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Lupton, Mandy. "Information literacy and learning." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2008. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/16665/1/Mandy_Lupton_Thesis.pdf.
Full textLupton, Mandy. "Information literacy and learning." Queensland University of Technology, 2008. http://eprints.qut.edu.au/16665/.
Full textWelsh, Ryan Charles. "On improvisation, learning, and literacy." Thesis, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3636175.
Full textPreviously, improvisation has served as a term for describing a quality of the action taking place in classrooms between teachers and students. This project begins to theorize a way of understanding embodied literacies and scenes of learning through a lens of improvisation that enhances the description and better equips researchers to analyze this quality. This project synthesizes numerous research threads and theories from theater (Halpern, 1994, 2005; Johnstone, 1992; Spolin, 1999), anthropology (Holland, Lachicotte, Skinner, & Cain, 2003), psychology (Sawyer, 2011b; Vygotsky, 1978), and literary theory (Bakhtin, 1981) in an effort to provide a theory of improvisation that could be deployed in future qualitative studies or serve as a way for literacy teachers to think about their classrooms. A theory of improvisation enables qualitative researchers in the field of education to acquire a more thorough understanding of the way literacies are an improvised process in scenes of learning. This project is necessary because no such theory yet exists. As part of theorizing literacy and improvisation, I draw upon scenes from my own teaching and from theatrical improvisation. I analyze these moments to illustrate various theoretical premises such as instances of "yes, and-ing" that carry a scene of learning forward. This theory building and analysis amount to a first iteration of improv theory.
Xhafaj, Donesca Cristina Puntel. "L1 literacy and L2 learning." Florianópolis, SC, 2011. http://repositorio.ufsc.br/xmlui/handle/123456789/95813.
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Bigelow e Tarone (2004) propõem que aprendizes de língua estrangeira (LE) com níveis baixos de letramento em língua materna (LM), e, por conseqüência, com limitações em consciência metalingüística, terão dificuldades de perceber a diferença entre a sua produção em LE e o insumo recebido. Todavia, esses pesquisadores não mediram o nível de consciência metalingüística de seus participantes em nenhum dos estudos que conduziram. Sendo assim, dados foram coletados com 24 brasileiros (com nível básico de inglês como LE), que fizeram testes de letramento em LM (PISA), consciência metalingüística (fonológica, morfológica e sintática) em LM e LE, e pré- e pós-testes de proficiência em LE (KET). Os objetivos do estudo foram averiguar se há correlação entre o nível de consciência metalingüística desses aprendizes e seu nível de letramento e verificar se consciência metalingüística em LM e/ou LE e/ou letramento seria eficaz em prever ganhos na proficiência em LE entre os dois testes e a nota final em um semestre de um curso de inglês. A análise dos dados permite argumentar que (1) o letramento e a consciência sintática em LM estão relacionados, (2) a consciência sintática, assim como a fonológica, transferem-se da LM para a LE, (3) a consciência fonológica em LM tem um papel prejudicial no aprendizado de LE, e (4) a consciência sintática em LE tem papel benéfico no aprendizado de LE e leva os aprendizes a alcançarem um nível maior de proficiência. A tese proposta é de que o envolvimento com o código escrito (pelo menos para aqueles aprendizes que não têm limitações na consciência fonológica) leva ao refinamento da consciência sintática. Esse conhecimento, quando transferido para a LE, impulsiona o seu desenvolvimento. De acordo com esses resultados, diferentemente do que Krashen (1982) propôs, existe, sim, um papel para o conhecimento explícito no aprendizado de LE.
Bruzzese, Roberto, and info@robertobruzzese com. "Teaching Teachers: Learning through Graphic Literacy." RMIT University. Media and Communication, 2009. http://adt.lib.rmit.edu.au/adt/public/adt-VIT20091028.123950.
Full textLaverty, Corinne Y. C. "Resource-based learning : gateway to information literacy." Thesis, Aberystwyth University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.274593.
