Fall

Study Confirms Importance of Discussion-Based Instruction to Student Literacy Performance  (article)

Spring Contents

Tracking and the Literacy Gap

Developing a Literate Mind

How Writing Affects Learning (research review)

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Helping Lower-Achieving Students Reach High Expectations

The Critical Role of Conversation in Learning

Scaffolding Helps Students Perform New and Difficult Tasks

Entire Issue

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Effective Professional Development Begins in the Classroom

Model for Reflection Helps Teachers Sharpen Observations

Teachers Share Their Views about Effective Professional Development

Entire Issue

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Let Us Not Abandon Our Older Readers

How Classroom Conversation Can Support Student Achievement:

• Raising the level of student engagement in higher order talk and writing

• Teachers' perspectives on obstacles and strategies

Entire Issue

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Effective Fourth-Grade Teachers and Their Classrooms

Classroom Dialogue Helps Struggling Readers

Developing a Professional Community of Teachers

Entire Issue

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Envisioning Literature in the Classroom and Out

National Public TV Series Will Feature CELA Work

Reading and Acting, by Mimi Kennedy

Entire Issue

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A Generative Approach to Learning Allows Students to Broaden and Deepen Knowledge and Practice and Refine Skills

All Classroom Activities Intertwine in Developing Student Voice in Writing

Fourth Graders Tell Us What It Means to Read and Write Well

Entire Issue 

Fostering Thoughtful Literacy in Elementary Classrooms

Enacting a Strategic Curriculum Guides Students to High Literacy Achievement

Six Features of Effective English Instruction: How They Play Out in Middle and High School Classrooms

Using What Is Learned in Teacher Education -- How Long Does It Take?

Entire Issue

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Engaging Students in Meaningful Conversation Leads to Higher Achievement

E-Texts in ESL Classes

Excerpts from a Conversation with Dick Allington and Anne McGill-Franzen about Teaching Reading

Developing "Context-Wise" Mathematics Students

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CELA Researchers Identify Five Key Instructional Features

How Censorship Affects High School Teachers

Making the Best Use of New Tools: Standards for Integrating Technology

A Useful Framework for Studying Professional Development

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Integrating Curriculum in Elementary Classrooms to Promote Higher Student Achievement

Kindergarten Intervention Shows Promise

Common Instructional Features in Uncommonly Successful English Language Arts Programs

The Contexts of Learning Foundations of Academic Achievement

Entire Issue

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Teachers and Students Excel in Rich Professional Environments

Technology in Schools: Can We Make It Work?

How Students Engage with Educational Software

District Office Staff Play Key Role in Student Achievement

Overt Connections Important to Students Success and Teacher Professionalism

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Beating the Odds: Critical Components Boost Student Performance

Effective Early Literacy Teachers Bring Low Achievers' Scores Way Up

Integrating Curriculum: Reviews of the Literature

"Reading" the World Wide Web

Entire Issue

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Effective Early Literacy Instruction: Complex and Dynamic

Some Empirical Findings on How First and Second Language Learners Acquire New Vocabulary

Hmong Writing in Laos and the U.S.

How Teachers View and Use English Language Arts Standards

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English: Not Just for English (Class) Anymore

Pursuing Literacy in the 2oth Century

Technology, Tutoring, and Improved Reading

How Teachers Learn to Incorporate Knowledge about Community Language and Literacy into Their Curricula

Relevance: A Piece of the Puzzle of Academic Talk

Entire Issue

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Beyond Winners and Losers

Talking about Writing, Writing about Talk: A Neglected Resource for Learning

Electronic Texts and Literacy

National Math and Science Standards: Rhetoric or Really a Call for Math and Science Literacy?

Entire Issue

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Literature Learning and Thinking in High School Classes

How ESL Teachers Use Technology for Instruction

Telling Stories vs. Structuring Essays: Understanding Contrasting Rhetorics

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Two Children, Two Stories of School and Literacy

Shaping Conversations to Provide Coherence in High School Literature Curricula

Multimedia Software: Potential Tool for Improving Student Literacy?