Full Description
Pre-service and in-service middle and secondary school teachers get a core set of instructional techniques in this evidence-based, practical resource designed to help them incorporate reading-related approaches into their classroom. The approaches are easy to follow, practical, effective, feature a strong empirical base and reflect the latest thinking in the field.
Contents
Section 1: Teaching and Learning through Text
1 The Importance of Literacy in Content Areas
2 Literacy Processes
3 Getting to Know Your Students, Your Materials, and Your Teaching
4 Teaching for Diversity
Section 2: Prereading Strategies
5 Building Prior Knowledge
6 Introducing Technical Vocabulary
Section 3: Strategies for Guided Reading
7 Making Reading Purposeful
8 Reading Guides
9 Providing Time to Read: When, Where, and How?
Section 4: Postreading Strategies
10 Questioning and Discussion
11 Reinforcing and Extending Content Knowledge
Section 5: More Ways to Facilitate Learning through Text
12 Study Skills: Encouraging Independence in Content Literacy
13 Student Attitudes: Encouraging Content Literacy
