Sentences with phrase «language literacy among»

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Part of a package of certification tests introduced in the 2013 - 2014 academic year, the Academic Literacy Skills Test (ALST) was intended to ensure strong language skills among aspiring instructors across the state.

Discover practical approaches to fostering language and literacy skills among English language learners.

Explore language and literacy development among language learners, with a focus on how early development is connected to later outcomes

Understand the links among language, literacy, and social - emotional development and their impact on young children's development

It is really about taking account of significant differences among students in terms of their ability (or disability), rate of learning, language proficiency, literacy and numeracy skills — and then using this knowledge to adapt the way the curriculum and learning activities are presented.

Shattuck Professor Catherine Snow is an expert on language and literacy development and the primary investigator of a 15 - year longitudinal study of language and literacy skills among low - income children.

For educators, the upshot of Hirsch's inventory is this: When schools fail to build a common knowledge base among our children — and particularly for those who come from low - income homes or are English - language learners — we are essentially condemning them to something less than full literacy and citizenship.

The internationally recognized faculty brings multiple theoretical perspectives (e.g. cognitive, sociocultural, critical, and feminist) to the study of literacy and language among children, adolescents, and adults.

Among the issues highlighted during the conference were the role of media in literacy instruction, ways of teaching reading comprehension, contributions of the family to language and literacy development, and methods for promoting family involvement in students» school achievement.

She is also a research associate on the National Panel on the Development of Literacy in Language Minority Children and Youth, a panel funded by the Institute of Educational Sciences, U.S. Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive, evidence - based review of the research literature on the development of literacy among language minority children anLiteracy in Language Minority Children and Youth, a panel funded by the Institute of Educational Sciences, U.S. Department of Education to conduct a comprehensive, evidence - based review of the research literature on the development of literacy among language minority children anliteracy among language minority children and youth.

The few studies from a measurement perspective that are available on new statewide assessments (e.g., Maryland, Kentucky, Arizona) do not distinguish among reading, language arts, and mathematics in design or analyses, making it difficult for literacy educators to interpret the implications for curriculum, instruction, or research.

Equity in education, teacher education, content and / or disciplinary literacy, content and language integrated learning (CLIL), multi-lingualism and schooling, evaluation of learning, Systemic Functional Linguistics and educational linguistics, discourse analysis, queer theory, linguistic diversity among students with special needs, (auto) ethnography, and youth culture

Courses will examine first and second language development; second language literacy development, assessment, and instruction; successful approaches to assessing and teaching oral language and content skills including designs for differentiating instruction according to students» levels of language proficiency; and the multiple factors that influence academic achievement among this student population.

LAKEWOOD, N.J. — Oct. 13, 2016 — Seven months into its partnership with Achieve3000, a Calcasieu Parish School in Lake Charles, La., saw greater than expected literacy gains on the Spring 2016 Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (LEAP) for English language arts among middle school students regularly using one of Achieve3000's differentiated literacy solutions.

STEP created a common language among teachers, parents, and students to talk about teaching and learning in literacy.

Studies by Lee et al. (2008a, 2008b), which were part of a five year professional development effort called Promoting Science among English Language Learners (P - SELL), built on research in effective first - language science teaching and aimed at improving science and literacy achievement of English language learners in urban elementary schools.

Among some of the most difficult to reach children, Educare Chicago is improving early language and literacy skills, creating active and engaged learners, and putting vulnerable children on the pathway toward school success.

This information must be disseminated in forms that have regard to literacy levels among Indigenous peoples and English as a second language.

Her recent work focuses on early literacy development among children who are English language learners and evaluations of early childhood curricula, programs, and professional development aimed at supporting children's school readiness.

Language Maintenance: Support the maintenance, retrieval and revival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages; promote the use and development of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages; improve awareness and appreciation of languages among wider community and government agencies involved in language and literacy issues; and support development of an Interpreter Service for the region.

In particular, her research interests focus on language and literacy development of dual language learners, and the relation between the classroom context and academic and socioemotional outcomes among children from socioeconomically disadvantaged backgrounds.

[jounal] Guo, Y. / 2010 / Relations among preschool teachers» self - efficacy, classroom quality, and children's language and literacy gains / Teaching and Teacher Education 26 (4): 1094 ~ 1103