Reading and the high school student : strategies to enhance literacy

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Author:

Irvin, Judith L., 1947-

ISBN:

9780205319619

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Irvin, Judith L., 1947-

Publication Information:

Boston, MA : Allyn and Bacon, c2003.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

Contents:

Pt. I. What Educators Need to Know to Make Instructional Decisions -- Ch. 1. Adolescent Literacy -- Ch. 2. The Adolescent -- Ch. 3. Literacy Learning and The Curriculum -- Ch. 4. Learning Environments that Motivate Students -- Ch. 5. Assisting Struggling Readers -- Ch. 6. The Demands of Text -- Ch. 7. Vocabulary Knowledge -- Ch. 8. Using Prior Knowledge -- Ch. 9. Comprehending Text -- Ch. 10. Using Study Strategies To Learn and Remember -- Ch. 11. Assessment That Guides Instruction -- Pt. II. What Educators Need to Know to Make Programmatic Decisions -- Ch. 12. The Reading Program -- Ch. 13. Exemplary Literacy Programs.

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Summary

Designed specifically for high-school teachers and administrators, this long-awaited text presents, in a succint and practical way, the issues and trends relative to improved literacy learning in our nation's high schools.

This text is an invaluable resource packed with numerous research-based, classroom-tested learning strategies to improve reading in the content areas. A special emphasis is placed on the needs of the struggling reader. The text concludes with a description of how to develop a literacy program and plan for a high school or district and presents several exemplary models. This text is the perfect complement to Reading and the Middle School, 2/e, also published by Irvin.