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Jacobs, George M.; Renandya, Willy A. – Online Submission, 2015
This article begins by explaining the student centered learning paradigm. Next, the article explains various features of a student centered approach to education and how extensive reading (ER), as it is most often practiced, fits with those features. The bulk of the article suggests how ER might be implemented to make it even more learner centered.
Descriptors: Student Centered Learning, Reading Habits, Reading Instruction, Models
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Wedwick, Linda; Wutz, Jessica – Voices from the Middle, 2006
When the authors realized that successful book selection is not a natural skill for all learners, they developed a tool to support self-selection of independent reading material without book leveling. This tool is called BOOKMATCH, and it supports readers for whom book selection is "complicated." BOOKMATCH is an acronym in which each letter…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Independent Reading, Reading Material Selection, Evaluation Criteria