Research Guides: LIT 3670 Young Adult Literature: Associations

Phone Apps

YALSA's Teen Book Finder for Android & iOS

This free app provides access to the past five years' of YALSA's awards and lists.
Download either the iOS version (for iPod, iPhone or iPad) or the Android version. (NOTE: as of 9/24/24 Android is unavailable - we'll keep trying)

App includes:

"Today's Hot Picks"
Ability to search the database
a Find It! button, to show you which local library owns the title
a Favorites button to create your own booklist
and Twiter and Facbook buttons to share the books

For more information see YALSA's website

Use this QR Code to download the Apple App

Position Statements

International Literacy Association: Position Statement and Research Brief - Engagement and Adolescent Literacy "The International Literacy Association maintains that effective engagement is the critical component of literacy instruction for adolescents. To effectively engage adolescent students means offering them the opportunity to use literacy in meaningful ways, interact with a variety of texts, participate in assessment for and as learning, and experience a community of learners in and out of school."
International Literacy Association: Postition Statements, Briefs and Papers Here you will find a collection of research-based position statements, white papers, research advisories, literacy leadership briefs, and reports reflecting ILA's perspective on current topics and trends within the educational landscape.
Literacy Research Association - Policy and Advocacy Statements & Resources
NCTE - A Call to Action - What we know about Adolescent Literacy Instruction "The purpose of this document is to provide a research-based resource for media, policymakers, and teachers that acknowledges the complexities of reading as an ongoing, developmental process and addresses the needs of secondary readers and their teachers."

Associations

Indiana State Reading Association
International Literacy Association formerly, International Literacy Association
Literacy Research Association
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Promotes research that enriches the knowledge, understanding, and development of lifespan literacies in a multicultural and multilingual world.
Michigan Reading Association
National Council of Teachers of English
ReadWriteThink
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Provides educators, parents, and afterschool professionals with access to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the very best in free materials.
Young Adult Library Services Association

Conferences

Subject Guide

Tonya Fawcett

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Contact:

Morgan Library, Room 204

574.372.5100 x6291