The Think Tank committee serves as a consulting / advisory body to the Connecticut Association
for Reading Research and the Connecticut Reading Association on issues that impact on curriculum and instruction, and assessments in reading and language arts in the state of Connecticut.
For the final post of our eight - part «Using Research Evidence Under ESSA» blog series, Laurie Lee shares resources developed by the Florida Center
for Reading Research, and Steve Fleischman discusses Evidence4Ed, an online tool currently being developed.
I also served as Publication Chair and Editor for the Connecticut Association
for Reading Research (CARR).
Among my professional affiliations include: National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), National Reading Conference (NRC), International Reading Association (IRA), Connecticut Association
for Reading Research (CARR), New England Reading Association (NERA), Phi Delta Kappa, CCSU Chapter (PDK), and the Center for Expansion of Language and Thinking (CELT).
The Florida Center
for Reading Research has created Principal Reading Walk Through Checklists which are worth consideration.
The curriculum is research based, following the work of Marilyn Adams» curriculum, Phonemic Awareness for Young Children and the work of the Florida Center
for Reading Research.
Instruction with Scientifically Based Reading Programs from the Florida Center
for Reading Research (FCRR), 2005.
Contributors: Deborah Reed, Ph.D., Florida Center
for Reading Research, Florida State University (Research Perspective) Priscilla Parhms, Uplift Mighty Preparatory, Uplift Education (Practice Perspective)
Lexia's signature program, Lexia Reading Core5, focuses on foundational skill development, the new Lexia PowerUp Literacy supports literacy skills for non-proficient adolescent students, and the Lexia RAPID Assessment (a partnership with Florida Center
for Reading Research) provides an adaptive, computer based 3x / yr.
The Florida Center
for Reading Research, for example, recently published guides to help staff at the state and local levels assemble teams, identify evidence - based programs and strategies, have informed conversations about the evidence supporting various options, and collaborate in their overall efforts to improve schools.
The curriculum is research based, aligning with the work of Marilyn Adams» curriculum, Phonemic Awareness for Young Children as well as the work of the Florida Center
for Reading Research.
For example, the Florida Center
for Reading Research examined research about how to organize reading instruction and concluded that in the elementary grades (e.g., K — 5) a total of 90 minutes per day are needed for reading instruction.
The Florida State University College of Communication and Information and the Florida Center
for Reading Research recently announced their partnership with the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Integrated Learning Initiative to initiate the Reach Every Reader project.
Education experts Thomas White (University of Virginia) and James Kim, Helen Chen Kingston, and Lisa Foster (Harvard Graduate School of Education) collaborated on reading research in elementary schools and published the results
for Reading Research Quarterly stating,
· In our final post in the series, Laurie Lee of the Florida Center
for Reading Research and Steve Fleischman of Education Northwest share tools for using evidence to support struggling schools under ESSA.
The research team composed of experts from Harvard, MIT, FSU College of Communication and Information and the Florida Center
for Reading Research move toward resolving the early literacy crisis over the course of the five - year project.
The Florida Center
for Reading Research at FSU is a research center engaged in increasing understanding of reading in every aspect.
Florida Center
for Reading Research at Florida State University An SEA Guide for Identifying Evidence - Based Interventions for School Improvement
This resource also includes a guide from the Florida Center
for Reading Research at Florida State University for state education agencies to conduct self - directed studies to find opportunities for school interventions and improvement.
«I look forward to assisting them in achieving their goal of creating the Nigerian Center
for Reading Research,» FCRR researcher and Assistant Professor of Education Laura Steacy said.
Together, the two universities are working toward the creation of the Nigerian Center
for Reading Research and Development.
While the Learning Systems Institute and the Florida Center
for Reading Research have a long history of collaboration in reading research and development in Florida, this is the first opportunity for the FSU institutes to work together on an international project.
They are joined by colleagues with a wealth of expertise in cognitive science, reading, technology, and practice at HGSE, MITili, and Florida Center
for Reading Research and College of Communication and Information at Florida State University.
In addition to HGSE and MITili, Reach Every Reader involves collaborators and researchers from the Florida Center
for Reading Research and College of Communication and Information at Florida State University, and the Charlotte - Mecklenburg School District (CMS) in Charlotte, North Carolina.
However, there is consensus among three key federally funded agencies (What Works Clearinghouse, National Center on Student Progress Monitoring, and Florida Center
for Reading Research), as well as several peer - reviewed journal articles that review research on education products, that Accelerated Reader has met high standards of scientific rigor with positive effects and no contrary evidence.
Set aside 1 - 3 hrs for viewing content each week, plus 10 - 20 min
for reading research studies and time to practice and apply everything new you're learning.
