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Building Reading Confidence in Adolescents

The authors present a unique framework of research-based strategies for building reading self-efficacy by focusing on four important concepts: confidence, independence, metacognition, and stamina.

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10 Summer Reading Suggestions for Teachers and Administrators

By AdLit.org (2008)

AdLit.org asked teachers and administrators to recommend books that had helped them in their practice. Here are some of the suggestions we received.

The Literacy Coach: A Key to Improving Teaching and Learning in Secondary Schools

By Elizabeth Sturtevant (2003)

A literacy coach is a master teacher who provides essential leadership for a school's overall literacy program. This report from the Alliance for Excellent Education and the Carnegie Corporation of New York examines the role of the literacy coach and demonstrates why more of these coaches are needed in secondary schools to provide leadership for school-wide reading efforts.


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