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**Symposium** (sim- **poh **-zee- uh m)- a meeting or conference for the discussion of some subject, especially a meeting at which several speakers talk on or discuss a topic before an audience. [1]

The **Reading Research Symposium,** hosted by the **students of Team 7-5** at **Nagel Middle School** on 5/3/2012**,** is an event that culminates a three-week interdisciplinary unit (IDU). During the unit students were invited to learn about **reading confidence** through: (1) independent journal relections in Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, and Science classes, and (2) the design and implementation of a scientific investigation focused on the reading process. During the experimental design process students focused on three areas: forming a measurable question, realistic measurement, and identification of patterns and trends in data.

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Below you will find various **student-designed research projects** categorized under reading strategies commonly used by middle school students and teachers. Please explore student research within categories you are interested in:

Reading out loud(9) Discussing(3) Summarizing and Paraphrasing(8) Context Clues and Stop-and-Think(3) Distractions to reading(4) Underlining and highlighting and note-taking(10) Knowing the purpose of the reading(1) Use of graphs and tables and charts(1) Previewing and re-reading text(1) Student Interest(4) All or no strategies(4)

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