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50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Are Avid Readers Lurking in Your Language Arts Classroom? Myths of the Avid Adolescent Reader
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Wilson, Nance S.; Kelley, Michelle J. – Reading Horizons, 2010
This article describes a pilot study conducted with 10 identified avid adolescent readers who completed the Adolescent Motivation to Read Profile (AMRP) (Pitcher, Albright, DeLaney, Walker, Seunarienesingh, & Moggie, 2007) that includes both a survey to determine students' self-concept and value of reading and an interview that sheds light on what…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Reading Attitudes, Misconceptions, Adolescents
Insert Student Here: Why Content Area Constructions of Literacy Matter for Pre-Service Teachers
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Gritter, Kristine – Reading Horizons, 2010
This article explores content area pre-service teacher beliefs about disciplinary knowledge, perceptions of effective content area teaching, and existing beliefs about how to integrate literacy into the content areas. Ten pre-service teachers across ten secondary content areas were asked to describe three important variables in secondary teaching:…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Literacy, Epistemology, Preservice Teachers
Reading Comprehension Strategies in Secondary Content Area Classrooms: Teacher Use of and Attitudes towards Reading Comprehension Instruction
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Ness, Molly K. – Reading Horizons, 2009
The purpose of this mixed methodology study was to identify the frequency of reading comprehension instruction in middle and high school social studies and science classrooms. An additional purpose was to explore teachers' perceptions of and beliefs about the need for reading comprehension instruction. In 2,400 minutes of direct classroom…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Content Area Reading, Teacher Attitudes
Making a Cyber Literacy Connection from the Storage Room to the College Room
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Boxie, Paula – Reading Horizons, 2004
What roles can colleges and universities play in serving the many young adults whom our public school systems fail? This article sheds light on how one university was able to make a literacy connection with students attending an Alternative High School (AHS). This connection enabled AHS students and teacher candidates to effectively carry out a…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Public Schools, Computer Mediated Communication, Literacy Education