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In order to determine if kindergarten students could be taught to make or improve the comprehension strategy of text-to-self connection during reading, the think-aloud instructional approach was taught whole group using read-aloud books over a six-week period (Baumann, Jones, & …

In a learner controlled program, where learners are given control over instructional decisions to direct his or her learning activities, strategies are not embedded in the instruction. Therefore, learners are required to self-direct their learning. How do learners direct their l…

Research examining students’ historical reasoning has heavily relied on evidence in the form of students’ written work to make claims about students’ ability to reason historically and have argued that the document-based history essay holds the most promise for assessing student…