Fourth Grade Student Perceptions of Reading Counts

Effects of Home Background on Student Achievement in Reading, Mathematics, and Science at the Fourth Grade

Introduction One of the most stable and consistently observed phenomena in the field of education is the impact of students' home background on achievement. Students whose parents have a

Teacher assessment of student reading skills as a function of student reading achievement and grade

This paper investigates teacher ratings in relation to the student test score in PIRLS 2001. Teacher assessment relates to concerns of equity and equality, and of making correct judgments of the students’ skills. It is thus crucial for a teacher to think about these issues. But do teachers assess the same skills equally? Previous research suggests that teacher assessments lack in equality. As a...

Fourth-year nursing student perceptions of incidents and incident reporting.

This study explored how fourth-year nursing students (n = 10) from one urban baccalaureate nursing program perceived incidents potentially harmful to patients, as well as incident reporting. Individual interviews were conducted. Five scenarios were presented in the interviews, with each scenario portraying a situation that varied in terms of the severity of potential for patient harm and the cl...

Intonation And Reading Skills In Fourth-Grade Students

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Student Perceptions of Interactive Whiteboards in a Third Grade Classroom