20-421: Frank Smith may refer to: Academia [ edit ] Frank Smith (psycholinguist) , American psycholinguist, researcher of educational systems and the nature of learning Frank Edward Smith (1876–1970), British physicist Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Frank Smith (animator) (1911–1975), American animator Frank Smith (General Hospital) ,
40-648: A century before lunch for Canterbury, and hit 155 in 62 minutes in a club game in Christchurch. Smith attended Christchurch Boys' High School , where in 1940 he received the Deans Scholarship, which is awarded annually to a boy in his final year "who in the highest degree exhibits the qualities of intellect, athletic ability, leadership and character". He served in the New Zealand Army in World War II as
60-488: A "language experience," where the reader interacts with the text/content and this in turn facilitates the link – "knowledge" – between the text and meaning. The emphasis is on the process or comprehension of the text. Brun Smith Frank Brunton Smith (13 March 1922 – 6 July 1997) was a New Zealand cricketer who played in four Tests between 1947 and 1952. He played first-class cricket for Canterbury from 1946 to 1953. His father Frank played for Canterbury in
80-772: A 1905 bank whose building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright Sir Frank Ewart Smith (1897–1995), deputy chairman Imperial Chemical Industries, and chief engineer of armament for Britain during WWIl Frank Smith (1880-1967), founder of The Smith's Snackfood Company in 1920 Government and politics [ edit ] Frank Smith (Canadian politician) (1822–1901), Canadian senator and businessman Frank Smith (Florida settler) , Florida state representative and settler Frank Smith (D.C. Council) (born 1942), civil rights activist and politician in Washington, D.C. Frank Smith (Montana politician) (born 1942), Montana state senator Frank Smith (Connecticut politician) , member of
100-747: A fictional character on the American soap opera General Hospital Frank Smith (musician) (1927–1974), Australian jazz musician Officer Frank Smith, fictional police detective, played by Ben Alexander, in the 1951 TV series Dragnet Frank Hill Smith (1842–1904), American artist and interior designer Frank Kingston Smith , Jr., American radio personality Frank Kingston Smith Sr. (1919–2003), American author and criminal attorney Frank Vining Smith (1879–1967), American marine painter Frank H. Smith , American media executive and producer Business [ edit ] Francis Marion Smith (1846–1931), borax mining magnate Frank L. Smith Bank ,
120-469: Is a synthesis of psycholinguistic and cognitive psychology research applied to reading. Working from diverse perspectives, Frank Smith and Kenneth S. Goodman developed the theory of a unified single reading process that comprises an interaction between reader, text and language. On the whole, Smith's writing challenges conventional teaching and diverts from popular assumptions about reading. Apart from his research in language, his research interests included
140-688: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Frank Smith (psycholinguist) Frank Smith (b. London, England, 1928–d. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 2020) was a British psycholinguist recognized for his contributions in linguistics and cognitive psychology. He was an essential contributor to research on the nature of the reading process together with researchers such as George Armitage Miller , Kenneth S. Goodman , Paul A. Kolers, Jane W. Torrey, Jane Mackworth, Richard Venezky, Robert Calfee, and Julian Hochberg . Smith and Goodman are founders of whole language approach for reading instruction. He
160-988: The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education for twelve years, professor of language in education at the University of Victoria , British Columbia as well as professor and department head of applied English language studies at the University of the Witwatersrand , South Africa. Before taking the position at the Ontario Institute, Smith briefly worked at the Southwest Regional Laboratory in Los Alamitos , California . He died on 29 December 2020, in Victoria, B.C . Smith's research made important contributions to
180-520: The 1920s; Brun's son Geoff played for Canterbury in the 1970s. An aggressive middle-order batsman , Brun Smith played for Canterbury in the Plunket Shield from 1946–47 to 1952–53. After scoring 106 out of a Canterbury total of 194 against Auckland in January 1947, he made his Test debut against England a few weeks later, scoring 18. He was not in the original selected team, but was included just before
200-781: The 1930s, and 1940s Frank Smith Jr. , rugby league footballer of the 1960s Frank Smith (Canadian football) (born 1931), played in the 1950s, coached UBC to five conference titles Frank Smith (American football) (born 1981), American football coach Other [ edit ] Frank Elmer Smith (1864–1943), American Medal of Honor recipient Frank E. Smith, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers See also [ edit ] Francis Smith (disambiguation) Frank Smyth (1891–1972), New Zealand rugby union player Frank Smythe (1900–1949), British mountaineer Franklin W. Smith (1826–1911), American abolitionist [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
