Low literacy and chronic pain have been identified as significant problems in the rural USA. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a widely used efficacious psychosocial treatment for chronic pain; adaptations for low-literacy rural populations are lacking. This paper reports on preparatory steps implemented to address this deficit. Adapting an existing group, CBT patient workbook for rural adu...

Young children with learning disabilities typically encounter difficulty with academic tasks requiring intentional effort and effective use of metacognitive skills--qualities that competent readers and writers possess. In response to these difficulties, special educators often modify literacy instruction, isolating the "basic skills" of literacy (such as decoding and penmanship) from meaningful...

Whether the information environment affects the cost of capital is a fundamental question in accounting and finance research. In this paper, we study the role of competition among informed investors on the pricing of information asymmetry and its implications for the pricing of information quality. Relying on theories on competition among informed investors and on the pricing of information asy...

In today’s global market environment, enterprises are increasingly turning to use of distributed teams to leverage their resources and address diverse markets. Individual members of such structurally diverse distributed teams need to develop their collaboration know-how to work effectively with others on their team. The lack of face-to-face cues creates challenges in developing the collaboratio...

This chief aim of this paper is to explore the concept of Funds of Knowledge (FOK) in relation to Cultural Historical Activity Theory (CHAT). This study unveils the basic tenets of FOK from the lens of activity theory and analyzes pertinent discoveries, key concepts, and scholars’ arguments relating to FOK and literacy development over time. The major purpose of this study is to expand the pers...

Contemporary literacy theory argues that teaching students how to write is a means to more fully engage them as readers and in literacy learning. The writing process is utilized in many U.S. classrooms. This method emphasizes the recursive processes of prewriting, drafting, editing, and revising. The purpose of this study reviews research about the evolution and effectiveness of the writing pro...

The nature of the world and workforce around us is changing at a dizzying pace. Astounding scientific and technological advances – most of which rest on fundamental mathematical principles and theories – are creating new ways of working, living and thinking. The challenge for our educational systems is to ensure that all of our children achieve high levels of quantitative literacy. As an intern...