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Peer reviewedMcMahon, Susan – New Advocate, 1994
Describes a literature-based reading program with an instructional component that enables teachers to provide the necessary support in reading, writing, and response as urban, low achieving students engage in conversation about books. Describes in detail the discussion of one "book club" group of students during a unit in a fifth-grade…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Grade 5, Intermediate Grades
Peer reviewedEvans, Karen S. – New Advocate, 1996
Presents the results of a study of two fifth-grade reading groups, one comprised of all girls and the other of mixed gender. Discusses results in a reflective essay format, suggesting that the group of girls was more emotional in their observations and the mixed group was more action and plot oriented. (TB)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Grade 5, Group Discussion, Group Dynamics
Peer reviewedMcMahon, Susan I.; Gordy, Linda; Strop, Janice – New Advocate, 2001
Describes a collaborative research study working to plan instruction and assess student learning. Describes the dilemmas encountered and the decision-making process as the teachers collaborated to develop a vision of how best to create an integrated unit on the Civil Rights Movement that fostered student learning but also facilitated aesthetic…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Educational Research, Grade 4, Grade 5
