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• Adolescent Literacy and Content Area Reading 
  This Digest provides a brief summary of the development of content area reading; it discusses a reconceptualization of adolescent literacy and content learning; and it offers an example of a new model for both secondary classroom practice and teacher education.
  http://www.ericdigests.org/2003-3/area.htm - More

• Beyond Research: Improving How We Improve Reading 
  To garner the literacy levels necessary for a post-modern society to prosper, reading programs must match effective reading pedagogy. No Child Left Behind of 2001 (NCLB) mandated reading improvement, and Reading First provides funding to implement research-based programs. We must go beyond scientifically based research to consider implementation of reading programs identified within the context of NCLB. Developing shared understanding of reading pedagogy is as essential as scientifically based reading research if all children are to read by the third grade.
  http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/oct2746.htm - More

• Helping Linguistic Minorities Read Independently 
  This article first discusses the challenges that linguistic minority populations face as they strive to learn English and become competent second language readers. Secondly, teachers are offered suggestions of ways they can investigate learners’ backgrounds to improve school libraries. Finally, reasons are given as to why free voluntary reading is an effective method to help English language learners acquire critical biliteracy.
  http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/oct2773.htm - More

• Helping the Underachiever in Reading 
  This digest will first review the current status of reading performance, then report on the importance of early reading instruction. A summary of the components of successful intervention programs will be presented and the paper will conclude by summarizing the types of instructional activities present in successful intervention programs.
  http://www.ericdigests.org/2000-2/helping.htm - More

• Language Arts Art, Posters & Prints 
  Provides posters and prints relating to the teaching of reading.
  http://www.historyofnations.net/worldart/2z_b12231_1.php - More

• Reading Recovery 
  This digest discusses elements of the reading recovery program, describes a typical reading recovery lesson, addresses issues of the importance of teacher education and teacher role in those lessons, reviews the existing literature in the ERIC database regarding the effectiveness of reading recovery, and discusses the cost effectiveness of the program.
  http://www.ericdigests.org/1996-2/reading.html - More

• Reflecting on Miscues in Content Area Readings 
  This article describes a case study of a struggling middle school reader. Different content area texts (science, math, literature) were selected and three oral reading miscue analysis cycles were conducted. After each miscues analysis the reader reflected upon select miscues using Retrospective Miscue Analysis. Miscue readings indicated some difference between the readings and RMA discussions showed increased knowledge about the reading process.
  http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/oct2750.htm - More

• Strategic Processing of Text: Improving Reading Comprehension of Students with Learning Disabilities 
  This article summarizes relevant research and promising practices in the strategic processing of text, focusing first on the strategic processing of narrative and then expository text.
  http://www.ericdigests.org/2001-4/reading.html - More

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