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Peer reviewedPatterson, Nancy – Voices from the Middle, 2003
Explains a shift in reading instruction theories, from defining reading as a set of discrete skills to understanding the role prior knowledge plays in comprehension. Presents annotations of 11 web sites that give teachers ideas about how to help students construct meaning and how to transact with text in powerful ways. Notes that these strategies…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Graphic Organizers, Internet, Prior Learning
