Supplemental Reading Instruction for Students at Risk for Reading Disabilities: Improve Reading 30 Minutes at a Time     

Sylvia Linan&#x;Thompson  Peggy Hickman&#x;Davis 《Learning disabilities research & practice》2002,17(4):242-251

Supplemental reading instruction provides a way to improve the reading outcomes of students at risk for reading difficulties and to meet the challenges produced by increases in student diversity in today’s classrooms. The research–based intervention described in this article includes intensive, explicit, and systematic reading instruction in five areas: fluency, phonemic awareness, instructional–level reading with an emphasis on comprehension, word analysis, and spelling. This intervention was effective in improving the reading skills of low SES, second–grade English monolingual and English–language learners.  相似文献   

Traumatic brain injury in children and adolescents: Assessment and intervention     

Andrew S. Davis  Rik Carl D'Amato 《Psychology in the schools》2005,42(1):118-120

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Dynamics of undergraduate student generic problem-solving skills captured by a campus-wide study     

Andis Klegeris  Stephanie Barclay McKeown  Heather Hurren  Lindsay Joy Spielman  Maegan Stuart  Manpreet Bahniwal 《Higher Education》2017,74(5):877-896

The ability to effectively problem solve is a highly valued competency expected of university graduates, independent of their area of study. Evaluation of problem-solving skill (PSS) development is hindered by a shortage of available tools for monitoring student progress and by lack of defined instructional strategies for development of these skills. Our research is aimed at addressing these problems. We have developed an evaluation tool, which we applied to study the dynamics of undergraduate student PSS. We tested first- and upper-year students from 26 different courses (total enrollment of 2229 students). Overall improvement of PSS was detected for the first-year students over their first term of study. There were no significant differences between the PSS of first- and upper-year students, and no improvement was detected over a single term by measuring PSS in upper-year students. Only three courses were effective at facilitating PSS. Our data indicate that most of the standard lecture approaches do not develop undergraduate student PSS and that universities and individual instructors must take active steps to advance this critical skill set in university students.  相似文献   

Rediscovering the political dimension of the personal life story: results from an intergenerational narrative learning project with older adults in South Westphalia     

Joachim Broecher  Joyce H. Davis  Janet F. Painter 《International Journal of Lifelong Education》2017,36(4):471-485

Using qualitative interviews, focus groups, storytelling and collective journaling, the life experiences of people in a local village community, in South Westphalia, Germany, born between 1930 and 1945, were analysed collaboratively. The research intention was to give the younger generations in that region access to these experiences and insights, within the context of democratic learning and civic education. The focus of this narrative learning project was on the politically relevant issues and themes they contained, above all: the significance of free information and thought, a free cultural life, access to education for all children and youth, a self-determined life for women and girls, as well as cohesion and self-help structures in the social community. Many tales were shared from the Third Reich, making references to Wilhelmine Germany and the Republic of Weimar, including how these times had been narrated to them through their forebearers and families’ archives.  相似文献   

Measuring Pharmacy Student Attitudes Toward Prayer: The Student Prayer Attitude Scale (SPAS)     

Adam C. Pace  Joy Greene  Joseph E. Deweese  Dana A. Brown  Ginger Cameron  James M. Nesbit 《Christian Higher Education》2017,16(4):200-210

The objective of this study was to develop and validate an instrument to assess the attitude of student pharmacists toward prayer in general and in particular as it relates to their academic performance. To fulfill the study objective, faculty from seven colleges of pharmacy located at Christian universities collaboratively developed the Student Prayer Attitude Scale (SPAS). The items were used to assess the attitudes of student pharmacists toward prayer as well as the effects of prayer on personal lives and academic performance. Faculty investigators asked 1,563 students to complete the survey and received 677 valid responses. A principal components analysis with promax rotation was conducted and revealed a two-factor structure: (a) general attitude toward prayer and (b) specific attitude regarding the impact of prayer on academic performance. Analysis of variance was used to compare student responses by religious identity. Students identifying as atheist or agnostic were significantly different in their responses than students from theistic religions; however, the responses of students from various theistic religions were not significantly different from one another. Faculty concluded that SPAS is a reliable tool for measuring student attitudes toward prayer. The use of such a tool could help faculty tailor educational opportunities to allow pharmacy students to explore prayer more fully and be aware of its impact on the patients they serve.  相似文献   

