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Extensive practice provides the
opportunity for students to
consolidate the skills and strategies
teachers often work so hard to develop.
Knowing the Resources
What Matters to Adolescent Learners?
“I believe our professional efforts in discovering and
embracing what matters will fall into three broad areas:
knowing adolescents, knowing the resources, and knowing
the research.”
Janet Allen, “Choosing What Matters for Adolescent Learners”
Reading Volume of Fifth-Grader Reading Volume of Fifth-Grader Students of Different Levels of Students of Different Levels of AchievementAchievement
Achievement
Percentile Minutes of Reading per
Day
Words per
Year
90th 40.4 2,357,000
50th 12.9 601,000
10th 1.6 51,000
Adapted from Anderson, Wilson, and Fielding, 1988
NAEP Reading Report Card for the Nation U. S. Department of Edu., 1999 available at http:nces.ed.gov/naep
Harvey Daniels and Steven Zemelman in Subjects Matter suggest these thoughts as teachers and students look at booklists.
• Content that is important or engaging
• People we can care about
• A narrative structure or chronological line
• Places we can visualize
• Danger, conflicts, risks, or choices
• Value, moral, ethical or political dimensions
• Some ideas that reasonable people can debate, dispute, or disagree about
Some Favorite Web SitesSome Favorite Web Sites
www.ala.org/yalsa/booklists
http://www.dawcl.com
http://www.teenreads.com
http://www.kidsreads.com