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    • 25 considered more popular modes of receiving printed messages. If educators understand this multimedia culture, and how students in the digital era interpret messages, they can use this knowledge to build on students’ current interests and...
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    • 30 English language proficiency and literacy skills, and were based on a 5-point scale: pre-emergent = 1, emergent = 2, intermediate = 3, advanced = 4, and fluent = 5. Table 1 Student Participant Selection Based on CRT and UALPA Scores CRT...
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    • 31 Instrumentation Questionnaires, language arts scores from end-of-level CRTs, UALPA scores, free and reduced lunch data (Title I), and ethnographic case studies were used to examine the connections between home-literacy environments and literacy...
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    • 41 are working. The children speak Spanish to their parents, and both English and Spanish to each other. While the interview is conducted in Spanish with the mom, she mentioned that she is learning English from her children and likes to practice...
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    • 43 home. Both high and low ELLs received homework help from family members on a regular basis, which included parents, cousins, aunts, and grandparents. These averages were based on a 5-point scale: never = 1, rarely = 2, sometimes = 3, most of the...
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    • 44 Table 4 Which Family Members Read to You? Grandparent Brother Sister Aunt/Uncle Cousin Other High ELL 25% 13% 25% 13% 13% Low ELL 13% 13% 25% 38% In Table 5, the percentages of literacy activities in the home from the parents’ perspective are...
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    • 45 Quantitative Data: Language and Literacy in the School All of the high ELLs preferred to speak only English with their peers at school. More than half of low ELLs preferred to speak both English and Spanish (see Table 6). The majority of low...
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    • 48 every day = 5. High ELLs used their computers to access digital literacies 23% more than low ELLs. It is important to note that both groups of ELLs took advantage of digital literacies in the HLE. More than half of both high and low ELLs who had...
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    • 49 Table 11 Access to Reading Materials Library Store Family Center Home Friend Mail Internet High ELL 50% 33% 33% 33% 16% 33% 16% Low ELL 33% 83% 16% 33% 0% 16% 50% Table 12 How Do You Use a Computer? Games Emails Writing Movies Music...
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    • 59 Learning Theories Knowledgebase. (2010). Social Development Theory (Vygotsky) at Learning-Theories.com. Retrieved October 10th, 2010 from http://www.learning-theories. com/vygotskys-social-learning-theory.html Macmillan/McGraw-Hill. (2006)....
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    • 62 Appendix A Consent Letters in English and Spanish January 2011 Dear Parents, You and your child are being invited to take part in a research study about literacy. 26 students and parents combined from Ms. Berglund’s and Mrs. Stansell’s class...
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    • 63 January 2011 Dear Parents, You and your child are being invited to take part in a research study about literacy. 26 students and parents combined from Ms. Berglund’s and Mrs. Stansell’s class will be participating. In addition, I am inviting...
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    • 73 13. What types of reading materials do you have in the home? (Circle all that apply) Magazines Church literature Newspapers Books Other (specify) 14. How many books would you say you have in your home? 10 or less 11-50 51-100 101-150 151-200...
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    • 77 22. ¿Con que frecuencia te ayudan tus padres con tus tareas? Siempre La mayoría del tiempo A veces Casi nunca Nunca 23. ¿Hay otros familiares que te ayudan con tus tareas? Si No 24. Si respondes si, quien? Abuelos Hermano Hermana Tíos Primos...
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    • STRAIGHT IS THE GATE 5 Table of Contents Abstract i Acknowledgements ii Chapter 1) Rationale 7 a) Background 10 2) Review of Literature 25 a) Polygamy 25 b) Power Differentiation 28 c) Co-cultural Theory 34 3) Method 39 a) Ethnography 39 b)...
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    • STRAIGHT IS THE GATE 9 Public interest in polygamy has steadily increased in the past decade as television dramas such as HBO’s “Big Love,” talk shows like Oprah and Dr. Phil, TLC’s reality television show “Sister Wives” and news...
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    • STRAIGHT IS THE GATE 25 Chapter 2: Review of Literature In order to clearly organize the literature to be reviewed, I organized the literature into three categories, (a) polygamy, (b) power differentiation, and (c) co-cultural...
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    • STRAIGHT IS THE GATE 26 In Europe and subsequently in North America, polygamy has been seen as a barbarous and immoral lifestyle “since the earliest of times” (Austen, 2011). Because the belief that polygamy breeds immorality and abuse is so...
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    • STRAIGHT IS THE GATE 44 no wives. Most of these men expected to be asked by the community leaders to marry another wife sometime in the future. Contraceptives were discouraged because the Work preached that the main purpose of life on earth is to...
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    • i Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction 1 Chapter 2: Literature Review 7 The Successful and Unsuccessful Student 7 Hardships and Solutions of Math Homework 10 Effective Math Teachings 14 The Importance of Communication between Schools,...
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