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Direct linkAhrens, Brooke Carey – Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, 2005
The author found that the reading program at her school did not address the needs of struggling readers and that reading teachers lacked the materials and knowledge needed to make improvements. As part of an action research project, she redesigned the reading program and introduced her colleagues to research-based teaching methods. The author…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Reading Instruction, Student Needs, Teaching Methods
