There is compelling evidence on the effectiveness of bibliotherapy for facilitating one's development. Arguably, in teacher education, bibliotherapy has been shown to facilitate prospective teachers' professional development. However, teacher educators may experience difficulties in finding relevant reading to stimulate prospective teachers'…

As a non formal education students, PKBM (a Non-Formal Community Learning Center) Medaso Kolaka students tend to encounter some difficulties in reading such as low motivation, infrequent tutors (non-formal education teachers) coming, inappropriate teaching materials, etc. This research aimed to investigate the effects of picture story books on the…

"Learning with Literature in the EFL Classroom" provides a comprehensive, in-depth and state-of-the-art introduction to literature learning in EFL contexts. Paying attention to both theoretical and practical concerns, the study focuses on a wide range of literary genres, different age and ability groups and new topics for literature…

Almost nothing is known about the capacity of minimally verbal students with autism to develop literacy skills. Shared reading is a regular practice in early education settings and is widely thought to encourage language and literacy development. There is some evidence that children with severe disabilities can be engaged in adapted shared reading…

Recent research has shown that a group-level analysis can inform our understanding of school bullying. The present research drew on social identity theory and intergroup emotion theory. Nine- to eleven-year olds were randomly assigned to the same group as story characters who were described as engaging in bullying, as being bullied, or as neither…

Measures of immediate and delayed recall of stories by 8- and 11-year-old children revealed that boys recalled more than girls from stories about violent males. Girls outperformed boys on stories with female protagonists. Most variability in recall related to story-type differences, not individual differences. (SK)

Describes the story grammar and plans analysis approaches to analyzing children's understanding of simple stories. (DD)

Discusses Character Perspective Charting, an instructional technique useful in elementary reading classes that fosters story understanding. Discusses how it was developed, how the authors have used it, how other teachers have used it, and what children learn from it. (SR)

Investigated the effects on 4th graders of writing tasks that were based on a reading selection. Results indicated that good readers enjoyed the story more than poor readers and that the subjects as a whole enjoyed reading the story significantly more than they enjoyed writing about it. (JMB)

An 8-year-old American Indian boy learns to overcome his fear of the forest at night. (FF)

A Jemez Pueblo boy goes on his first successful elk hunt with his grandfather. (FF)

Presents guidelines for reading/listening activities for the holiday season. Eight suggested stories about Christmas or Hanukkah for grades 2 through 6 are listed. (MES)

The message of this series of books, "Parents and Children Together," is that parents and children should get together, talk about stories, and learn together. This book, "Parents as Models," contains several stories that can be read and discussed by parents and children in a relaxed way. The book has a companion audiotape.…

This article illustrates a lesson idea used by a real teacher, in a real class setting with fourth-and fifth-grade students in the United States. The teacher created this lesson idea as she struggled to answer the question, "How can I help my students use transitions to create flow in their gymnastics routines?" Together with the author, the…