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Alexandra Shelton
Researcher at University of Maryland, College Park
Publications - 9
Citations - 36
Alexandra Shelton is an academic researcher from University of Maryland, College Park. The author has contributed to research in topics: Literacy & Reading comprehension. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 8 publications receiving 16 citations.
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Supporting Main Idea Identification and Text Summarization in Middle School Co-Taught Classes.
TL;DR: The authors identify the main ideas within a complex multi-paragraph content-area text is an essential reading comprehension skill and it is especially important for content area and special education students with disabilities.
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A Synthesis of Reading Comprehension Interventions for Persons With Mild Intellectual Disability
TL;DR: The inclusion of individuals with intellectual disability in typical settings is increasing as mentioned in this paper, and to promote success in these settings, educators must support the reading comprehension of individua cation.
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Sentence-Level Gist: Literacy Instruction for Students with Learning Disabilities in Co-Taught Classrooms.
TL;DR: Several strategies that demonstrate promise are available for educators to improve reading comprehension outcomes for students as discussed by the authors, however, some students, including students with and at risk for learn-to-read disorders, are at risk.
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Preparing to Implement Evidence-Based Literacy Practices in the Co-taught Classroom:
TL;DR: In this paper, it is essential that middle school content-area and special education co-teachers adopt evidence-based literacy practices that they can integrate into their content area instruction to address the...