Sentences with phrase «more effective literacy»

A literacy coach describes the various components of her work and how they combine to help teachers provide more effective literacy instruction.

Do you believe that technology and innovation can provide a pathway to more effective literacy?

We've had some success in the last 10 years: reading scores have gone up some, teachers are using more effective literacy practices, and we've gotten a lot more parents involved — a lot more parents reading to their kids, talking to their kids, and communicating with their kids» teachers.

We've had some success in the last 10 years: reading scores have gone up some, teachers are using more effective literacy practices, and we've gotten a lot more parents involved,» a lot more parents reading to their kids, talking to their kids, and communicating with their kids» teachers.

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There are alternatives to taking away recess that are much more effective and don't run the risk of reducing students» attention to important literacy instruction (Cassetta & Sawyer, 2013).

Although there is much more to the school curriculum than literacy and numeracy, students» abilities to read and understand different forms of written material and to apply mathematics to everyday problems are among the most important outcomes of an effective curriculum.

In their research on effective professional learning, Susan Neuman and Linda Cunningham focused on a coaching model to find out more about the effects of collaboration and feedback for teachers involved in coursework addressing early language and literacy.

For example, a tablet may be a more effective tool to foster children's letter shaping... Alternatively, reading a paper - printed storybook may be better at fostering aspects of emergent literacy than reading an e-book on a tablet due to an app's distracting features.»

Learn more about Ariel's financial literacy program in the full Schools That Work package where you'll find a 2012 video and article update, free resources, and research findings on the effective strategies used at Ariel.

Thus it appears that the literacy hour was more effective for boys and as such, reduced the gender gap at primary school.

What is more, the majority of adult literacy programs are made and implemented by NGOs, and levels of functional literacy remain low for national active population: about 70 % of workers that have basic skills in reading, writing and numeracy are unable to use these skills in an effective and competitive way in a context of global economy.

This book explores the importance of effective classroom assessment to student achievement and the role of school leaders to model and spark positive change through building teacher literacy, providing targeted professional development, acquiring appropriate technology, and more.

Rather than engaging students in meaningful content - based learning, an emphasis on helping students develop the digital literacies they will need to be effective contributors in the global economy seems to be the more compelling rationale.

During the academy, attendees will learn the critical thinking and literacy skills that are most important to student success, specific instructional strategies that build these competencies, the research and design elements behind effective instruction, and more.

Through a grant from The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, The Education Alliance at Brown University developed the Collaboratory for Adolescent Literacy Leaders (CALL) program to assist educators with delivering more effective instruction in the content areas and closing persistent achievement gaps among their students.

With increased professional development, the author predicts that content - area teachers will make more effective use of strategies to support students» content - area literacy.

Meanwhile, Clegg told Radio 4's Today programme: «The evidence, and this has been exhaustively analysed, piloted, examined, is that giving a healthy hot meal at lunchtime is as, if not more, effective than many of the, say, literacy and numeracy initiatives... it has a dramatic effect.»

Focused on accelerating gains for students and building capacity for educators, Achieve3000's innovative partnership with Dr. Douglas Fisher draws from the research of his book Visible Learning for Literacy, cowritten with Dr. Nancy Frey and Dr. John Hattie, to leverage Achieve3000's proven - effective platform for even more literacyLiteracy, cowritten with Dr. Nancy Frey and Dr. John Hattie, to leverage Achieve3000's proven - effective platform for even more literacyliteracy growth.

http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED376750.pdf The Hmong / English Bilingual Adult Literacy Project, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin - Green Bay, was designed to explore more effective ways of reaching and teaching a previously «unteachable group,» nonliterate adult Hmong refugees.

We combine the latest literacy research with decades of teaching experience to bring you the best methods of instruction to make teaching easier, more effective, and more fun.

In addition, certain technologies were rated as more effective in promoting student literacy development.

More than half.That should mean that we could improve the problem by at least half by providing equal access to summer learning opportunities for disadvantaged students — and yet the creation of effective summer learning programs for lower - income students has not been a significant focus of literacy efforts in the U.S. Let's look at some of the latest facts on summer learning loss:

The discussion is a continuation of last year's luncheon and discussion, SAYL officials said, during which several San Antonio school superintendents said more effective early literacy programs are needed in order to address reading deficiencies among elementary school children.

The learnings presented in this report not only point to the efficacy of the e-reader intervention for improving early grade literacy skills and increasing access to books, but also provide insights towards a way forward that will allow Worldreader and partners to reach more students, in more corners of Ghana and sub-Saharan Africa, with cost - effective and impactful digital reading programs.

While enhanced ebooks engage young children with their interactive elements, print or basic ebooks may be more effective for encouraging literacy, according to a new study by the Joan Ganz Cooney Center.

Participated in 100 hours of professional development under the coaching of Children's Literacy Initiative trainers in order to learn and implement more effective reading and writing instruction