Reading success for struggling adolescent learners /
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| Imprint: | New York : Guilford Press, c2008. |
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| Description: | xiv, 352 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Solving problems in the teaching of literacy |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7094291 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. Understanding Struggling Adolescent Readers
- 1. What Do We Know about the Adolescent Learner and What Does It Mean for Literacy Instruction?
- 2. Struggling Adolescent Readers: Problems and Possibilities
- 3. Nurturing Resilience among Adolescent Readers
- 4. Teaching Adolescent English Language Learners
- Part II. Organizing Classroom Contexts that Promote Literacy
- 5. The Role of Technology in Supporting Struggling Readers
- 6. Engaging Struggling Adolescent Readers in Conversations about Texts: Instructional Strategies for Successful Experiences
- 7. Making Time for Independent Reading
- Part III. Implementing Classroom Instruction for Struggling Adolescent Readers
- 8. Fluency Strategies for Struggling Adolescent Readers
- 9. Comprehension Strategies That Make a Difference for Struggling Readers
- 10. Vocabulary Strategies for Struggling Readers
- 11. Classroom Instruction for Struggling Writers
- 12. Teaching from a Critical Literacy Perspective and Encouraging Social Action
- Part IV. Developing Schoolwide Contexts to Support Achievement
- 13. Meaningful Assessment of Struggling Adolescent Readers
- 14. Literacy Coaching at the Middle School/High School Levels
- 15. Keeping Parents Involved in Their Children's Education during the Middle and High School Years
- 16. "But I'm Not Going to College!": Developing Adolescents' Literacy for the 21st-Century Workplace
- Index
