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This study aimed to evaluate an intervention designed to raise standards in spelling and independent writing.
Abstract:
This paper considers evidence from an intervention designed to raise standards in spelling and independent writing. The Complete Spelling Programme (McMurray and Fleming, 1998) is designed to ensure that all processes involved in learning to spell are activated and that the interaction between them is facilitated. In addition, a number of innovative features within the programme's more...
International Classification:
Education
Categories:
raise standards in spelling
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Support for Learning,
Vol: 21 Page: 100-107 2006
Sharon McMurray
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The aim of the study was to examine the impact of social disadvantage on motor development in young children.
Abstract:
Empirical research suggests that social disadvantage has a negative effect on the development of language, and related cognitive skills such as reading. There is, however, no corresponding body of research on the impact of social disadvantage on motor development. The primary purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of social disadvantage on motor development in young more...
International Classification:
Growth and development
Categories:
motor development
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry,
Vol: 48 Page: 1214-1222 2007
Martin McPhillips; Julie-Anne Jordan-Black
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The aim of this study was to discuss issues of masculinity and violence in the lives of young men in disadvantaged areas in Northern Ireland.
Abstract:
This article explores issues of masculinity and violence in the lives of young men in disadvantaged areas in Northern Ireland. Qualitative data were collected in four focus groups, one group of young men from the Catholic community, one group of young men from the Protestant community, one group of community representatives, and one group of Young Offenders (N=28). Themes were extracted more...
International Classification:
Focus groups - issues of masculinity in disadvantaged areas
Categories:
masculinity; violence
Geography:
Northern Ireland
Journal of Social Issues,
Vol: 60 Page: 469-484 2004
Jacqueline Reilly; Orla T. Muldoon; Clare Byrne
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