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Book Club Articles Learn more about the research and developmental studies behind the Book Club methodology. Below are links to research articles and abstracts written by Book Club authors. The links are housed at the Center for the Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (CIERA) Web site, an organization dedicated to understanding the learning and teaching of reading. Understanding Culture in Our Lives and Work: Teachers' Literature Study in the Book Club Program (Abstract) By: Taffy E. Raphael, Karen Damphousse, Kathy Highfield, and Susan Florio-Ruane Book Club Workshop: Learning about language and literacy through culture By: Taffy E. Raphael Thinking for Ourselves: Literacy Learning in a Diverse Teacher Inquiry Network By: Taffy E. Raphael, Susan Florio-Ruane, Marcella Kehus, MariAnne George, Nina Hasty, Kathy Highfield, Reading Lives: Creating and Sustaining Learning about Culture and Literacy Education in Teacher Study Groups By: Susan Florio-Ruane, Michigan State University What Counts as Teacher Research? An essay from the Book Club Plus Group
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To support our novel guides and online discussions, we've assembled a list of Internet resources to help you teach the units. Resources include web sites dealing with relevant topics as well as sites that publish theme-related literature (e.g., short stories and poems).
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