220-415: The 1951–52 season and led them to victory in the Plunket Shield . Dick Brittenden said, "Smith's batting was always violent, usually brilliant. Not that it was always a sound proposition." In 1952 The Cricketer 's New Zealand correspondent noted that, while the 1951-52 Plunket Shield season was characterized by an excess of cautious batting, "Smith, perhaps, went to the other extreme". He once scored
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#1733084775022240-888: The Connecticut House of Representatives Frank Owens Smith (1859–1924), U.S. representative from Maryland Frank L. Smith (1867–1950), U.S. representative from Illinois Frank G. Smith (1872–1950), justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court Frank Ellis Smith (1918–1997), U.S. representative from Mississippi Frank Smith (British politician) (1854–1940), British Christian Socialist politician Frank Smith (New South Wales politician) (1852–1910), New South Wales politician Frank Smith (South Australian politician) (1888–1948), South Australian politician Frank L. Smith (New York politician) (1851–1926), American farmer and politician from New York Frank Smith (Kansas politician) (born 1952), member of
260-1289: The Kansas state legislature Frank J. Smith (Illinois politician) (1893–?) Sports [ edit ] Brun Smith (Frank Brunton Smith, 1922–1997), New Zealand cricketer Frank Smith (cricketer, born 1893) (1893–1975), New Zealand cricketer Frank Smith (1900s pitcher) (1879–1952), Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher Frank Smith (1950s pitcher) (1928–2005), MLB pitcher Frank Smith (Australian rules footballer) (1905–1968), Australian footballer for Melbourne Frank Smith (catcher) (1857–1928), MLB catcher Frank Smith (footballer, born 1889) (1889–1982), English footballer Frank Smith (footballer, born 1897) (1897–1988), English footballer Frank Smith (footballer, born 1936) , English football goalkeeper Frank Smith (ice hockey) (1894–1964), Canadian ice hockey administrator Frank Smith (rugby union) (1886–1954), Australian rugby union player and Olympic gold medalist Frank Smith (sailor) , British Olympic sailor Frank Smith (umpire) (1872–1943), English cricketer and Test umpire Frank M. Smith , American yacht racer Frank M. Smith Jr. (1927–1998), American sports broadcasting executive Frank Smith Sr. , rugby league footballer of
280-540: The development of reading theory. His book Understanding Reading: A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Reading and Learning to Read is regarded as a fundamental text in the development of the now discredited whole language movement. Amongst others, Smith's research and writings in psycholinguistics inspired cognitive psychologists Keith Stanovich and Richard West's research into the role of context in reading. Smith's work, in particular Understanding Reading: A Psycholinguistic Analysis of Reading and Learning to Read ,
300-515: The match to replace the injured Stewie Dempster . His highest first-class score was 153 for Canterbury against Otago in Christchurch in the 1948–49 season, when his 392 runs at 56.00 helped Canterbury to win the Plunket Shield. Smith toured England in 1949 , scoring 1008 runs at 28.00, and playing two Tests. In the First Test at Headingley he scored 96 in two hours in the first innings and 54 in
320-542: The psychological, social and cultural consequences of human technology. Smith advocated the concept that "children learn to read by reading". In 1975 he participated in a television documentary filmed by Stephen Rose for the BBC Horizon TV series while based at the Toronto Institute for Studies in Education. The programme focused on his work with a single 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 -year-old child called Matthew. He
340-405: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank_Smith&oldid=1256431841 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
360-749: The second. He made 23 in the Second Test, and was then replaced by John Reid , who was making his Test debut, for the Third and Fourth Tests. Smith played in the First Test against the West Indies at Christchurch in 1951–52, top-scoring in the second innings with 37 despite a strained leg muscle. It was his last Test. For many years his Test average of 47.40 placed him third (after Stewie Dempster and Martin Donnelly ) among New Zealanders with 200 or more Test runs. He succeeded Walter Hadlee as captain of Canterbury during
380-496: Was against the 1970s idea that children should first learn the letters and letter combinations that convey the English language's forty-four sounds (Clymer's 45 phonic generalizations ) and then they can read whole words by decoding them from their component phonemes. This "sounding out" words is a phonics , rather than a whole language , technique which is rooted in intellectual independence. The whole-language theory explained reading as
400-586: Was the author of numerous books. Frank Smith was born in England in 1928 and lived on Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada. He started out as reporter and editor for several media publications in Europe and Australia before commencing undergraduate studies at the University of Western Australia . He received a PhD in Psycholinguistics from Harvard University in 1967. Smith held positions as professor at
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