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Literature-Based Reading Instruction: What's Guiding the Instruction?
Presents four composite profiles of teachers who illustrate different approaches to literature-based reading. Notes how different theories about the reasons for teaching literature cause differences in classroom literature experiences for children. (SR)
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Basal Readers: Are They Still Sexist?
Six recent basal series were examined & compared to books used in older studies to find evidence of improvement in the portrayal of female characters. A content analysis was conducted & the results showed that sexism had been reduced & neutral characters created. It is concluded that it is important to create nonsexist basals because students gain attitudes as well as knowledge from reading basal stories. 4 Figures, 14 References. C. Backhaus
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The Abecedarius: Soldier of Literacy
This brief history of the development of alphabet books includes a list of alphabet books for elementary and middle school children. A strategy for the use of these books in class involves these steps: choose books; set a purpose; introduce books; read them; describe them; compare and contrast them; evaluate them; and compose your own books. (DG)
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Assessing the Processes Students Use as Writers
Discusses three measures of process assessment, describing checklists, conferences, and self-assessment that focus on the writing process and what writers do as they write. (SR)
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