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Abstract
The most current National Center for Education Statistics data are that average reading scores of American adolescents have been essentially stagnant since 1971, generating concern about the ability of high school graduates to meet the literacy challenges of the twenty-first century. A 1925 study conducted by the National Committee on Reading formulated the concept of literature-based content area reading instruction, in which the substantive involvement of school librarians was seen as crucial for success. No recent research on the integration ofliterature into content areas at the high school level is available, but the effectiveness of such a strategy is implied by related research in reading, prompting articles in professional education journals describing the anecdotal benefits of such a practice. The conclusion leading to this work was that since few resources exist to support content-area reading, the limited time high school teachers have to locate quality literature in all genres necessary for such classroom instructional strategies is one of the basic impediments to establishing the practice of reading across the curriculum. The purpose of this study was to survey the content area curriculum of a representative public high school to create a comprehensive accessible print resource in the form of an annotated bibliography of curriculum related literature for the enhancement of content instruction, the encouragement of independent student reading, and the provision of a selection tool for collection development in high school libraries.
Year of Submission
2006
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Department of Curriculum and Instruction
Department
Division of School Library Studies
First Advisor
Barbara Safford
Date Original
9-22-2006
Object Description
1 PDF file (iv, 82 pages)
Copyright
©2006 Patricia J. ErkenBrack
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
ErkenBrack, Patricia J., "Augmentation of reading across the curriculum, student exploration of literature, and library collection development through the compilation of a comprehensive annotated bibliography of high school content area literature" (2006). Graduate Research Papers. 1977.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/grp/1977
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