ECI522


 * In ECI 522: Trends and Issues in Education, I decided to further develop my understanding of improving reading instruction through the study of Book Clubs. Prior to this point in my career, teachers were told that we needed to teach reading using the basal text. I always found this challenging, because a lot of my non-proficient readers could not read a story from the text that was on grade level. So far, through my research, I found that new technologies promoted reading, but I wanted to take this research one step further by examining Book Clubs in the classroom.

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Conclusions: Through this project I learned that Book Clubs are effective when implemented during the literacy block. Book Clubs are effective because they have the ability to reach diverse students of all ability levels. Students can be grouped heterogeneously in order to promote peer tutoring for those students who struggle with reading. Also, through Book Clubs, students get choice and they also get to discuss authentic literature in more depth by going beyond the literal level of understanding. ||  ||  ||