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Reading to learn in the content areas / Judy S. Richardson, Raymond F. Morgan, Charlene E. Fleener.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextPublication details: Belmont, CA, USA : Wadsworth, 2009.Edition: Seventh editionDescription: xvii, 536 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780495506065
  • 0495506060
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • CIR 372.4  R394r 2009  20
LOC classification:
  • CIR LB 1050.455 R53 2009
Contents:
Content teachers and content literacy -- Assessment and evaluation issues -- Preparation for learning -- Assistance in learning -- Learning through reflection -- Moving beyond the traditional textbook and transmission methods -- Technology in today's content classrooms -- Study skills in the electronic age -- Teaching vocabulary -- Writing to learn in the content areas -- Supporting diverse learners in content classrooms -- Teaching in the affective domain.
Summary: With READING TO LEARN IN THE CONTENT AREAS, Seventh Edition, future educators discover how they can teach students to use reading, discussion, and writing as vehicles for learning in any discipline. The text explores how the increased availability of computers, instructional software, and Internet resources, as well as the rise of electronic literacy in general, have affected the ways children learn and create meaning from their world. The authors' unique lesson framework for instruction, PAR (Preparation/Assistance/Reflection), extends throughout the book. The text's reader-friendly presentation, balanced approach, strong research base, and inclusion of real-life examples from a variety of subject areas and grade levels have helped make it one of the most popular and effective books on the market.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 481-518) and indexes.

Content teachers and content literacy -- Assessment and evaluation issues -- Preparation for learning -- Assistance in learning -- Learning through reflection -- Moving beyond the traditional textbook and transmission methods -- Technology in today's content classrooms -- Study skills in the electronic age -- Teaching vocabulary -- Writing to learn in the content areas -- Supporting diverse learners in content classrooms -- Teaching in the affective domain.

With READING TO LEARN IN THE CONTENT AREAS, Seventh Edition, future educators discover how they can teach students to use reading, discussion, and writing as vehicles for learning in any discipline. The text explores how the increased availability of computers, instructional software, and Internet resources, as well as the rise of electronic literacy in general, have affected the ways children learn and create meaning from their world. The authors' unique lesson framework for instruction, PAR (Preparation/Assistance/Reflection), extends throughout the book. The text's reader-friendly presentation, balanced approach, strong research base, and inclusion of real-life examples from a variety of subject areas and grade levels have helped make it one of the most popular and effective books on the market.

In English text.

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