Full textAnderson, Dustin. "Learning, Literacy and LIS : A Thesis Conversation." Thesis, Högskolan i Borås, Institutionen Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap / Bibliotekshögskolan, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hb:diva-18757.
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Pollock, Susan Patricia. "Literacy barriers to learning and learner experiences." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/30847.
Full textLockard, Louise. "Navajo literacy: Stories of learning to write." Diss., The University of Arizona, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/186342.
Full textWeinberger, Jo. "A longitudinal study of literacy experiences, the role of parents, and children's literacy development." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 1993. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/1817/.
Full textBrownfield, Katherine Singleton. "Scaffolding in Literacy Learning and Teaching: The Impact of Teacher Responsiveness During Writing on First Grade Students’ Literacy Learning." The Ohio State University, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1461144877.
Full textVan, Wyk Jeremy Mark. "The post-literacy perceptions of newly literate adult learners at a rural community learning centre." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20274.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: Literature suggests that post-literacy (PL) is a seriously under-researched field in most African countries including South Africa. From the literature, it also became evident that, if PL is not viewed as a government priority, a gap will continue to exist between what PL programmes offer, and what the newly literate adults may need. Various authors emphasise the importance of PL to prevent relapsing into illiteracy, the applicability of PL in enhancing everyday private and occupational life, as well as the potential contribution of PL to poverty reduction, social, economic and political development and in sustaining communities. The aim of this study was to identify the PL perceptions of newly literate adults in the PL programme at the Simondium Community Learning Centre (SCLC) in the Western Cape of South Africa. A basic qualitative research approach to collect data was undertaken. During the data production ten semi-structured interviews were conducted, with the individual participant as the unit of analysis. All interviews were recorded digitally (using a tape recorder) and transcribed verbatim. Data analysis was done using the HyperQual computer programme to identify, retrieve, isolate and regroup data. The results and conclusions of data based on the literature studied and findings of the study indicate a learner-centred PL programme is required which focuses mainly on non-formal and vocational programmes for sustaining communities and economic development.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Literatuur dui daarop dat nágeletterdheid (NG) is ’n ernstig onder nagevorsde gebied in die meeste Afrika-lande wat Suid Afrika insluit. Vanuit die literatuur het dit duidelik geblyk dat, as die regering nie NG as 'n prioriteit beskou nie, 'n gaping sal bly voortbestaan tussen dit wat nuutgelettterde volwassenes moontlik kan benodig en dit wat die program bied. Verskeie skrywers benadruk die belangrikheid van NG om 'n terugval na ongeletterdheid te voorkom, die toepaslikheid van NG om alledaagse private en beroepslewe te bevorder, asook NG se potensiële bydrae tot armoedeverligting, maatskaplike, ekonomiese en politieke ontwikkeling en by die volhoubaarheid van gemeenskappe. Die doel van hierdie studie was om die NGpersepsies van nuutgeletterde volwassenes in die NG-program by die Simondium Gemeenskapleersentrum (SGLS) in die Wes-Kaap van Suid-Afrika te identifiseer. ’n Basiese kwalitatiewe navorsingsbenadering is gebruik om data te versamel. Tydens die data versameling is tien semi-gestruktureerde onderhoude gebruik met die individuele deelnemer as die eenheid van analise. Alle onderhoude is digitaal deur 'n bandopnemer opgeneem en verbatim getranskribeer. Data-analise is gedoen deur gebruik te maak van die HyperQual-rekenaarprogram om data te identifiseer, te herroep, te isoleer en te hergroepeer. Die resultate en opsommings van data gabaseer op literatuur wat bestudeer is en die bevindinge van die studie, dui aan dat 'n leerder-gesentreerde NG program wat hoofsaaklik fokus op nie-formele en beroepsgerigte programme vir die volhoubaarheid van gemeenskappe en ekonomiese ontwikkeling, mag nodig wees binne die bestudeerde konteks.
Liberg, Caroline. "Learning to read and write." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för lingvistik, 1990. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-251889.
