Learning Point Associates
We HELP the people who work in education find the LEARNING POINT FASTER, more often and for more students.
Main Navigation
Where am I?
Adolescent Literacy Instruction
BEFORE:
Think Ahead, Predict, Plan, Question
DURING:
Think About, Reflect, Connect, Revise
AFTER:
Think Back, Review, Reflect, Share
This section offers both research and practice information on fostering successful reading practices in adolescent students. A section with research-based strategies that offers examples and advice is included as well as information on reading behaviors. Research papers and bibliographies for aspects of literacy are also available.
Reading Strategies
A listing of instructional strategies, including procedures, examples, and research citations
- Before, During, and After Reading Information
- Five Traits of Strategic Readers
- 10 Goals of Strategic Teaching
- Strong and Weak Readers—Featuring characteristics of strong and weak readers, this document presents the reading behaviors categorized using the before, during, and after reading framework.
- Adolescent Literacy Intervention Programs: Chart and Program Review Guide
Research
Culturally Responsive Instruction: Promoting Literacy in Secondary Content Areas (by Patricia Ruggiano Schmidt, 2005)
Ten Years of Research On Adolescent Literacy, 1994–2004: A Review (by Stephen Phelps, 2005)
Moving Beyond the Obvious: Examining Our Thinking About Linguistically Diverse Students (by Robert T. Jiménez, 2005)
Differentiation Through Flexible Grouping: Successfully Reaching All Readers (by Michael P. Ford, December 2005)
Quick Key 10 Action Guide: Using Student Engagement to Improve Adolescent Literacy (2005)
Seeing Themselves as Capable and Engaged Readers: Adolescents and Re/Meditated Instruction (by Donna E. Alvermann, Ph.D., November 2003)
Using Multiple Texts to Teach Content (by Cynthia Hynd Shanahan, Ed.D., December 2003)
Using Young-Adult Literature to Enhance Comprehension in the Content Areas (by Thomas W. Bean, Ph.D., December 2003)