MILLARD COUNTY CLUB
CARL ASHBY
President
ISOBEL FINLINSON
Vice-President
FRED WHSDEN
MAVIS JOHNSON
GARR ASHBY
EUGENE STEPHENSON
FRANK LYMAN
THEON FINLINSON
GLAIR PORTER
JOYCE JUDD
CLAYTON STRATTON
GORDON NEILSON
NINA RIGBY
NAYON CAHOON
NELDA...
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Students Who Benefit from RTI
Kamps et al. (2007) compared the effects of English language learners (ELL) receiving
Tier 2 interventions to ELL students being taught using a balanced literacy approach to reading.
The study found students...
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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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sites? Here again, important factors for practical use is evident ranging from potential for
impact, the type of project suited to the audience and match of skill with the project. The male
participants tended to chose sites where they felt that...
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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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After
examining
the
data
and
observing
the
first-‐grade
students
for
an
eight-‐week
period
it
is
clear
that
kids
need
to
be
given
opportunities
throughout
the
day
to
get
up
and
move.
When
compared
against
a
period
of
resting,
students
appe...
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counterparts (NAEP, 2011). RTI gives educators the flexibility to meet the needs of diverse
learners to help all students find success in learning to read.
Another group of students who would benefit from the focused and individualized nature
of...
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contact was synchronous (though they used different words). Further study is necessary to determine in
what ways communication was better with the I-Text system.
The differences in opinion with regard to...
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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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seeking to measure the impact on learning and development as mentioned above. This finding,
combined with others, provides ample basis to continue promote service in college as a tool to
enhance student learning and development and to augment...
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Chapter 3
Methodology
The purpose of this study was to examine the academic gains of students entering
kindergarten at below-grade level, on-grade level, and above-grade level, to determine the
amount of progress made throughout the year....
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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...
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the system allowed for slight modifications to fit the needs of the course itself. Students seemed to adapt
well to the new environment.
The I-Text system was successful on many levels. Modifications to the...
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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...