Booklet Series

The following booklets are part of a CELA research-to-practice series.  Each offers a synthesis of the research and practical classroom strategies that work.

• Boosting Reading Comprehension: Improving Literary Understanding Through Classroom Conversation   

• Guidelines for Teaching Middle and High School Students to Read and Write Well

Research Briefs

The following briefs are based on CELA research. Accompanying each brief, is a list of related links, resources or projects.

• Effective Literature Instruction Develops Thinking Skills (pdf)
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  • Related Resources
     
• Making the Best Use of New Tools: Standards for Integrating Technology (pdf)

• Students Exceed Expectations When Schools Nurture Teachers' Professional Lives (pdf)
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  • Related Research Project
  • Related Resources

• Technology in the schools: Can we make it work? (html)

• Uncommonly successful English/language arts programs share common instructional features (pdf)