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1. Promoting Academic Literacy with Technology: Successful Laptop Programs in K-12 Schools (EJ803923)
Author(s):
Warschauer, Mark; Grant, David; Del Real, Gabriel; Rousseau, Michele
Source:
System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, v32 n4 p525-537 Dec 2004
Pub Date:
2004-12-00
Pub Type(s):
Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Peer-Reviewed:
Yes
Descriptors: Independent Reading; Elementary Secondary Education; Second Language Learning; Refugees; English (Second Language); Language Proficiency; Literacy; Case Studies; Educational Technology; Computer Uses in Education; Hispanic American Students; Elementary School Students; Grade 4; Reading Instruction; Immigrants; Middle School Students; School Community Relationship; Student Projects; Reading Motivation; Scaffolding (Teaching Technique); Learning Processes; Student Diversity
Abstract: One of the main challenges that US schools face in educating English language learners is developing their academic literacy. This paper presents case studies of two K-12 schools that successfully employ high-technology environments, including laptop computers for each student, toward the development of English language learners' academic language proficiency and academic literacy. In the first school, Latino fourth-grade students use laptops and other new technologies for a wide variety of pre- and post-reading tasks as part of their effort to transition from learning to read to reading to learn. In the second school, diverse immigrant and refugee students at the middle school level combine technology use with Expeditionary Learning to carry out community projects leading to the development of sophisticated products. In both schools, technology is used to engage students in cognitively demanding activity, motivate independent reading, and provide scaffolding for language development, while the researchers also made use of technology to document learning processes and outcomes. Taken together, the schools offer valuable lessons for utilization of technology to promote academic literacy among culturally and linguistically diverse students. Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
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2. Conducting a Customer-Focused Performance Analysis. (EJ597545)
Grant, David A.; Moseley, James L.
Performance Improvement, v38 n6 p15-18 Jul 1999
1999-00-00
Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
N/A
Descriptors: Organizational Objectives; Performance Factors; Strategic Planning
Abstract: Explains how to conduct an organization's performance analysis that focuses on customer needs by identifying the desired state, determining the current state, and identifying the current or predicted gap in performance. Considers the organization's mission, a vision or strategic plan, the organization's cultural values, and organizational goals. (LRW)
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3. Science at the Seashore. Project Impact. (ED344735)
Grant, David; Draxler, Susan
1989-06-00
Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Guides - Classroom - Learner
Descriptors: Career Awareness; Earth Science; Geology; Grade 6; Grade 7; History; Intermediate Grades; Junior High Schools; Marine Biology; Resource Materials; Science Activities; Science Education
Abstract: These materials were developed for use at the Ocean Institute at Sandy Hook Park in New Jersey. They are used by the students in Brookdale College's Project Impact, an early intervention program for sixth- and seventh- grade students. These activities are designed to help students learn more about the history, geology, biology, and career opportunities associated with the shore. The document includes a Sandy Hook map, the history, a quiz, and suggested activities dealing with the area. A boat trip activity includes general information, safety tips, sailor's superstitions, suggested readings about ships and superstitions, a boat trip data sheet and recording sheet. An activity unit about plankton includes general information, a vocabulary sheet, a worksheet on phytoplankton and zooplankton, and directions for making a plankton net. An activity unit on marshes includes information, vocabulary worksheet, and follow-up activities. Beach activities include a description of creature, arts and crafts, beach profiles, and sand studies. Sand identification, analysis, and comparison sheets are provided. The last activity is a rock identification key. A glossary for terms associated with waves, tides, coastal ecology, and coastal geology is provided. A course evaluation sheet is appended. (KR) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
4. The Topic Is Sandy Hook: A Program for Gifted and Talented Students at Sandy Hook. (ED281606)
Grant, David
1987-00-00
Guides - Classroom - Learner; Guides - Classroom - Teacher
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education; Environmental Education; Field Instruction; Field Trips; Gifted; Learning Activities; Natural Resources; Outdoor Education; Parks; Special Education; Wildlife
Abstract: "The Topic Is Sandy Hook" is an experiential 10-week program designed to provide special opportunities and educational experiences for 6th to 10th grade gifted and talented students. Sandy Hook, a natural resource in Monmouth County, New Jersey, is unique in its physical and historical features and provides an exceptionally rich environment in which students can explore and develop learning experiences related to energy, history, environment, engineering, marine science, aesthetics, and natural history. The guiding principle behind this program is discovery through varied activities, with each student having new and different learning experiences. Designed for teachers and students involved in the program, this guidebook includes information on criteria for selecting students, supervision, grading, transportation, emergency plans, equipment and clothing, weather, and first aid. For each unit in the program, informational and instructional materials for the students are presented, along with quizzes, follow-up suggestions, and homework assignments. The units are: (1) Diving into Marine Science; (2) Meeting Marine Life; (3) Marshes--The Most Productive Places in the World; (4) Down to the Sea in Ships; (5) Barrier Beach Botany; (6) Water and Waves; (7) The Moving Beach; (8) The Battle of Sandy Hook; and (9) S.O.S.--Save Our Shoreline. A variety of optional activities are also included. (EJV) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
5. The Topic Is the County Parks. (ED281605)
Grant, David; And Others
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education; Environmental Education; Field Instruction; Field Trips; Learning Activities; Natural Resources; Outdoor Education; Parks; Wildlife
Abstract: Designed for use by teachers, students, and bus drivers, this guidebook provides suggestions, background information, and exercises to prepare participants to take part in New Jersey's County Park Program. First, scheduling information, recommendations concerning clothing, checklists of things to bring, safety tips, and a map are presented. Next, for each outing, the guidebook suggests activities to help students prepare for the trip, offers background information on the site, presents homework assignments to be completed after the trip, and provides readings on related topics. The following activities are included: (1) at Poricy Park, students visit a colonial farmhouse, take a nature hike, and search for fossils; accompanying materials explain what an ecosystem is; (2) at Hartshorne Woods Park, students collect leaves and take rubbings from the bark of different trees; accompanying information is provided on tombstone rubbings; (3) at Sandy Hook Park, students collect sea creatures found along the shore and visit historical fortifications and a lighthouse; instructions are presented for sand casting and goyataku, Japanese fish printing; and (4) at Holmdel Park, students take a canoe trip and make a pond study; learning activities are provided on the water cycle, survival on a desert island, and creating a flotsam and jetsam display board. (EJV) Note:The following two links are not-applicable for text-based browsers or screen-reading software. Show Hide Full Abstract
6. Sex, Reading Ability, and Visual Half-Field Test-Retest Reliability. (EJ263826)
Grant, David W.
Perceptual and Motor Skills, v54 n1 p49-50 Feb 1982
1982-02-00
Descriptors: Foreign Countries; Intermediate Grades; Reading Ability; Reading Research; Sex Differences; Tachistoscopes; Test Reliability; Visual Perception; Word Recognition
Abstract: Thirty nine 11-year-old children were given the same unilateral word-naming task on two separate occasions. A test-retest reliability of .46 was a function of both reading ability and sex. (Author)
7. Visual Assymmetry on a Color-naming Task: A Longitudinal Study with Primary School Children. (EJ246190)
Child Development, v52 n1 p370-72 Mar 1981
1981-03-00
Descriptors: Age Differences; Elementary Education; Elementary School Students; Longitudinal Studies; Recognition (Psychology); Tachistoscopes; Visual Stimuli
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