Improving Adolescent Literacy: Content Area Strategies at Work by Douglas Fisher

Description: Improving Adolescent Literacy by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description For courses in Content Area Reading, Reading and Writing Methods in the Middle School, and Alternative Certification Straightforward, affordable, and practical, Improving Adolescent Literacy gives all middle and secondary school teachers instructional routines that will allow them to develop the content literacy skills of their students. Chapter-opening vignettes from actual classrooms show readers effective teaching in action and give them a look at how the chapters instructional approach works within content area teaching. Research-based rationales for each strategy follow the vignettes and provide an in-depth look at how to implement the strategy, along with examples of each strategy across the curriculum. In this 5th Edition, the authors provide new classroom examples from their colleagues across the disciplines as well as new instructional routines that have been researched and validated since the publication of the last edition. Also, this edition has been re-organised, adding three new chapters, to focus on the ways in which teachers can use reading, writing, speaking, and listening in their classes, emphasising reading and comprehending texts, creating graphic organisers, developing vocabulary knowledge, and writing to learn. Author Biography Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College having been an early intervention teacher and elementary school educator. He is the recipient of an International Reading Association Celebrate Literacy Award, the Farmer award for excellence in writing from the National Council of Teachers of English, as well as a Christa McAuliffe award for excellence in teacher education. He has published numerous articles on reading and literacy, differentiated instruction and curriculum design as well as books, such as Better Learning Through Structured Teaching, Rigorous Reading and Text Complexity: Raising Rigor in Reading. Nancy Frey, Ph.D., is a Professor of Literacy in the Department of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University. She is the recipient of the 2008 Early Career Achievement Award from the National Reading Conference. Nancy has published in The Reading Teacher, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, English Journal, Voices in the Middle, Middle School Journal, Remedial and Special Education, TESOL Journal, Journal of Learning Disabilities, Early Childhood Education Journal and Educational Leadership. She has co-authored (with Doug Fisher) books on formative assessment (Checking for Understanding and Formative Assessment Action Plan), instructional design (Better Learning for Structured Teaching), data-driven instruction (Using Data to Focus Instructional Improvement) and brain-based learning (In a Reading State of Mind.) Nancy is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist and administrator in California, and has taught at the elementary, middle and high school levels for 2 decades. She is a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College, where she learns from her colleagues and students every day. Details ISBN 0135180872 ISBN-13 9780135180877 Title Improving Adolescent Literacy Author Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey Format Paperback Year 2019 Pages 208 Edition 5th Publisher Pearson Education (US) GE_Item_ID:136129746; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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