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	Gottshall Early Reading Intervention: A phonics based approach to enhance the achievement of low performing, rural, first grade boys. Date: 2007-12 Creator: Gottshall, Dorothy Lee Description: Learning to read is critical for quality of life and success in our society. Children who cannot read well face unsuccessful educational careers and limited job choices. Recently, policy makers and educators have made progress toward increasing the reading achievement of America's children. Still up to 60% of boys who live in poverty cannot read or read two years below grade level. In this experimental study, I designed and examined the effects of the Gottshall Early Reading Intervention (GERI) to determine if direct instruction with a small group, phonics based approach would increase the literacy achievement of low performing, rural, first grade boys. Participants were selected according to Texas Primary Reading Inventory (TPRI) scores, matched them across race, ethnicity, and socio-economic status, and randomly assigned them to experimental/control group. Three times per week for 15 weeks, boys in the experimental group attended 30-minute pullout sessions taught by trained professionals in addition to classroom reading instruction. Control group members received classroom reading instruction only. Findings reveal no significant differences in reading gains across all variables. However, descriptive data indicate higher percentages of gains for the experimental group on four out of five reading components with rate of gain higher on fifth. Statistics also show that Hispanics are more likely to benefit. > more info

	[Stan Kenton and Mort Lewis] Date: 1952 Creator: Description: Stan Kenton shaking hands with assistant band boy Mort Lewis who is sitting in the driver's seat of a dark-colored convertible. There is a street in the background lined with buildings and cars. > more info

	[Kenton with band boys] Date: 19?? Creator: Description: Photograph of Stan Kenton with band boys Leo Curran (left) and possibly Frankie DiOrio (right). > more info

	Adolescent Psychopathy in an Adjudicated Male Population: The Role of Sensation Seeking, Impulsivity, and Externalizing Disorders Date: 2002-08 Creator: Vitacco, Michael J. Description: Psychopathy, as conceptualized by Cleckley (1941), describes a constellation of psychological and behavioral correlates including superficial charm, untruthfulness, lack of remorse or shame, poor judgment, and failure to learn from experience. Based on Cleckley's initial work, Hare (1991) developed a two-factor model of psychopathy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the roles that sensation seeking, impulsivity, ADHD, conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder have on adolescents classified as psychopaths. The participants consisted of 79 adjudicated male adolescents in a maximum-security facility. As hypothesized, adolescent male psychopaths had higher levels of sensation seeking, impulsivity, conduct disorder and oppositional defiant disorder. A discriminant function analysis found that sensation seeking, impulsivity, ADHD, Conduct Disorder, and Oppositional Defiant Disorder was moderately useful in classifying adolescent psychopathy. The results suggest that behavioral dysregulation is an important aspect of adolescent psychopathy. The relationship of these data to theories of adolescent psychopathy is discussed. > more info

	With your help China shall teach and lead her own. Date: [c. 1947] Creator: Christy, Howard Chandler, 1873-1952. Description: Color poster shows a painting of a Chinese woman and young boy in traditional Chinese clothing. The woman has black hair and wears a fitted green dress. The boy wears a black and red cap and a red shirt. He holds an open book. > more info

	4e Emprunt de la Défense Nationale : les souscriptions sont reçues sans frais à la Banque Privée .... Date: [1918] Creator: Falter, Marcel, b. 1866. Description: In the forefront is a drawing of a drummer boy marching with a look of surprise on his face. Hovering above and behind him is a female figure in a long dress. In the background are soldiers carrying tattered flags. > more info

	Buy war bonds : Third War Loan. Date: 1943 Creator: Keppler, Victor. Description: Color poster of a young boy with tears streaming from his eyes. He has a freckled face and wears a white short-sleeved shirt. Around his neck hangs a Medal of Honor (gold star on a blue ribbon). In his hand he holds a khaki soldier's cap. > more info

	Fight world famine : enroll in the Boys' Working Reserve. Date: Creator: United States Boys' Working Reserve. Description: A young man or boy stands next to a haystack, fighting off vultures with a pitch fork. He wears the uniform of the U.S. Boys' Working Reserve. > more info

	"Gosh! Look at 'em fly! My Pop helps make those planes. With flyers like that and workers like my Pop -- us Americans are sure gonna win this scrap!" : produce for victory! Date: 1942 Creator: Sheldon-Claire Co. Description: A young boy expresses amazement at American air power. He has a freckled face, blond hair, and wears a straw hat. > more info

	Every child needs a good school lunch : the War Food Administration will help your community start a school lunch program. Date: 1944 Creator: Johnson. Description: Color poster shows a graphic image of a boy and girl playing baseball. A school house can be seen in the background. In the foreground is superimposed a black & white photograph of a boy eating at a table. He has a plate of cooked food, a glass of milk, and fruit. He wears overalls and a striped shirt. > more info

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