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Download full textMaguiness, Colleen – 1999
Westerns Springs College in Auckland, New Zealand is an inner city coeducational secondary school of 670 multicultural and diverse students. Achievement test results in reading comprehension and vocabulary grouped students at the top and bottom of the scale. Reading was identified as a significant barrier to learning and in 1997 staff agreed to…
Descriptors: Diversity (Student), Foreign Countries, Inner City, Locus of Control
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Direct linkParr, Judy M.; Maguiness, Colleen – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2005
This article describes a small-scale project designed to help engage reluctant adolescent readers in voluntary reading practice during sustained silent reading (SSR). Three teachers worked with a secondary school reading expert to identify and agree on elements of effective instructional conversations and then implemented these "book talks" with a…
Descriptors: Discussion (Teaching Technique), Sustained Silent Reading, Silent Reading, Adolescents
