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So just which book "about F.D.R.'s first 100 days" was President-elect Barack Obama talking about when he appeared on "60 Minutes" on Sunday?

This article is about teen literacy and how the authors of teen lit books view the effects of their books on teen readers. It says that it give information on urban areas that the readers may or may not be familiar with but can in both situations learn from it. It also talks about the way in which they chose their main characters. It is a good artcile if you are researching literacy and novels or teenagers.

This article is about a woman named Barbara Thomas. She has her early childhood classroom set up to encourage literacy. She has a large book corner with a circle rug. She uses the The Environmental Literacy Scan which is a program that develops as an outgrowth of a survey of kindergarten teachers' beliefs and practices is designed to assess literacy opportunities. The scan is all about how a room is setup for learning.

This article is about the book that talks abot how different children read and learn differently. It gives good tips on how to figure out your childs best way of learning and reading, It has different sections about reading and learning

The Virginia Department of Education has unveiled a tool that teachers and parents can use to select books that interest young readers and help them improve their skills.

This article explores the effect of the Potter series on reading. It says that many young people particular boys don't read. However the Potter books are a quick fix to this. Harry Potter may have changed the reading habits of an entire generation

This article is about the book that talks abot how different children read and learn differently. It gives good tips on how to figure out your childs best way of learning and reading, It has different sections about reading and learning

The Authors of this article have conducted a study on 710 college students who were taking Pre-Calculus class. They were split into a controlled group, and a test group. The control group took the course using basic technology, and text books. The test group used graphics calculators and textbooks geared towards learning with graphics calculators. At the end of the course the students were required to take a comprehensive exam. The results showed that the students who took the course with the graphics calculators scored much higher than those who took the course in the traditional fashion. This study was conducted over a period of three semesters, and will prove very useful in my argumentation.

In his new book, "Work Hard. Be Nice.", Jay Mathews claims that the Knowledge Is Power Program is the "best" program serving severely disadvantaged, minority-group students in America today.

Kindle is a electronic book reader. In this technology, kindle is a hand-held device that will help you read. This technology will not only have the words on the screen, but it will read to you.

In this article the author goes over a program set in place by Nationwide in Great Britain to help promote financial literacy in schools. One ways that they do this is release copies of the book Teenage Guide to Money to schools. Mutual One is also another company that is trying to help out the cause. One of their ideas is to let schools use MP4 players and podcasts that teach financial literacy.

This article is about how Harry Potter affects literacy. It is well written. It goes in deptha and shares the suthors perspective on not only the book but also how it affects literacy.

This article is about trends in Kindergarten learning styles. It is based on a book called "Inventing Kindergarten". It is based on the ideas of a man named Frobel. It is said that the ideas of Frobel influenced modern art. The ideas of Frobel include using extrinistic bribes in order to get the most out of your students. The ideas of Forbel are seen in many different countries and are continuing to be seen more and more.

Literacy is a continuous, multidimensional indicator of proficiency in using written language. This essay reviews several recent books on literacy, and suggests some profound theoretical issues about consumer behavior inspired by a sociocultural perspective on literacy. In particular, ties between literacy and six diverse research programs on consumer behavior are highlighted: responses to persuasion; affect and decision making; the meanings of products and brands; social marketing of health behaviors; consumption, identity, and resistance; and the impact of the internet on consumer behavior. In addition, questions both interesting and troubling about the impact of consumption on literacy are raised in the hope of encouraging future research. (Abstract taken from JSTOR.)

In this prospective study home literacy is considered a multifaceted phenomenon consisting of a frequency or exposure facet (opportunity), an instruction quality facet, a parent-child cooperation facet, and a social-emotional quality facet. In a multiethnic, partly bilingual sample of 89 families with 4-year-old children, living in inner-city areas in the Netherlands, measures of home literacy were taken by means of interviews with the parents and observations of parent-child book reading interactions when the target children were ages 4, 5, and 6 years. At age 7, by the end of Grade 1, after nearly 1 year of formal reading instruction, vocabulary, word decoding, and reading comprehension were assessed using standard tests. Vocabulary at age 4 and an index of the predominant language used at home were also measured in order to be used as covariates. Correlational and multiple regression analyses supported the hypothesis that home literacy is multifaceted. Home literacy facets together predicted more variance in language and achievement measures at age 7 than each of them separately. Structural equations analysis also supported two additional hypotheses of the present research. First, the effects of background factors (SES, ethnicity, parents' own literacy practices) on language development and reading achievement in school were fully mediated by home literacy, home language, and early vocabulary. Second, even after controlling for the effects of early vocabulary and predominant home language, there remained statistically significant effects of home literacy, in particular, opportunity, instruction quality, and cooperation quality. (Abstract taken from JSTOR.)

This article is a story about a sick student. The author is a teacher who was giving her books to read during the recovery process. Harry Potter was the perfect prescription for her. She goes in to talking about the Potter phenomen that has swept the nation in the recent years.

As the title says Harry Potter helps literacy. This article has statistics to prove it as well. It truly is amazing how out of the billions of books out in the world a single series can change an entire generation of literacy.

This is a great article going in depth on one of J.k.Rowling's books. It helps prove that Harry otter is more then just a childrens story. Life lessons can be learned from reading this series.

This article is not only about literacy but how the potter series affects the discourse of gender. The author does a great job in explaining this to other teachers in particular teenage literacy teachers. The discourse of gender and literacy is a topic that has become popular in the past few years and Harry Potter is a perfect book for it.

The reading phenomen of Harry Potter is sweeping the world. Children from all over are beginning to read thanks to a fictional wizard. This series of books have single handedly revivedreading as a thing to do for an entire generation.