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Callow, Jon – Reading Teacher, 2017
In the 21st century, our students increasingly communicate, connect, collaborate, and interact with diverse cultures and traditions around the world, so they need to develop global literacy. This department column highlights research and research-to-practice at the international level to bring global best teaching practices to the forefront.…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Literacy Education, Picture Books, Reader Response
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Harris, Karen R.; Graham, Steve; Friedlander, Barbara; Laud, Leslie – Reading Teacher, 2013
Learning to write is critical in today's world, yet many students are not developing the writing abilities they need to use writing as a powerful tool for learning and for showing what they know. Research indicates that failure to acquire strong writing abilities restricts opportunities for both post-secondary education and employment. This…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Teaching Methods, Writing Strategies, Academic Standards
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Stover, Katie; Kissel, Brian; Haag, Karen; Shoniker, Rebecca – Reading Teacher, 2011
Literacy coaches inspire teacher reflection and promote a culture of ongoing professional learning. This article illustrates the role of literacy coaches, describes how coaches differentiate support for a diverse group of teachers, and explains how teacher reflection can be a catalyst for change and professional growth. The authors, current and…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Teachers, Reading Instruction, Coaching (Performance)
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Cordova, Ralph A.; Matthiesen, Amanda L. – Reading Teacher, 2010
An inner-city second grade teacher-researcher and her university-based partner examine how she and her inner-city second graders learned to resist and expand the constraints of their mandated, scripted reading curriculum by exploring their neighborhood and classrooms as communities spaces for literacies learning. Drawing on an interactional…
Descriptors: Ethnography, Grade 2, Researchers, Teacher Researchers
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Wasik, Barbara A. – Reading Teacher, 2010
Language and, specifically, vocabulary development plays a critical role in early literacy development. This article describes Exceptional Coaching for Early Language and Literacy (ExCELL), which is a research-based, effective preschool program that focuses on developing Head Start enrollees' language and preliteracy skills. The ExCELL program…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Vocabulary, Emergent Literacy
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Blachowicz, Camille L. Z.; Buhle, Roberta; Ogle, Donna; Frost, Sharon; Correa, Amy; Kinner, Jodi Dodds – Reading Teacher, 2010
This paper describes the lessons learned from a five-year project to develop urban literacy coaches in a large, diverse, metropolitan school system. The narrative begins by reporting on the progress of the schools in the project, which documents gains exceeding both the state and the district gains. It further describes survey data from principals…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Goal Orientation, Literacy Education, Urban Schools
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Moore, Jane; Whitfield, Vickie Fields – Reading Teacher, 2008
Teaching is a complex profession that involves grappling with a variety of management styles; federal, state, and local mandates; local policies and agendas; and informed curriculum practices that affect pedagogy. Teachers work in increasingly diverse schools, and they must be reflective practitioners to deal with the many social and educational…
Descriptors: Reflective Teaching, Teaching Methods, Government School Relationship, Legislation
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Wilcox, Bonita L., Ed. – Reading Teacher, 1998
Describes an English teacher educator's changing views on assessment. Discusses four recent books that offer assessment strategies teachers can use to improve their instructional practice, to increase their own learning, and to enhance their programs. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Effectiveness, Professional Development
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Mokhtari, Kouider; Rosemary, Catherine A.; Edwards, Patricia A. – Reading Teacher, 2007
A carefully coordinated literacy assessment and instruction framework implemented school-wide can support school teams in making sense of various types of data for instructional planning. Instruction that is data based and goal driven sets the stage for continuous reading and writing improvement. (Contains 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Instructional Development, Student Evaluation, Writing Improvement, Data
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Wilcox, Bonita L.; Bauschard, Stefan; Osterhus, John – Reading Teacher, 1998
Discusses four books that help teachers learn about technology and use it in their classrooms: "A Teacher's Guide to the Information Highway" (W. Wresch); "Teaching with the Internet: Lessons from the Classroom" (Donald Leu and Deborah Leu); Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching" (M. Roblyer, Jack Edwards, and Mary Ann Havriluk);…
Descriptors: Books, Computer Uses in Education, Critical Thinking, Educational Technology