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Upper Elementary Reading Instruction in the Age of Accountability: Balancing Best Practices with Pressures to Achieve on High-Stakes Tests
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Saunders, Christina Henry – ProQuest LLC, 2017
The present study identifies reading instructional practices used in upper elementary classrooms during the age of high-stakes test accountability and compares reading practices among schools of varying accreditation status and socio-economic status (SES). The current study partially replicates and extends a study conducted by Baumann, Hoffman,…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Teaching Methods, Elementary Education, High Stakes Tests
The Emergent Literacy Development of Spanish-Speaking Preschool Children with Specific Language Impairment
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Pratt, Amy Susan – ProQuest LLC, 2017
This dissertation portfolio is comprised of three first-authored pieces of writing that investigate the oral language and emergent literacy development of Spanish-speaking children with specific language impairment (SLI). Each piece features a unique but complementary aim. The first study investigates group differences on a battery of emergent…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Spanish Speaking, Preschool Children, Language Impairments
The Use of Explicit, Non-Evocative Print Referencing with Preschool Children At-Risk: Implications for Increasing Print Concept Knowledge
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Frank, Susan Thomas – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this research study was to investigate the learning of print concepts (PCs) by preschool children at risk for literacy problems using an experimental treatment: explicit, non-evocative print referencing. Children from low socio-economic status (SES) families have been determined to be at-risk for literacy learning problems including…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, At Risk Students, Low Income Groups, Socioeconomic Status