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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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perspective about the HLEs of ELLs from low-SES families. The instruments used to collect
data for this study are located in Appendices A through D.
The tasks that were completed in sequential order to accomplish the purpose of the...
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Chapter 4
Results
Qualitative and quantitative research methods were used for data collection in this
research project to answer questions about the high degree of variability in HLEs among ELLs
from low-SES families. Investigative measures,...
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company. Dad explains that he works hard so that his children can one day go to college. “Tengo
sueños todo el tiempo que mis hijos algún día ir a la universidad.” He dreams all the time that
his children will one day go to college. If...
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study relate to how the researcher carried out data collection because of the qualitative
characteristics of the observations of the HLEs. What was discovered in both studies is the high
degree of variation within literacy environments among...
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Appendices
A smaller font size has been used on various items throughout the Appendices in order to
make those materials fit better onto a page and at the same time maintain the general appearance
of the original documents and data collection...
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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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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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that chose not to live the polygamous lifestyle still remained an active part of the family and maintained strong relationships with her siblings and parents. Her decision to not live the principle of plural marriage caused...
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they wished; (4) removed the opportunity for participants to identify the expectation of the researcher from among a list of other options, as is the case with a questionnaire; and (5) through my giving of random...
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understand what the communication practices say about the people’s location, how they are related to that place, and how an individual should relate to this environment when inhabiting it.
In interpreting practices by...
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may be unrelated to what is going on in the classroom, there is still a lot of pressure
placed on the positive results from these assessments.
The assumption that something is wrong with education is based on sparse
information about the...
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struggling students was successful or not.
As required by Southern Utah University Department of Graduate Studies
in Education, all necessary Institutional Review Board (IRB) requirements were
met throughout the conduct of this creative...