Teaching Science Inquiry in Urban Contexts: The Role of Elementary Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs     

Jacqueline Leonard  Joy Barnes-Johnson  Scott Jackson Dantley  Charles Kimber 《The Urban Review》2011,43(1):124-150

This paper reports on a study of elementary preservice teachers’ inquiry-based practices, their efficacy beliefs, and the role beliefs had on two preservice teachers’ practices in urban classrooms. Results show inquiry-based practices can be cultivated through field-based experiences and preservice teachers’ efficacy beliefs, as it relates to practice in urban settings, are malleable. Specifically, personal efficacy beliefs about teaching science improved or were sustained for one cohort of preservice teachers. However, beliefs about students’ ability to learn science, that is outcome beliefs, were less stable. The results of two case studies show that science content knowledge was a factor in preservice teachers’ inquiry-based practices. However, why preservice teachers’ beliefs about student learning declined is less clear. More research is needed, along with follow-up data on teacher induction, to learn how preservice teachers’ beliefs impact urban students’ science education.  相似文献   

Embedding Mathematical Dialogue in Parent–Child Shared Book Reading: A Preliminary Investigation     

Robin L. Hojnoski  Helen Lynn Columba  Joy Polignano 《Early education and development》2014,25(4):469-492

Research Findings: Shared book reading provides a meaningful context for rich conversations to occur between a child and an adult and offers opportunities for children to be exposed to a range of vocabulary and concepts that often extend beyond their everyday experiences. Few studies have examined parent–child shared book reading as a context for embedding mathematical discussion. The purpose of this study was to examine systematically the effect of training parents to focus on mathematical concepts and vocabulary during shared book reading. Specific research questions were as follows: (a) Did parents increase their use of math talk during shared storybook reading following training? (b) Did parents generalize intervention strategies? And (c) did children increase their use of math talk during shared storybook reading? Results from a yoked multiple-baseline design with 6 dyads indicated variability across the dyads with 2 general patterns. Math talk increased following training for 3 of the dyads, whereas verbal mathematical behavior did not show consistent change for the other 3 dyads. Practice or Policy: Results are discussed in the context of home support for early mathematical development.  相似文献   

The polyadenylation code: a unified model for the regulation of mRNA alternative polyadenylation   总被引：3，自引：2，他引：1  

Ryan DAVIS  Yongsheng SHI 《Journal of Zhejiang University. Science. B》2014,15(5):429-437

The majority of eukaryotic genes produce multiple mRNA isoforms with distinct 3′ ends through a process called mRNA alternative polyadenylation (APA). Recent studies have demonstrated that APA is dynamically regulated during development and in response to environmental stimuli. A number of mechanisms have been described for APA regulation. In this review, we attempt to integrate all the known mechanisms into a unified model. This model not only explains most of previous results, but also provides testable predictions that will improve our understanding of the mechanistic details of APA regulation. Finally, we briefly discuss the known and putative functions of APA regulation.  相似文献   

由米网:订制你的那一抹亮色     

Joy 《大学生》2014,(12):74-75

正本期关键词:定制做适合年轻人需求和消费水平的定制是由米网的特点,目前依靠团体服装或者用品的定制盈利,也开始尝试着做年轻人个人的个性定制。"年轻的心总是悸动不安,渴望寻找属于自己的那一抹亮色。"在敏锐地捕捉到这一特点后,2012年,6名武汉理工大学的男生从定制文化衫起家,创办由米定制网,进驻以C2B(消费者对企业)商业模式为基础的电子商务领域。打开由米定制网的首页,从情侣马克杯、毕业纪念册到创意手工陶瓷、咖啡烘焙课,每一件定制产品都透着青春气息。由米定制网的市场部负责人鲁梦柯说:"我们就是想让年轻人拥有属于自己的不一样的东西。"  相似文献   

Improving Teaching and Learning Through Evaluation: A Special Issue on the National Evaluation Institute     

Marco A. Mu?oz  Douglas R. Davis  Consortium for Research on Educational Accountability  Teacher Evaluation 《Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education》2007,20(3-4):111-116

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