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Download full textDickerson, Katie – Penn GSE Perspectives on Urban Education, 2015
Many of us are plagued by negative memories of sustained silent reading. In some of these memories, we are the students, attempting to read a book that didn't hold our interest or trying to read over the din of our disengaged classmates. In other memories, we are the teachers, suffering through a ten-minute classroom management nightmare, deciding…
Descriptors: Independent Reading, Silent Reading, Reading Attitudes, Reading Programs
Direct linkMercurio, Harry J. – ProQuest LLC, 2014
This qualitative study examined the amount of time that fourth and fifth grade teachers devoted to literacy instruction within the time allotted to them within the daily literacy block. Prior research of the literacy block focused largely on primary grades (Allington, McGill-Franzen et a1.,2010; Cunningham & Allington, 2003; Morrow, 1992);…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Reading Instruction, Time Blocks, Educational Practices
Gold, Eva; Edmunds, Kimberly; Maluk, Holly; Reumann-Moore, Rebecca – Research for Action, 2011
In 2010-11, the School District of Philadelphia (the District) operated thirteen accelerated high schools that served approximately 2,000 under-credited, over-age students. Each of the accelerated schools was managed by one of seven external providers, each with its own educational approach, and each with a contractual agreement with the…
Descriptors: Communities of Practice, Caring, Educational Strategies, High Schools
CIOTTI, RITA; KRAVITZ, IDA – 1962
IT WAS DETERMINED THAT INDEPENDENT READING ACTIVITIES SHOULD BASICALLY GROW FROM AND BE RELATED TO THE READING MATERIALS BEING USED IN THE DEVELOPMENTAL LESSONS. THEY MAY ALSO INCLUDE MATERIALS OF A NATURE SO AS TO PROVIDE WORTHWHILE PRACTICE, CONCEPT BUILDING, OR ENRICHMENT LEARNINGS. MANY RECOMMENDED EXAMPLES OF SUITABLE READING ACTIVITIES AT…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Elementary Education, Independent Reading, Teaching Guides
