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Velten, Justin; Mokhtari, Kouider – Texas Journal of Literacy Education, 2016
In this brief report, we share three challenges we encountered when designing and implementing an after school intervention program for an ethnically diverse group of middle grade underachieving readers. We also offer practical solutions to help guide middle school teams in anticipating and addressing potential problems when putting in place…
Descriptors: Barriers, After School Programs, Intervention, Student Diversity
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Shanahan, Lynn E.; McVee, Mary B.; Slivestri, Katarina N.; Haq, Kate – Literacy Research: Theory, Method, and Practice, 2016
This conceptual article addresses the question: What are the disciplinary literacy practices surrounding the Engineering Design Process (EDP) at the elementary level? Recent attention has focused on developing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) skills for U.S. students. In the United States, the Next Generation Science Standards and…
Descriptors: Academic Discourse, Clubs, Self Concept, Vocabulary Development
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Bromley, Karen; Vandenberg, Amy; White, Jennifer – Reading Teacher, 2007
Building on the work of an earlier article ["The Word Writing CAFE: Assessing Student Writing for Complexity, Accuracy, and Fluency," Dorothy J. Leal, "Reading Teacher," 59 (4) Dec 2005 (EJ738016)], these authors investigated the use of a simple assessment tool with a different audience to yield similar useful results. (Contains 3 figures and 4…
Descriptors: Language Skills, Teaching Methods, Writing Tests, Vocabulary Development
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Dulfano, Isabel – Hispania, 1997
FLAME (Foreign Language Alternative Mastery Example) is a model for foreign language in the elementary school (FLES), conducted after school and focused on development of a broad vocabulary base, especially cognates and terms relevant to the student's everyday environment. In the program, FLES student teachers collaborate with a university-based…
Descriptors: After School Programs, College School Cooperation, Educational Strategies, Elementary Education