Full textMalcolmson, Elaine. "Coming to terms : an investigation of free-choice learning, scientific literacy and health literacy." Thesis, University of Glasgow, 2015. http://theses.gla.ac.uk/6397/.
Full textAdeyiga, Valda J. "The Relationship between Information Literacy and Global Learning." FIU Digital Commons, 2017. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3395.
Full textPrice, Heather. "The emotional context of young children's literacy learning." Thesis, University of East London, 2004. http://roar.uel.ac.uk/1246/.
Full textTwiselton, Samantha Carole. "Beyond the curriculum : learning to teach primary literacy." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2002. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/545/.
Full textE, Forrester A. T. A. "Perspectives on literacy in support of lifelong learning." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52996.
Full textENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study highlights focal issues of literacy and lifelong learning within the context of the formal schooling system. Problems and issues pertaining to policy and practice are examined within the broad framework of a selected set of perspectives on literacy. The nature of the problem of literacy worldwide, and in South Africa in particular, provides sufficient scope to investigate literacy in terms of research, theory and practice. The synergy between curriculum change and social transformation in South Africa which lies embedded within Outcomes-based Education (OBE), creates possibilities for developing functionally literate citizens who are able to negotiate their lives successfully and independently. The qualitative and interpretative nature of this literature study entails a process of researching and comparing the different levels of literacy within a framework of multiple perspectives. These different perspectives on literacy also highlight contrasting conceptualisations, and consequent definitions of literacy emphasise the importance of both context and content. What being literate means, thus, lies embedded within these conceptualisations. Finding new ways of seeing and doing literacy, in order to improve literacy policies and practices, is at the heart of this research endeavour. The "golden thread" running through the different perspectives signifies the functional role of literacy and suggests a stronger emphasis on viewing literacy as a functional and social practice underlying lifelong learning in the broadest possible sense. Teachers have a cardinal role to play in building capacity in and adding value to the South African citizenry and in supporting learners to develop the necessary functional and critical literacy skills to express themselves adequately on a written and and spoken level. The objective of this study is to offer a broader conceptualisation of literacy which embraces it as a lifelong endeavour, honed through use and purpose. The significant differences between the traditional and the more modern approaches to literacy development underscore the emphasis on its functionality and potential for human resource development. All these issues have implications for literacy policy and practice. Acquiring literacy skills entails taking into consideration that: different levels and standards of literacy skills are possible, subject matter differs and different purposes for literacy exist. Only when people are equipped with the personal knowledge, skills, attitudes and values that enable them to live as productive and self-sufficient citizens, able to make informed decisions and responsible choices, can sustainable, social transformation become a reality.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie studie beklemtoon hoofsaaklik geletterdheid en lewenslange leer binne die konteks van die formele skoolsisteem. Probleme en geskilpunte aangaande beleid en die praktyk word binne die breë raamwerk van 'n geselekteerde stel perspektiewe oor geletterdheid ondersoek. Die aard en omvang van die probleem van geletterdheid, wêreldwyd en in die besonder Suid-Afrika, bied voldoende geleenthede om geletterdheidsbeleid, -teorie en -praktyke te bestudeer. Die sinergie tussen kurrikulumvernuwing en sosiale tranformasie in Suid-Afrika, wat ten grondslag van Uitkomsgebaseerde Onderwys (UGO) lê, skep moontlikhede vir die ontwikkeling van funksioneel geletterde burgers wat in staat is om hul lewens suksesvol en onafhanklik te bestuur. Die kwalitatiewe en verklarende aard van die literatuurstudie behels 'n vergelykende navorsingsproses wat geletterdheid op verskillende vlakke ondersoek, binne 'n raamwerk van veelvoudige perspektiewe. Hierdie verskillende