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Relation between Family Literacy Practices and Children's Literacy Development: Exploring the Link between Home and School
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McMurray, Jaclyn Roverud – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine the relation between family literacy practices and children's early literacy development. Drawing from a developmental-ecological framework, this study modified existing surveys (e.g., Family Involvement Questionnaire, a.k.a. FIQ, by Fantuzzo, Tighe, & Childs, 2000) to develop the "Family…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Family Literacy, Parent Surveys, Parents
The Utility of Curriculum-Based Measurement within a Multitiered Framework: Establishing Cut Scores as Predictors of Student Performance on the Alaska Standards-Based Assessment
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Legg, David E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between student performance on Reading Curriculum-based Measures (R-CBM) and student performance on the Alaska's standards based assessment (SBA) administered to students in Studied School District (SSD) Grade 3 through Grade 5 students in the Studied School District as required by…
Descriptors: Curriculum Based Assessment, Cutting Scores, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement
A Longitudinal Exploration of the Relationship between Oral Reading Fluency and Reading Comprehension Achievement among a Sample of Diverse Young Learners
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Acquavita, Teri L. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Exploring the relationship between early oral reading fluency ability and reading comprehension achievement among an ethnically and racially diverse sample of young learners from low-income families, attending elementary school within a large public school district in southeast Florida is the purpose of this longitudinal study. Although many…
Descriptors: Oral Reading, Reading Fluency, Reading Comprehension, Reading Achievement
The Effect of Tonality and Rhythm on Memory Recall in Elementary General Education Classrooms: A Quasi-Experimental Study
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Varnell, Matt – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of rhythm and tonality on an academic memory task by comparing three different treatment conditions: a poem, a rhythmic chant (or rap), and a melodic rhythm (or song). A quasi-experimental experiment was designed and implemented, specifically a pretest-posttest-posttest control-group design.…
Descriptors: Intonation, Language Rhythm, Pretests Posttests, Memory