Multiple Voices, Multiple Texts Reading in the Secondary Content Areas

Name: Multiple Voices, Multiple Texts Reading in the Secondary Content Areas
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ISBN: 9780867094176

ISBN-10: 0867094176

ISBN-13: 9780867094176

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Authors: Reade Dornan, Lois Rosen, Marilyn Wilson, Yetta M. Goodman, Kenneth S. Goodman

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Although there are plenty of professional books on reading in the content areas, most ignore theory, opting instead to include strategies that confuse rather than enlighten. Furthermore, such texts rarely make adequate connections between reading and writing as well as reading and language acquisition--and they disregard linguistic diversity altogether. This book is different. Multiple Voices, Multiple Texts provides a thorough grounding in the principles and practices of reading, writing, and language development--the kind of grounding teachers need for today's multicultural and multilingual classrooms. It is an innovative text based upon the principles of whole language and the…

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List price: $60.55
Publisher: Heinemann
Publication date: 8/4/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.52" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Reade Dornan teaches English education in the Department of English at Michigan State University. She previously taught high school and has worked extensively with gifted and talented middle school students.

Marilyn Wilson is an associate professor of English at Michigan State University and is currently the associate chair for undergraduate programs. She is a past president of the Michigan Council of Teachers of English and has taught both middle and high school English.



Introduction The History of Reading Movements in the Twentieth Century Understanding Reading


The Reading Process: Who's in Charge?


Influences on Language and Literacy Development and the Teaching of Reading Preparing to Teach Selecting


Assessing, and Introducing Texts and Materials Assessing Students' Reading Abilities, Needs


Attitudes, and Interests in the Content Classroom Theory into Practice Principles of Comprehension and Learning


Processes That Enable Divergent Readings in the Text Lesson Designs for Text


Comprehension Using Writing as a Tool to Improve Reading, Thinking, and Learning