Not exact matches
For example, according to
research complied by Online-PHD-Programs.org, while those with high IQs tend to set goals and
read avidly, they are also more likely to drink more heavily and suffer from anxiety.
While we often feel to swamped with work, or too tired
for leisure
reading, research from the University of Liverpool's Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society found that reading made people feel happier and more satisfied with with lives, o
reading,
research from the University of Liverpool's Centre for Research into Reading, Literature and Society found that reading made people feel happier and more satisfied with with lives,
research from the University of Liverpool's Centre
for Research into Reading, Literature and Society found that reading made people feel happier and more satisfied with with lives,
Research into
Reading, Literature and Society found that reading made people feel happier and more satisfied with with lives, o
Reading, Literature and Society found that
reading made people feel happier and more satisfied with with lives, o
reading made people feel happier and more satisfied with with lives, overall.
In most cases, you will have to fulfill specific criteria in order to qualify
for the grant, so you should do your
research and
read the application information thoroughly to ensure you are not wasting your valuable time filling in a lengthy application
for a grant your business is not eligible
for.
As Neil Dutta, head of economic
research for Renaissance Macro, wrote in a note to clients, Friday's report was the lowest
reading in sixth months, and the index has been «below the 50 breakeven level
for nine of the last ten months and will likely intensify calls
for additional policy accommodation.»
As I recall the headline
read, more or less, «Women Don't Negotiate Because They're Not Dumb,» and the author went on to cite
research to make her point that when women do ask
for more money, people tend to hate it, and «pushy» women end up paying mightily in terms of career progression and opportunities.
According to the
research firm Heavy
Reading, VoIP already accounts
for 33.5 % of phone lines in North America.
«There was a clear pattern in the findings - the more literary fiction authors that participants recognized, the better they tended to perform on the emotional recognition test, and this association held even after statistically accounting
for the influence of other factors that might be connected to both emotion skills and
reading more literary fiction, such as past educational attainment, gender and age,» reports the British Psychological Society
Research Digest blog, summing up the results.
And
for more recent
research that business owners can use to improve their internet marketing,
read this article on why better data is leading to reduced cart abandonment
for online retailers.
If you operate heavy machinery or wash windows 50 stories up, stop
reading now, but
for those office - bound folks whose jobs entail being creative at work, there's new
research that suggests an occassional drink or two might do you and your business some good.
I'm willing to give myself some leeway: Part of my job is to stay connected, and sometimes I really am
reading an important email or doing
research for a story.
According to
research conducted at the University of Toronto, study participants who
read short - story fiction experienced far less need
for «cognitive closure» compared with counterparts who
read nonfiction essays.
Today's must -
read story is by Fortune contributor Heidi Hartmann, an economist, MacArthur Fellow, and president of the Institute
for Women's Policy
Research, who reports that the gender pay gap hit a record low last year.
«This is a viable and sound opportunity
for the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to enter into the patent, technology, and
research sector as part of our overall economic diversification strategy,» the statement
read.
If I can get into the flow
for three or four hours, then my work is done; the latter half of the day can be spent
reading and
researching.
They can make
for dense
reads, but the cutting - edge insight into the
research scientists are doing on consumer preferences and behaviors are worth it.
Online communities are a common starting point during the buying journey today, as people conduct
research,
read product reviews, and search
for recommendations.
Researchers at the New School
for Social
Research in New York have determined that
reading literary fiction — books that have literary merit and don't fit into a genre — enhances what scientists call «Theory of Mind (ToM), or an ability to understand the mental states of others.
In
reading firsthand accounts of the Waco siege, meant as
research for a character in a completely different story they were writing, the Dowdles realized this was the show they should write.
For entrepreneurs writing business blogs or articles, he says, «What's important is that you pick an aspect that you know people are going to be enticed to
read, and you do the
research necessary and put your own creative spin on it.»
Otherwise, at least a third of job seekers are using their hand - held devices to do some form of
research —
for instance,
read reviews, look up salary information, or familiarize themselves with recent company news.
Today, Price's utopian vision of doing his part
for income inequality by making sure all his employees had incomes that would make them happy — or so said the psychology
research he
read — is looking more than a little shortsighted in the cold light of reality.
Reading can boost your intelligence, increase your brainpower (
for up to five days, according to
research conducted by Emory University), and even strengthen your ability to empathize with other people.
Coding in storage
research is a technique
for adding redundancy to data, redundancy that can later be used to correct
for errors that occur during the
reading and writing process.
Speakers: * Stewart Rogers, Director of Marketing Technology * Jay Baer, social media guru and best - selling author «Hug your Haters» * Wendy Schuchart, moderator, VentureBeat
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