perspektiewe oor geletterdheid huldig verskillende opvattings, met die gevolg dat definisies van geletterdheid uiteenlopend van aard is terwyl raakpunte ten opsigte van die belangrikheid van konteks en inhoud sterk na vore gekom het. Wat dit beteken om geletterd te wees is gegrond op hierdie sienswyse. Die ontdekking van nuwe benaderings tot geletterdheid wat mik na die verbetering van geletterdheidsbeleid en -praktyke vorm die kern van hierdie navorsingsproses. Die "goue draad" wat deur die onderskeie perspektiewe loop, dui op die funksionele rol van geletterdheid en beklemtoon geletterdheid as In funksionele en sosiale praktyk, wat lewenslange leer ten grondslag lê. Onderwysers het In belangrike rol om te speel in die opbou van kapasiteit en toevoeging van waarde tot die burgerskap binne die Suid- Afrikaanse konteks, verder ook in die ondersteuning van leerders om die nodige funksionele en kritiese geletterdheidsvaardighede te ontwikkel om te verseker dat hulle hulself toereikend op 'n gesproke en geskrewe vlak kan uitdruk. Die doel van hierdie studie is om 'n meer uitgebreide beskouing ten opsigte van geletterdheid as 'n lewenslange strewe wat deur gebruik en funksie vasgelê word (op beide gesproke en geskrewe vlakke), daar te stel. Die beduidende verskille tussen die tradisionele en die meer moderne benaderings tot geletterdheidsontwikkeling beklemtoon funksionaliteit en die potensiaal wat dit inhou vir die ontwikkeling van menslike hulpbronontwikkeling. AI hierdie aangeleenthede het implikasies vir geletterdheidsbeleid en -praktyk. Die aanleer van geletterdheidsvaardighede noodsaak dat die volgende aspekte in aanmerking geneem word: dat verskillende geletterheidsvaardigheidvlakke en standaarde moontlik is, dat vakinhoude kan verskil en dat verskeie uitkomstes vir geletterdheid bestaan. Slegs wanneer mense met die nodige persoonlike kennis, vaardighede, houdings en waardes toegerus word - wat hulle in staat sal stelom ingeligte besluite en verantwoordelike keuse te maak, kan volgehoue sosiale transformasie 'n realiteit word.
England, Rebecca Lynn. "Learning The ABC's: Family Involvement in Kindergarten Literacy." UNF Digital Commons, 2005. http://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/174.
Full textSheard, Mary. "Teacher learning through critiquing videos of literacy instruction." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2007. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.518745.
Full textJennings, LaShay, Edward J. Dwyer, and Kayla Knupp. "Actively Involving Students in Literacy and Mathematics Learning." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2018. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/3440.
Full textForte, Andrea. "Learning in public information literacy and participatory media /." Diss., Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29767.
Full textCommittee Chair: Bruckman, Amy; Committee Member: Grinter, Rebecca; Committee Member: Grudin, Jonathan; Committee Member: Guzdial, Mark; Committee Member: Kolodner, Janet. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
Hermann, Tammy Ann. "Literacy learning centers in a second grade classroom." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1998. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1820.
Full textKell, Marilyn Fay, University of Western Sydney, of Arts Education and Social Sciences College, and School of Education and Early Childhood Studies. "Learning by experience: reconstructing the literacy engagement of nine men who self-report literacy difficulties." THESIS_CAESS_EEC_Kell_M.xml, 2005. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/540.
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McConnell, Chelsea M. "Social-Emotional Learning and Literacy: A Literacy Curriculum Designed to Support Children's Self-Awareness Skills." Otterbein University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=otbn1619555796381852.
Full textRaz, Ita Standen. "Social deprivation, metalinguistic awareness and learning to read." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.241955.
Full textGray, David E. "Hearing-impaired children, initial literacy and computer assisted learning." Thesis, University of Surrey, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318661.
Full textEldred, Janine. "Perceptions of success in teaching and learning adult literacy." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.251320.
Full textCORREA, PRISCILA MONTEIRO. "BEGINNING TEACHERS AND THEIR PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN LITERACY CYCLE." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2015. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=25929@1.
