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Direct linkAlfred W. Tatum – Reading Teacher, 2024
Discussions and practices focused on Black boys' literacy development and equity in U.S. classrooms require serious thought and interrogation if the aim is to move these boys toward advanced levels of reading, writing, intellectual development, and human development. Sorely, Black boys have become subjects of educational, programming, and policy…
Descriptors: African American Students, Males, Literacy, Literacy Education
Peer reviewedJensen, Julie M.; Roser, Nancy – Elementary School Journal, 1987
Describes a language arts program and defines a basal reader; the considerable mismatch between the two is argued from the viewpoint of several pedagogical concerns. Illustrates these concerns by a report of the work of informed, decision-making teachers who use basals as only one of many resources. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Elementary Education, Elementary School Teachers, Instructional Improvement
Download full textReading Today, 1999
Serving as a preface for a position statement on adolescent literacy by the International Reading Association, this article argues that assigning adolescent literacy a higher priority in the literacy community's value system is an idea whose time has very nearly come. It briefly relates the content of two earlier articles published in "Reading…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Intellectual Development, Needs Assessment
Moore, David W.; Bean, Thomas W.; Birdyshaw, Deanna; Rycik, James A. – 1999
Many people do not recognize reading development as a continuum, but the literacy needs of the adolescent reader are far different from those of primary-grade children. This position paper discusses some of those literacy needs and outlines seven principles supporting adolescents' literacy growth. Adolescents deserve: (1) access to a wide variety…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Intellectual Development, Needs Assessment
Estes, Thomas H. – 1978
The central feature of language is symbolic meaning, and the act of reading is a part of the symbolic process that characterizes human life. Meaning occurs as a result of interpretation in a context, not as a result of response or reaction. Signs have a literal meaning in a specific context, while symbols have a figurative meaning in an implicit…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Comprehension, Intellectual Development, Language
Decker, Barbara C.; Silverman, Fredrick L. – 1986
Effective teaching strategies must be developed to help students bridge the gap between concrete operational thinking and full formal thinking in the content areas. Reading for meaning requires readers to categorize subjects, recognize relationships, develop and maintain a sequence of thought, recognize and understand inferences, and draw…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking
