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Strassman, Barbara K.; MacDonald, Hillary; Wanko, Lindsay – Reading Teacher, 2010
Children ages 2-18 spend between two and four hours per day watching TV, a calculation that is even higher if DVDs, videos and the Internet are included. Although the amount of television watched by today's children has raised concerns about their literacy development, captions could hold a key to turning television into an educational asset.…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Mentors, Printed Materials, Documentaries
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McCollin, Michelle; O'Shea, Doris J.; McQuiston, Kathleen – Preventing School Failure, 2009
Secondary-level students from culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) backgrounds who struggle with reading need strategies for aligning new information with their previous knowledge as well as for obtaining and retaining essential information from the text. Important components of all secondary literacy support must include instruction in…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies, Secondary Education, Vocabulary Development