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PROGRAMA DE EXCELENCIA ACADEMICA
O professor iniciante e o início de sua carreira têm merecido pouca atenção por parte dos pesquisadores brasileiros, embora seja uma fase importante para a construção da identidade e desenvolvimento profissional do professor. O objetivo mais amplo desta pesquisa foi compreender como o professor iniciante constrói sua aprendizagem profissional no ciclo de alfabetização de modo a se desenvolver profissionalmente. Parti, para realizá-lo, das ideias de que o professor é um sujeito ativo no seu processo de aprendizagem, capaz de relacionar suas experiências formativas e práticas (MARCELO GARCIA, 2009) e de que, ao ser inserido na carreira, ele passa por um ciclo de aprendizagem profissional (HUBERMAN, 1992). A pesquisa foi realizada com 6 professores, com tempo de experiência profissional variando entre 2 e 4 anos, que atuavam ou tinham atuado no ciclo de alfabetização na fase de iniciação (HUBERMAN, 1992), em escolas públicas – municipais e federais – e privadas do município do Rio de Janeiro. Adotei o procedimento metodológico de entrevistas semiestruturadas, entendidas como espaços de produção de narrativas que, como texto que são, abrem-se a múltiplas interpretações (KRAMER, 2002). Compartilho com Emilia Freitas de Lima (2006) o pressuposto de que a formação de professores é um processo contínuo, sem um fim estabelecido a priori, do qual fazem parte a experiência acumulada durante a passagem pela escola enquanto estudante; a formação profissional específica – formação inicial –; a iniciação na carreira e a passagem de estudante a professor e a formação contínua. A primeira parte das análises se concentrou nas trajetórias dos professores na educação básica, passando pela formação – inicial e contínua – e chegando até suas atuais experiências e práticas como professores em início de carreira. As análises foram fundamentadas nos conceitos de campo, habitus, capital e estratégias da Sociologia de Pierre Bourdieu (2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013). Destacam-se a opção pela docência marcada por uma não escolha (LELIS, 1996) e a presença da família incentivando, apoiando, influenciando ou rejeitando essa opção (NOGUEIRA, 1998). A segunda parte se estruturou a partir de dois eixos que emergiram das narrativas como significativos para a compreensão do problema de pesquisa: o início e os meios. Com relação ao primeiro, foi possível chegar à conclusão de que as dificuldades inerentes ao início da carreira, tais como mau comportamento dos alunos, competição entre os colegas e interferência dos pais são mais facilmente superadas com o apoio da equipe gestora da escola. No que diz respeito aos meios foram relatadas práticas pedagógicas de leitura e escrita, bem como autores de referência em torno da alfabetização, enfatizando a centralidade desse período do ensino fundamental, que demanda conhecimentos específicos tanto da parte de quem ensina, quanto da parte de quem aprende. Considerando o início da docência como uma fase diferenciada, com características e necessidades próprias, que demanda apoio e formação específicos (MARCELO, 1999, 2011; MARIANO, 2006; PAPI E MARTINS, 2010), a pesquisa destaca a necessidade de viabilizar um maior apoio institucional ao professor (alfabetizador) iniciante nas escolas, aliado a programas e políticas de iniciação/inserção e formação.
