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ERIC Number: EJ659017
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2003
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
Contracting Revisited: Lessons Learned in Literacy Differentiation.
Greenwood, Scott C.
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v46 n4 p338-50 Dec-Jan 2002-2003
Proposes that literacy learning is social, recursive, personal, and idiosyncratic. Suggests that learning contracts orchestrate child centeredness and increase independence. Concludes that contracts connect previously isolated content area with the personal interests and needs of students, and establishes a classroom climate in which students are valued and are responsible. (PM)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Literacy, Performance Contracts, Reading Instruction, Secondary Education, Student Motivation, Student Responsibility, Teacher Motivation, Teaching Methods
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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