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Building Reading Confidence in Adolescents

The authors present a unique framework of research-based strategies for building reading self-efficacy by focusing on four important concepts: confidence, independence, metacognition, and stamina.

Adolescent Literacy Research & Reports

Adolescent literacy is a hot topic in education and the amount of good research into effective instruction for older students is growing quickly.

The reports gathered here are among the most important and frequently referenced. We hope this material is especially useful for policymakers, researchers, graduate students, curriculum developers, and school administrators.

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AdLit.org is funded by the Ann B. and Thomas L. Friedman Family Foundation and Carnegie Corporation of New York. The statements and views expressed are solely the responsibility of the author(s).

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