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Reading Workshop & Formative Assessment: Maximizing Quality Reading Instruction, Katherine Ann Lindner
Reading Workshop & Formative Assessment: Maximizing Quality Reading Instruction, Katherine Ann Lindner
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The purpose of this study was to closely examine an elementary teacher’s classroom practices in implementing reading workshop, to examine her assessment practices within this model and to see if, when, and how her assessment practices support or enhance constructivist practices within reading workshop. This qualitative case-study, was designed to examine, in depth, the teaching practices of one teacher attempting to implement constructivist teaching and learning practices in literacy instruction (reading in particular) in her classroom. The findings revealed that teachers implementing reading, when coupling that with formative assessment practices, can use those practices to enhance and grow students’ reading …