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Turkan, Sultan; Bicknell, Jerome; Croft, Andrew – ETS Research Report Series, 2012
This paper is a review of literature presenting instructional strategies--based on normative as well as empirical arguments--which have proven to be effective in envisioning what "all" teachers need to know and be able to do to teach English language arts (ELA) to English language learners (ELLs). The studies selected for review address…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Literacy Education, Language Arts, Teaching Methods
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Blanton, William E.; Wood, Karen D.; Taylor, D. Bruce – Reading Psychology, 2007
Research on subject matter instruction across the 20th century (e.g., Stevens, 1912; Bellack, 1966; Hoetker & Ahlbrand; 1969; Gall, 1970; Langer, 1999; Mehan, 1979; Nystrand, 1997;) reveals a preponderance of teacher-directed lecture, recitation, and round-robin reading of text in place of instruction that focuses on reading-to-learn, thinking,…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Educational Strategies, Middle Schools, Reading Research