Strategies

What does the research say?

Research demonstrates that explicitly teaching reading strategies and making visible what "good readers do" positively impacts the reading skills of all students and helps close the achievement gap (Rupley, Blair, & Nichols, 2009; Biancarosa, C., & Snow, C. E., 2006).

Specifically, there are 9 instruction strategies that support adolescents' literacy growth and development:

1. Direct, Explicit Comprehension Instruction
2. Effective Instructional Principles Embedded in Content
3. Motivation and Self-Directed Learning
4. Text-Based Collaborative Learning
5. Strategic Tutoring
6. Diverse Texts
7. Intensive Writing
8. A Technology Component
9. Ongoing Formative Assessment of Students

References

Biancarosa, C., & Snow, C. E. (2006). Reading next—A vision for action and research in middle and high school literacy: A report to Carnegie Corporation of New York (2nd ed.). Washington, DC: Alliance for Excellent Education.

Rupley, W. H., Blair, T. R., & Nichols, W. D. (2009, March 25). Effective reading instruction for struggling readers: The role of direct/explicit teaching, reading. Reading & Writing Quarterly, 25(2-3), 125-138. doi: 10.1080/10573560802683523