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An Investigation of the Efficacy of One Urban Literacy Academy: Enhancing Teacher Capacity through Professional Development
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Perkins, J. Helen; Cooter, Kathleen – Reading Horizons, 2013
In order to systemically improve student achievement in elementary literacy, a large urban school district partnered with a local university to develop a model for high-quality professional development that hopefully would result in long-term changes in teachers' literacy instructional/practices. Schools were selected based on their Adequate…
Descriptors: Urban Education, Literacy, Literacy Education, Professional Development
"If It's Not Fixed, the Staples Are out!" Documenting Young Children's Perceptions of Strategic Reading Processes
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Bergeron, Bette S.; Bradbury-Wolff, Melody – Reading Horizons, 2010
The purpose of this article is to describe how teachers can foster strategic reading processes in their early literacy classrooms, and how to incorporate a Strategy Perception Interview to assist in documenting students' use and perceptions of these strategies. Descriptions of classroom instruction incorporating literacy strategies and…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Gender Differences, Reading Processes, Emergent Literacy
Listening to Students about Reading.
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Swanson, Beverly B. – Reading Horizons, 1985
Describes a study that examined perceptions of reading in terms of both developmental characteristics and implications for reading instruction. (HOD)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Interviews