Overview
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Content Area Reading and Learning: Instructional Strategies, Third Edition is organized around five themes:*Content Area Reading: An Overview;
*The Teacher and the Text;
*The Students;
*The Instructional Program; and
*School Culture and Environment in Middle and High School Classrooms.Ā
Pedagogical features: Each chapter includes a graphic organizer, a chapter overview, a Think Before Reading Activity, one or more Think While Reading Activities, and a Think After Reading Activity. The activities present questions and scenarios designed to integrate studentsā previous knowledge and experience with their new learnings about issues related to content area reading, literacy, and learning, and to serve as catalysts for thinking and discussions.
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New in the Third Edition:
*the latest information on literacy strategies in every content area;
*research-based strategies for teaching students to read informational texts;
*up-to-date information for differentiating instruction for English-speaking and non-English speaking students;
*an examination of youth culture and the role it plays in student learning;
*a look at authentic learning in contexts related to the world of work;
*ways of using technology and media literacy to support content learning;
*suggestions for using writing in every content area to enhance student learning;
*ideas for using multiple texts for learning content;
*a focus on the assessment-instruction connection; and
*strategies for engaging and motivating students.
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Content Area Reading and Learning: Instructional Strategies, Third Edition is intended as a primary text for courses on middle and high school content area literacy and learning.
This book title, Content Area Reading and Learning (Instructional Strategies, 3rd Edition) - 9780805861617, ISBN: 9780805861617, by Diane Lapp, James Flood, Nancy Farnan, published by Taylor & Francis (October 17, 2006) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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