Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j97GYhG16113; Fri, 7 Oct 2005 12:34:43 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 12:34:43 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20051007123224.00d7ec58@mail.psnyc.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Mariann Fedele <mariannf@lacnyc.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3797] Re: Technology versus print Reading X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.6 (32) Status: O Content-Length: 1542 Lines: 50 Thank you Tina and there is no need to apologize. I was precisely hoping to continue the conversation further and you got the ball rolling! Coming up 2-3 grade levels in a month is pretty outstanding. Are their grade levels coming up based on pre and post-test results on a standardized instrument like the TABE test or are they showing gain based on the Reading Power Modules' assessment of their performance using the software itself? How do you prepare your students to work from the software rrather then from workbooks? Are they intially resistant? Regards, Mariann At 12:18 PM 10/7/2005 -0400, you wrote: > >Hi NIFL listserv, Please forgive me for continuing this conversation briefly, but here at Yavapai College we have seen a marked increase in Reading educational gains after implementing Reading Power Modules, a reading software program, into our GED curriculum. Most students come up 2-3 grade levels within a month, and they are so much more engaged in the subject, over having them work out of the GED workbooks. This evidence is merely pragmatic success at our program, not documented research, but I thought it might be worth sharing with everyone. Thanks, Tina Luffman >Tina Luffman >Instructional Specialist, ABE-GED >Verde Valley Campus >634-6544 >tina_luffman@yc.edu > Mariann Fedele Coordinator of Professional Development, Literacy Assistance Center Moderator, NIFL Technology and Literacy Discussion List 32 Broadway 10th Floor New York, New York 10004 212-803-3325 mariannf@lacnyc.org www.lacnyc.org
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