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reading” (p. 283). They continue to explain “the assessments should be sufficiently sensitive to
small changes in the student’s reading performance” (Mesmer & Mesmer, 2008, p. 283). Besides
indicating student growth, progress monitoring...
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The final question asked of the student participants as part of the study was what they feel
their level of learning was with regard to their service experience. These results can be found in
Table 9 below.
Table 9
Level of learning with regard...
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conservative Christian feel more pressure to keep the children in line with the moral teaching
of their church. A mother who is ―spiritual‖ rejects using religious teachings as an easy way
to not take responsibility...
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researcher
also
noted
that
more
students
asked
to
use
the
restroom
during
the
lesson
on
these
days.
Overall,
the
students
appeared
restless
and
became
disengaged
in
the
lesson
more
quickly
than
the
days
where
they
were
given
the
opportunity
to
mov...
The I-Text Distance Learning System 6
The I-Text was developed using Acrobat 9, Flash CS3, Flex 3.0, PHP and MySQL. The
individual consoles were written in Actionscript 3.0 and compiled using Flash CS3. The consoles
communicate with a web server...
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All students were given the same DRP test, which was standard for all groups. As can be seen in Table 4.6 (pg 37), 10 of 12 students (83%) scored above a 9th grade level for reading comprehension, with half of the students scoring just above the...
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90.00%
92.00%
94.00%
96.00%
98.00%
100.00%
Resting
Classroom
Energizer
Physical
Education
Recess
Average
Percentage
of
Students
Engaged
Type
of
Physical
Activity
Engaged
Students
Comparison
The
data
collected
for
each
type
of
activity
were
compile...
Jan. 5, 1911. . .After an extensive discussion, it was the unanimous opinion of the Council t h a t the Board of Health be sustained in closing of all public gatherings. March 3, 1911...The matter of right-of-way and locating grounds for the...
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Table 1 - Results of Student Survey (n = 15)
BB Vista Better Both the Same I-Text Better
Feedback 1 12 2
Navigation 6 5 4
Easier to Understand 4 8 3
Easier in General 4 7 4
Communicate Course
Expectations
3 5...
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self-reported as being a good reader, reading between 30 minutes to one hour a day. The other student who scored on a 5.8 grade equivalent level on the DRP also highly agreed with the results of the test at 9 out of 10 and reported being a good...
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Exploratory research was conducted to identify and measure the relationships
between information sources, socio-cultural preferences, and travel motives on
destination image and visiting intentions. An adaptation of the study conducted...
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Fantuzzo et al., 2005; Mead, 2008). Caucasian and Asian children demonstrated higher levels of
skill in reading (Al Otaiba, Kosanovich-Grek, Torgesen, Hassler, & Wahl). Research by
Fantuzzo et al. concluded “African American, Hispanic, and...
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of texts was chosen to enhance the accuracy of determining the students’ reading comprehension levels. A select few were also asked to read a narrative passage to measure reading fluency and words-correct-per-minute to give the researcher a...
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CHAPTER
5
Discussion
The
data
collected
in
this
study
provides
educators
with
a
deeper
understanding
about
the
connection
between
physical
activity
and
student
engagement.
Educators
may
use
the
data
to
more
appropriately
design
school
day
schedule...
t h e citizens early in February.
Carried.
Feb. 7 , 1980.. . T h e Re-Development Agency ordinance was approved. Members of the Committee a r e : Dixie Leavitt, Harold Hiskey. Conrad Hatch, Charlotte Boyer, Elloyd Marchant, and Clair Morris. Feb....
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instructional to frustrated as the difficulty level increased: no one scored from frustrated to instructional or instructional to independent as they moved from the 6th grade level to the high school level. The passages and related questions...
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Chapter 6
Implications
The following specific recommendations were identified from the current study. The
term educator in this chapter is used very loosely to include faculty, student life personnel and
service center staff.
Educators should...
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tested in the subject of language arts using curriculum-based measurements. Formal research
began in February of 2011 and includes archival data from August 2010 to February 2011. The
gathered data were used to classify students as below-grade...
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The Best of the BRICs:
A Metaphorical Analysis
Literature Review
Metaphor
Contemporary approaches to metaphor have partly spawned from works of 16th
century researcher Giambattista Vico. Vico explained that percepts create our...
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selection on the high school level, 18% of the participants were independent, 32% were instructional, and 45% were frustrated. Even though the same percentage scored on the instructional level for both types of selections, the results varied in...