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Interview with Mark Cooke
Mark Cooke
Jan 01, 0001
In his March 25, 2015 interview with Jenna Kasmarik, Mark Cooke details the role Title IX has played in athletics at Winthrop. Cooke details changes in recruitment and facilities. He also shares why he's stayed at Winthrop for...
Published by: Winthrop University
Leisure reading in multilingual Singapore

What are bilingual children reading? Do children who enjoy reading books in one language also enjoy reading books in the other language? Drawing on survey data from 1,312 children (aged 9–11) in two government primary...
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Leisure reading in multilingual Singapore

What are bilingual children reading? Do children who enjoy reading books in one language also enjoy reading books in the other language? Drawing on survey data from 1,312 children (aged 9–11) in two government primary...
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The relationships between oral language and reading instruction
Reading acquisition involves learning to associate visual symbols with spoken language. Multiple lines of evidence indicate that instruction on the relationship between spellings and sounds may be particularly important.However...
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Reading at Risk
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
Reading may be in jeopardy as we advance along the information superhighway. Is literacy to be technology's first roadkill?
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Reading Is, Like, You Know, Sooooo Gross!
Mark Y. Herring
Jan 01, 0001
"Huge Decline in Book Reading" ran one headline. "Cultural Atrophy!" read another. "Study Links Drop in Test Scores to a Decline Spent in Reading" ran one for the "Duh!" award. "Americans are Closing the Book on Reading" said...
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Mark Twain Circle of America Welcomes Winthrop Professor as President
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
The Mark Twain Circle is the most important academic association of Twain scholars and enthusiasts with more than 200 members internationally. Bird's first book on Twain, "Mark Twain and Metaphor," published in 2007.
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The Effects of Two Computer-Based Reading Software Programs on Student Reading Performance
Reading below grade level at the elementary level continues to be an ongoing nationwide trend in many schools. With an increasing amount of struggling readers and the rising use of educational technology, it is important for...
Vocabulary in ESL Reading
Yushuo Zhang
Dec 20, 2018
Vocabulary learning is of great importance for learners’ language acquisition. All language learners learn new words through receptive skills: listening and reading. Of the two, reading has the advantage of providing visual...
Vocabulary in ESL Reading
Yushuo Zhang
Dec 20, 2018
Vocabulary learning is of great importance for learners’ language acquisition. All language learners learn new words through receptive skills: listening and reading. Of the two, reading has the advantage of providing visual...
Survey of Reading Promotion of Public Libraries in China
Reading promotion is a key service of the public library. This article investigates the current state of reading promotion in public libraries in China. There were 86 public libraries chosen as a sample. The research finds that...
Metalinguistic contribution to reading comprehension
This study examined the within- and cross-language metalinguistic contribution of three components of metalinguistic awareness (i.e., phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and syntactic awareness) to reading...
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Unusual clinical presentation of cryptococcus in an immunocompetent cat
This case report describes an atypical presentation of cryptococcal infection in a cat initially presented with multiple persistent pruritic exudative skin lesions, which did not subside following administration of...
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The Effects of Two Computer-Based Reading Software Programs on Student Reading Performance
Reading below grade level at the elementary level continues to be an ongoing nationwide trend in many schools. With an increasing amount of struggling readers and the rising use of educational technology, it is important for...
Gamified E-Reading Experiences and Their Impact on Reading Comprehension and Attitude in EFL Classes
Aysegul Kaban
Jul 01, 2021
The use of computers and electronic devices for recreational reading and for reading in educational settings has gone up significantly in recent years. Whereas the digital revolution is rapidly changing the world, it is also...
Reading Promoters' Training
Lihua Wang, Fei Yang
Jan 01, 2020
In order to make reading promotion more professional and qualified, some libraries and associations in China are training reading promoters. The Pudong Library of Shanghai is a typical case. This article summarizes the theory...
The Effects of Two Computer-Based Reading Software Programs on Student Reading Performance
Reading below grade level at the elementary level continues to be an ongoing nationwide trend in many schools. With an increasing amount of struggling readers and the rising use of educational technology, it is important for...
Developing reading comprehension with moving image narratives
Fiona Maine, Robin Shields
Jan 01, 0001
This paper reports the findings from a small-scale exploratory study that investigated how moving-image narratives might enable children to develop transferable reading comprehension strategies. Using short, animated, narrative...
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Developing reading comprehension with moving image narratives
Fiona Maine, Robin Shields
Jan 01, 0001
This paper reports the findings from a small-scale exploratory study that investigated how moving-image narratives might enable children to develop transferable reading comprehension strategies. Using short, animated, narrative...
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White spaces, music notation and the facilitation of sight-reading.
Arild Stenberg, Ian Cross
Mar 21, 2019
The use of interword separation has consistently been proven to enhance fluency in reading language scripts. At the same time, neurophysiological evidence has shown that music and language scripts can activate very similar...
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Cohesion
The purpose of this text, or should we say guide, is to help all students in English composition classes - whether stand-alone or coupled with reading courses - understand the connections and the cohesive aspect of reading and...
Metalinguistic contribution to reading comprehension
This study examined the within- and cross-language metalinguistic contribution of three components of metalinguistic awareness (i.e., phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and syntactic awareness) to reading...
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Cohesion
The purpose of this text, or should we say guide, is to help all students in English composition classes - whether stand-alone or coupled with reading courses - understand the connections and the cohesive aspect of reading and...
Reading beyond Cognitive Meaning
S Davis
Jun 29, 2017
The twenty-first century ‘memory boom’ in Spain has resulted in a plethora of narratives in which the Civil War and the early years of Franco’s dictatorship feature prominently. Studies of these works have addressed...
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Reading Professor Tapped as New Thompson Scholar
Winthrop University
Jan 01, 0001
Helf, an assistant professor of reading in the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, has participated in the statewide literacy reform discussions for the past three years and followed the passage last summer of the Read to...
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