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1	Understanding the language demands of schooling: nouns in academic registers
	Cox, Beverly E.; Schleppegrell, Mary J.; Fang, Zhihui
	In: Journal of literacy research. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications 38 (2006) 3, 247-273
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2	The cultural perception of similarity in metaphors
	Abdelwali, Mohammad A
	In: Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest (2006)
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3	The impacts of statewide benchmark reading tests on the motivations to read of students in grades 4–8
	Carriveau, Richard Charles
	In: Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest (2006)
	Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the perspectives of fourth through eighth grade students related to their motivations to read and the impacts that standardized benchmark reading tests have on their reading motivations. Much debate among educational experts and politicians has focused on the standardized testing regimens required by the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). This study attempts to shed some light on student perspectives of the tests and to invite them to be participants in these debates. Selected from a group of 515 students who completed the Motivation to Read Profile (Baker & Wigfield, 1999), eleven student participants engaged in a series of three in-depth interviews (Seidman, 1998) exploring their motivations to read, their experiences with standardized benchmark reading tests, and the impacts the tests have on students' motivations to engage in reading. A whole group examination of in-depth interview participants' views is presented, along with three individual case studies done in greater depth. Findings indicate that participants' main motivations to engage in reading include choice of text, personal interest, and compliance with others' demands. Students believe that the tests involve high stakes for class placement and their futures. Impacts of standardized benchmark reading tests include the view of many participants that (1) the tests and the scores they receive on them are irrelevant to how they see themselves as readers, (2) the test texts and questions do not motivate them through interest or choice, but for compliance purposes, thereby limiting engagement and involvement with test texts, (3) the test texts and questions are artificial and often far removed from the real reading they do in the classroom or on their own, (4) the test questions are convergent, expect a single correct interpretation of a given text, rather than encouraging higher-level questions which may require multiple interpretations, and (5) the tests do not measure characteristics of good readers such as a love of reading and reading often across a variety of genres. Recommendations for education are offered and implications for further research are addressed.
	Keyword: Educational evaluation\|Literacy\|Reading instruction\|Curricula\|Teaching
	URL: https://docs.lib.purdue.edu/dissertations/AAI3251595
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4	Literacy outcomes of Montessori -trained students under alternative instructional conditions
	Arndt, Jennifer James
	In: Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest (2005)
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5	“Inglés es loco”: Teaching English to Latinos who don't speak English and who have varying levels of literacy in Spanish
	Carpenter, Sarah Frances Ross
	In: Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest (2004)
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6	First graders developing emergent writing: A cross -linguistic study
	Ruan, Jiening
	In: Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest (2000)
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7	At-risk readers developing expertise in register switching: Evidence from cohesion analysis
	Fang, Zhihui; Cox, Beverly E.
	In: Journal of research in reading. - Leeds : Wiley-Blackwell 22 (1999) 2, 143-153
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8	Preschoolers' developing ownership of the literate register
	Cox, Beverly E.; Fang, Zhihui; Otto, Beverly White
	In: Reading research quarterly. - Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Subscription Services 32 (1997) 1, 34-53
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9	Developing ownership of the literate register in whole language and code emphasis classrooms: A discourse perspective on young children's writing
	Fang, Zhihui
	In: Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest (1997)
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10	Accommodating innovation: The evolution of a department-wide portfolio program
	Weasmer, Jerie Ruth
	In: Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest (1996)
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11	Emergent reading in novice second language readers: Focus on Russian
	Lund, David Merrill
	In: Theses and Dissertations Available from ProQuest (1995)
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12	Preschoolers doing 'code-switching'
	Cox, Beverly E. Griffin; Dixey, Brenda P.
	In: Multidimensional aspects of literacy research, theory, and practice. - Chicago, Ill. (1994), 162-171
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13	Good and poor elementary readers' use of cohesion in writing
	Cox, Beverly E.; Shanahan, Timothy; Sulzby, Elizabeth
	In: Reading research quarterly. - Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Subscription Services 25 (1990) 1, 47-65
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14	Children's use of reference in told, dictated, and handwritten stories
	Cox, Beverly; Sulzby, Elizabeth
	In: Research in the teaching of English. - Urbana, Ill. 18 (1984) 4, 345-365
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