What Educators Really Think
We asked educators how often their students use the school library/media center. Here's how they responded:
A total of 160 readers responded to this question, which appeared in ASCD SmartBrief's ED Pulse online poll on October 31, 2019
Related Resources on Reading
Reading, Writing, and Rigor: Helping Students Achieve Greater Depth of Knowledge in Literacy by Nancy Boyles. (ASCD, 2018). Stock no. 118026.
Literacy expert Nancy Boyles tackles Depth of Knowledge and rigor related to standards, text complexity, close reading, student interaction, the reading-writing connection, and formative assessment.
Reciprocal Teaching at Work: Powerful Strategies and Lessons for Improving Reading Comprehension, 3rd Edition by Lori D. Oczkus. (ASCD, 2018). Stock no. 118045.
Reciprocal teaching is a scaffolded discussion technique that builds on the Fab Four strategies that good readers use to understand text: predicting, questioning, clarifying, and summarizing. Oczkus presents new ways to use reciprocal teaching to improve students' comprehension while actively engaging them in learning and encouraging independence.
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