I’m very excited about today’s episode today. My guest is Dr. Dan Reynolds, he is an assistant professor of English and literacy education at John Carroll university. He does a lot of work with scaffolding texts and, helping support students in complex texts. But today we’re talking specifically about updated recommendations for adolescent literacy. In 2008, the Institute of education sciences released a guide for teaching adolescents grade 4-12.

Link to 2008 IES Practice Guide for Adolescent Literacy: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/practiceguide/8

Dr. Reynold’s article highlighting important updates: https://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/jaal.1176

References:

Kamil, M.L., Borman, G.D., Dole, J., Kral, C.C., Salinger, T., & Torgesen, J. (2008). Improving adolescent literacy: Effective classroom and intervention practices. IES Practice Guide. NCEE 2008-4027. National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance.

Reynolds, D. (2021). Updating Practice Recommendations: Taking Stock of 12 Years of Adolescent Literacy Research. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 65(1), 37– 46. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1176