David A. Sousa's
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Dr. Jay Giedd and PBS:Frontline
The 2002 research about the adolescent brain offers extremely important and relevant information about how the teenage brain differs from an adult's brain and the changes that happen during that time period. Dr. Jay Giedd also gives an explanation of the "Use it or lose it" principle surrounding the development of the adolescent brain.
PBS: Frontline (2002) Inside the teenage brain: interview Jay Giedd. Retrieved from: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/teenbrain/interviews/giedd.html |
Teaching Disciplinary Literacy to Adolescents: Rethinking Content Area Literacy
In their article, Timothy and Cynthia Shanahan describe trends in literacy and how literacy applies to different content areas. These are all their findings from research with the the Carnegie Corporation. Below, you will find a summary of their article, along with a link to the article itself.
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