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A Study of the Effects of Metacognitive Instruction on Reading Comprehension in the Primary Classroom
No full textThe purpose of this study was to examine if a relationship existed between metacognitive instruction and students’ growth rate for fluency, accuracy, self-correction rates, and comprehension in reading. The research question that guided this study was: To what extent is there a relationship between metacognitive instruction using Reciprocal Teaching method and increasing student success for first-grade emergent readers as evidenced by Curriculum-based Measurements and STAR Accelerated Reader tests. Constructivism theory was used to develop an understanding of learning that asserts student learning happens when students make meaning for themselves. The sample for this study was a convenient of 16 first-grade emergent readers. The primary investigator utilized three assessments at the beginning and end of the research period. These assessments included, Curriculum-Based Measurement, Qualitative Reading Inventory, sixth edition, and the STAR Accelerated Reader test. The assessment results were compared, and a positive relationship was found between metacognitive instruction and the student success achieved through the calculation of a two-tailed t test. These results offer insight into the value of instruction for emergent readers that goes beyond simple decoding into a deeper comprehension and metacognitive instruction
Propers 14 (Pentecost 10) Series A 2017
No full textThis PDF comments on Proper Fourteen of Series A and offers ideas for preaching
An Anthology of Spilled Milk
No full textAn Anthology of Spilled Milk is a memoir that explores themes of verbal abuse, confusion, coping and regret. The collection of short stories follows the plot of the author’s experiences and struggles dealing with patriarchal power and suppression. Confusing love with hate, honesty with lies, and corruption with safety, the author lacks the stability and support to cope. The writing process allowed the author to recognize the past and look forward to the future, as well as explore literature that helped to improve her writing
Effects of PH20 Hyaluronidase Inhibition In Vivo Following Cerebral White Matter Injury
No full textHuman infants born prematurely between 23-32 weeks have a predisposition toward sustaining white matter injury (WMI). In survivors of preterm birth, hypoxic-ischemic (H-I) damage to the cerebral white matter is the leading cause of a spectrum of neurological and motor deficits and in severe cases, cerebral palsy (CP). H-I triggers extracellular matrix (ECM) breakdown leading to production of inhibitory ECM components. H-I also induces vigorous proliferation of oligodendrocyte progenitor cells (OPCs) leading to accumulation of the pre-oligodendrocytes (preOLs). However, these preOLs fail to differentiate and generate myelin producing oligodendrocytes (OLs). Mechanistically, ECM breakdown blocks repair and regeneration of myelin following WMI as hyaluronic acid (HA), a major component of the brain ECM, is digested into bioactive fragments (fHA). Previous studies have shown that following WMI, HA degraded by PH20 hyaluronidase to fHA prevents differentiation of preOLs to mature OLs, but whether fHA plays a role in H-I mediated OPC proliferation is unknown. To determine if hyaluronidase plays a role in vivo to promote OPC proliferation, we utilized a neonatal rodent preterm model of H-I and a new selective PH20 inhibitor, SuBr3. Our hypothesis tests whether SuBr3 mediated inhibition of PH20 activity will also attenuate the OPC proliferation response observed after neonatal WMI. We found a significant decrease in Ki67+ cells in WMI lesions in the SuBr3 treated animals relative to all other control groups, suggesting total cell proliferation was attenuated and mediated by PH20 hyaluronidase activity. Future experiments will analyze whether SuBr3 treatment also results in changes in the total pool of OL lineage cells and preOLs in the WMI lesions
Comparative Analysis of the Rohingya Stateless and Refugee Populations in Myanmar and Bangladesh
No full textThis research attempts to compare and analyze the situation of the Rohingya refugee and stateless populations in Myanmar and Bangladesh. It considers the quality of life indicators (health, security, infrastructure, economy, identity, and education) of the Rohingya in both Bangladesh and Myanmar. Additionally, it compares how the identification as “stateless” or “refugee” benefit and disadvantage the populations based on the quality of life indicators. Furthermore, it takes into consideration the different barriers that the governments of Myanmar and Bangladesh have created to prevent repatriation and the allowance of other official statuses. Based on this information, a toolkit was created that provides a basis for international organizations to address the governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar with the purpose of improving the status of the Rohingya refugee and stateless populations