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Dennis, Danielle V. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2013
The confluence of No Child Left Behind and the National Reading Panel report on the five essential components of reading instruction forged a path for struggling adolescent readers that supports a narrow curriculum designed to address gaps in constrained skills. Adolescents from a large school district in the state of Tennessee who failed state…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Difficulties, Special Needs Students, Adolescents
Wakeman, Susanne – ProQuest LLC, 2013
In order to be successful in an educational setting, a student must acquire a particular register of language specific to academia, or an academic register. It cannot be acquired through ordinary social intercourse. It is specific to school. Acquiring the academic register is the greatest challenge English Learners (EL) face during their academic…
Descriptors: Predictive Measurement, Biology, Science Tests, Science Education