Sentences with phrase «general reading»

They don't just buy whatever is placed in front of them, because in general the reading public are not stupid.

Books for general reading always smell bad; the odor of common people hangs around them.

And it may take years for a low - income student to acquire enough knowledge to do well on a test of general reading ability.

And of course, it's important for students to develop general reading ability in order to function well in school and in life.

Because broad, general knowledge builds broad, general reading comprehension ability, school - wide accountability for reading makes far more sense than individual teacher accountability.

But I'm hoping that the combo will be made available on a smaller device that offers more general reading material.

That said, we think that's a fair trade off for the added screen size and general reading comfort.

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

Should one have any free time for general reading then some of the chapters provide some excellent information / guidance on a range of topics which can only be useful.

This allows them to expand their original audience to include the librarians, booksellers, and general reading public that are my audience.

I think there will always be demand for some printed books, but that much of it will shift electronic for general reading.

As your broad, general knowledge grows, so will your broad, general reading ability.

For more general reading on this amazing country you can browse some of the thousands of Backpacking and Cambodia related travel blogs available online — here's some of our old ones to get you started.

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Recommended Reading: «Love Sense, The Revolutionary Science of Romantic Love,» 2013, Dr. Sue Johnson is an excellent supplement to the training for participants who prefer a more general read about the science behind E.F.T.

(District of Columbia) Echoing research that dates back almost 50 years, the latest evaluation of the effectiveness of the federal Head Start program found positive effects on general reading achievement but nothing more.

The mandates are often targeted at general reading, special education and dyslexia focused initiatives.

Of course general reading devices can be used for novels and the typical reading requirements for English classes.

If a test is to measure general reading ability, it must include passages that sample a person's general knowledge of several kinds of subjects.

There are seven appendicies and a reading list that includes very general reading, from a textbook on the Old Testament to one on basic Christian theology.

I'm skeptical that anyone would look at this list and argue that herein is a critical mass of contemporary writers that enjoy a broad and incisive and collective purchase on either professional literary culture or general reading culture today.

Instead Grayling has retreated into a Dickensian penal policy - the equivalent of an old general reading the Telegraph with his breakfast and spluttering about political correctness.

Others entered English after the Theory years had passed and general reading knowledge had given way to certain interpretative skills and fluencies.

Along with a complete KS1 and KS2 Thinking Hats Reading teaching resource, this pack also includes 189 general reading worksheets and 36 levelled guided reading books.

General reading associated tasks — such as drawing the book cover, writing a review, recount, setting, plot etc..

Our sketch of the background knowledge needed to understand Greider's short passage offers clues to the kind of instruction that is needed to advance general reading comprehension ability.

While you have students study and learn how to make inferences, take the time to review general reading comprehension.

TDA prompts, therefore, represent a move beyond general reading comprehension questions, such as «What is the main idea?»

Back To School English Teaching Resources Click below for more information about: General Reading Pizza Chart (# 2)

These insights come from surveys conducted at the end of 2011 and beginning of 2012 to gauge people's general reading habits, their consumption of print books, e-books and audiobooks, and their attitudes about the changing ways that books are made available to the public.

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And, I wouldn't want to bother trying to keep accurate track of how many hours I devote to specific file related education as opposed to general reading relevant to what I practice in.

The relationship between specific reading retardation, general reading backwardness, and behavioural problems in a large sample of Dunedin boys: A longitudinal study from five to eleven years

Fjords & Beaches is a blog for the curious, and I currently have a bunch of awesome readers who are interested in getting the latest travel inspiration, picking up a few travel hacks, and in general reading about the beautiful world we live in.

The What Works Clearinghouse review of Spelling Mastery for the Students With Learning Disabilities topic area includes student outcomes in nine domains: alphabetics, reading fluency, reading comprehension, general reading achievement, mathematics, writing, science, social studies, and progress in school.

LIBRARY On the Captain's Deck, you will find a small library of polar books, reference materials and general reading material.

If they sampled just one kind of subject matter, their tests would prove to be inaccurate as measures of general reading ability.

For more general reading on this amazing country you can browse some of the thousands of Thailand travel blogs available online — here's some good ones to get started.

No mention of typographics and general reading comfort (glare reduction etc) for an ideal * electronic book * at all?

One reason for this situation is that scholars, who know the fascinating story of the development of Biblical ideas, have commonly written of it in technical terms, so that while the average minister, the intelligent layman, and the college student may know by hearsay the outline of their findings, the books where the substance of the matter lies are often too recondite for general reading.

I learnt this eventually, in the course of general reading, from a book, «Influence», aimed at a popular audience, by a distinguished psychology professor, Robert Cialdini... I immediately sent copies of Cialdini's book to all my children.

This isn't deliberately done, I believe, but they have allowed their general reading of Romans to influence their translation and thereby exclude the possibility of alternative readings.

I write my blog for a general reading audience.

The seat is being vacated by 2000 Democratic vice presidential nominee, Joe Lieberman, who lost the Democratic primary election for the senate seat in 2006, but won re-election in the general Read more»

Scott didn't know it, but Ben was there because his colleague Dr. Finnegan had asked him for a general read on Scott's communication abilities and «whether or not he seems like ABC Technologies material.»