Improving content area reading comprehension of Spanish speaking English learners in Grades 4 and 5 using web-based text structure instruction     

Kausalai Wijekumar  Bonnie J. F. Meyer  Puiwa Lei  Anita C. Hernandez  Diane L. August 《Reading and writing》2018,31(9):1969-1996

Reading and comprehending content area texts is important for academic and professional success as well as life skills necessary to maintain good health and quality lifestyle. Spanish speaking English language learners have shown poor performance on high-stakes assessments in reading comprehension. The number of Spanish speaking English learners (ELs) in our schools continues to increase at a fast pace, and therefore it is imperative that we address their reading comprehension needs swiftly and effectively. The text structure strategy has shown positive results on comprehension outcomes in many research studies with students at Grades 2, 4, 5, and 7. This study is the first implementation of instruction about the text structure strategy expressly designed to accommodate the linguistic and comprehension needs of Spanish speaking ELs in Grades 4 and 5. Strategy instruction on the web for English learners (SWELL) was designed to deliver instruction about the text structure strategy to Spanish speaker English learners. A randomized controlled study with pre and post-tests was conducted with 14 classrooms at fourth-grade and 17 classrooms at fifth-grade in high poverty schools where over 85% of students were Spanish speaking bilinguals or ELs. Analysis of data using multi-level models show moderate to large-effects favoring the students in the SWELL classrooms over the business as usual control classrooms on important measures such as a standardized reading comprehension test and main idea and cloze tasks. This research has practical implications for the use of web-based tools to provide high-quality and supportive instruction to improve Spanish speaking ELs reading comprehension skills.  相似文献   

创设快快乐乐学物理的平台     

雷元洁 《太原教育学院学报》2003,21(1):76-78

了解学生的心理、生理特点、需求、学习能力、知识结构和预期目标,尊重学生,承认他们的优点、成绩和进步,承认差异,因材施教,创设一种轻松愉快的和谐的学习平台,才能变“要我学”为“我要学”;通过全方位的训练,使学生做到口到、眼到、手到、脑到,逐步学会阅读、现察思考、计算、分析讲述、动手操作。  相似文献   

口腔仿真模拟系统及其在临床前教学中的应用     

贾骏  段嫄嫄  金磊  候晓冲  张少锋 《中国教育技术装备》2007,(2):29-30

介绍口腔仿真模拟系统的主要构成以及功能特点。在口腔临床前教学中应用此系统不但能够增强学生的学习积极性、巩固基础理论知识,而且能够提高临床操作技能,值得进一步在口腔教学中推广应用。  相似文献   

试论落实科学发展观面临的民生问题     

沈蕾 《莆田学院学报》2007,14(3):1-4,22

通过分析落实科学发展观面临的民生问题,指出切实解决民生问题是落实科学发展观的具体体现,提出以科学发展观统领民生问题的解决思路。  相似文献   

矛盾的独行者--苏曼殊思想管见     

丁磊 《成都教育学院学报》2005,19(4):21-22

苏曼殊是中国近代社会一位独特的人物,其思想矛盾复杂,始终在出世与入世的痛苦抉择和情与理、僧与俗的无奈彷徨中挣扎,其一生都是一个难解之谜.  相似文献   

卞孝萱先生与郑板桥研究     

朱天曙 《淮阴师范学院学报(哲学社会科学版)》2003,25(3):318-321

卞孝萱先生学识渊博 ,是享誉海内外的文史专家。虽年届耄耋 ,著作等身 ,而犹精神矍铄 ,笔耕不辍。为恭贺先生八十华诞 ,我们编选一组文章 ,以展示先生的学术风范  相似文献   

跨国并购中的文化整合模式及其选择   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

周岩  蔡蕾 《湖北广播电视大学学报》2005,22(4):95-97

在目前的全球化企业跨国购并浪潮中,文化整合成为购并成功的关键因素。实现有效的文化整合在于首先深入全面了解文化整合的基本模式,然后根据双方企业文化的不同特性,做出有针对性的选择,确保文化整合成功。  相似文献   

污泥特性测定实验方法的研究   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

陈瑞军  丛丽娜  张素娟  程磊 《唐山学院学报》2006,19(3):97-99

利用我校现有实验设备,设计实验方法测定唐山市污水处理厂污泥的含水率、细菌数、干燥性和发热值等性能,可为进一步进行污泥特性分析和实现污泥资源化奠定基础。  相似文献   

Phase Transformations of Graphite and Carbon Black by Laser with Low Power Density     

孙景翟琪  雷贻文杨星 杜希文 《天津大学学报(英文版)》2007,13(5):318-321

The structure phase transformations of graphite and carbon black induced by pulsed laser were studied in this paper.Under irradiation with laser beam of 1.06 μm wavelength and power density of 106 W·cm-2,both graphite structure and carbon black structure were changed obviously.The results of Raman analyses and Transmission Electron Microscopy(TEM)observations show that graphite transforms into nanodiamond about 5 nm and carbon black is graphitized.It is demonstrated that graphite is the intermediate phase in the transformation from carbon black to diamond,and graphite is easier to transform into diamond by laser irradiation than carbon black.  相似文献   

图书馆利用blog技术初探   总被引：2，自引：0，他引：2  

郭磊  李舒平 《安徽教育学院学报》2006,24(3):118-119,126

Blog技术作为一种新型网络技术,已经在许多领域,譬如教育、新闻出版等领域,都有了广泛的应用。在图书馆界,国外很多图书馆已经开始将blog技术应用在图书馆的管理和服务当中,并且已经取得了很好的效果。该文试着了解Blog技术的特点,并在介绍国外图书馆应用Blog技术实例的基础上探讨Blog在图书馆应用的方法。  相似文献