Sentences with phrase «whose reading ability»

Now, it is possible to refer the reading or mathematics growth rates of students observed during schooling to a clearly defined population of growth curves derived from serial measures of students whose reading ability and mathematical understanding were systematically assessed over time.

She finds that students generally specify at least one classmate whose reading ability is similar to their own.

She and the student also discuss how frustrating it would be to be in a small group with others whose reading ability differs greatly from the student's own.

Using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the research team also found anatomical changes in the brains of children whose reading abilities improved — in particular, a thickening of the cortex in parts of the brain known to be involved in reading.

More than half of the language - minority children whose reading abilities are substantially below the national average are not receiving bilingual or English - as - a-second-language instruction, according to a study by the Educational Testing Service.

This credit / no - credit continuing education course is designed to help develop educators» theoretical and practical knowledge of effective, research - based assessment and intervention for struggling readers of all ages who have reached a primer level, but whose reading abilities are below mid-grade three level.

Not exact matches

You can't really get a conclusive read on prospects within this range, especially someone like Lamar Jackson, whose rushing ability is incredible.

The high rated youngster whose full name is Renan Martins Pereira, is known for his intelligent match - reading ability, marking power and great technical quality to control the ball; and local media sources say he is almost a «complete player».

Researchers found that the combined existing studies do not allow a conclusion that studying the arts enhances creative thinking (as measured by standard creativity tests, whose validity is questionable), nor that studying music, visual arts, or dance improves reading ability.

Activities that require use of spatial intelligence often prove beneficial for students whose reading and writing abilities don't measure up and for those gifted members of the class who are bored stiff and unchallenged.

Among a subgroup of students who entered school with below - average alphabet skills and ability to sound out words, those who participated in SFA for three years performed significantly better than peers whose schools were not in the program on tests of phonics skills, word recognition, and reading fluency.

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!

More importantly, families are recognizing that the «experts» really don't know what they are doing, that it is the very practices championed by traditionalists — from near - lifetime employment for teachers regardless of their ability to help kids succeed;, to the overuse of the overdiagnosis of learning disabilities (especially among young black men, whose reading deficiencies are often diagnosed as being special ed problems)-- are the underlying reason why schools fail to improve student achievement.

The Carmel Hill Fund Education Program is a non-profit organization whose mission is to foster the love of reading in children by providing educators with the means to improve their students» reading ability.

I was trying to figure out a good idea of how to use this with my 5 year old whose reading, spelling, and rhyming abilities are way above his writing ability.

Regardless of what critics have to say about a retailer and its business practices, it's hard to find fault with an organization whose own editors have the ability to promote a book based simply on its merits as a great read, even if the parent companies involved are still battling it out.

Fix any awkward phrases or poor flow, and then have at least two other people whose writing and reading abilities you respect read over the content.