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Improving Reading Skills by Encouraging Children to Read in School : A Randomized Evaluation of the Sa Aklat Sisikat Reading Program in the Philippines

Abeberese, Ama Baafra - 2011

We show that a short-term (31 day) reading program, designed to provide age-appropriate reading material, to train … teachers in their use, and to support teachers' initial efforts for about a month improves students' reading skills by 0 …, probably due to a reduced emphasis on reading after the program. We find that the program also encourages students to read more …

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Why Aren't Children Learning

Banerjee, Abhijit V.; Duflo, Esther - In: Development Outreach 13 (2011) 1, pp. 36-44

We are five years away from 2015, the year when the Millennium Development Goal of universal education is supposed to be achieved, and the school attendance numbers do look good. In many parts of both East and West Africa, and almost all of South Asia, school enrollment has grown rapidly, with...

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Fiszbein, Ariel - In: Development Outreach 13 (2011) 2, pp. 52-55

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What adolescents ought to know : sexual health texts in early twentieth-century America

Burek Pierce, Jennifer - 2011

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The 100 best business books of all time : what they say, why they matter, and how they can help you

Covert, Jack; Sattersten, Todd - 2011 - updated ed.

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Reading as therapy : what contemporary fiction does for middle-class Americans

Aubry, Timothy Richard - 2011

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Strategies for Measuring the Impacts of Federal Reading Programs on Reading Achievement

Glazerman, Steven; Mullens, John; KewalRamani, Angie; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2002

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Design and Development of an Inclusive Learning Videogames Aimed to Promote the Development of Reading and Writing Skills

Di Tore, Stafano; Zollo, Iolanda; Maffei, Safa; … - In: International Journal of Digital Literacy and Digital … 7 (2016) 2, pp. 34-47

, on the basis of recent literature, how action videogames can foster the development of reading and writing skills in an …

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Strategies for Online Academic Research (SOAR): Digital Literacy for Middle School Students

Terrazas-Arellanes, Fatima E.; Knox, Carolyn Harper; … - In: International Journal of Information Communication … 8 (2016) 1, pp. 42-68

The ability to conduct research is essential for meeting Common Core State Standards, for success in post-secondary education, and for access to many 21st-century careers. Although today's students increasingly turn to the Internet for information, they are often unprepared to engage effectively...

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Moving from Theory to Practice: Integrating Mobile Devices in Elementary Reading Instruction

Bald, Lisa-Marie; Orth, Judith A.; Hargiss, Kathleen M. - In: International Journal of Strategic Information … 7 (2016) 2, pp. 28-43

unclear why there is a difference between how teachers talk about using technology and how they apply it in teaching reading …

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