RESEARCH
The Expertise of Adolescent Literacy Teachers by Sheri Parris, Cathy Collins Block. The purpose of this study was to identify practices that create the greatest literacy gains for secondary students and to distinguish the qualities of highly effective secondary teaching behaviours.
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In Teachers' Hands (3.85MB) is a study funded by DEST, that aimed to identify teaching practices that lead to improved student achievement of literacy outcomes in the early years of schooling. It incorporated a research literature review, identifying effective and less effective literacy teachers and observing effective and less effective literacy teachers in action.
Beyond the Middle is a report by Alan Luke and colleagues, commissioned by DEST, about the literacy and numeracy development of students in the middle years of schooling.
* Key findings: pages 5-7
* Implications: pages 7-10
* Review of Australian literature: pages 17-28
* Review of international research: pages 28-43
Teaching Reading Report and Recommendations (1.28MB) was produced as part of the National Inquiry into the Teaching of Literacy in 2005. The NITL Committee has drawn upon a variety of sources that include findings from local and international evidence-based research to identify best practice in the support of all children in learning to read. These findings have provided strong evidence about teaching approaches that are demonstrably effective.
Classroom Discourse Project: spoken language and literacy pedagogy in a science classroom (2MB) is a study funded by DEST, that aimed to examine the classroom discourse strategies (talking and listening) that best facilitate achievement of literacy outcomes in the upper primary context.
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