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1. 1. www.ohiorc.org

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   Published on: 4/20/2007   Last Visited: 4/20/2007

   Gwynne Ellen Ash is a former middle school reading and language arts teacher. After teaching at a Title I middle school in San Antonio, Texas, Gwynne pursued her doctorate in reading education at the University of Georgia. Specializing in struggling adolescent readers, Gwynne has been an assistant professor at the University of Delaware and just recently relocated to her home state, where she is an assistant professor at Texas State University, San Marcos. Gwynne has written chapters and articles on adolescent reading concerns and is currently working on a book on fluency development for adolescent readers. Most familiar to Ohio teachers will be her Reading Online article, Teaching Readers Who Struggle: A Pragmatic Middle School Framework, and her professional development work throughout the state.

2. 2. Reading Online - Articles: Teaching Readers Who Struggle: A Pragmatic Middle School Framework

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   Published on: 3/1/2002   Last Visited: 12/6/2007

   Gwynne Ellen Ash
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   Because of the reality of having students who struggle with literacy, middle school teachers are greatly concerned that they are not meeting these students' needs; further, many teachers are not sure about how to make their students' needs a focus of instruction (Ash, 2000). As a participant in my dissertation study, Victoria (a pseudonym), expressed her distress in searching for a realistic way to meet those needs,
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   They have expressed frustration with trying to meet with 150 students in conferences daily, or even weekly, and they have concerns that they are not meeting the students' direct instructional needs through the workshop (Ash, 2000).
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   When schools or districts select a single text for language arts instruction, it can be interpreted as an assumption that all students have the same needs and interests, and that teachers should engage in whole class instruction regardless of individual student needs (Ash, 2000).
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   Ash, G.E. (2000). Middle school literacy teachers' ethical stances and role perceptions. (Doctoral dissertation, The University of Georgia, Athens, 2000). Dissertation Abstracts International, 61(08), 3105. Back
   
   Ash, G.E., & Hagood, M.C. (2000, May).
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   Gwynne Ellen Ash is a former middle school reading and language arts teacher. She received her Ph.D. in reading education from the University of Georgia in 2000, and she is currently an assistant professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware (Newark, DE, USA). Gwynne also directs the Delaware Reading Project, a professional development program based on the principles of the National Writing Project. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in elementary and middle school literacy methods, her areas of research include middle school readers who struggle, teachers' perceptions of their roles, the use of children's literature in the middle school classroom, and comprehension strategy instruction. Contact Gwynne by e-mail at gash@UDel.Edu.
   
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   Citation: Ash, G.E. (2002, March).

3. 3. www.ohiorc.org

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   Published on: 12/24/2003   Last Visited: 7/23/2004

   Register for August workshop with Dr. Gwynne Ash
   
   Dr. Gwynne Ash will speak to teachers of grades 4-12 on August 4 and/or 5, 2004, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm. Her topic will focus on vocabulary learning for general word knowledge and vocabulary learning aimed at increasing comprehension. Participants will be given an overview of research regarding adolescent literacy.
   
   Day 1, held on August 4, is a repeat of the July 2003 session with Dr. Ash. Day 2 is further work with vocabulary and word study for the adolescent learner.
   
   Day 1 (either 2003 or 2004) is a prerequisite for Day 2.
   
   Dr. Gwynne Ash is a prominent researcher on the topic of adolescent literacy and contributing author to the Adolescent SIRI syllabus.