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Text Reading and Whether or Not It Can be Changed Through the Study of Literature

opens minds, creating a more rounded person, knowing this process and appreciating whilst it is taking place also adds to the pro...

Reading Instruction and Phonics

in fact, taught to read using phonics. They just misassociate the term with some new social movement or some other great mystery ...

Reading Theory Defined

of the whole language approach to reading and a weighty critic of the phonics system of reading instruction. Goodman contends tha...

Elementary Student Studies Considered in 2 Article Critiques

goal of this study was to discern if a successful intervention could be devised that would have a beneficial effect on inappropria...

Strategic Communications at Starbucks

Starbucks mission statement is concise yet provides a "plumb line" against which to measure decisions. The statement reads, Estab...

Readings/Educational Philosophy

the teacher would be naturally drawn to the Socratic method of instruction, which relies on the teacher attempting to bring forth ...

Fuchs, Fuchs, and Compton Article on First Grade Reading Monitoring

CBM integrates a long-term component that is supported by the content of the testing mechanism and its repeated use. The creation...

'Grim Fairy Tales and Gory Stories' by Aviva Layton

to see if they had a certain picture book, the librarian informed her that the book was in their collection, but was not suitable ...

'The Battle of Frogs and Mice' An Ancient Greek Poetic Analysis

until a water snake slithered by. Panicked and briefly forgetting about the traveler on his back, Puff-jaw dove, which threw the ...

2 Articles on Reading Reviewed

difficulty accepting and using rules of spelling, one of the problems that Liben and Liben (2004) describe as having occurred at t...

NCLB and AR Program

determining comparative success in educational. The NCLB has not only redirected educators to a "teach to the test" method for in...

Imperialism and Mark Twain's 'King Leopold's Soliloquy' and Lesley Falls' 'An Open Letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II'

Leopold is doing what he promised, or doing what he is supposed to be doing. Falls recites one who he says has been close to Leopo...

David Brooks's Bobos in Paradise

In three pages the reader's reaction to Brooks' book after reading Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich is considered. Three so...

Readings of the Old Testament Books of Genesis, Samuel, Ruth, and Judges

was not of Gods people. This, along with other social expectations, brought about a clear division of the people and set the stage...

Opening Section of Part III in Toni Morrison's Beloved Analyzed

need for all women, especially of color, to assert themselves and claim their individual identity. This narrative adds texture to...

A Feminist Interpretation of, The Yellow Wallpaper

to my mind)--perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster. You see he does not believe I am sick!" (Gilman). Because her...

Feminist Reading of King Lear by William Shakespeare

a man who is looking to the future. He looks to the future through his three daughters, imagining that his favorite, the youngest,...

Relaxation Techniques

Reading a book is also a relaxation technique for many people. Often, people read before going to bed, allowing them time to unwi...

Is New Software Negatively Impacting Students' Effectiveness as Readers and Writers?

Indeed, the world suffers from a monumental overpopulation problem that is at the root of many of todays educational problems. Th...

Small Group Reading Teaching Practices and Strategies

those who constantly raise their hands. To their way of thinking they are either readers or non-readers. Encisco states that inter...

Decoding Skills and Reading Comprehension Teaching of Adolescents

from written texts based on a complex coordination of a number of interrelated sources of information" and is considered as "the m...

Societal Structure Lessons in The Republic by Plato

the best" (the literal definition of aristocracy) was to be achieved. This scenario, by its very nature, assured the manifestatio...

Educational Instruction and Reading Accountability

that are more than apparent in his surrounding community, successfully overlooking a persons skin color or lack of education as a ...

Student Reading of Nonacademic and Academic Articles

requires breaks to be taken, only a few seconds but also a break to get a drink. This may be due to the level of information being...

Primary and Secondary Reading Instruction Changes, Testing, and Higher Accountability

teachers hold a power that few others employ when it comes to molding young minds. Many within the academic community contend tha...

Teaching Reading

explained the bottom up model: "the reader first identifies features of letters; links these features together to recognize letter...

Fast ForWord Scientific Learning Software

as "b" and "d." It has long been known that "b" and "d" have presented young learners with difficulty, and for years it was belie...

Feminist Theory in Ibsen's, A Doll's House

than an idiot, indicating that he had no real knowledge of who she was. However, as the story progresses she slowly began to emerg...

Feminist Themes in Shakespeare's, The Tempest

can further see feminist perspectives. Lorie Jerrell Leiningers essay, The Miranda Trap: Racism and Sexism in Shakespeares Tempes...

Children's Developmental Disorders and Reading

part to the implementation of a fairly new technology: interactive computer programs. Particularly evident of this success is the...