Archive for October, 2002

02-10-31

Tags:  http://cars.uth.tmc.edu/debate/taylorresponse.htm
In Foorman et al’s response to B. Tayler et al. (2000) critisim, they talked about how media distored their original research — from a 4-group design to a WL vs. Phonics story. It would be interesting to “reprint the London Times and The Globe and Mail articles side by side so as to show how […]

">Media and reading: How media distort reading research
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02-10-31

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">CIERA TR #3-006: Discretion in the Translation of Reading Research to Policy
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02-10-31

Tags: CIERA Report #3-007
The America Reads Challenge: An Analysis of College Students’ Tutoring

CIERA Report #3-007
Martha A. AdlerUniversity of Michigan
CIERA Inquiry 3: Policy and ProfessionDo college-age tutors use their training as they work with young children? How do tutors implement recommended lessons and materials? What insights for future development of programs and materials can be […]

">CIERA TR #3-007: The America Reads Challenge: An Analysis of College Students’ Tutoring

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02-10-31

Tags: CIERA Report #3-012
 

CIERA Report #3-012
Alison H. Paris and Scott G. ParisUniversity of Michigan
CIERA Inquiry 3: Policy and ProfessionHow can we assess comprehension when children have limited decoding skills?
IThis paper explains the creation and validation of the Narrative Comprehension of Picture Books task (NC task), an assessment of young children’s comprehension of wordless picture […]

">CIERA TR #3-012: Children’s Comprehension of Narrative Picture Books

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02-10-31

Tags: CIERA: Tech. Report Series-Inquiry 3: Policy and Profession
A Second Year of One-on-One Tutoring

An Intervention for Second Graders With Reading Difficulties
CIERA Report #3-019
Mary Claiborne Fowler, Laura M. Lindemann, Susan Thacker-Gwaltney, and Marcia Invernizzi
University of Virginia
CIERA Inquiry 3: Policy and ProfessionWhat are the effects of a second year of one-on-one intervention on the literacy development of […]

">CIERA TR #3-019: A Second Year of One-on-One Tutoring

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02-10-31

Tags: A Review of State Reading and Language Arts Standards

A Review of State Reading and Language Arts Standards
Prepared by: Stephen S. Gottlieb
ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication Digest #161
Public demand for improvements in education has motivated a search for guidelines as to what constitutes satisfactory public instruction and learning. One of the latest and most […]

">Gottlieb (2001) - A Review of State Reading and Language Arts Standards

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02-10-31

Tags: Reference Guides for Textbook SelectionReference Guides for Textbook Selection
In order to ensure proper formatting, these documents are in Adobe Acrobat format. You will need to have Adobe Acrobat reader installed on your computer in order to view or print these files. If you do not have Acrobat Reader it is a free download from Adobe.com […]

">NC Schools: Selecting reading textbooks
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02-10-31

Tags: Written Language Developmental Continuum Second-Fifth Grades
Written Language Developmental Continuum
Second-Fifth Grades
Students need to be able to use language appropriately for a broad range of functions and perceive the functions for which others use language.
Second-Fifth Grades “Learning to write well is important for all American students. Even though students have varied backgrounds and experiences, the expectation for […]

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02-10-31

Tags: Written Language Developmental Continuum
Written Language Developmental Continuum
Preschool-Second Grade
Students need to be able to use language appropriately for a broad range of functions and perceive the functions for which others use language.
“Learning to write well is important for all American students. Even though students have varied backgrounds and experiences, the expectation for high performance in writing […]

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02-10-31

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">NC English planning guide for K-2
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02-10-31

Tags: Dolphin Wiki - InstallingDolphinWikiWeb

Dolphin Wiki

These are notes for installation under Apache.

Unzip the zip files under your DocumentRoot.
Move the cgi-local directory alongside your cgi-bin directory, for example under /usr/local/apache/cgi-local/.
Make sure the cgi-local directory is referenced with a ScriptAlias? configuration entry (copying the entry for cgi-bin and adjusting the path should be sufficient).
Modify wiki.pm (in cgi-local) to […]

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02-10-31

Tags: TWiki . Codev . WindowsInstallCookbookI contemplated finishing the refactoring of TWikiOnWindows but that seemed like a lot of work … So here’s a different approach, based on my installation experiences recently, in the hope that this will pull together the vast amount of existing information. Probably this should live in the TWiki web once […]

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02-10-30

Tags: TWiki - Download the Web Based Collaboration Platform

 TWikiTM - Download the Web Based Collaboration Platform
Wiki should be a good way to

keep my research ideas
start seed writing
keep references/resources
collaboration — e.g., with Reiko and Youngon
but this download site does not work.

">TWiki download problem

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02-10-30

Tags: Schedule of Courses

PSY 97 - DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

Course Credits: 1

Overview of the cognitive, social, and emotional changes that occur throughout the lifespan, with emphasis on the period from infancy to adolescence. The approach examines both the empirical evidence (data collection and analysis) and the theoretical models (constructs using inductive-deductive reasoning) used in understanding human psychological development. […]

">Psych 97, 2003

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02-10-30

Tags: Perkins Library Virtual Tour: Breedlove Room
When a map does not help…The Breedlove Room (Room 204) is used for meetings, seminars, and classes.  To schedule use of this and other rooms, please contact the appropriate library representative.

 

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02-10-30

Tags: DysDefinitions
dyslexia definitions@create
from the International Dyslexia Association
The word dyslexia is derived from the Greek “dys” (meaning poor or inadequate) and “lexis” (words or language). Dyslexia is a learning disability characterized by problems in expressive or receptive, oral or written language. Problems may emerge in reading, spelling, writing, speaking, or listening. Dyslexia is not a disease; […]

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02-10-30

Tags: Interviews with Harold Levinson
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Revolutionary treatment for dyslexia now in Britain (4:00 min)Distributed by PR Newswire Europe
“A groundbreaking treatment for dyslexia is making waves in the UK and causing not a little controversy. American psychiatrist Dr. Harold Levinson claims remarkably successful results. Between 80 and 90 percent of dyslexics he treats respond well, some dramatically […]

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02-10-30

Tags: The Dyslexia Cover-up
Home > Cover-up

 
A SCIENTIFIC WATERGATE DYSLEXIAHow and Why Countless Millions Are Deprived of Breakthrough Medical Treatment

In this provocative and important work, Dr. Harold Levinson clearly demonstrates and analyzes the ignorance, bias and denial characterizing the conventional concepts of dyslexia; thus simply explaining the otherwise unexplainable 100-year-old diagnostic-theraupetic medical […]

">The Dyslexia Cover Up

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02-10-30

Tags: What is Dyslexia? (according to Dr. Harold Levinson) 
Home > Info > What is Dyslexia?

Dyslexia is not just a severe reading disorder characterized by reversals. And it is not due to brain damage as traditionally thought for the past century. It is a syndrome of many and varied symptoms affecting over 40 million American […]

">What is Dyslexia? (according to Dr. Harold Levinson)

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02-10-30

Tags: Dyslexia: 100 Years on Brain Research and Understanding 
LIZ BROOKS
This article first appeared in Spring 1997 Dyslexia Review magazine.

 

Dyslexia: 100 Years on
Brain Research and Understanding
LIZ BROOKS

This article first appeared in Spring 1997 Dyslexia Review magazine.
When Dr.Pringle Morgan’s paper on ‘Congenital Word Blindness’ appeared in the British Medical Journal on November 7th 18961, understanding […]

">Dyslexia: 100 Years on Brain Research and Understanding

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