Sentences with phrase «low literacy skills»

Did they do this so that adults still reading comic books wouldn't feel so ashamed or embarrassed that they were still reading things intended for children or others with low literacy skills?

Men with lower literacy skills are twice as likely to earn $ 650 or more per week than women at the same reading level.

Dr Thomson said learning is not a race but, if it were, for students who have no or low literacy skills when they start school, it would be like starting 50 metres behind those with literacy skills and trying to make up that gap.

GraphoGame Rime was delivered to nearly 400 year 2 pupils with low literacy skills in 15 schools across Cambridgeshire.

In fact, 43 % of those with lowest literacy skills live in poverty» (U.S. Department of Education, 1999, p. 13).

«Schooling and learning is not a race, but if it were, for those students who have no or low literacy skills when they start school, it would be like starting 50 metres behind those with literacy skills and trying to make up that gap.

Social and community development is heavily dependent on women's participation, but they don't have equal access to literacy education or ALE, and still account for 63 % of all adults with low literacy skills.

Literacy achievements of Australia's Year 4 students has improved on average, according to a new report from the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), but not for students with the lowest literacy skills.

I would recommend that this resource should be used with either a core or advanced group as there is a lot of reading, which would be too much for a foundation group with low literacy skills.

We are also the world's most prolific jailer, with more people (most of whom have low literacy skills) in prison than any other country on the planet.

Low literacy skills have a significant impact on adults» ability to be productive as citizens, parents or workers.

On the other hand, women with low literacy skills are twice as likely to earn only $ 300 or less per week than their comparable male counterparts.

According to the Canadian Literacy and Learning Network, «42 % of Canadian adults between the ages of 16 and 65 have low literacy skills».

Linguistic competence is the capacity to convey information in a manner that is easily understood by children, families, and program staff from diverse backgrounds and abilities including persons of limited English proficiency and low literacy skills.

Linguistic competence is the capacity to convey information in a manner that is easily understood by children, families, and program staff from diverse backgrounds and abilities including persons of limited English proficiency and low literacy skills (adapted from the National Center for Cultural Competence)

Despite the low literacy skills of the parents, for most of them no advantage was found in adding the audiotape to the illustrations.

Results from the 2016 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) released today by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) show that the literacy achievement of Australian Year 4 students has improved on average, but not for students with the lowest literacy skills.

5 December 2017: Results from the 2016 Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) released today by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) show that the literacy achievement of Australian Year 4 students has improved on average, but not for students with the lowest literacy skills.