Teachers valued leveled articles on shared topics as supporting a cohesive classroom experience across reading levels¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · qualitative r1 · q1
Currency · newest study 2018 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? Teachers valued ReadWorks' extensive library because articles on similar topics at different reading levels let them personalize level while maintaining a cohesive classroom experience. → Tare 2018

Evidence¶

Tare 2018¶

Tare, M., Nobles, S., & Xiao, W. (2018). Partnerships that work: Tapping research to address learner variability in young readers. Washington, DC: Digital Promise Global. https://digitalpromise.dspacedirect.org/items/e59c6e47-4209-4187-a0ef-b8da08283ec6 doi:10.51388/20.500.12265/67

q1 · i? · qualitative · r1

Teacher interview comment illustrating finding passages on the same topic (water) for readers below, at, and above expected level; the report says this theme of inclusion ran through all interviewees' comments.

"the passages are a little different, but they're still reading about water and then they can come back and share what they read. Everybody is reading the same topic, but they're reading it at their appropriate level."

Discussion¶

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