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Wolk, Susan – Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2010
The purpose of this article is to provide teachers, tutors and parents with an effective and enjoyable approach to practicing reading fluency, increasing comprehension and encouraging the joy of reading, based on the theories and methods of Sally L. Smith. This method can be applied and adapted to individual student's needs. Sally Smith, the…
Descriptors: Laboratory Schools, Reading Fluency, Learning Disabilities, Teaching Methods
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Conger, Katherine Jewsbury; Williams, Shannon Tierney; Little, Wendy M.; Masyn, Katherine E.; Shebloski, Barbara – Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2009
A sense of mastery is an important component of psychological health and wellbeing across the life-span; however, relatively little is known about the development of mastery during childhood and adolescence. Utilizing prospective, longitudinal data from 444 adolescent sibling pairs and their parents, our conceptual model proposes that family…
Descriptors: Siblings, Problem Solving, Adolescents, Well Being