Sentences with phrase «language approach promoted»

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As the statewide vote approached, opponents warned that new casinos would exacerbate addictive gambling, while good - government groups cried foul after the state Board of Elections approved ballot language that included a warm description of the potential benefits of the change («promoting job growth, increasing aid to schools, and permitting local governments to lower property taxes») but none of the possible drawbacks.

Harvard Graduate School of Education will work with the Strategic Education Research Partnership and other partners to complete a program of work designed to a) investigate the predictors of reading comprehension in 4th - 8th grade students, in particular the role of skills at perspective - taking, complex reasoning, and academic language in predicting deep comprehension outcomes, b) track developmental trajectories across the middle grades in perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension, c) develop and evaluate curricular and pedagogical approaches designed to promote deep comprehension in the content areas in 4th - 8th grades, and d) develop and evaluate an intervention program designed for 6th - 8th grade students reading at 3rd - 4th grade level.The HGSE team will take responsibility, in collaboration with colleagues at other institutions, for the following components of the proposed work: Instrument development: Pilot data collection using interviews and candidate assessment items, collaboration with DiscoTest colleagues to develop coding of the pilot data so as to produce well - justified learning sequences for perspective - taking, complex reasoning, academic language skill, and deep comprehension.Curricular development: HGSE investigators Fischer, Selman, Snow, and Uccelli will contribute to the development of a discussion - based curriculum for 4th - 5th graders, and to the expansion of an existing discussion - based curriculum for 6th - 8th graders, with a particular focus on science content (Fischer), social studies content (Selman), and academic language skills (Snow & Uccelli).

The authors show how facilitated play can improve a child's emotional connection with peers, and suggest various approaches parents and educators can take to promote language growth during play.

It never occurred to them that there was supposed to be a war between disciples of the phonics approach to reading instruction and supporters of whole language, who promoted learning to read by focusing on good literature and comprehension but neglected phonetics.

There is more upside for teachers in doing exactly what they chiefly do now — test prep, skills, and strategies — unless we actively promote a domain - specific approach to language arts.

Focus areas range from academic disciplines (K — 12 math, science, world languages, and so on) to specific programs (such as library media, guidance, or Response to Intervention) to approaches that promote deeper thinking (such as the extent to which critical thinking is embedded in a district's curriculum).

http://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X (12) 00192 - 9 / pdf Likewise, notice how often a private or charter school has language in its mission statement about its purpose «to educate students to be knowledgeable, responsible, socially skilled, healthy, caring, and contributing citizens» https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12971193 or hyping their «strengths - based approaches to child and adolescent development... and emphasis on students» resilience in the school and community» (quoting the National Association of School Psychologists), or Promoting Youth Development (PYD).

The chapter documents a number of good practice approaches both nationally and internationally and suggests a way forward to formal recognition of Indigenous languages and the establishment of a national body to promote Indigenous languages.

Home Visiting and the Biology of Toxic Stress: Opportunities to Address Early Childhood Adversity Garner (2013) Pediatrics, 132 (2) Offers a public health approach to building critical caregiver and community capacities to minimize the effects of childhood adversity with a focus on expanding collaboration between caregivers and communities to promote the safe, stable, and nurturing relationships that buffer toxic stress and strengthen the social - emotional, language, and cognitive skills needed to develop healthy, adaptive coping skills.