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Erin Nerlino – Educational Action Research, 2024
Despite the value of reading, research documents declining reading rates among American adolescents - a decline that exacerbates student dropout rates and academic performance. As a high school English teacher in a public, regional, suburban school, increasing the number of students who deeply read the assigned texts for class has been a…
Descriptors: Reading, Public Schools, Suburban Schools, Reading Assignments
Johnson, Bob L., Jr. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2019
The intent of this essay is to provoke thought on how to increase the impact of course readings on individual and group learning. A set of strategies for tapping the generative potential of texts that build on the interpretive insights of Gadamer and Ricoeur is provided. "Generative potential" refers to the ability of a text to generate…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Teaching Methods, Reading Materials, Reading Strategies
Schenker, Theresa – Unterrichtspraxis/Teaching German, 2021
This article describes an advanced German course focusing on the German fairy-tale tradition. Course components are summarized and the themes and selected fairy tales for each unit are outlined. Additionally, 12 creative assignments are explained that were designed to foster students' engagement with the language and content of the fairy tales.…
Descriptors: Fairy Tales, Advanced Courses, German, Second Language Learning
Sara Kathleen Sterner – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Since its beginning, children's literature has been influenced by white gatekeepers and power brokers. From authors, illustrators, and publishers to librarians, educators, and booksellers, the people creating and promoting children's literature have been predominantly white (Borsheim-Black, 2015, Thomas, 2016, Welch, 2016). Due in no small part to…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Phenomenology, Whites, Power Structure
Stone, Carolyn; Conrad, Deborah – Language and Literacy Spectrum, 2017
The use of quality texts in elementary classrooms plays a major role in children's literacy development. Quality children's literature helps learners develop into skilled readers and writers with increased gains in vocabulary knowledge and comprehension. This paper demonstrates how pre-service teachers gained an understanding of the educational…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Teaching Methods, Vocabulary Development, Preservice Teachers
Laurel Taylor – English Journal, 2016
This article discusses one teacher's efforts to give their students a mentor text for a persuasive, research-based writing project. The author's shift from assigning predominantly fiction to focusing more on nonfiction came as a result of their efforts to help their students move from students' current writing style -- that of a five-paragraph…
Descriptors: Reading Assignments, Nonfiction, Mentors, Books
Preuss, Gregory S.; Schurtz, D. Ryan; Powell, Caitlin A. J.; Combs, David J. Y.; Smith, Richard H. – Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2013
This article evaluates a writing assignment in which students read a
non-fiction book that they chose from a list provided by their instructor, identified examples of social psychological phenomena, and fully explained how those examples fit social psychology concepts. This novel twist on a traditional assignment yielded surprisingly robust…
Descriptors: Social Psychology, Nonfiction, Book Reviews, Writing Assignments
Calmer, Joseph; Straits, William – American Biology Teacher, 2014
As a science teacher, I regularly use outside reading assignments (e.g., news articles) to help develop my students' understanding of topics addressed in my anatomy class. However, I have found that in simply reading texts, students often fail to (1) understand the context of the science discussed, (2) make the connections between ideas…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Anatomy, Teaching Methods, Reading Assignments
Finn, Heather B.; Avni, Sharon – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2016
This qualitative study offers critical insight into how language policy interacts with daily classroom decisions at a large and highly diverse urban community college in the United States. Specifically, it examines the challenges that faculty teaching developmental writing courses for English language learners experience when determining what…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Language Planning, Literacy
Duffy, William – Composition Studies, 2013
English 341: Advanced Composition for Teachers is a three-credit undergraduate course for pre-service educators at Francis Marion University, a mid-size public university located in northeast South Carolina. According to the university catalog, students enrolled in English 341 "explore connections among writing, teaching, and learning as they…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Advanced Courses, Undergraduate Study, Preservice Teacher Education
McGuire, Caroline E. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Widely adopted Common Core State Standards emphasize textual analysis and writing "about" texts (Bomer & Maloch, 2011), but provide little guidance on "what" students should read beyond general references to traditional literature (fables, folktales, and myths) and informational texts. However, as Meek (1988) and others…
Descriptors: Reading Materials, Picture Books, Case Studies, Grade 4
McCoy, Leah P., Ed. – Online Submission, 2015
This document presents the proceedings of the 20th Annual Research Forum held June 25, 2015, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Included are the following 21 action research papers: (1) History Lives! The Use of Simulations in a High School Social Studies Classroom (Lydia Adkins); (2) Using Francophone Music in the High…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Action Research, Simulation, Social Studies

Pagett, Linda – Reading, 1990
Shares an account of efforts by a teacher to try and involve 7- to 11-year-old children in a book investigation which would provide them with investigative strategies applicable to subsequent works. (MG)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Literature Appreciation

Flickinger, Gayle Glidden; Long, Emily S. – Reading Improvement, 1990
Shares ways in which teachers who use a basal reading series can go beyond the manual and integrate the whole language approach into the language arts program. (MG)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Arts, Reading Instruction, Reading Material Selection
Deardorff, Beth – Learning, 1982
A teacher who once relied on a reading skills program describes her conversion to an approach that emphasizes the reading of books. A substantial part of each class period is set aside for free reading time. A sampling of book projects used to focus students' efforts is included. (PP)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 5, Learning Activities, Reading Assignments
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