Browsing by Subject "children"
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An Analysis of African American Characters in Coretta Scott King & Carter G. Woodson Award Winning Books Published Between 1990 and 2000
(2004)The purpose of this literary analysis was to examine the portrayal of African Americans in fiction and nonfiction books published between the years of 1990 to 2000 written for fourth through sixth grade students. Research ... -
An Analysis of the Portrayal of Handicapped/Disabled Individuals in Children's Literature
(2000)The purpose of this study is to analyze children's and adolescent literature that features characters who are challenged by physical, emotional, or educational disabilities. Research supports the use of literature ... -
An Analysis of the Portrayal of Work in Children's Literature
(2003)The purpose of this study was to examine occupations, career ambitions, and work conflicts of characters in books selected and read by children themselves. The Children's Choices books were a body of literature selected ... -
A Bibliotherapeutic Analysis of Childhood Risk Factors and Coping Mechanisms in Newbery Award-Winning Literature
(2001)The purpose of this study is to analyze childhood risk factors and coping mechanisms in main characters of Newbery award-winning books. Newbery Medal and Honor books from 1991-2001 were chosen for this study. A ... -
Bullying: A Content Analysis of Literature by Judy Blume and Jerry Spinelli
(2005)The purpose of this study was to analyze children's literature authored by Judy Blume and Jerry Spinelli to determine how the issue of bullying is presented in children's literature. A content analysis of selected ... -
Childhood Bipolar Disorder: The Design of a Resource Guide for Teachers
(2004)The purpose of this study was to create a resource guide that teachers could use to assist them in working with children with bipolar disorder. Much of the literature regarding bipolar disorder was read, reviewed, and ... -
A Content Analysis of Caldecott Books for Use with Social Studies Standards
(2000)This study is a content analysis of the 20 Caldecott Medal books for the years 1980-1999 to determine which of the 10 themes of the National Council of Social Studies standards are addressed in the content of each book. ... -
Content Analysis of Multicultural Themes in the Carter G. Woodson Book Award Winners from 1995-2005
(2005)The purpose of this study was twofold. One purpose was to investigate the extent to which the latest decade of middle and secondary level Carter G. Woodson Book award winners deal with specific multicultural themes. The ... -
A Descriptive Study of the Word Identification Strategies Used by Proficient and Non-Proficient First Grade Readers
(2004)The purpose of this study was to determine the word identification strategies utilized by proficient and non-proficient first grade readers. All word identification strategies were placed into two categories, word analysis ... -
Development and Testing of an Evaluation Tool for Early Foreign Language Instruction
(1999)Many recommendations have been made regarding early foreign language instruction and more particularly the ability of children to learn a foreign language. Researchers and foreign language specialists developed methods to ... -
Do Translated Hispanic Folktales Meet the Criteria for Outstanding Children's Books?
(1999)A checklist was used in this content analysis of translated Hispanic folktales to determine which books met the criteria for outstanding children's books originally published in Spanish. The checklist was derived from the ... -
Evaluating Children's Literature to Support Social Studies Curricula
(2007)This study examined the benefits of integrating children's literature into the social studies curriculum and provided criteria for assessing the value of individual books in relation to curricular standards according to ... -
Evaluating the Appropriateness of Japanese Translated Folktales for Use in American Multicultural Education
(2000)Quality Japanese translated children's folktales should be accepted with the standards created by the American Library Association (ALA). However, ALA has not made criteria to evaluate translated children's folktales. ... -
An Examination of the Portrayal of the Elderly in Selected Children's Literature
(2003)Dodson and Hause's (1981) ageism in literature analysis form was used to evaluate 40 American Library Association children's notable picture books for younger readers from 1996-2002. The analysis form consisted of 15 ... -
Identifying Desirable Attributes of Nursery Rhyme Books to be Used to Foster Literacy from Birth through Elementary School
(2000)This study analyzes 56 collections of nursery rhymes to determine the extent to which they can promote literacy in children from birth through elementary school. The study categorizes the books by attributes for each of ... -
Incorporating Creative Drama and Literature in a Classroom Production
(2004)The purpose of this case study was to describe a performance that incorporated children's literature and creative drama. The performance was observed and recorded for teachers to use and incorporate into their classrooms. ... -
Integrating Children's Literature into Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language Curriculum
(2011)The purpose of this project was to integrate children's literature into the teaching Chinese as a foreign language curriculum for students in their beginning level of learning Chinese. Through literature review and ... -
The Portrayal of the African-American in Children's Literature
(1995)The focus of this study is the portrayal of African-Americans found in children's literature in an urban elementary school library in Southeastern Wisconsin. The purpose of this content analysis is to review how African-American ... -
Selecting Children's Literature for an English Curriculum Using Junior High English XI
(2006)This study selected children's literature for an English language curriculum, using the English textbook Junior High English. The study was based on the urban Chinese English curriculum outlines. This study integrated ... -
A Self-Assessment Questionnaire to Measure Dreamer Personality Traits
(2001)In 1996, Drs. Dana Scott Spears and Ron L. Braund wrote a book entitled, Strong Willed Child or Dreamer? In it, they described a particular personality type in children that is often misunderstood and mistaken for ...
