Supported literacy for adolescents transforming teaching and content learning for the twenty-first century /

Supported Literacy for Adolescents, written by nationally recognized experts, introduces an innovative and field-tested instructional framework for preparing secondary students to succeed academically in a fast-changing and globally networked world. Filled with examples from science, history, litera...

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Corporate Authors: Education Development Center
Group Author: Morocco, Catherine Cobb
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Jossey-Bass teacher
Subjects:
USA
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781118269350
Summary: Supported Literacy for Adolescents, written by nationally recognized experts, introduces an innovative and field-tested instructional framework for preparing secondary students to succeed academically in a fast-changing and globally networked world. Filled with examples from science, history, literature, and special education classrooms, the book shows how teachers can enable diverse students, including under-performers, to develop critical thinking and other essential competencies along with the "multi-literacy" tools needed to engage in twenty-first century content learning.
Item Description: "Co-published with the Education Development Center, Inc."
"Grades 6-12"--Cover.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xv, 213 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-208) and index.
ISBN: 9780470639634 (electronic bk.)
0470639636 (electronic bk.)
9780470639627 (electronic bk.)
0470639628 (electronic bk.)
9780470639641 (electronic bk.)
0470639644 (electronic bk.)
9781118269350 (electronic bk.)
1118269357 (electronic bk.)
Index Number: LC151
CLC: G78-171.2
Contents: New vision of adolescent literacy -- Inside the supported literacy framework -- Using the framework to teach content: a science unit -- Teaching writing to understand text: a fiction unit -- Meaning making with special education students -- Responding to adolescent reading difficulties -- Engaging the whole school in supported literacy.