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Thank You, Mrs. Bean: Seeking Balance for Students Who Struggle as Readers.
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Vacca, Richard T. – Voices from the Middle, 2001
Discusses what it means to struggle as a reader, lacking competence with reading strategies and lacking confidence in oneself to make meaning with texts. Argues that balance can be found in adolescent reading programs by seeking equilibrium between the visible and invisible aspects of instruction in the development and use of reading strategies.…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Instructional Effectiveness, Middle Schools, Reading Difficulties
Building Pathways for At-Risk Students and Their Teachers.
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Pope, Carol; Beal, Candy – Voices from the Middle, 1994
Describes the Power and Literacy for Disadvantaged Youth (PAL) project which includes more than 45 teachers from 20 different middle schools who are committed to work with at-risk students in a workshop atmosphere in their English language arts classrooms. Describes how each PAL teacher developed an implementation plan. Discusses what these…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
Getting Kids into the Reading Game: You Gotta Know the Rules.
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Wilhelm, Jeff – Voices from the Middle, 2001
Argues that schools and teachers underestimate the demands that particular texts place on readers, especially as students reach middle school. Describes how the author uses think-alouds as one particular technique to actively give contextualized strategic knowledge over to students. Shows how this helps readers overcome their struggles to develop…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Educational Practices, Educational Principles