In Volume III, as in Volumes I and II, the classic topics of reading are included--from
vocabulary and comprehension to reading instruction in the classroom--and, in addition …

A key instructional goal of English language arts instruction is teaching students to read and
interpret complex literary texts. This report reviews the literature on the development and …

Page 1 OXFORD APPLIED LINGUISTICS Literacy and Language Teaching Richard Kern
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The authors use their experience with a professional development project to propose a
model of teacher community in the workplace. They describe a project that brought together …

This study examines the relationships between student literacy performance and discussion-
based approaches to the development of understanding in 64 middle and high school …

In the 1st-ever use of event-history analysis to investigate discourse processes
quantitatively, this study recasts understanding of discourse in terms of the (a) antecedents …

When it comes to motivating people to learn, disadvantaged urban adolescents are usually
perceived as a hard sell. Yet, in a recent MetLife survey, 89 percent of the low-income …

The problems of boys in schools, especially in reading and writing, have been the focus of
statistical data, but research rarely points out how literacy educators can combat those …

In the current research climate favoring rigorous experimental studies of instructional scripts
using randomly chosen treatment and control groups, education and literacy researchers …

“Applebee's central point, the need to teach'knowledge in context,'is absolutely crucial for
the hopes of any reformed curriculum. His experience and knowledge give his voice an …