Subject and Interdisciplinary Databases

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Books by Jeanne Chall

Jeanne Sternlicht Chall was a psychologist, a leading expert in reading research and instruction for over 50 years, a teacher, a writer, and professor emerita at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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History of Reading Textbooks and Curricula

Brief introductions to the historical study of reading, language and literacy in the United States. Through special collections materials, students in the Language & Literacy Program can review how textbooks and primers reflect various approaches to teaching reading and what content was prioritized at different times in different communities: