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Tribal College Writing: The Bumpy Road to Success

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Barbara Komlos
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 26, no. 4, Tribal College Governance, Summer, 2015
Looks at how students acquire skills to satisfy writing expectations and get their voices heard as writers.
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The Trouble With "The"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
David F. Beer
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 4, no. 3, May 1965, pp. [13-15]
Discusses the history and usage patterns of the word "the", which cause difficulties for non-English speakers.
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A Tutoring-Counseling Program for Indian Students in College

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
C. M. Charles
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 1, no. 3, May 1962, pp. [10-12]
Describes a one-on-one program in which graduate students assisted undergraduates in the area of English language proficiency.
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Understanding Technical Language: A Literature Review

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Patti LaBoucane-Benson
Fiona Hossack
Aim of the review was to answer two questions: Does the general public understand technical language? Is there evidence that minorities have less of an understanding?
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The Unfinished Stories of Two First Nations Mothers

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Maryam Moayeri
Jane Smith
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, vol. 53, no. 5, February 2010, pp. 408-417
Looks at the lives of two aboriginal women whose past experiences in residential schools have influenced their present literacy practices.
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USDE Violations of NALA and the Testing Boycott at Nāwahīokalani'ōpu'u School

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William H. Wilson
Journal of American Indian Education, vol. 51, no. 3, The Native American Languages Act of 1990/1992 - Retrospect and Prospects, 2012, pp. 30-45
Looks at a school that for 14 years has produced 100 percent high school graduation and 80 percent college attendance but is federally required to test students in English rather than the language they are taught in.
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Using Computer-Based Instruction to Improve Indigenous Early Literacy in Northern Australia: A Quasi-Experimental Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer Wolgemuth
Robert Savage
Janet Helmer
Tess Lea
Helen Harper ... [et al.]
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, vol. 27, no. 4, 2011, pp. [727]-750
Evaluation of web-based reading support tool, ABRACADABRA, took place over one semester in primary schools in 2009. Found that students who had used tool scored significantly higher in phonological awareness than those in the control group.
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Using Data to Monitor Early Literacy Development

E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Elizabeth A. Sloat
Joan F. Beswick
Aboriginal Policy Research, vol. 6

Overview of monitoring program developed and tested by university researchers in collaboration with 26 schools. Chapter one from Learning, Technology, and Traditions, which is vol. 6 in the Aboriginal Policy Research series. Originally presented at the third annual Aboriginal Policy Research Conference, 2009.

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The Value of Perseverance: Using Dakota Culture to Teach Mathematics

Articles » General
Author/Creator
AnnMaria De Mars
Erich Longie
Transmotion, vol. 4, no. 2, Genocide Special Issue, December 30, 2018, pp. 113-131
Article discusses the integration of Dakota values into the video game Spirit Lake: The Game for the purpose of teaching mathematics, and examines the efficacy of the game for improving learning outcomes for on-reserve youth.
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A Walk on the Tundra: Book Study

Alternate Title
A Walk on the Tundra: Senior Book Study
Uqalimaarummaq Reader
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Arctic College
Teacher's resource for unit which strengthens students' literacy and communication skills while they learn about local plants, the environment, and their community.
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A Walk on the Tundra: Junior Book Study

Alternate Title
A Walk on the Tundra Book Study
Uqalimaarummaq Reader
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Arctic College
Teacher's resource for use with Grades 3, 4, and 5 primary students. Unit designed to strengthen students' literacy and communication skills while learning about local plants, the environment, and their community.
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Walking with Aalasi: Book Study

Alternate Title
Walking with Aalasi: Senior Book Study
Uqalimaarummaq Reader ; 7
Walking with Aalasi Field Study
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Arctic College
Designed to improve students' literacy and communication skills while learning about eighteen plants commonly found across Nunavut.
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Walking with Aalasi: Field Study

Alternate Title
Walking with Aalasi: Book Study
Uqalimaarummaq Reader ; 7
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Nunavut Arctic College

Series of activities centred around traditional Inuit plant use. Part of the Adult Basic Education program in Nunavut.

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What Really Matters in Family Literacy? Research Findings - Year One

Alternate Title
McDowell Foundation Research Project ; no. 181
Teaching and Learning Research Exchange
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Linda Wason-Ellam
Joanie Crandall
McDowell Foundation Research Project
Discusses research project activities including literature review of family literacy, assessment of literacy programs in Saskatchewan, environment mapping, and the development of a province wide online survey tool.
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Whose English Counts?: Indigenous English in Saskatchewan Schools

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrea Sterzuk
McGill Journal of Education, vol. 43, no. 1, Winter, 2008, pp. 9-20
Focuses on how students' educational attainment is affected by differences in home and school dialects, and the impact of inadequate assessment and evaluation by teachers and speech practitioners.
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Writing the Talking Stick: Alphabetic Literacy as Colonial Technology and Postcolonial Appropriation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Laura E. Donaldson
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 22, no. 1/2, Winter-Spring, 1998, pp. 46-62
The author uses Out of the Depths, Isabel Knockwood’s autobiography about her time in Indian Residential School, to discuss English alphabet writing as a colonizing tool and as consider different ways that Indigenous peoples have appropriated English writing as a form of cultural survivance.
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