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Impact of discourses on preservice literacy teacher identity development : Subjectivity and agency

Creator:: Larson, Mindy Legard
Abstract:: This research addressed the complexities of identity development in the lives of seven elementary and middle school preservice literacy teachers during their graduate teacher education program at a private western university using a poststructural feminism theoretical lens. This research investigated two questions: 1) How do preservice teachers develop their identity...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: curriculum, no language arts curriculum, no health curriculum, no art curriculum, but I was given an

An attempted standardization of a reading and writing skills test used at Oregon State University's Communication Skills Center

Creator:: Carman, Betty Lou
Abstract:: The objective of the investigator in carrying out this study is: to evaluate the reliability and validity of the ENGLISH SKILLS TEST-REVISED (EST-R); to construct local norms based on a small sample of subjects from Oregon State University's WR. 40X; to investigate the statistical terms and methods used in educational...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: instruction and those which offer English/study skills assistance. Both mathamatics and language skills

Re-Viewing Literacy : A Language Arts Teacher's Perspective

Creator:: Van Develder, Pamela A.
Abstract:: A controversy regarding literacy lies at the heart of debates over the current state of American education. In response to the debate, this study reviews and analyzes the literacy theories of E.D. Hirsch, Jr., Walter Ong, Sylvia Scribner and Michael Cole, Shirley Brice Heath, and Paulo Freire. The author presents...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Re-viewing literacy : a language arts teacher's

An Exploration of Scholarship on Peer Review in Composition Studies : Looking to the Future with Replicable, Aggregated, and Data-Supported Research Methodologies

Creator:: Day, Jacob E.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the nature of evidence in scholarship on peer review in composition studies. I argue that the nature of evidence present in scholarship on peer review over the past three decades is typically anecdotal, theoretical, and based on limited case studies. I argue that peer review research in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of language model, encountered several British instructors “for whom student response was more

Composing for Social Change : Clashes of Ideographs and Ideology in the Composition Classroom

Creator:: Gasser, Chris
Abstract:: Clashes of ideology are all around us, from our computer and television screens to our composition classrooms, and they merit attention within the composition classroom. This thesis examines the justifications and pedagogies that scholars in rhetoric and composition use to infuse issues of ideology and social ethics into writing instruction...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Shaughnessy describes is an ideological element that often comes with demographic shifts: language. Because

The relationship between specific mother-child interactions and selected aspects of language development in Head Start children

Creator:: Owen, Martha-Ann
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between specific mother-child interactions and selected aspects of language development in "disadvantaged" children. The subjects were 19 preschool children in a summer Head Start program in Denver, Colorado. Their ages ranged from four years-nine months to five years-seven months. Eighteen...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: interactions and selected aspects of language development in Head Start children AN ABSTRACT CF THE THESIS CF

A circle of response : addressing the tensions of teacher responseto student writing

Creator:: Carothers, April D.
Abstract:: What students need most from instructors’ written response on their texts is commentary that evokes a sense of exchange. Teachers often believe that their job is to point out the deficits in a student’s paper and help eliminate those deficits. While this is a part of the function of response,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: academic language versus encouraging development of student voice; and the tension between the reality of

A description of teachers' sense of self-efficacy of the first graduate elementary pre-service teacher cohort at Oregon State University

Creator:: Bigler, Duane A.
Abstract:: Research studies indicated that teachers' sense of self-efficacy is a multidimensional construct related to teachers' beliefs about teaching, their ability to teach, and their students' ability to learn. This study described the change in a cohort of graduate preservice elementary teachers' sense of efficacy as they progressed through a four...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: first graduate elementary pre-service teacher cohort at Oregon State University AN ABSTRACT OF THE

Teacher-Researchers in Composition Studies : Subverting Education's Political Hierarchy

Creator:: Hardin, Holly E.
Abstract:: This study focused on composition teachers in elementary and secondary schools who researched their own teaching practices. Specifically, it examined political implications of their work within the larger context of the education hierarchy. Central to this examination were teacher-researcher (t-r) perceptions of and interactions with other members of the education...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: lle This study focused on composition teachers in elementary and secondary schools who researched

The influence of family demographics and individual factors on school readiness : a focus on low-income Spanish-speaking English language learners

Creator:: Díaz, Guadalupe
Abstract:: English Language Learners (ELLs) represent a culturally and linguistically diverse population in US schools. ELLs enter kindergarten with a range of academic and self-regulation skills, but can face multiple challenges navigating the school context (Zwiers, 2013). Previous research documents that low-income ELLs lagged behind in academic achievement, self-regulation, and English...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : A Focus on Low-Income Spanish-speaking English Language Learners Abstract approved

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Impact of discourses on preservice literacy teacher identity development : Subjectivity and agency

An attempted standardization of a reading and writing skills test used at Oregon State University's Communication Skills Center

Re-Viewing Literacy : A Language Arts Teacher's Perspective

An Exploration of Scholarship on Peer Review in Composition Studies : Looking to the Future with Replicable, Aggregated, and Data-Supported Research Methodologies

Composing for Social Change : Clashes of Ideographs and Ideology in the Composition Classroom

The relationship between specific mother-child interactions and selected aspects of language development in Head Start children

A circle of response : addressing the tensions of teacher responseto student writing

A description of teachers' sense of self-efficacy of the first graduate elementary pre-service teacher cohort at Oregon State University

Teacher-Researchers in Composition Studies : Subverting Education's Political Hierarchy

The influence of family demographics and individual factors on school readiness : a focus on low-income Spanish-speaking English language learners

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