Despite of being an important stage for the development of its professional identity, the early stages of professor s professional career seems to be yet underexplored by Brazilian researchers. From the perspective that professors have an active role on their learning process, able to connect their practical and theoretical experiences (MARCELO GARCIA, 2009), and once initiated on their careers they go through a professional learning cycle (HUBERMAN, 1992), the broader aim of this research is to understand how professors on their early stages build their professional learning at the literacy cycle, connecting its theoretical and practical experiences in order to obtain professional development. Present research was completed with six professors with professional experience between 2 and 5 years, that have currently or past experience at the literacy cycle on the initiation stage (HUBERMAN, 1992); at public schools – municipal and federal – and private schools within Rio de Janeiro city. Interviews were used as a methodological tool. Interviews, understood as narrative production spaces, give room for multiple interpretations (KRAMER, 2002). Based on Lima s (2006) assumption that professor s development is a continuous process, without a firm established end, in which takes part its own experience as a student; specific professor formation – undergraduate degree - ; career commencement and its passage from student to professor to continuous development, first phase of the analysis was concentrated on the professors paths at the basic education, passing through formation – initial and continuous – up to their current practices and experiences as early stage professors. Analysis were completed having Bourdieu (2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013) concepts of habitus, strategy and capital as drivers. It should be highlighted the option for a professorial career as a nonoption (LELIS, 1996) and family s influence, either supporting or rejecting this option (NOGUEIRA, 1998). Second phase was structured based on three axis that arose from the narratives as important for the research problem understanding: early stages, learning and literacy cycle. Regarding the early stages it was possible to conclude that difficulties associated with early stages of the career, such as students behaviour; competition among colleagues and parents interference are easily overcome with support given by school managerial team. In connection to the learning process, professor were unanimous in point the insufficiency of their degree, highlighting their relationship with their pairs – either within the school and outside the school as a privileged element of its professional learning. Finally, regarding the literacy cycle, pedagogical practices such as reading and writing, together with prestigious authors and public policy associated with literacy, highlighting the key importance of such period of the fundamental cycle, which demands specific knowledge (TARDIF, 2007) have been described by professors interviewed. Considering the early stages of a professor career as a differential stage, with particular characteristics and needs, demanding specific support and education (MARCELO, 1999, 2011; MARIANO, 2006; PAPI E MARTINS, 2010) current research highlights the need for a major institutional support for the literacy professors in the early stages of their career, complemented by induction/ introduction policies together with continuous developing programs.
Dawson, Linda Dianne. "Supporting principals to lead literacy learning in challenging contexts." Thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2013. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/830a1af8dfe68e1aea19739b83877cf31b3c231ed27e0d8bf828a2696d3fd25b/1865260/64841_downloaded_stream_66.pdf.
Full textNazare, Juliana Toni. "Technology-assisted coaching : a system for Children's literacy learning." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2021. https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/130837.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-290).
Children learn best when knowledgeable adults support their learning process. Yet many learning technologies have not yet incorporated this vital social dimension. In response, we develop a technology-assisted coaching system, where a new adult collaborator--a coach--uses digital tools to support children and their families as they use children's literacy apps. This coaching system blends in-person and digital coaching in order to preserve the relational elements vital to coaching, while harnessing the power of digital technology to make information easily accessible to coaches, children, and families at their convenience. In our system, as children play with literacy apps, every tap and click of their play is streamed to their coach through our digital coaching platform. Using custom-built digital tools, coaches engage in four core coaching practices.
They analyze children's in-app activity, scaffold their learning, share progress with caregivers, and invite caregivers to engage in literacy learning experiences with their children. To develop this system, we iteratively designed, built, and evaluated it with approximately a hundred children and their families. We conducted in-depth study of two versions of the system's design through a randomized control trial (RCT) and a formative pilot study. From the RCT, we found that the coaching system increased caregivers' awareness of their children's in-app play and children's playtime with the literacy app. We also found that for families with lower formal education levels, the effect of the coaching system was greater across almost all outcome variables investigated. In both studies, we found coaches were able to use our digital coaching tools to effectively engage in the four core coaching practices, and that these tools helped increase coaches' efficiency.
Based on our findings, we discuss changes to the system's design to improve and scale this approach and provide design considerations for building digital coaching systems. Through the creation and in-depth study of a novel sociotechnical system for coaching children's literacy learning, this work contributes to the field of learning technology. We hope this work serves as a helpful guide to designers, developers, and policymakers as they create and scale-up these types of digital networks for children's learning.
by Juliana Toni Nazare.
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Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Planning, Program in Media Arts and Sciences
Fu, Jun. "Fostering digital literacy through web-based collaborative inquiry learning." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2011. http://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_ra/1238.
