Julia Kara-Soteriou, Catherine Kurkjian Co-chairs of CARR Research Committee This Connecticut Association for Reading Research (CARR) investigation focuses on what reading scholars refer to as New Literacies (Lankshear & Knobel, 2003; Leu, Kinzer, Coiro, & Cammack, 2004) of the Internet…
An Analysis of Writing Performance in Grades 1, 3, and 5
Keely Edwards Abstract This study examined writing samples in grades 1, 3, and 5 for organization, imagination and content focus, word choice and sentence fluency. Participants in this study were students (n= 93) in grades 1, 3, and 5 that…
Can Topic Choice Positively Influence Motivational and Performance Levels of Fourth- Grade Boys?
Agnes M. Burns Curriculum Specialist, Brookfield, CT Introduction Since the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2002, America’s public schools have been challenged to demonstrate “…the four principles of President George W. Bush’s education reform plan: stronger…
Effective Comprehension Strategies for Fifth Grade: A Research Proposal
Robin Applegarth, Teacher, Colebrook, CT Megan Leonard, Teacher, Simsbury, CT Beth Schmidt, Teacher, New Britain, CT Karen Shanahan, Teacher, Enfield, CT There are numerous definitions of comprehension available from a multitude of resources. In terms of our research study, the…
Critical Literacy: A Literature Review
Cara M. Mulcahy, Central Connecticut State University Critical literacy is a mindset; a way of viewing and interacting with the world. It is not merely a method or an approach to the teaching of literacy or the language arts. Much…