What is a gap year?

Taking a gap year means taking a year off between finishing high school and starting further study or training. If you are not sure what you want to do after…

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Culturally Responsive Literature and its’ Effect on Students – Part II

A study by Rickford (2001) showed that culturally relevant literature does make a positive impact on the enjoyment of reading and comprehension of what is read for at risk students…

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Culturally Responsive Literature and its’ Effect on Students

Mohr (2003) investigated the different choices Hispanic and non-Hispanic children made in selecting a book to keep to identify if multicultural literature was preferred by non-white students. Since it has…

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Effective Methods for Teaching Native American Students – Part V

The Effect of Teachers Attitudes and Expectations on Students Learning Love and Kruger (2005) conducted two studies on the cultural relevance of assimilationist views in working with African American students.…

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Effective Methods for Teaching Native American Students – Part IV

Wilson-Jones (2003) investigated African American males’ attitudes and feelings on finding success in school. The study summarized that the research in this area has shown that often African American students,…

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Effective Methods for Teaching Native American Students – Part III

Murray, Stahl, and Ivey (1993) explored whether using alphabet books had an impact on the phonological awareness of a group of students in a high minority, low income pre-k classroom.…

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Effective Methods for Teaching Native American Students – Part II

Reyhner (1986) studied the representation, in number of appearances and in the accuracy and realism of those appearances, of Native American students in basal readers, the reading textbooks used with…

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Effective Methods for Teaching Native American Students

Fry and Johnson (1973) explored the relationship between oral reading fluency and reading achievement in a group of Native American subjects. Subjects for the study included 69 students. Forty five…

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What is a Dangling Participle and How to Avoid It?

‘A dangling modifier is a phrase (or clause) out of place, as a weed is a plant out of place, making a mess of the garden.’ This is one of…

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Effective Methods for Teaching Asian Pacific American Students

In a case study by Ruan (2003), three kindergarten age bilingual Chinese girls were studied to determine what the literacy experiences of these children were, and how the literacy instruction…

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