Using Word Identification Fluency to Monitor First-Grade Reading Development     

Zumeta RO  Compton DL  Fuchs LS 《Exceptional children》2012,78(2):201-220

This study assessed the effects of sampling breadth on technical features of word identification fluency (WIF), a tool for screening and monitoring the reading development of first graders. From a potential pool of 704 first-grade students, the authors measured both a representative sample (n = 284) and 2 other subgroups: those with low reading achievement (n = 202) and those with high/average achievement (n = 213). Data were collected weekly on broadly and narrowly sampled WIF lists for 15 weeks and on criterion measures in the fall and spring. Broad lists were developed by sampling words from 500 high-frequency words, whereas narrow lists were created by sampling from the 133 words from Dolch preprimer, primer, and first-grade word lists. Overall, predictive validity for performance level, predictive validity for growth, and commonality analysis showed narrow sampling was better for screening the representative group and the high/average subgroup. Broad sampling was superior for screening the low-achieving subgroup and for progress monitoring across groups.  相似文献   

The cognitive and academic profiles of reading and mathematics learning disabilities     

Compton DL  Fuchs LS  Fuchs D  Lambert W  Hamlett C 《Journal of learning disabilities》2012,45(1):79-95

The purpose of this study was to examine the cognitive and academic profiles associated with learning disability (LD) in reading comprehension, word reading, applied problems, and calculations. The goal was to assess the specificity hypothesis, in which unexpected underachievement associated with LD is represented in terms of distinctive patterns of cognitive and academic strengths and weaknesses. At the start of 3rd grade, the authors assessed 684 students on five cognitive dimensions (nonverbal problem solving, processing speed, concept formation, language, and working memory), and across Grades 3 through 5, the authors assessed performance in each academic area three to four times. Based on final intercept, the authors classified students as LD or not LD in each of the four academic areas. For each of these four LD variables, they conducted multivariate cognitive profile analysis and academic profile analysis. Results, which generally supported the specificity hypothesis, are discussed in terms of the potential connections between reading and mathematics LD.  相似文献   

Social media use by government: From the routine to the critical   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Andrea L. Kavanaugh  Edward A. Fox  Steven D. Sheetz  Seungwon Yang  Lin Tzy Li  Donald J. Shoemaker  Apostol Natsev  Lexing Xie 《Government Information Quarterly》2012

Social media and online services with user-generated content (e.g., Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, YouTube) have made a staggering amount of information (and misinformation) available. Government officials seek to leverage these resources to improve services and communication with citizens. Significant potential exists to identify issues in real time, so emergency managers can monitor and respond to issues concerning public safety. Yet, the sheer volume of social data streams generates substantial noise that must be filtered in order to detect meaningful patterns and trends. Important events can then be identified as spikes in activity, while event meaning and consequences can be deciphered by tracking changes in content and public sentiment. This paper presents findings from a exploratory study we conducted between June and December 2010 with government officials in Arlington, VA (and the greater National Capitol Region around Washington, D.C.), with the broad goal of understanding social media use by government officials as well as community organizations, businesses, and the public at large. A key objective was also to understand social media use specifically for managing crisis situations from the routine (e.g., traffic, weather crises) to the critical (e.g., earthquakes, floods).  相似文献   

Cross-cultural argument interactions between Israeli-Jews and Palestinians     

Donald G. Ellis  Ifat Maoz 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2013,41(3):181-194

This study examined the argument patterns that result when Israeli-Jews and Palestinians confront each other during group dialogues. We tested predictions derived from two theories. The first was a theory of cultural communication which predicted that Israeli-Jews and Palestinians would argue in a manner consistent with their respective cultural communication codes known as dugri and musayra respectively. Thus, the Israeli-Jews were expected to be assertive and the Palestinians more accommodating. The second theory was rooted in majority/minority power relations and predicted the opposite. The data were generated from reconciliation-based dialogue groups of Israeli-Jews and Palestinians. Communicative acts were coded according to the Conversational Argument Coding Scheme. Analysis of covariance was used to determine which patterns of argument distinguished the groups, and to identify variance attributable to lag sequences and individuals. The results were supportive of predictions from majority/minority power relations.  相似文献   

The use of symbolic convergence theory in corporate strategic planning: A case study     

John F. Cragan  Donald C. Shields 《Journal of Applied Communication Research》2013,41(2):199-218

This case study reports on the employment of Symbolic Convergence Theory (SCT) to intervene in a corporate environment in a strategic planning situation. The study concerns the use of SCT to guide corporate positioning, market segmentation, and advertising and sales message testing. The report sets out SCT's assumptions and technical terms, summarizes the relevant research undergirding the SCT theory‐method‐message complex, describes the strategic planning intervention, illustrates the research findings, and draws out both the applied and theoretical implications of the case.  相似文献   

The Argument     

Elizabeth Léonie Simpson 《The Educational forum》2013,77(4)

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The place of radio in the speech curriculum today     

Donald W. Riley 《Quarterly Journal of Speech》2013,99(4):622-627

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A search for facts on the teaching of public speaking,IV     

Donald Hayworth 《Quarterly Journal of Speech》2013,99(3):347-354

WOODROW WILSON BIBLIOGRAPHY: A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF HIS WRITINGS, ADDRESSES, AND PUBLIC PAPERS. By Laura Shearer Turnbull. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1948; pp. 171. $.2.00.

LEADERS OF MEN BY WOODROW WILSON. Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by T. H. Vail Motter. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952; pp. ix+70. $2.00.

