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How a New Teacher Should Teach Reading

a time (Torgesen, 1998). Letter-sound knowledge can be measured by presenting one letter at a time and asking the child what sound...

Four Blocks Literacy Framework Adoption and Change Management

test is administered each May. Boiling Springs has always received a rating of excellent on the school report card. This ended i...

Intellectual Development and Don Quixote, The Mali Epic of Son Jara, and The Epic of Gilgamesh

regard to the acceptance of reality, issues of morality and, perhaps above all, the concept of divine judgment and human guilt. I...

The Problem with Literacy Teaching in Schools

To potential value of a dialogic pedagogy has been recognized in different government policies. For example, in 2005 with the EPPI...

Literacy Learning Profile and Assessment

experiences were utilized and she showed a considerable interest both in the activities of the class and the use of the Internet f...

"Phenomenal Women," Article Analysis

these clubs provide "alternative sista [sister] spaces," which become significant locations for "literacy learning and literacy ac...

Literacy and Texting Technology

skills. One drawback the study noted was that "although oral reading fluency is a commonly used measure of proficiency [in literac...

Overview of DIBELS

following paper offers a brief overview of the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS), identifying its charact...

A Literacy Initiative

to address early intervention services and literacy at the Pre-K level in order to improve performance outcomes. Standards ...

Article Analysis/Evidence-Based Practice

study also examined the availability of information resources available to the RN respondents (both at work and at home). Their fi...

Effective?: No Child Left Behind and Partnership for Reading

standardized testing in high schools" (Frampton, 2006). In relationship to the Partnership for Reading, the website indicates it...

Literacy Development in Young Children

any other surrounding circumstances. The difference between a clause and a sentence is subtle, but the meaning and the approach ca...

Enhancing Total Quality Management at the U.S. Naval Hospital, Guam

quite a leap to effectively apply its principles to service industries, but TQM is as much at home in health care as it is in manu...

Literacy Instruction in a Diverse Classroom

for learning gets drained off so they can defend themselves" (Willis). Trouble generally ensures in some form and the teachers exp...

Multicultural Education - An Overview

come from different disciplines (Gay, 1994). For instance, educators might look at multicultural education from the point of view ...

Writing Strategies to Aid a Kindergartener

scenario indicates that the student researching this topic has been assigned to help Hector with this learning task. The scenario ...

Significance of Information Literacy

found on the Internet is accurate. As researching a topic using a Web browser is simply a matter of using a handful of keywords, t...

Autism Spectrum Disorder and Whole Word Instruction

is an abstract concept that can be interpreted many different ways. The whole word method stems from an understanding of literacy ...

King's Theory/Diabetic Retinopathy

on very real problems. As Mrs. Jones poor vision is due to diabetic retinopathy, strict glycemic control is crucial in order to sa...

A BUDGET OVERVIEW FOR A FICTITIOUS FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM

Offers an example of a summary budget, and explanation, for a fictitious financial literacy program. There are 2 sources listed in...

AN EXPLANATION OF AN IN-DEPTH BUDGET FOR A FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM

Examines an in-depth budget for a non-profit financial literacy program. Topics discussed include salaries and fringe expenses, OT...

Implmenting VMI in Indian Company

Rajat Mehra's company is a bottler for Coca-Cola and five other beverages. Their customers represent a range of semi-literacy in f...

Important Factors in Health Communications

This essay pertains to important factors in health communications, such as cultural competency, choosing the right medium to conve...

BUDGETING FOR A FICTITIOUS FINANCIAL LITERACY PROGRAM

Presents a detailed budget for a fictitious financial literacy program. There are 3 sources listed in the bibliography of this 5-p...

Negotiating a Settlement

want to lose the contract; as seen this is a major part of their business and would have a negative impact on their turnover. As a...

Michael Moore's "Sicko" - Health Care That Harms Rather Than Helps

head of the largest Anti-Michael Moore website announced that he had to delete the website because his wife had cancer and the ins...

Fast Food, Dietary Additives, and Other Food Concerns

Our conception of the ideal diet is shaped by a number of factors. As Pollan observes, many of these factors are political and sh...

Living in a Big City

When a person lives in the big city they have almost anything they could imagine without their reach. They can find a store, for e...

Financial Statements: GM and Ford

$39 billion loss" (Fortune 500, 2008). Of course the same poor conditions exist for the entire industry and not only for GM, but ...

Home Depot's Location Strategy

and even employees were concerned. One mused, "They are just doing this to prevent Lowes from getting into the market ... I am wo...