The purpose of this study was to (1) compare mother—child interactions in three contexts: shared reading with a book in a traditional print format, with an electronic book in a CD-ROM format, and with an electronic book in a video clip format; (2) compare mother—child interactions with a three-year-old and a seven-year-old; and (3) compare [...]
In order to become productive members of an academic community, it is important for students to master its procedural practices. By adapting Bourdieu’s concepts of cultural capital, habitus, and field, we examined procedural practices of first-graders from minority and low-socioeconomic-status backgrounds in the context of student-led literacy groups in an urban classroom. We applied a [...]
This research examined the types of print literacy activities low-income parents reported engaging in with their four-year-old children. There were 38 parents of children involved in Head Start, a pre-school program for children from low-income families living in the USA, who participated in this study. Children were assessed on their knowledge about print. Geographical backgrounds [...]
The aim of the research reported here was to investigate why a percentage of students experience continued difficulty in literacy learning while participating in Reading Recovery. It was hypothesized that this is to do with particular aspects of teacher—learner interactions. Accordingly the study used ethnographic methodology to describe teacher—learner interactions generally and to then examine [...]
LD Resources has a new look and some of you who have been following it for a while may need to take a moment and poke around to get oriented.Most of the work in this new look went into typography and readability and we hope you find things easier to read, especially comment threads.The pictures [...]
Online WebAnywhere, service lets blind surf the Internet from any computer, anywhereThis is a fantastic service and no doubt will be useful for people who can see but can’t read. I urge you to watch the entire video to see how it works. More: continued here
Contains more than 20,000 digitized images of various letters, memoranda, notes, and drafts of documents, books, papers, letters, and manuscripts of the third President, as well as correspondence, commonplace books, and financial account books. The online collection is being produced in installments. The first release deals with Mr. Jefferson’s general correspondence, dating from 1621 through [...]
INSTRUCTOR WITH A WORKING TITLE OF COORDINATOR, LIBRARY SERVICESLEARNING RESOURCE SERVICESLocated in the heart of downtown Edmonton, Alberta, NorQuest College is the postsecondary school of choice for health and human services, business and industry careers, academic upgrading, adult literacy and language training. We strive to help our students meet their academic and career goals by [...]
ESU hosts school librarians at Summer InstituteEmporia Gazette, KS - 2 hours ago“Collaboration and information literacy have remained central to the instructional work of school librarianship,†Buzzeo said, presenting standards-based … (Source: librarianship – Google News) More: continued here
The Directory for Exceptional ChildrenThis 16th edition of the Directory is a comprehensive survey of 2200 schools, facilities and organizations across the US serving children and young adults with developmental, emotional, physical and medical disabilities. With indexes cross-referencing a range of disabilities, this work is an invaluable aid to parents and professionals seeking the optimal [...]