of relationship with best friends, self‐concept, loneliness, depression, social skills, and problem behaviors. Two of the placements (In‐Class Support and Resource Room) were for children with mild to moderate learning disabilities and involved between 30 and 90 minutes of special education per school day. The other two placements (Inclusion Class and Self‐Contained Special Education Class) were designated for children with severe learning disabilities and involved at least a half‐day of special education. Children in the more inclusive placements had more positive social and emotional functioning. Children receiving In‐Class Support were more accepted by peers, had higher self‐perceptions of mathematics competence, and fewer problem behaviors than children receiving Resource Room Support. Children in Inclusion Classes had more satisfying relationships with their best school friends, were less lonely, and had fewer problem behaviors than children in Self‐Contained Special Education Classes.  相似文献   

Creativity and Picture Books     

Judith Graham 《Literacy》2000,34(2):61-67

Where authors and illustrators exercise rigorous constraint with their texts, with neither replicating the work that the other can portray more effectively, they are at their most creative and they make picture books to which readers are repeatedly drawn because of the inherent and deeply satisfying challenges offered. Moreover, the allure is not just to children; teachers find that such texts draw from them their most creative ideas for ways of working with children. Three picture books are examined in terms of their strengths and potential activities. Conclusions are drawn which seek to justify the sharing of such picture books in terms of imaginative empowerment and lasting messages about reading.  相似文献   

Book-share: Involving Parents in Nursery Literacy     

Judith Cooper 《Literacy》1987,21(2):99-105

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Academic self-concepts in adolescence: Relations with achievement and ability grouping in schools     

Judith Ireson  Susan Hallam 《Learning and Instruction》2009,19(3):201-213

The effects of ability grouping in schools on students' self-concept were examined in a sample of 23 secondary schools with a range of structured ability groupings. Measures of general self-concept, academic self-concept, and achievement were collected from over 1600 students aged 14–15 years and again two years later. Students' academic self-concept, but not their general self-concept, was related to the extent of ability grouping in the school attended. Subject-specific facets of academic self-concept were not related to the number of years of ability grouping students had experienced in English, mathematics and science; however, they were related to students' position in the grouping hierarchy, with students in high-ability groups having significantly higher self-concepts in all three subjects than students in low-ability groups. Students' intentions to learn in future were more strongly affected by self-concept than by achievement.  相似文献   

Flipping the classroom to teach systematic reviews: the development of a continuing education course for librarians     

Marisa L. Conte  Mark P. MacEachern  Nandita S. Mani  Whitney A. Townsend  Judith E. Smith  Chase Masters  Caitlin Kelley 《Journal of the Medical Library Association》2015,103(2):69-73

Objective:The researchers used the flipped classroom model to develop and conduct a systematic review course for librarians.Setting:The research took place at an academic health sciences library.Method:A team of informationists developed and conducted a pilot course. Assessment informed changes to both course components; a second course addressed gaps in the pilot.Conclusion:The flipped classroom model can be successful in developing and implementing a course that is well rated by students.  相似文献   

Papier‐mach(in)e: Thinking with “sticky” paper in the cloud          下载免费PDF全文

Judith Enriquez‐Gibson 《British journal of educational technology : journal of the Council for Educational Technology》2015,46(6):1354-1366

There is nothing less about paper and its use when it comes to academic study as we experience increasingly converging media spaces and functionalities of online applications within the screens of our laptops, mobile phones and tablet devices. The paper persists, and the paperless office, classroom and pedagogy become nothing but pure rhetoric. Hence, it is most pertinent to focus on paper and its “stickiness” in maintaining educational structures and practices. Usually hidden from view or neglected in educational technology studies is a consideration on how we think and interact not only with our mind but also with our heads and limbs. This paper will argue that paper has a composite place or bearing, a kind of stickiness to our technologised bodies, digital mobilities and hybrid practices in what I have coined here as papier‐mach(in)e. This claim will be supported by evidence that demonstrates how we simply think both practically and pathically and that our mobilities in media and physical spaces are in one form or another meshed with paper. In fact, a drive towards a paperless classroom or pedagogy is without much foundation when it comes to mobilising a sustainable agenda for technology‐enhanced learning.  相似文献