One Teacher's Journey

In this personal essay, the author describes her development as a teacher over a quarter of a century. Specifically, she discusses how, from her originally negative attitude toward content reading strategies, she grew to embrace the concept in her science classes. Drawing on her experiences, she pro...

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Adolescents
Adult literacy
Attitude Change
Content Area Reading
Curricula
Educational Environment
First Person
Gifted
Hands on science
High School Students
Junior High Schools
Language arts
Lesson plans
Literacy
Mathematics education
Meetings
Negative Attitudes
Organic Chemistry
Quality of education
Reading
Reading Assignments
Reading Instruction
Reading Strategies
Science Instruction
Science Teachers
Social Studies
Study and teaching
Teacher Attitudes
Teachers
Teaching
Teaching (Occupation)
Terminology
Vocabulary
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