The EEF's science literature review found that
students reading capability was the best predictor of later science achievement.
Not exact matches
Yet many schools and teachers across the nation who've used Fast ForWord have seen astronomical gains in their
students»
reading capabilities.
For many of them, it's because people explicitly taught them... particularly for the dyslexics and the
students that have other hidden disabilities, having a name for why they weren't learning how to
read, and not allowing them to develop a negative assumption about their own
capability, was really important.
Some websites have voice - to - text
capability and this allows the
student to hear the words as well as see them, serving as a form of remedial
reading help, and to familiarize
students with the process of translating symbols to sounds.
For example,
students who struggle with
reading may get a machine with special software installed to bring them to grade level, or trainers might brief Spanish - speaking parents on the translation
capabilities of Gaggle.
The leading international snapshot shows Australian science
students are seven months behins where they were in 2006, Australian maths
students are a year of school behind where they were in 2003 and the
reading capabilities of Australian
students are also a year behind where they were in 2000.
With a staff committed to leading
students to believe in their
capabilities and a sound, low - cost
reading program, teachers in Gilmer County Charter Schools are breaking the cycle of generational illiteracy and changing lives.
Indeed, this becomes doubly imperative for precisely those children whose verbal abilities are most in need of bolstering, for it is the very act of
reading that can build these
capabilities... we often despair of changing our
students» abilities, but there is one partially malleable habit that will itself develop abilities —
reading!
Ms. Heintz will use the grant funds to purchase a series of high - interest / low - level books specifically designed for
students with disabilities to assist in advancing their
reading capabilities.
All of these
capabilities help to ensure that entire segments of the
reading population have their book needs met, as well as help educational institutions meet the needs of
student learners in a much more accessible, cost effective way.
One of the items that has been reported to fall under the umbrella of tax - free electronics are e-readers of all makes and models, a wise move since a larger - than - ever expected number of
students will be returning to school in the fall with digital
reading capabilities, especially at the college level.
At the same time, a desktop computer that has logged on to the Bookstream website to access content can allow
students who need the assistance to hear the material
read to them, just as a handheld device owned by the
student can use the text - to - speech
capability for the
student at home.
Tech savvy
students are aware of the
capabilities of ebooks, including embedded videos and full - color graphics, easy search and annotation
capabilities throughout the text, even online social
reading platforms through the textbook that allow interaction with other
students and professors.
The company known for highly innovative digital textbooks formatted to the iPad will be rolling out the
capability that lets
students read their same content on their iPhones as well, seamlessly incorporating the iOS - based phone into the Inkling Habitat platform with real - tume syncing across the devices.
The company known for highly innovative digital textbooks formatted to the iPad will be rolling out the
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