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Common Core Standards in Diverse Classrooms Essential Practices for Developing Academic Language and Disciplinary Literacy

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ISBN-10: 1571109978

ISBN-13: 9781571109972

Edition: 2014

Authors: Jeff Zwiers, Susan O'Hara, Robert Pritchard

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The Common Core State Standards require students to do more with knowledge and language than ever before. Rather than be mere consumers of knowledge, students must now become creators, critics, and communicators of ideas across disciplines. Yet in order to take on these new and exciting roles, many students need daily teaching with an extra emphasis on accelerating their academic communication skills.Common Core Standards in Diverse Classrooms describes seven research-based teaching practices for developing complex language and literacy skills across grade levels and disciplines: using complex texts, fortifying complex output, fostering academic interaction, clarifying complex language,…    
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Book details

List price: $38.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 4/8/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 9.25" wide x 7.38" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Dr. Susan O'Hara is an associate professor in the Department of Teacher Education at Sacramento State University. Her research focuses on using technology as a tool to positively impact the science, math and academic language skills of all students. Dr. O'Hara has co-authored articles for numerous journals, including the Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, and has co-authored a book titled NETS Grades 6-8 Multidisciplinary Resource Units, published by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Dr. Robert Pritchard is Professor of Education and Chair of the Department of Teacher Education at California State University, Sacramento. He has been a teacher educator for…