Sally, I don't know of any research, but have you tried e-mailing any of the other experts in this field directly? I attended a workshop with Dr. Stephen Krashen, and he forwarded me a couple of research articles supporting the teacher reading during SSR the very day I asked him for it. Maybe he would know of something. He is such a strong advocate for SSR, classroom libraries, whole lang, etc., so maybe...just a thought. This is his e-mail address:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Good luck...hope you find something. Lisa 2/3 IL --- thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I need some advice. Have a former grad student whose > high school (under > pressure from the district) is considering dropping > all novels from the > curriculum in favor of short stories. While I know > the value of using short > stories to model and teach strategies, and I > certainly value short stories > in their own right, it seems to the two of us that > this move is about #1 > raising test scores and #2 allowing for better > control of teachers by pacing > them with teacher guides and a ³program² of sorts. > > Does anyone have information on research in this > regard and/or a source for > theoretical discussion of this issue that we can use > in making an argument > against this move? > > I would especially love if Ellin or Ginger would > chime in on this topic. I > know what my gut instinct is....and it's partly > because of my theoretical > understandings but also because of my guess as to > the ideological source of > the move. > > > Thanks in advance. > > > Sally Thomas > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go > to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at > http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta. http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/features_spam.html _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
