Introduction. Grounded in Alexander’s model of domain learning, this study presents an integrated micro-model of information literacy. It is predicated upon the central importance of domain learning for the development of the requisite research skills by students. Method. The authors reviewed previous models of information literacy and inquirybased learning to create a new model. A systematic r...

The goal of the present study was to get an overview of the emergent literacy activities, instructional adaptations and school absence of children with cerebral palsy (CP) compared to normally developing peers. The results showed that there were differences between the groups regarding the amount of emergent literacy instruction. While time dedicated to storybook reading and independent picture...

To determine socio-demographic factors affecting eye health literacy among Nigerian medical enrollees. The population of the study consisted of 315 enrollees. A sample size of 115 was drawn. To achieve specific objectives of the study, five research questions were raised and five hypotheses formulated and tested at 0.05 Alpha level. An ex post facto survey design was used for the study. The mea...

Research linking health literacy to health knowledge, health behaviors, health outcomes, health disparity, health status, and increasing health-care costs is prevalent around the globe. Given the importance of health literacy, it is prudent to examine the tools available to assure that patients are health-literate. This article provides an integrative review in order to investigate what has bee...

The working memory skills of children with four categories of special educational needs (SEN) were investigated: general learning difficulties, language problems, literacy problems, and attentional and behavioural problems. Children with general learning difficulties performed poorly on measures of all three components of the working memory model: the phonological loop, central executive, and t...

Discipline is one topic that virtually every ambulatory care pediatrician is frequently asked about. Although there is a tendency to provide parents with short, glib answers to questions about discipline, the literature on time-in, self-quieting skills, and independent play skills has rarely been addressed in the pediatric literature. It is, rather, covered in the research literature--a literat...

1. Identify common competencies or expected learning outcomes for courses, discipline specific general education requirements, and/or programs. 2. Establish a program of systematic assessment of the competencies using direct measures that are most appropriate for the discipline/program. 3. Build in systematic discipline review of assessment results. 4. Use review/results to improve instruction/...

BACKGROUND More than 60 years ago the international community declared literacy a basic human right. Recognition of its intrinsic value and evidence of its social and economic benefits have motivated an expansive international effort to estimate the percentage of adults that can read, especially in low-income countries where educational opportunities are limited. Population data on adults' educ...

BACKGROUND An orientation to the professional landscape is necessary for novices of any health discipline. We describe an assignment aimed to develop the professional literacy of pharmacy students within their local Middle Eastern context. METHODS "Pharmacy and Health Care" is a course designed to introduce first-year students to both historic and contemporary pharmacist roles and responsibil...

Learning to read is very challenging for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), but also very important, as it can give them access to new knowledge. This is even more challenging in minimally verbal children, who do not have the verbal abilities to learn through usual methods. To address the learning of literacy skills in French minimally verbal school-aged children with ASD, we design...