Saturday, October 18, 2008

Competency 6c-Citation Pearl Search

Search Query: books about literacy and reading development

Database: BIP

Search Strategy:
First, I searched for keywords "literacy and reading development" in Books in Print. One book looked promising, Fast Start: Getting ready to Read: A Research-Based, Send-Home Literacy Program with 60 Reproducible Poems and Activities that Ensures Reading Success for Every Child by Nancy Padak. When I clicked on the title, it showed more information about the book, including the Bowker Subjects. Then I clicked on the EDUCATION/TEACHING METHODS AND MATERIALS/ READING Bowker Subject.

Here is a result from that search.
Literacy Growth for Every Child: Differentiated Small-Group Instruction K-6 by Dianne Lapp
Interactive Think-Aloud Lessons: 25 Surefire Ways to Engage Students and Improve Comprehension by Lori Oczkus

This was a successful search, with eight of the first ten results matching the search query. The results that did not match talked about the writing aspect of literacy rather than the reading aspect of literacy.

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