Effective Literacy Instruction for Adolescents

By D. Alvermann. 2002

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Subfields: Developmental and Educational Psychology, Information Systems, Literature and Literary Theory

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Middle- and High-School Content Area Teachers' Perceptions about Literacy Teaching and Learning (2008, background): “Given these reports on student achievement, emphasis on improving adolescents' literacy performance has resulted in renewed calls for middle and high content teachers to integrate literacy instruction into their teaching ( Alvermann, 2001 ; Biancoarosa & Snow, 2004 ).”
Bridging Reading Comprehension and Conceptual Change in Science Education: The Promise of Refutation Text (2011, background): “There has also been a long-standing and wellestablished link between learning in all domains and text comprehension (Alvermann, 2001; Diakidoy, Mouskounti, & Ioannides, 2011).”
Motivation and Its Relationship With Reading Achievement in an Urban Middle School (2006, background): “What motivational profiles related to literacy are behind their decisions to quit school? Knowing that motivation for school declines precipitously for many Hispanic students during their middle school years, what can be done to improve their prospects and preparation for high school? Work on adoles”
Why Content-Area Literacy Messages Do Not Speak to Mathematics Teachers: A Critical Content Analysis (2008, methodology): “Given the history of resistance on the part of content-area teachers, one must ask: Why have all of the literacy messages that literacy educators have dutifully sent to content-area teachers year after year failed to produce a shared understanding and vision of literacy between the two group of educ”
The Path to Competence: A Lifespan Developmental Perspective on Reading (2005, background): “The approaches and interventions suitable for young readers taking their first steps toward reading competence are not likely to work for older children, adolescents, or adults, even if they are still struggling to make sense of print (Alvermann, 2002).”
A Synthesis of Reading Interventions and Effects on Reading Comprehension Outcomes for Older Struggling Readers (2009, background): “Our educational system expects that secondary students are able to decode fluently and comprehend material with challenging content (Alvermann, 2002).”
Refutations in science texts lead to hypercorrection of misconceptions held with high confidence (2015, background): “Adolescents in secondary education are increasingly expected to engage in self-regulated learning in many subjects, and science is no exception (Alvermann, 2002).”
Reading Comprehension Strategies in Secondary Content-Area Classrooms (2007, background): “The Didactic Instruction codes (Didactic Instruction of New Material and Didactic Instruction of Review Material) emerged from Alvermann (2002), who noted that teacher-centered instruction, also referred to as the transmission approach, and dominates middle and high school instruction.”
The Impact of a Strategy-Based Intervention on the Comprehension and Strategy Use of Struggling Adolescent Readers. (2010, background): “However, some adolescents encounter difficulties with reading strategy use and need targeted interventions that specifically include reading strategy instruction (Alvermann, 2001; Biancarosa & Snow, 2004).”