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ERIC Number: EJ547131
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
Getting Disenchanted Adolescents to Participate in School Literacy Activities: Portfolio Conferences.
Young, Josephine Peyton; And Others
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v40 n5 p348-60 Feb 1997
Describes how a portfolio process implemented at an alternative secondary school encouraged resistant students to join in school-related literacy activities. Notes how it also gave the students a chance to self-assess, set and attain goals, and develop a personal relationship with the teacher. (SR)
Descriptors: Classroom Research, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness, Literacy, Nontraditional Education, Portfolio Assessment, Secondary Education, Student Motivation, Student Participation, Teacher Student Relationship
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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