The impact of a daily reading program (SSR - Sustained Silent Reading) in rural primary schools in Laos - a controlled, randomized study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sasha Alyson
Keyword(s):  
Primary Schools ◽  
Randomized Study ◽  
Silent Reading ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Sustained Silent Reading ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals THE IMPLEMENTATION OF USSR (UNINTERRUPTED SUSTAINED SILENT READING) ON STUDENTS’ READING MOTIVATION AT ANANDA ISLAMIC SCHOOL

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Abduh Almanar
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Role Model ◽  
Silent Reading ◽  
Reading Program ◽  
Sustained Silent Reading ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Islamic School ◽  
A Value ◽  
Questionnaire Surveys ◽  
Special Time

ABSTRACTThe present study will investigate the effect of implementing USSR (Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading) program at national plus school Ananda Islamic School. Iinterview and field observation was designed for data collection. To succeed the program, the students freely choose the storybook they like and they would be given special time at school to read during the program. The teacher will show a role model and a value of reading by joining the program of reading books with a pleasant, relaxed atmosphere and lack of pressure. This study will use an observation log, questionnaire surveys, and semi-structured interviews. 20 students were observed during USSR program within 4 weeks including a survey and 5 students will be taken as a sample through purposive sampling method.Keywords: EFL Learning, Uninterrupted Sustained Silent Reading (USSR), Reading achievement, Reading Comprehension

Vocabulary Learning in Uninstructed Silent Reading and Story Rewriting

2009 ◽  
Vol 158 ◽  
pp. 97-134
Author(s):  
Sandra Siok Lee
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Vocabulary Learning ◽  
School Setting ◽  
Silent Reading ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Operational Definition ◽  
Sustained Silent Reading ◽  
Extensive Reading ◽  
Reading Research

Abstract A current issue in L2 reading research is whether extensive reading promotes vocabulary development. This study examined vocabulary acquisition in uninstructed silent reading of a short story with and without a vocabulary list followed by a story rewriting task. Time constraints of a public school setting prevented an extended period of study required for extensive reading research, but vocabulary learning strategies and outcomes of this study are applicable to extensive reading. This study also explored Hinkel’s (2006) recommendation to modify the goal of extensive reading programs to meet the pedagogical ideal of integrated skills learning, that is, reading and vocabulary learning. Questioning the traditional goal of extensive reading to read relatively quickly for general ideas, Hinkel (2006) also proposes that it should draw learner attention to some aspect of language such as vocabulary. Similarly, Nation (2005) emphasizes need for deliberate vocabulary learning in extensive reading which should form a substantial and obligatory part of language courses (p.15). Due to the assumption that uninstructed sustained silent reading encourages students to read widely, I will refer to research on “extensive reading,” using Hinkel’s (2006) and Day, Omura, and Hiramatsu’s (1991) operational definition of sustained silent reading as extensive reading for pleasure over time.

Agricultural education and Italian primary school teachers: the Romagna in the late nineteenth century

Modern Italy ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Omar Mazzotti ◽  
Massimo Fornasari
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Agricultural Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Educational Process ◽  
Late Nineteenth Century ◽  
Ruling Class ◽  
Primary School Teachers ◽  
Agricultural Revolution ◽  
Agricultural Knowledge ◽  
The Impact

This article examines the dissemination of agricultural education in primary schools in the Romagna, an important rural area in post-unification Italy. The topic is explored within a wider perspective, analysing the impact of institutional changes – at both the national and local levels – on the transmission of agricultural knowledge in primary education during the final quarter of the nineteenth century. Two particular elements of the process are examined: students, as the intended beneficiaries of the educational process; and teachers, who as well as having a key role in reducing the extent of illiteracy were sometimes also involved in disseminating agricultural knowledge. The transfer of that knowledge appears to have been a very challenging task, not least because of the scant interest that Italy's ruling class showed towards this issue. However, increasing importance seems to have been given to agricultural education in primary schools during the economic crisis of the 1880s, when the expansion of this provision was thought to be among the factors that might help to prepare the ground for the hoped-for ‘agricultural revolution’.

scholarly journals A Randomized Study of the Impact of a Corneal Pre-Cut During Cataract Surgery on Wound Architecture and Corneal Astigmatism

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgit Doeller ◽  
Nino Hirnschall ◽  
Maria Fichtenbaum ◽  
Phuong-Mai Nguyen ◽  
Ralph Varsits ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cataract Surgery ◽  
Randomized Study ◽  
Corneal Astigmatism ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Effects of Climatic Conditions, Season and Environmental Factors on CO2 Concentrations in Naturally Ventilated Primary Schools in Chile

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 4139
Author(s):  
Muriel Diaz ◽  
Mario Cools ◽  
Maureen Trebilcock ◽  
Beatriz Piderit-Moreno ◽  
Shady Attia
Keyword(s):  
Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air Quality ◽  
Indoor Air ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Co2 Concentration ◽  
Building Design ◽  
Climatic Conditions ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Co2 Concentrations ◽  
The Impact

Between the ages of 6 and 18, children spend between 30 and 42 h a week at school, mostly indoors, where indoor environmental quality is usually deficient and does not favor learning. The difficulty of delivering indoor air quality (IAQ) in learning facilities is related to high occupancy rates and low interaction levels with windows. In non-industrialized countries, as in the cases presented, most classrooms have no mechanical ventilation, due to energy poverty and lack of normative requirements. This fact heavily impacts the indoor air quality and students’ learning outcomes. The aim of the paper is to identify the factors that determine acceptable CO2 concentrations. Therefore, it studies air quality in free-running and naturally ventilated primary schools in Chile, aiming to identify the impact of contextual, occupant, and building design factors, using CO2 concentration as a proxy for IAQ. The monitoring of CO2, temperature, and humidity revealed that indoor air CO2 concentration is above 1400 ppm most of the time, with peaks of 5000 ppm during the day, especially in winter. The statistical analysis indicates that CO2 is dependent on climate, seasonality, and indoor temperature, while it is independent of outside temperature in heated classrooms. The odds of having acceptable concentrations of CO2 are bigger when indoor temperatures are high, and there is a need to ventilate for cooling.

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