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PUBLICATION OF THE FLORIDA READING ASSOCIATION
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 Volume 41, No. 2,
December 2004
Table of Contents
Articles
Supporting
Struggling Readers: Is Evidence Important in Policy Making?..................... 8
.... Richard L.
Allington
For
too long educational researchers have too often assumed a “simple view” of the
relationship between educational research and educational policy making.
Scientific evidence rarely prevails when political costs of acting on that
evidence rise.
Taking
a Grassroots Approach: What Teachers Can do to Gain a Voice in Educational Policy..... 12
...Nicole S. Fenty,
Meridith T. Strout, Cathrine Beaunae, Andrea R. Stetson, and Melissa A. Miller
Teachers taking
responsibility for student learning in the era of accountability and high
stakes mandates requires communication and organization of stakeholders. This
article describes concrete steps that involved teachers can take to influence
policy mandates and bring teaching under the control of teachers.
Recollections of
Success: College Graduate English Language Learners ....................... 16
.... Irene C. Cota
A
qualitative study of the recollections of fifty Mexican decent college
graduates who were the first ones in their family
to graduate from both high school and college focused on home experiences that
worked best in developing good
listening habits and speaking skills. The skills learned at home had
transferred over to help with their school literacy and second language
development.
Features and Information
Editor of The Florida
Reading Quarterly...................................................................... 4
President’s Message...................................................................................................... 5
FRA Candidates for Vice
President.............................................................................. 6
FRA Conference Program
Proposal.......................................................................... 21
Feature:
Technology and
the Read-Aloud
........... Terrence W.
Cavanaugh................................................................................. 26
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Feature:
Story Break! (Sally and
the Sea)
........... Brett
Dillingham ............................................................................................. 32
Feature:
........... An Interview
with Joe Torgesen: Reading Instruction with Sense and Sensibility
........... Nile Stanley...................................................................................................... 36
Directory of Publishers............................................................................................... 43
IRA Application Form................................................................................................ 45
FRA Board of Directors,
Staff, and Local Council Presidents.................................. 46
List of Honor Councils................................................................................................ 47
FRA Application Form................................................................................................ 48
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