Full textHill, Erika. "Co-learning Pedagogies in the Media Literacy Education Classroom." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2809.
Full textTai, Chih-Che, Karin Keith, S. Starnes, and Renee Rice Moran. "Integrating Science Learning with Literacy in Grades 6-12." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/998.
Full textCampbell, Jeanette Lynn. "California early literacy learning as an effective alternative to reading recovery for school-wide literacy instruction." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 1998. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1656.
Full textKazembe, Manuel Boyd. "Retracing Footsteps of the Literati: Towards Understanding Literacy Development through Stories of Malawian Teacher Educators." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/30058.
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McCook, Nora. "Literacy Volunteer Preparation and Organizational Goals in a Service Learning and a Family Literacy Training Program: Historicizing Literacy Campaigns, Volunteers, and Schools." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1500298111086208.
Full textToomey, Margaret. "Computer games, learning and literacy: Reflections on students' learning and literacy experiences when engaging with computer games in a middle years English classroom." Thesis, Griffith University, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10072/388982.
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Arts, Education and Law
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Henderson, Christine Ann. "From teacher in charge of reading to literacy leader – what is the role of the literacy leader?An in-depth qualitative study of two literacy leaders." Thesis, University of Canterbury. Educational Studies and Human Development, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2261.
Full textMiller, Linda Kathleen. "Literacy development in the pre-school years." Thesis, University of Hertfordshire, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365930.
Full textCallaghan, Fiona. "Year one children's literacy behaviours and perceptions of literacy learning in the classroom and reading recovery contexts." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2002. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/740.
Full textJamison, Sally. "Popular culture and literacy learning negotiating meaning with everyday literacies /." Online pdf file accessible through the World Wide Web, 2007. http://archives.evergreen.edu/masterstheses/Accession89-10MIT/Jamison_S%20MITthesis%202007.pdf.
Full textBuchanan, Carolyn Alma 1934. "AN ARTS-BASED CURRICULUM FOR LITERACY: A PROJECT STUDY." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/291993.
Full textGrassick, Sandra P. "Parent involvement in children's early literacy learning, an exploratory study." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0015/MQ55146.pdf.
Full textMiller, Kimberly Keller. "Play and literacy learning in one urban early childhood classroom." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1190063031.
Full textGrebner, Leah A. "Learning Style Needs and Effectiveness of Adult Health Literacy Education." Thesis, Walden University, 2014. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3617056.
Full textLow health literacy impacts an individual's ability to comprehend communication from healthcare providers, reduces access to healthcare, and contributes to increased mortality. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of learning style on adult health literacy education. The health belief model, protection motivation theory, the transtheoretical model, and social cognitive theory were used to analyze the data in this study, and to further develop effective health literacy education. The research questions addressed the effectiveness of educational intervention adjusted to their appropriate learning style in comparison to a standardized health literacy intervention and potential difference, according to type of learning style, in the amount of changed performance between pretest and posttest. A sample of 80 adults in an urban community was recruited through organizations serving low-income individuals. The participants were assessed for baseline health literacy level, followed by identification of learning style, educational intervention, and posttest assessment, which led to determination by t test that changes between pretest and posttest scores were statistically significant between the control group and the study groups. This finding suggests that health education should be delivered to patients according to individual learning style in order for patients to comprehend and retain information provided. Social change implications include healthcare professionals appropriately addressing health literacy so that patients may participate more actively in their personal healthcare decisions to improve healthcare quality outcomes, decrease long-term costs of delivering healthcare services, and improve the general health of the community.
Myers, Chloe. "Towards a model of literacy learning for young, augmented speakers." Thesis, University of Brighton, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.249745.
Full textBonello, Charmaine. "Boys and early literacy learning in three Maltese state schools." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2018. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/22737/.
Full textSrivastava, Akshat. "Developing Functional Literacy of Machine Learning Among UX Design Students." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1617104876484835.
Full textMiller, Kimberly K. "Pretend play and literacy learning in one early childhood classroom." The Ohio State University, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1190063031.
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