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Direct linkIvey, Gay; Johnston, Peter H. – Journal of Literacy Research, 2015
The context of this study is a voluntary modification in teaching focus by four eighth-grade teachers who shifted their instructional focus toward student engagement. They abandoned assigned readings in favor of student-selected, self-paced reading within a collection of high interest materials--primarily young adult fiction that students found…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Transformative Learning, Middle School Teachers, Grade 8