WOODROW WILSON: SOME PRINCETON MEMORIES. By George McLean Harper, Robert K. Root, Edwin S. Corwin, William Starr Myers, Edwin Grant Conklin, Luther P. Eisenhart, and J. Duncan Spaeth. Edited by William Starr Myers. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1946; pp. vii+91. $1.50.

WILSON: THE ROAD TO THE WHITE HOUSE. By Arthur S. Link. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1947; pp. xvii+ 570. $5.00.

ADLAI E. STEVENSON OF ILLINOIS. By Noel F. Busch. New York: Farrar, Straus and Young, 1952; pp. 236. $3.75.

THE AGE OF DANGER: MAJOR SPEECHES ON AMERICAN PROBLEMS. Edited by Harold F. Harding. New York: Random House, 1952; pp. xiv+561. $2.45.

CRITICS AND CRITICISM, ANCIENT AND MODERN. By R. S. Crane, W. R. Keast, Richard McKeon, Norman Maclean, Elder Olson, Bernard Weinberg. Edited with an Introduction by R. S. Crane. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1952; pp. 647. $6.00.

THE GREAT PHILOSOPHERS: THE WESTERN WORLD. By E. W. F. Tomlin. New York: A. A. Wyn, Inc., 1952; pp. 282. $3.00.

TORCHBEARER OF FREEDOM: THE INFLUENCE OF RICHARD PRICE ON 18th CENTURY THOUGHT. By Carl B. Cone. Lexington: University of Kentucky Press, 1952; pp. 209. $3.75.

SPEECH: ITS TECHNIQUES AND DISCIPLINES IN A FREE SOCIETY. By William Norwood Brigance. New York: Appleton‐Century‐Crofts, Inc., 1952; pp. xix+582. $4.00.

ESSENTIALS OF GENERAL SPEECH. By A. Craig Baird and Franklin H. Knower. New York: McGraw‐Hill Book Company, Inc., 1952: pp. vii+253. $3.00.

HOW TO TALK WITH PEOPLE. By Irving J. Lee. New York: Harper &; Brothers, 1952; pp. xiii+176. $2.00.

POETRY AS EXPERIENCE. By Norman C. Stageberg and Wallace L. Anderson. New York: American Book Company, 1952; pp. xxiii+515. $3.25.

READING PROSE: AN INTRODUCTION TO CRITICAL STUDY. By Wright Thomas and Stuart Gerry Brown. New York: Oxford University Press, 1952; pp. xiii+703. $4.00.

PLAY PRODUCTION: THEORY AND PRACTICE. By Barnard Hewitt, J. F. Foster, and Muriel Sibell Wolle. New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1952; pp. viii+488. $5.00.

DRAMA: ITS COSTUME AND DECOR. By James Laver. New York: Studio Publications, 1951; pp. xii+276. $5.75.

THE NATURE OF ROMAN COMEDY: A STUDY IN POPULAR ENTERTAINMENT. By George E. Duckworth. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1952; pp. xiii‐501. $7.50.

BERNARD SHAW: A CHRONICLE. By R. F. Rattray. New York: Roy Publishers, 1951; pp. 347. $5.00.

BERNARD SHAW. By A. C. Ward. New York: Longmans, Green &; Co., 1951; pp. 215. $1.85.

THEATRE AND ALLIED ARTS: A GUIDE TO BOOKS DEALING WITH THE HISTORY, CRITICISM, AND TECHNIC OF THE DRAMA AND THEATRE AND RELATED ARTS AND CRAFTS. By Blanche M. Baker. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1952; pp. xiii+536. $10.00.

THE THEATRE DICTIONARY: BRITISH AND AMERICAN TERMS IN THE DRAMA, OPERA, AND BALLET. By Wilfred Granville. New York: Philosophical Library, 1952; pp. ix+227. $5.00.

THE AGE OF PIRANDELLO. By Lander MacClintock. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1952; pp. 341. $5.00.

CHECKHOV THE DRAMATIST. By David Magarshack. New York: Auvergne Publishers, 1952: pp. 301. $4.50

SOPHOCLES THE DRAMATIST. By A. J. A. Waldock. New York: Cambridge University Press, American Branch. 1951; pp. viii+234. $3.25.

TELEVISION WRITING: THEORY AND TECHNIQUE. By Robert S. Greene. New York: Harper &; Brothers, 1952; pp. x+276. $3.75.

FUNDAMENTALS OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS. By Abraham Sheingold. New York: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1951; pp. 442. $5.25.

CONTENT ANALYSIS IN COMMUNICATION RESEARCH. By Bernard Berelson. Glencoe, Illinois: The Free Press, 1952; pp. 220. $3.50.

TOWARD A GENERAL THEORY OF ACTION. Edited by Talcott Parsons and Edward A. Shils. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, pp. viii+496. $7.50.

PUBLIC RELATIONS. By Edward L. Bernays. Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1952; pp. vii+374. $5.00.

JANE WALKER'S BOOK OF ART LECTURES FOR LIP READING PRACTICE. By Jane B. Walker Memorial. Washington, D. C: The Volta Review, 1951; pp. 61. $3.12.  相似文献   

New books in review     

E. J. West  John W. Black  Otto A. Dieter  Wendell Johnson  Donald C. Bryant 《Quarterly Journal of Speech》2013,99(3):372-395

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A New Direction for the Training of Graduate Students in Environmental Education     

A. Dwight Baldwin  Gary W. Barrett  Christopher E. Berthel Jr.  Donald T. Fairburn  Robert E. Wilson 《The Journal of environmental education》2013,44(3):50-56

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