Effective Strategies for Children with Dyslexia
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Explore techniques and resources to assist children with dyslexia in learning and development. Discover innovative approaches and research findings in this specialized area.
Effective Strategies for Children with Dyslexia
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FirstSearch http://firstsearch.org
KUM Trial Info • Authorization: 100-204-129 • Password: JULY07-KUM
Searching In F/S • Children and dyslexia • ………same as……… • Children dyslexia
Indexes and Labels • Each Index has a label • Labels with colons (:) are KEYWORD Indexes • ti: sh: au: • Labels with Equal Signs (=) are Bound Phrase Labels • ti= sh= au=
Indexing • Keyword -- Each significant word in a field is indexed independently of all other words • Phrase -- The entire field is indexed as a whole. Very exact, precise way to search.
Searching • To search by Author: • au:bill clinton • au=clinton, bill • To search by Title: • ti:gone wind • ti=gone with the wind
Searching • To search by subject: • sh:business ethics • de:instructional methods • sh=business ethics • de=instructional methods
Searching via Boolean • Children and dyslexia • Retrieves records with both children and dyslexia in the record • Dyslexia or learning disabilities (synonyms) • Retrieves records with either term in the record • Clothes dryers not gas • Retrieves records with clothes dryers but not the word gas in the record (excludes concepts/terms)
Looking Up Words in an Index • Wordlist/Browse Index: • sh=short stories, american • de=teaching methods • Allows for “behind the scenes” viewing
Plurals in F/S • To retrieve: • Doctor and doctors • Smith and smith’s • Church and churches • Baby and babies • Use: • Doctor+ • Smith+ • Church+ • (baby or babies)
With/Near • To retrieve terms adjacent to each other with the first term first: computer w programmer • To retrieve terms adjacent to each other, but in any order: furniture n making • Add a number to replace Stopwords • Gone w2 wind = gone with the wind • Ross n1perot = perot, h ross or h rossperot
Stupid Computer You Type: ti:war and peace au:D.W. Griffith Computer Understands: ti: war and peace au: d with Griffith
So…. You want: ti:war and peace au:D.W. Griffith You type: ti:war “and” peace au:d “w” griffith
…tell the stupid computer what to do! You must put “ “ around AND, OR, NOT, W, N ..if you want the dumb computer to search for these terms