8 fully differentiated lessons that allow students to plan, prepare and create non fiction texts on the theme of family holidays. (tes.com)
He specifically looks at the impact the standards have had on the emphasis of non-fiction vs. fiction texts in reading, and on enrollment in advanced courses in mathematics. (brookings.edu)
Many teachers noted that they observed consistently low performance on «finding the main idea» questions for fiction texts, although students didn't have difficulty identifying the main idea of nonfiction texts. (ascd.org)