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101. Summative Evaluation of the Manukau Family Literacy Project (2004)
Series: Manukau Family Literacy Project
Authors: John Benseman, Alison Sutton
Collection: Research Materials
This is the fourth evaluation report on the pilot Manukau Family Literacy Programme (MFLP).
This report has two parts:
- A summative evaluation of the 2004 programme (Sections 1 - 5) which looks at programme outcomes of the MFLP, using a range of data sources for evidence of changes in both the adult participants and their children across a number of aspects – academic, family, personal and social.
- A discussion of broader issues of MFLP (Sections 6 - 10) such as the nature and significance of the role COMET has played in establishing a family literacy programme, some of the challenges and issues that MFLP has had to deal with and the way the model of family literacy has developed since the pilot began.
For readers who have not read the earlier reports, there is an outline the nature of the program and an overview of the MFLP's operations included in the first pages of the document.
Added: 2006-07-27
102. Summer Reading Club (2005)
Outreach Library Service through a Neighbourhood Storytent Program
Authors: Cheryl Brown, Wendell Dryden
Collection: Learning Materials
This document contains some information to guide libraries in alternative ways to engage hard to reach children in their programs. It describes Saint John, New Brunswick's “Storytent Summer Reading Club Outreach” program (2003-2004) and how to implement this type of program in your community.
Added: 2005-06-28
103. Summer Science for Girls (1991)
Women's Education des femmes, Summer 1991- Vol. 9, No. 1
Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)
Authors: Mary Vickers
Collection: Research Materials
This article provides information on the "Summer Science" program for girls aged 9 to 12 years presented by the Society for Canadian Women in Science and Technology (SCWIST). The initial program, which took place in 1984, was so promising that the project continued under SCWIST sponsorship for the next four summers. In 1989 SCWIST published Imagine the Possibilities, a resource book for other groups wanting to present similar workshops.
Added: 2004-09-09
104. Teachers' Perception of Children of Parents Who Had Participated in a Family Literacy Program (2003)
Series: Family Literacy - Transfer of Learning
Authors: William T. Fagan
Collection: Research Materials
There are four papers in this series, based on a research project, Transfer of Learning in a Parent Focussed Family Literacy Program.
This third paper fulfils one of the goals of the project, to establish teachers' perception of children of parents who participated in a family literacy program.
Added: 2005-07-05
105. Tiny Steps Stories (And the Moral Is....) (1997)
Authors: Rob Truthwaite
Collection: Learning Materials
A collection of short stories with a moral from authors across the country.
This is a collection of stories written for children ages 3 to 9 years old. When screening the best submissions for this book, producers screened over 200 stories to determine the ones that best benefit the readers and their families. The top 21 stories that have been selected are wide ranging in topic. They are stories that can uplift you and make you smile and stories that you can learn by and even make you a bit sad. To order a copy of this book, contact:
Friesens Publishing
Canadian Children's Programs
Winnipeg MB R3L 2T4
Tel: 1-800-447-8374 or (204) 452-7626.
Added: 1997-01-01
106. Transfer of Children's Early Literacy Behaviours and Parent Knowledge from Parent-Focussed Family Literacy Programs (2003)
Series: Family Literacy - Transfer of Learning
Authors: William T. Fagan
Collection: Research Materials
There are four papers in this series, based on a research project, Transfer of Learning in a Parent Focussed Family Literacy Program.
This second paper fulfils one of the goals of the project, to discover the transfer of children's early literacy behaviours and parent knowledge from parent-focussed family literacy programs—Transfer of Learning: Child to Home; Child to Community; Parents at Home; Parents to Others.
Added: 2005-07-05
107. Transfer of Learning Among Adult Stakeholders in Parent-Focussed Family Literacy Programs (2003)
Series: Family Literacy - Transfer of Learning
Authors: William T. Fagan
Collection: Research Materials
There are four papers in this series, based on a research project, Transfer of Learning in a Parent Focussed Family Literacy Program.
This first paper describes the research project, including the objectives, participants, procedures, methodology, and results.
Added: 2005-07-05
108. Unicorns (2000)
Authors: Literacy Class 1999/2000
Collection: Learning Materials
The students of SIAST Kelsey Campus Literacy Program contributed the stories, poems and artwork that make up Unicorns (May 2000). It is their hope that this book will promote and encourage family literacy now and in the future.
For information :
Larry Crook, Program Instructor
SIAST Kelsey Campus
Saskatoon SK S7K 3R5
Tel. (306) 933-7735
E-mail : crook@siast.sk.ca
or
Rod Goertzen, Literacy Coordinator
Tel. (306) 933-8372
E-mail : goertzen@siast.sk.ca
Added: 2000-01-01
109. Unlocking Language: The Classic Readability Studies (2006)
Volume 1: 1921-E. L. Thorndike and the Familiar Word
Series: Unlocking Language
Authors: William DuBay
Collection: Research Materials
This document includes:
- Introduction
- Word Knowledge in the Elementary School
- The Word Counts and Credits
- General Results- The Results in Detail
- The Adequacy of the Counts
- Uses of the List in the Teacher's Word Book
- The Establishment and Clarification of Standards
- The Evaluation of Text-Books
- Selection and Graduation of Readers
- Material for Phonic Drills
- A Standard Vocabulary for the Teaching of Foreigners
- The Vocabularies in Elementary Books for Teaching A Foreign Language
- The First 500 Words
- Text-Books for High School Pupils
- The Amendment and Extension of Spelling Lists
- The Improvement of Reading Scales and Tests
- Other Uses
- Prefixes and Suffixes
Added: 2008-01-04
110. What Do Kids Think Adults Are Made Of? (1996)
Authors: Suan Alain
Collection: Learning Materials
An adult learner from Prospect Literacy Association in Alberta recalls a babysitting experience.
Added: 1990-01-01
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