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Nikolajeva, Maria – Cambridge Journal of Education, 2010
This semiotically informed article problematizes the concept of literacy as an aesthetic activity rather than reading skills and offers strategies for assessing young readers' understanding of fictional texts. Although not based on empirical research, the essay refers to and theorizes from extensive field studies of children's responses to…
Descriptors: Field Studies, Educational Research, Reading Skills, Literacy
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Riley, Richard W. – Learning Disability Quarterly, 1996
The U.S. Secretary of Education describes the Department of Education's READ*WRITE*NOW! Initiative which aims to increase literacy rates by encouraging early and frequent reading as well as summer reading for children and youth, including those with learning disabilities. The need for a closer relationship between research and practice in reading…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Literacy