Avid readers of fiction score better on international tests, but simply encouraging all students to read fiction for pleasure is unlikely to equip them to understand the expository text they'll be ...

The Reading Teacher is a peer-reviewed journal serving teachers and literacy professionals interested in the teaching of reading to children in the elementary classroom. The journal offers teaching ...

The Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 100, No. 3 (Jan. - Feb., 2007), pp. 132-141 (10 pages) The author examined the techniques of 3 middle school struggling readers to use silence to protect or ...