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From the ORC Collection More Resources for Back to School for Teachers: Opportunities for Professional Learning
Here are some professional resources, recently added to the ORC collection, which focus on a key theme in this month's In Perspective, meeting the needs of adolescent learners who are building their literacy across content areas. These resources provide important research findings, best practices, and specific suggestions for improving adolescent literacy instruction.
| Reading for the 21st Century: Adolescent Literacy Learning and Teaching Strategies |   | ORC# 6925 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.all4ed.org/publications/Reading%20for%2021st%20Centur... | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grade 6 - Postsecondary | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: Despite the critical need to be literate in today's society, approximately 1 in 4 adolescents are struggling to read and understand grade level materials. This article emphasizes how being literate addresses not only individual abilities but also issues of access and equity. The use of teaching and learning strategies with specific content material can promote a more inquiry-based instruction that is appropriate for adolescents. Factors necessary for literacy development in adolescent learners include motivation, skills related to the alphabetic principle, fluency, vocabulary, and reading comprehension. Each of these factors is discussed in this article along with strategies to help support student learning.... | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, OhioWINS | | MORE... |
| Using Student Engagement to Improve Adolescent Literacy | | ORC# 6730 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://task.ncrel.org/litweb/adolescent/qkey10/qkey10.pdf | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grade 6 - Postsecondary | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: This Quick Key Action Guide assists educators and administrators in understanding “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) with a specific focus on the needs of adolescent learners who are building their literacy across content areas. Examples and suggestions are included to assist education stakeholders in the consideration of reform efforts at the school, district, and state levels.... | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, OhioWINS | | MORE... |
| Reading Next - A Vision for Action and Research in Middle and High School Literacy: A Report to Carnegie Corporation of New York | | ORC# 6750 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.all4ed.org/publications/ReadingNext/ReadingNext.pdf | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grade 6 - Postsecondary | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: This professional resource by the Alliance for Excellent Education is the full-text pdf report on a vision for action and research in middle and high school literacy. Fifteen key elements of effective adolescent literacy programs are identified, detailed, and supported with important reading research.... | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, OhioWINS | | MORE... |
| Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools | | ORC# 11148 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.all4ed.org/files/WritingNext.pdf | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grade 7 - Postsecondary | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: This professional resource by the Alliance for Excellent Education is the full-text 2007 report on effective strategies to improve writing of adolescents in middle and high schools. The report (42-page pdf) provides a thorough look into 11 key elements of adolescent writing instruction as identified by meta-analysis. Readers will find helpful highlighted examples of effective writing strategies, an overview of the outcome of writing instruction, and research-based discussions of writing proficiency, low-achieving writers, grammar instruction, the 11 key elements of adolescent writing instruction, and the power of writing to learn. The report is intended to "inform the public about empirical evidence that has accumulated over the years on what elements of writing instruction work best with adolescents," and to that effect, hosts an extensive and important list of writing research references (pdf pages 29-34).Details and data for the study appear in "Appendix A:Meta-Analysis Methodology" (pdf pages 35-42) and "Appendix B:Quasi-Experimental and Experimental Studies Supporting the 11 Key Elements" (pdf pages 43-66). ... | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, OhioWINS | | MORE... |
| Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas: Getting to the Core of Middle and High School Improvement | | ORC# 11109 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.all4ed.org/files/LitCon.pdf | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grade 7 - Postsecondary | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: This professional resource is the 2007 publication of a 48-page pdf full-text literacy report from the Alliance for Excellent Education. The report emphasizes that the "real goal [of content literacy instruction] is to help all students master the knowledge, procedures, and skills of the academic disciplines that rule the secondary school curriculum, and which serve as the gatekeeper to success in college, work, and other facets of adult life." The next step for those working to improve adolescent literacy instruction, the report concludes, must be "to integrate the teaching of reading and writing more fully into the academic content areas." An executive summary introduces the report, and four sections lend substantial support to the report's call for action: (1) Adolescent Literacy Reform: Expanding the Agenda; (2) Rethinking the Role of Literacy in the Content Areas; (3) Rethinking Teacher Quality: Taking Content Area Literacy Instruction into Account; and (4) Key Considerations for Education Leaders and Policymakers.... | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, OhioWINS | | MORE... |
| Reading Between the Lines: What the ACT Reveals About College Readiness in Reading | | ORC# 11163 | | |
| RESOURCE URL: http://www.act.org/path/policy/pdf/reading_report.pdf | | RESOURCE TYPE: Professional Resource | | DISCIPLINE: English Language Arts | | STANDARDS ALIGNMENT: Grade 8 - Postsecondary | | PROFESSIONAL COMMENTARY: This professional resource, a 54-page pdf report by the ACT that uses 2005 ACT reading test scores and trends derived from students who took the ACT reading test between 1995 and 2005, focuses on steps for improving the reading skills of high school students. Three sections provide the foundation for the report: (1) "Our Students Are Not Ready for College and Workplace Reading," (2) "Ready or Not: What Matters in Reading? and (3) "Taking Action: How to Help All Students Become Ready for College-Level Reading." Each section thoroughly analyzes the ACT reading data collected, and graphs and highlighted text make the highlights of the report readily accessible and reader-friendly. Section three opens with a challenging question--"What can be done to improve the readiness of our high school students for college-level reading?", then maps out concrete answers and strategies to improve the reading skills of high school students.... | | PROJECTS: AdLIT, OhioWINS | | MORE... |
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