Several research reports in the UK, since 2008, found that the use of film in
literacy classrooms resulted in measurable improvements in writing (including more sophisticated vocabulary and more complex sentences), reading, critical and creative thinking skills as well as a host of other personal and interpersonal benefits (Marsh and Bearne, 2008, Brooks, Cooper and Penkem 2012).
Not exact matches
Though often mistaken as one man's prescription for what should be taught in school, Cultural
Literacy was a pioneering study of the history of education theory as applied in our schools — and it came to the rather damning conclusion that those schools had wrongly forsaken the importance of transmitting knowledge in the
classroom; the academic failures were not the
result of moral or character imperfections but of knowledge deficits.
The
results showed that both approaches significantly improved students»
literacy skills, but one framework that utilized authentic texts and implemented specific reading strategies did more to improve students» reading comprehension and vocabulary and increase
literacy in high school CTE
classrooms.
This
resulted in a half hour biweekly meeting for each of the four
classrooms involved in the
literacy rotation.
Research
results show that children benefit from strategy instruction occurring within
classroom cultures that support collaborative discourse, flexible application of comprehension strategies, and meaningful
literacy opportunities.
This report summarizes information from Research fo Action's evaluation of the second year of the Reduced Class Size / Balanced
Literacy (RCS / EBL) Initiative, provides two case studies of elementary
classrooms where the initiative was being implemented, and a summary of survey
results about participation, opinions and attidutes of PEF Balanced
Literacy interns.
is the only program of its kind in Santa Barbara that provides a
results - based
literacy program utilizing therapy dog teams in a
classroom setting.