[FamilyLiteracy] Re: [NIFL-FAMILY:2186] Need for research participantsJohn Nissen jn at cloudworld.co.ukWed Nov 2 13:07:07 EST 2005
Hello Izabella, Wouldn't one of the key factors be the teacher and teaching method? Wouldn't it also be interesting to hear the teacher's view - why some students succeeded and others failed? Cheers from Chiswick, John John Nissen Cloudworld Ltd - http://www.cloudworld.co.uk maker of the assistive reader, WordAloud. Try WordAloud with synthetic phonics: http://www.cloudworld.co.uk/teaching-synthetic-phonics.htm Tel: +44 208 742 3170 Fax: +44 208 742 0202 Email: info at cloudworld.co.uk ----- Original Message ----- From: "Izabella Waszkielewicz" <nova.iza at gmail.com> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-family at literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2005 10:44 PM Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:2186] Need for research participants > Dear colleagues, > > On behalf of Dr. Alisa Belzer at Rutgers University, I am trying to > recruit adult literacy students for a research study. We would like > to learn from adults who made very significant progress in their > reading development (say from below a 4.0 to GED, or close to it) what > they think were the key factors (people, events, activities, > materials, etc), that enabled them to accomplish this. We are hoping > that by learning directly from learners, we might develop some really > helpful and unique implications for practice. > > However, to do this, we need to find learners who fit the description. > This is where we would like some help and input from you. If you or > anyone you know can put us in touch with learners who moved from being > very low level readers to ones who read quite well now and were able > to get over the literacy "hump," it would help us tremendously. We > are looking for around 10 adults who fit this description. Each will > be interviewed for about an hour and will receive $50 for their time. > Please e-mail me if you know of students who would be interested in > participating, have other suggestions for identifying students who > would be helpful for this study, or have questions. My email address > is nova.iza at gmail.com > > Thanks! > Izabella Waszkielewicz > Graduate Assistant > > > -- > Izabella I. Waszkielewicz >
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