Sentences with phrase «who focuses on literacy»

Nell K. Duke, professor at the University of Michigan who focuses on literacy development, particularly among children living in poverty;

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Observing a history professor who integrated storytelling in his teaching led Pryor to conclude that teaching science should «focus on developing a scientific literacy in a student» and move beyond the fundamentals of scientific fact alone.

Other benefits highlighted by these stakeholders included: Literacy and numeracy assessments can be used to celebrate learning, identify strengths, needs, barriers to learning and allow teachers to make informed and objective judgements about learning; Focusing teachers» and schools» attention on the need for phonics to be taught explicitly and systematically to achieve the necessary level of word reading skills that are required to develop skilled reading; Early identification of children with learning difficulties or [those who] need additional instruction.

The state also invested substantial support for early readers and focused on retaining 3rd graders who fail to read at grade level; state law allows for, but does not require, those students to be held back, which both Skandera and Martinez criticized as insufficient in a state with exceptionally low rates of adult literacy.

Some current projects include: Cultures of Computing, an examination of how K - 12 teachers design learning environments to support novice programmers, focusing on teachers» design intentions and how those intentions are enacted; ScratchEd, a model of professional learning for educators who support computational literacy with the Scratch programming language, involving the development of a 25,000 - member online community, a network of in - person events, and curricular materials; and Cultivating Computational Thinking, an investigation of the concepts, practices, and perspectives that young people develop through computational design activities.

At St Wilfrid's, Ashley works with a Year 7 Learning Support group who have been withdrawn from modern languages to focus on their literacy.

This revision session is designed for GCSE Dance teachers who want to lead revision sessions focussed on key - words and literacy.

Her research this year has focused on the language and literacy development of students at risk for special needs — especially those who are English language learners — and she plans to continue this research in the hope of developing better interventions.

The new standards focus so much more on academic language and literacy, and I really have fewer students who struggle with language after they leave my class.

Future success is better predicted by students who have exercised an element of choice and autonomy in their learning and a broad curriculum focused on literacy, numeracy, social studies, science, and the arts.

Students who learn literacy skills through programs like these are focused on real learning and authentic communication — achieving goals that provide enjoyment and satisfaction.

During his first five years as chief of Boston schools, Payzant focused the district on literacy instruction, creating a new team of literacy coaches who worked with classroom teachers in a small set of schools, using money freed up from an «audit» of professional development endeavors that revealed too many disparate efforts around the district.

This article reports on an examination of a group of teachers who were supported in a graduate course that focused on new literacies and the integration of technology with literacy.

The Skills Builder titles provide consolidation activities for children who need extra learning opportunities and also focus on scientific literacy for ESL children who find this a barrier to learning.

These case studies focus on three beginning teachers who created a personal digital literacy story and the ways in which they repurposed that activity for use with their own students.

«Early years policy must always, without exception, have the needs of the child at its centre - but with baseline tests, this is simply not the case,» said Mr Leitch, who warned that he remained «extremely concerned that the proposed tests focus so heavily on the narrow skills of language, literacy and numeracy».

This review will continue with a focus on research involving technology integration in literacy with students having mild disabilities (learning disabled, behavior disordered, and mildly intellectually disabled) who are most likely to be included with their peers in the general classroom and who must be included in state - required standardized assessment programs.

She was appointed Executive Director of the reconstituted Mayor's Commission on Literacy by then - Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter in January 2011, who charged her with focusing the work of the Commission on adult work - readiness for the City's large, under - educated population.

Morales also assigned instructional coaches in literacy to every campus, who are focused on helping teachers go beyond language - arts - achievement scores to understand their students» reading abilities.

Both the Western Carolina and ECU lab schools will «have a strong focus on literacy,» and their leaders reckon they'll need to supply non-academic help to «students who have a lot of needs» away from school.

This qualitative study examined in - service teachers who were enrolled in a graduate level course that focused on new literacies and the integration of technology with literacy.

RBC Direct Investing is focused on growing financial literacy by supporting every Canadian investor who wants to build their knowledge and take direct control of their investments.

said Mike Caulfield, a faculty trainer at Washington State University who directs a multi-university effort focused on digital literacy.

In recent years, the responsible fatherhood field has expanded beyond its roots in employment and parenting services for low - income fathers to recognize the diverse needs of a wide array of fathers.1 Programs now include elements such as healthy marriage and co-parenting skills training, general fatherhood competency for all income levels, support for fathers involved with the child welfare and criminal justice systems, a focus on children's education and literacy, awareness of the needs of fathers who have children with special needs, and attention to issues of domestic violence.

Her recent work focuses on early literacy development among children who are English language learners and evaluations of early childhood curricula, programs, and professional development aimed at supporting children's school readiness.

A child who can not remain calm, focus on a task and stick with it will not be able to take advantage of an opportunity to interact with an adult who is reading her a story — an activity that effectively promotes early language and literacy skills.