Students need
specific information literacy skills as well as the content standards in order to be successful.
Not exact matches
Learning and
literacy are viewed partly as cultural activities, not just because they are acquired through social interactions but also because they are an indication of how a
specific cultural group or discourse community interprets the world and transmits
information.
Classroom observation that is focused on
specific behaviors and environmental factors can be a powerful instructional tool that provides a great deal of
information to help teachers, principals, and other educators enhance language and
literacy learning in early childhood classrooms.
Constantly updates personal skills and knowledge in order to work effectively with teachers, administrators and other staff — both to expand their general understanding of
information issues and to provide them with
specific opportunities to develop sophisticated skills in
information literacy, including the uses of informational technology
To ensure that special education students are capable of accessing varied
information about the world around them, Maryland should also include
specific requirements regarding
literacy skills and using text as a means to build content knowledge in history / social studies, science, technical subjects and the arts.
The intervention attended to both the language and
literacy needs of English language learners; for example, the student booklets included activities and strategies to strengthen students» reading and writing by using «
specific comprehension questions about inquiry activities, strategies to enhance comprehension of science
information in expository text at the end of each lesson, and [focus on] various language functions (e.g., describing, explaining, reporting, drawing conclusions «in the context of science inquiry»)» (Lee et al., 2008b, p. 38).
These regulations provide a
specific definition for
information literacy.
But Kobo goes further with its Reading Life features, which will track your reading habits, share
information through Facebook, and even hand out awards for
specific feats of, well,
literacy and sharing.
The text has 14 «strands» relating to
information about the needs and strengths of children with Down syndrome and provides
specific research supported methods for teaching them in the major areas of the curriculum including language,
literacy and mathematics.