Student Team Reading (and Writing)

This resource via the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, What Works Clearinghouse (http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc)

Cooperative learning and teamed strategies for secondary students-most studied in middle school and early high school grades. Heterogenous student groupings designed to engage students in academic actitivies.

ST Reading involves high-interest reading materials, literature related activities, and direct instruction in comprehension. The Writing component adds selection based writing activities.