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Peer reviewedHenson, Janice; Gilles, Carol – Language Arts, 2003
Shares the author's minute-by-minute decisions in working with an alienated student whose beliefs about reading created a wall of resistance to learning. Notes the student's beliefs about his learning potential and his lack of strategies were at the root of his reading problems. Concludes that before alienated students can overcome the restrictive…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Education, Learning Strategies, Self Efficacy
Peer reviewedCaswell, Linda J.; Duke, Nell K. – Language Arts, 1998
Presents case studies of two struggling reader/writers who found a "way in" to the world of literacy through nonnarrative texts. Argues for greater attention to nonnarrative in early literacy education. (SR)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Learning Strategies, Literacy, Nonfiction
