Sentences with phrase «between reading ability»

For special education learners, the difference between reading ability and reading comprehension can be stark.

The results indicate that the association found between reading ability and DHA is robust.

Research by Sebastian Suggate for his doctorate in psychology at Otago University found no difference between the reading ability of early (from age five) and late (from age seven) readers by the time those children reached their last year at primary school....

Not exact matches

Later on, they added the ability to transfer points between Marriott Rewards and Starwood... read more

After all, what does «understanding» mean but an ability to read between the lines?

It is always so to speak transcending itself: it always relies on the ability of the reader to read between the lines.

The maximum difference between load cell output readings for repeated loadings under identical loading and environmental conditions; the ability of an instrument, system, or method to give identical performance or results in successive instances.

Read again, I said there is «no correlation between height and heading ability».

By the age of 11 there was no difference in reading ability level between the two groups, but the children who stared at 5 developed less positive attitudes to reading, and showed poorer text comprehension than those children who had started later.

This has helped me to acquire the ability to troubleshoot and read between the lines of limited information — skills essential to my work.

Falk reasoned that the extra neurons of men and rhesus males are most likely dedicated to visual - spatial skills, such as map reading, distinguishing between left and right, and mentally rotating figures — all abilities useful for navigating uncharted territories in search of mates.

The study also found that factors including family background, health, home learning, parenting and early care and education explained over half the gaps in reading and math ability between children in the lowest versus highest socioeconomic strata.

To test for a mismatch between participants» ability to imagine performing a task and their ability to physically express themselves — what is called cognitive motor dissociation — participants were asked to imagine squeezing and releasing their right hand while in the fMRI scanner and while EEG readings were being taken.

GYANA (JNANA) YOGA — This is the path of intellect and also the path of self enquiry (VICHARA) and constant self analysis (Viveka — ability to discriminate between that which is real and unreal), this leads into examining Minds own nature through meditation and reading of scriptures (philosophy of Vedanta).

Between her calming demeanor, deep knowledge of natural skin care, ability to read an individual's skin to give it exactly what it needs, and general feel - good vibes, Plug is truly a skin guru.

She moves easily between reality and fantasy, nails the scene where Hush Puppy finally meets her mother, handles the crying scenes like a pro, and has the ability to read the beautiful lines of dialogue by Luci Alibar and Zeitlin with the kind of feeling and maturity of a much older actress.

The correlations between our summary measure of fluid cognitive ability and test - score gains in math and reading were 0.32 and 0.18, respectively.

There is a strong relationship between rhyming ability and a child «s performance in reading and spelling.

For instance, University of Michigan psychologist Harold Stevenson found a correlation of 0.52 between the ability to name the letters of the alphabet on entering kindergarten and performance on a standardized test of reading comprehension in grade 10.

Pluses include the ability to use a story - starter template or write from scratch; the ability to write and draw pages that students can change according to their purposes; the ability to choose between clip art and paint pictures or original artwork; and the read - back feature.

To help make those students understand the connection between what I was saying and the written word — and to help develop their reading and visual abilities — I started writing the most important things I said on the board as I said them.

But the longer - term win is to drive home the connection between broad general knowledge and broad general reading ability.

With the support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a new partnership between researchers at Florida State University and Bayero University - Kano in northern Nigeria aims to tackle these problems by strengthening the country's ability to provide high - quality education and improve children's reading skills.

Neural Basis of Dyslexia: A Comparison between Dyslexic and Nondyslexic Children Equated for Reading Ability.

If research shows a connection between chess skills and improved reading and math scores, problem - solving ability, concentration, courtesy, responsibility, and self - esteem, then why aren't we all tapping into this multifaceted, cost - efficient critical thinking tool?

But there were no differences in the reading ability or social - emotional skills between the two groups of students.

-- Fariba Movlanzadeh, West Azerbaijan, Iran, The Relationship between Iranian English Students» MI and their Reading Comprehension Ability.

This series of studies uses neuroscience methods to investigate the relationships between: (1) aesthetic ability, arts education, and improvement in children's reading ability; (2) visual arts exposure and phonological awareness and (3) visual arts exposure and math calculation abilities.

This study examines the relationship between learning in the visual arts and students» reading ability.

The author offers two possible reasons that so many students in grades 5 — 12 struggle with content - area learning: the mismatch between the reading levels of content - area textbooks and students» reading abilities; and the reliance on these textbooks as the main instructional resource for all students.

There may be a mismatch between textbooks» difficulty and students» reading ability, in part because of textbooks» technical vocabulary, long and convoluted sentences, and attempt to cover a wide range of content (Beers, 2002; Ciardello, 2002; Johnson, 1977).

Personalized Learning Approach Proven Effective in Advancing Foundational Reading Skills for Students of All Abilities in Grades Pre-K — 5 BOSTON — Feb. 10, 2014 — As educators strive to strike the right balance between technology and traditional teacher - led instructional methods, KIPP Delta Elementary Literacy Academy in Arkansas and E.L. Haynes Public Charter School in Washington, D.C., are joining thousands of schools nationwide who have turned to Lexia Reading Core5 ™ to help students accelerate the development of critical foundational literacy skills and help empower higher levels of teacher effectiveness.

And an unpublished analysis carried out at my request by Johns Hopkins University psychologist Robert Slaving — a co-author of a number of these studies, and the founder of Success for All — found that, on average, black males participating in Success for All gained between one month and four months of reading ability (a level of improvement comparable to that of black females).

Certain aspects of the data from classroom observations (i.e., those found to be important in previous research — c.f., pp. 2 - 3) were analyzed in order to investigate the relationship between various classroom instructional practices and students» reading and writing ability.

«There is a world of difference between saying, «It's a good idea for children to proceed as quickly as they can toward reading skills» and «All students must demonstrate the ability to read emergent reader texts with purpose and understanding by the last day of kindergarten.»

is based on the latest reading research that includes emphasis on phonemic awareness (knowing that words are made up of sounds), phonics (the link between sounds and letters), vocabulary (what words mean and how to say them), fluency (the ability to read words accurately and quickly), and comprehension (the ability to understand what you read).

In the introduction, validity and fairness are equated: «if an item were intended to measure the ability to comprehend a reading passage in English, score differences between groups based on real differences in comprehension of English would be valid and, therefore, fair....

When a student can read aloud with these three qualities, the student is demonstrating to the listener a level of fluency, that there is a bridge or connection between his or her ability to recognize words and the ability to comprehend the text:

«The ability to seamlessly switch back and forth between reading text on any Kindle and listening to the same title in audio on your smartphone — and always pick up where you left off — means that the story can continue during those times of the day when you can not look at a screen.

An agreement announced today between ebook distributor and self - publishing platform Smashwords and OverDrive, the largest provider of digital content to public and school libraries, is going to give self - published authors one of the few remaining pieces in the publishing puzzle, namely the ability for libraries to... [Read more...]

«The ability to seamlessly switch back and forth between reading text on any Kindle and listening to the same title in audio on your smartphone — and always pick up where you left off — means that the story can continue during those times of the day when you can not look at a screen,» said Audible Founder and CEO Donald Katz in a statement.»

And like iTunes, Calibre has the ability to convert between one ebook format and another: between ePub and mobi (old Kindle) or AZW3 (newer Kindle), say, or between LIT format files and ePub, so that you can read that old Microsoft Reader book on the iBooks app of your iPad or Mac.

I guess I am still holding out hope for the onyx boox i86 with a frontlight (moonlight) to be the best cross between e-reader for pdfs (with ability to make easy notes on the pdf) and read every day books....

Welch's high - energy reading matches the fast - paced story of teen Joey Harker, who discovers his ability to move between dimensions and through infinite versions of the world and joins a cadre of doppelgängers who are trying to keep all worlds in balance.

Welch's high - energy reading fits the fast - paced story of 14 - year - old Joey Harker, who discovers he is a «Walker,» someone with the ability to move between dimensions and through infinite versions of the world.

I have used both the side buttons and swiping while reading and I have to admit I like the ability to choose between them which I have done numerous times.

The ability to seamlessly switch back and forth between reading text on any Kindle and listening to the same title in audio on your smartphone [or on your Kindle Fire tablet]-- and always pick up where you left off — means that the story can continue during those times of the day when you can not look at a screen.»

When Jobs unveiled the original iPad, he began by explaining that any device aiming to fill the gap between smartphones and laptops needed to be better at some key abilities: browsing the web, reading and writing email, reading ebooks and watching videos among them.

When digital publishing first reached the mainstream, some of the many benefits included the ability to bring books to outlying areas where bookstores and libraries were few and far between, as well as making access to publication a far more viable option for those authors — especially international authors — who did not... [Read more...]

EPUB 3 also supports the ability to include multiple style sheets that allow users, for example, to select between day / night reading modes or to change the rendering direction of the text.