CENTURY Volume 6‚ 2008 71 FACTORS INFLUENCINg READINg LITERACy AT THE PRImARy SCHOOL LEVEL andrejs Geske‚ antra ozola University of Latvia‚ Riga‚ Latvia E-mail: andrejs.geske@lu.lv‚ antra.ozola@lu.lv abstract The objective of this paper is to find out the reasons behind the low level of reading literacy among primary school students. The data from IEA (International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement) Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2001 are analyzed. And
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GamingAnywhere: An Open Cloud Gaming System Chun-Ying Huang1 ‚ Cheng-Hsin Hsu2 ‚ Yu-Chun Chang3‚4 ‚ and Kuan-Ta Chen3 1 Department of Computer Science‚ National Taiwan Ocean University 2 Department of Computer Science‚ National Tsing Hua University 3 Institute of Information Science‚ Academia Sinica 4 Department of Electrical Engineering‚ National Taiwan University chuang@ntou.edu.tw‚ chsu@cs.nthu.edu.tw‚ congo@iis.sinica.edu.tw‚ ktchen@iis.sinica.edu.tw ABSTRACT Cloud gaming is
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Academic Reading Fifth Edition Kathleen T. McWhorter Niagara County Community College Jeanne M. Jones New York Boston San Francisco London Toronto Sydney Tokyo Singapore Madrid Mexico City Munich Paris Cape Town Hong Kong Montreal NOTE REGARDING WEB SITES AND PASSWORDS: If you need a password to access instructor supplements on a Longman book-specific Web site‚ please use the following information: Username: Password: awlbook adopt Test Bank to accompany McWhorter‚ Academic Reading‚ Fifth
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2.1.2 Reading Strategies 2.1.2.1 Kinds of Reading Strategy Buehl (2001) has classified abundance strategies that can be used in a reading class. He made such indexes that classify majorly strategies based on students’ activity and their cognitive process. 2.1.2.1.1 Reading Strategies Based on Students Activity There are eight general activities in a reading class. They are developing vocabulary‚ brainstorming of ideas‚ learning cooperatively‚ promoting discussion‚ interactive reading‚ encouraging
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Abstract This study will examine the importance of having a small group reading intervention focusing on repeated reading as a Tier II model intervention. This intervention will be for elementary students who are identified as ELL to improve their reading fluency. Participants will be 6 4th grade Spanish speaking- ELL students. The participants in this study were selected based on their reading level‚ which was below grade level. Since the study is focused on one group of students it will be put
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‚ & McKeown‚ M.G. (1982). Effects of long-term vocabulary instruction on lexical access and reading comprehension. Journal of Educational Psychology‚ 74‚ 506-521. Back Biemiller‚ A. (1999). Language and reading success. Cambridge‚ MA: Brookline. Back Chall‚ J.S. (1983). Stages of reading development. New York: Harcourt Brace. Back Curtis‚ M.E.‚ & Longo‚ A.M. (1997). FAME: The Boys Town reading curriculum. Boys Town‚ NE: Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home. Back Curtis‚ M.E.‚ & Longo‚ A.M
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INDRODUCING NEW FORMS FOR GREATER MOTIVATION OF CHILDREN FOR READING GENESIS “I will let him at first read any English book which happens to engage his attention because you have done a great deal when you have brought him‚ to have entertainment from a book. He’ll get better books afterwards.” ----Johnson By reading we mean reading comprehensively. Suppose a person say’s “I have read the paragraph.” This doesn’t mean that he has simply gone through
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is important to consider the reading capability of students because reading is the foundation of all academic learning. Hence‚ if pupils fail to master basic reading skills at the outset‚ consequently‚ they would have a constant struggle to other disciplines. Thus‚ depriving them of the chance to become literate and productive individuals (The Philippine Star‚ 2012). Obviously‚ the ultimate purpose of reading is comprehension. Therefore‚ it is absolute that no reading takes place when there is no
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Automatic meter reading is the technology of automatically collecting consumption‚ diagnostic‚ and status data from water meter or energy metering devices (gas‚ electric) and transferring that data to a central database for billing‚ troubleshooting‚ and analyzing. This technology mainly saves utility providers the expense of periodic trips to each physical location to read a meter. Another advantage is that billing can be based on near real-time consumption rather than on estimates based on past or predicted
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Introduction There are two based types of accounting measurement to determine the profit. They are cash basis and accrual basis. Business can use either a cash basis or accrual basis to work there profit. However‚ most of the company prefers to use accrual basis instead of others. In this essay‚ I will compare the difference between cash basis and accrual basis on expense and revenue. In addition‚ how can company choose their measurement of profit will also be discussed. Cash basis & accrual
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