Meaning emerges not through correspondences between the flat marks [of print] but through the interactions of human and nonhuman cognizers distributed through the environment
Katherine Hayles, My Mother Was a Computer (2005, p. 212)
reading comprehension
reading engagement & motivation
reading literature
young adult literature
Recently there was a provocative article about whether books for YA were too dark. This led to a response by Sherman Alexie and others. Also led to several discussions on MPR. See following links.
online comprehension
reading non-fiction
reading & writing connection
Reading Instructional Books:
reader engagement & motivation
critical literacy
Struggling Readers/ Reading Comprehension:
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Members of the Thinking and Development team of the African American Learners Project compiled this bibliography. In addition to resources specifically on African American learners, the bibliography provides a short list of resources for writing teachers on the achievement gap.
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This bibliography has an introduction that describes the field and contextualizes key sources as they relate to the teaching of writing.
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This bibliography, compiled by Ann Healy–Raymond and Kathy Rowland, focuses on how poverty affects the education of rural students, with a focus on the implications for literacy instruction. The authors' excellent introduction to the bibliography helps situate this research in National Writing Project contexts.
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Growing out of the National Reading Initiative, this resource covers informational texts on reading, grades 4–12. It includes sections on content area literacy; issues of race, class, and gender; and reading and English learners.
Boys & Literacy
Other reading resources:
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