Content Area Reading: Teaching and Learning for College and Career Readiness

McLaughlin, Maureen

ISBN 10 : 0133830950 ISBN 13 : 9780133830958

Editeur : Pearson, 2014

Synopsis

Gives future and in-service grade 6 - 12 teachers a unique, Common Core-based, student-centered look at content area reading and how to use innovative features to help students make connections between what they read and how they apply it in the classroom,

KEY TOPICS:

Teaching in the 21^st Century

Teaching and Learning in an Age of Multiple Literacies

The Common Core State Standards: Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines

Comprehending Content Area Text

Using Comprehension Strategies to Guide Thinking

Using Comprehension Strategies to Extend Thinking

Teaching Vocabulary in the Content Areas

Organizing for Teaching and Learning

Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

Writing in the Content Areas

Using Technology in the Content Areas

Inquiry: Key to Critical and Creative Thinking in the Content Areas

Poetry, Drama, Music, and Art: Alternative representations of Thinking

Course-based Assessment, Evaluation, and Reporting

Meeting Challenges and Continuing to Learn through Professional Development

MARKET: For future and in-service grade six through 12 teachers

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Maureen McLaughlin is department chair and professor of reading education at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. She earned her doctorate at Boston University in reading and language development. Prior to her tenure at the University, Maureen spent fifteen years as a classroom teacher, reading specialist, and department chair in a public school system.

Maureen served as the 2013 - 2014 President of the International Reading Association and was a member of IRA's Board of Directors from 2005-2008. During her time on the Board, Maureen was liaison to a variety of committees, including those focused on Bylaws, Adolescent Literacy, and the Common Core State Standards. She also contributed to a variety of documents and position statements, including the Board of Directors' Code of Conduct and the Conflict of Interest Statement. From 1999 - 2004, Maureen was a volunteer professor in Estonia for the Association's Reading and Writing for Critical Thinking (RWCT) Project.

Maureen has been a member of several review boards, including those of The Reading Teacher and the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. She has also published numerous chapters and journal articles focused on critical literacy, reading comprehension, and the Common Core State Standards.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0133830950
• ISBN 13: 9780133830958
• Reliure: Feuillets mobiles
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 387
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible