This practice guide from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) provides an overview of effective classroom and intervention practices for the adolescent learner (Grades 4–12). It includes five recommendations based on research findings, suggestions for implementing those recommendations in the classroom, and strategies to address possible roadblocks or challenges. Developed as a resource for educators who directly interact with students […]
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Adolescents’ Engagement in Academic Literacy
This downloadable e-book focuses on the interdependence of student motivation, engagement, and academic literacy. It includes chapters detailing findings from researchers at the University of Maryland and is based on the work of a five-year grant from NICHD. The authors explore multiple positive and negative drivers for adolescent learning as well as the impact of social and cultural perspectives on […]
Academic Literacy Instruction for Adolescents
Focused on improving classroom instruction for all adolescent learners as well as providing intervention instruction for students struggling with reading proficiency, this guidance document includes recommendations for improving adolescent student outcomes in academic literacy at the state-, district-, and school-levels. The document is organized into sections highlighting instruction and intervention, insights from reading experts and examples of various state efforts […]
Writing Next: Effective Strategies to Improve Writing of Adolescents in Middle and High Schools
This meta-analysis offers specific research-based teaching techniques for improving the writing proficiency of students in Grades 4–12. Eleven strategies are highlighted in the report including summarization, collaborative writing, prewriting, and inquiry activities as well as writing for the content areas. The premise of this report focuses on the need of all students, not just those that may have been identified […]
Science of Learning: What Educators Need to Know about Adolescent Development
This report provides an overview of the wide range of factors that impact adolescent learners, including physiological and cognitive components. It is one of a series of reports highlighting principles of adolescent learning and development as well as key findings important in maximizing student achievement, especially in those populations that have been historically underserved in education. These principles were developed […]