Lit Review Article #6

I. Title ZPD Guidelines: Helping Student s Achieve Optimum Reading Growth

II. Author Report from the Institute for Academic Excellence

III. Author's Purpose for Writing Informing parents and teachers regarding the Zone of Proximal Development in regard to using Accelerated Reader.


IV. What are the points made in the review of the literature? Do they support the need for the study?
Students should read in a range which is challenging but does not cause frustration
V. Author's Inquiry Question/s How does using challenging texts help students and what effects in the home and in the classroom cause discrepancies between ZPD and grade-equivalent scores.

VI. Author's Methodology an analysisi of student book reading behavior from school Accelerated Reader data.
A. Who is being studied? 80,000students
B. Over what length of time? One year
C. What data is being collected determination of independent reading levels
D. How is it being analyzed actual behaviors observed in the classroom with real books
E. Any other interesting or pertinent data
students mush read large quantities of literature in order to gain vocabulary and knowledge from reading
VII. How the author collected information,
observation and Accelerated Reader data
VIII. What the Author Discovered or Conclusions/Implications
Students need knowledgeable teachers and librarians to help them achieve the goal of becoming skilled lifelong readers who love to read