But I Know it Worked: Unpacking Teachers’ Perceptions about the Effects of Literacy Strategies on Students

Authors: Kelly Feighan and Debra Coffey, Research for Better Schools

Presented: 2009 AERA Annual Meeting, San Diego, April 16

This presentation focuses on the following two research questions:

What are middle school content teachers’ perceptions about the impact of specific literacy strategies on student outcomes?
What evidence do teachers draw upon to substantiate their claims of a strategies’ effectiveness or ineffectiveness?