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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ1213484
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 24
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Key Areas of Effective Adolescent Literacy Programs
Marchand-Martella, Nancy E.; Martella, Ronald C.; Modderman, Sheri L.; Petersen, Holly; Pan, Spencer
Education and Treatment of Children, v36 n1 p161-184 2013
This paper reviews best practices for effective adolescent literacy programs. A focus is placed on five areas of literacy instruction including word study, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and motivation. Each of these areas is discussed as well as how each area is relevant to reading and understanding narrative and content-area text at high levels.
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Program Effectiveness, Best Practices, Literacy Education, Word Study Skills, Reading Fluency, Vocabulary Development, Reading Comprehension, Reading Motivation, Content Area Reading, Reading Achievement, Decoding (Reading), Reading Instruction, Adolescents, Secondary School Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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