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O'Brien, Elysha Patino – ProQuest LLC, 2011
This qualitative case study addressed a lack of research concerning literature discussions for students with learning disabilities in reading. Fourth and fifth grade students with reading disabilities participated in twice-weekly literature discussions, 30-to-60 minutes each, for 12 weeks. The students attended a Title I school and most were…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Student Participation, Literature, Case Studies
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Werderich, Donna E. – Middle Grades Research Journal, 2010
In this qualitative study, the author examined the ways middle school literacy teachers responded to their boys' dialogue journals. The participants were 3 middle school literacy teachers and 19 middle school boys. The findings of this study indicated that the teachers took 4 roles (teacher as reader, teacher as responder, teacher as facilitator,…
Descriptors: Middle School Teachers, Middle School Students, Males, Student Journals
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Knickerbocker, Joan L.; Rycik, James A. – American Secondary Education, 2006
Recent reexaminations of adolescent literacy have expanded previous cognitive psychological models of reading to include views of the social and cultural aspects of literacy. The term critical literacy refers to approaches that focus on the social forces that influence the creation and interpretation of texts. When applied to the study of literary…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Novels, Role, Middle School Teachers