Bangladesh has one of the highest densities of livestock in the world with 145 large ruminants per square kilometer. Dairy is the most important sector of livestock industry in Bangladesh that provides greater part of animal source protein for human consumption. Lifetime productivity of cows largely depends on their individual reproductive performance. In most countries, the primary objective of a reproductive control program in a dairy herd is to have each cow calve and produce a live calf in every 12 months. Like in many other countries, poor reproductive efficiency has been considered to be the major limiting factors in medium and large scale market oriented dairying in Bangladesh for achieving this goal. This book highlighted the overall reproductive efficiency in main milk pocket area of Bangladesh combining both traditional and recent measures of reproductive indexes.
This book highlighted the overall reproductive efficiency in main milk pocket area of Bangladesh combining both traditional and recent measures of reproductive indexes.
The purpose of this multiple-case study was to investigate the importance of the use of a support system in which the math text is read to the students through the use of a text to speech engine (audio support system) embedded in a cognitive tutoring system. In addition this study investigated whether the use of an audio support system had any effect on the word problem solving performance of three struggling readers when they were presented with a seven-step process to solve word problems. Pre-assessments were carried out to determine whether the participants had reading difficulties in the areas of decoding, fluency and/or comprehension that may affect their math word problem solving performance. The results indicated that the embedded devices did facilitate the word problem solving skills of these struggling readers. The reading barriers were reduced or removed and the program allowed for individualization. The results also indicated that the participants utilized these embedded devices differently; however, there was not a significant difference comparatively in how these devices were used. Whether the students were successful in learning from this cognitive tutoring system is inconclusive. This program is written in such a way that the students are expected to solve the word problems correctly because the embedded devices made it almost impossible for the students to fail. Although the cognitive tutoring system appears to be an effective approach for providing ongoing practice and individualization, it appears that students would benefit from direct instruction from the classroom teacher who can help the students review their work, identify their own mistakes, make the necessary corrections, and bring about a more thorough understanding of the problem solving process.
Oral reading fluency is the ability to read aloud text with accuracy and speed.
Fluency plays an important role in the comprehension of text. Comprehension
deals with constructing meaning from what is read more than from recalling what
was ...
The results of the study revealed that the MARSI: Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory and selected student demographics had a significant relationship in only Reading Objectives 1, 3, and 4 of the TAKS Reading assessment. In contrast, the MARSI, and selected student demographics did not have a significant relationship to Reading Objective 2 on the TAKS Reading assessment.
The results of the study revealed that the MARSI: Metacognitive Awareness of Reading Strategies Inventory and selected student demographics had a significant relationship in only Reading Objectives 1, 3, and 4 of the TAKS Reading assessment ...
The purpose of this research is to document the correlations between reading skills and the mathematics performance, in particular on word problem solving. This research was carried out at a private school in El Paso, Texas. The sample population consists of fifty-eight students currently enrolled from six through eleventh grades. This study considers the Stanford Achievement Test scores imparted in March 2006. The Stanford Achievement Test is a multiple-choice assessment that facilitates educators to find out what students know and are able to do at the end of a school year. Six out of the fifty-eight students' problem solving sessions were recorded when solving four word problems chosen from the textbook. Results show that reading skills are correlated to mathematics but these correlations are not strong as one may think. Also, results from the student problem-solving sessions reveal that students may read and understand word problems having a high reading score yet they may have problems decoding and setting them up. This indicates that there may be another set of skills for student success in mathematics problem solving than the reading skills.
into four independent scores such as Synonyms, Multiple Meaning of Words,
Context Clues, and Thinking Skills. Every story or poem in the Reading Comprehension section is followed by a set of questions. A sample question
referring to a ...
The findings from the present study outline the need to develop culturally appropriate assessments and learning environments for culturally and linguistically diverse student populations, specifically African-American students, in the area of reading comprehension and literacy education.
The findings from the present study outline the need to develop culturally appropriate assessments and learning environments for culturally and linguistically diverse student populations, specifically African-American students, in the area ...
The second goal, the analysis of task influence, involves an investigation of the interaction between proficiency level and task complexity, i.e., how learners of different proficiencies respond differentially to pedagogic tasks depending on the cognitive demands of the tasks. For this purpose, oral performances elicited by a (dynamic) narrative and a (static) picture description task are compared.
3.3.2 Wigglesworth (2001) Wigglesworth, in an effort to quantify the effects of
variables on assessment task difficulty, conducted a study ... Speech samples
were rated in terms of grammar, fluency, cohesion and communicative
effectiveness.
Student Performance in Reading, Mathematics and Science
This first volume of PISA 2009 survey results provides comparable data on 15-year-olds' performance on reading, mathematics and science across 65 countries.
PISA 2009 defines reading literacy as: understanding, using, reflecting on and
engaging with written texts, in order to achieve ... of the words, or it can be as
complex as comprehending the underlying theme of a lengthy argument or narrative.
-DOB_M = month of birth, DOB_Y = year of birth, FN2 - 1st 2 characters of first
name, FN3 = first 3 characters of first name, ... Using a non-character placeholder value for missing data for middle initial (and for all other data elements) allows
the ...
