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Peer reviewedMartin, Jan – Thresholds in Education, 1998
A second-grade teacher conducted a study aimed at raising students' abilities to use certain strategies (predicting, questioning, and connecting to text) and at increasing their enthusiasm for reading via literature circles (book discussion groups). Test and rubric results, survey responses, and interview comments affirm literature circles' value.…
Descriptors: Action Research, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Grade 2, Literacy Education
