REED670: Adolescent Literacy Issues and Instruction

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Provides a collection of over 4,560 electronic books, including reference books.

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Library Location: Stacks | LB1632 .H363

Library Location: Reference | LB1576 .H2332

Library Location: Reference | LB1139.5.L35 H363

Library Location: Stacks | LB1050.45 .H365

Library Location: Stacks | LB1050.5 .H265

Journal article citations, abstracts and some full text covering the Arts, Cognitive Studies, Film, Humanities, Religious Studies, Science, and Sociology.

Communication & Mass Media Complete provides abstracts and full text of scholarly journal articles and popular articles in areas related to communication; including speech and language pathology.

Includes the following journals:   Journal of Reading Education, Journal of Research in Reading, Reading & Writing Quarterly, Reading Research & Instruction, Reading Research Quarterly and Reading Teacher.

Contains materials in all areas of education and at all levels from preschool through college. Provides citation and abstract information from over 750 educational journals and related documents from the Educational Resource Information Center educational symposium report literature dating back to 1967.

Contains journal citations and abstracts in psychology and related disciplines.

An alphabetical list of all of the library's databases.  If you do not know which database to use, go to the Subject Gateways.

Resources for parents and educators of kids in grades 4-12.

Reseaource for High School education.

Links to Learning Point Associates home page.

Your source for information on research-based instruction.

E-reserves provide you with 24/7 online access. When available for your course, your instructor will give you information about how to access these resources.

Options include:

• Via Docutek - you can use the Docutek navigation options to find your course. You will need a password from your instructor to view the resources there.
• Via Blackboard/LearnOnline - if your course uses Blackboard, your instructor may have put links to the course reserves in Blackboard. By signing into the Blackboard course, you will have access to the reserve items without needing an additional password.

Link to middle school resources.

IES is the nation's engine for education research, evaluation, assessment, development and statistics.

The mission of the International Reading Association is to promote reading by continuously advancing the quality of literacy instruction and research worldwide.

Links to Middletown, NJ Board of Education website.

Dr. Sharon Pitcher's wiki site for teaching adolescents.

Wikipedia's list of prestigious annual children's literature awards.

Extensive lists of books for children and young adults.

Maryland's Black Eyed Susan Book Award winners.

Wikipedia's list of Caldecott Award winning books.

Wikipedia's list of CSK Award winning books.

Only winners included; search by topic, age, gender, multicultural and more.

Wikipedia's list of Printz award winning YA literature.

Wikipedia's list of Newbery Award winning books.

Winners selected by the National Council of Teachers of English.

Wikipedia's list of Pura Belpre award winning literature for children and young adults.

Lists the Mike Morgan & Larry Roman's Children's and Young Adult Literature Awards.

Ten books are awarded the Alex Award each year. Alex Awards are given to books written for adults that also appeal to readers aged 12 to 18.

Search high quality resources on the web using the Library's Custom Search Engine.

  Description of the Common Core Standards and links to documents outlining their relation to educational curriculum in Maryland.

The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is the largest international professional organization dedicated to improving the educational success of individuals with disabilities and/or gifts and talents.

Provides an easy to understand listing of Dewey Decimal Classification numbers and what they mean.

The mission of the International Reading Association is to promote reading by continuously advancing the quality of literacy instruction and research worldwide.

The State Curriculum is the document that aligns the Maryland Content Standards and the Maryland Assessment Program and will be available in a number of formats for teachers, central office staff, students, parents, and the other stakeholders.

UDL is a flexible approach to curriculum design that offers all learners full and equal opportunities to learn. Based on research on the diverse ways people learn, UDL offers practical steps for giving everyone the chance to succeed.

Contains 15 full text journals plus news of interest to literacy educators, policy studies, summaries of national, local and state education issues. Click on "Institutional IP Access" to see full text journals.

The ReadWriteThink mission is to provide educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials.