Building Content Literacy : strategies for the adolescent learner

By - Sejnost, Roberta , Thiese, Sharon

Floor - Floor 1

ISBN 10 - 141295715X

ISBN 13 - 9781412957151

Book Status - 2 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Language arts--Correlation with content subjects

Shelf No - 21

Call Number - 428.0071 SEJ

Physical Description - (xi, 163 pages) : illustrations

Notes - Includes Reference and Index

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Call No: 428.0071 SEJ

Physical Description: (xi, 163 pages) : illustrations

Notes: Includes Reference and Index

Presenting a snapshot of how adolescents learn, Roberta L. Sejnost and Sharon M. Thiese offer research-based best practices and strategies that enable teachers to increase student learning by more effectively integrating reading, writing, and critical thinking into their content instruction. Building Content Literacy: Strategies for the Adolescent Learner begins with a discussion of the challenges of teaching adolescents and follows with: - Strategies to foster acquisition of specialized and technical content vocabulary - Specific processes and skills students may use to comprehend narrative and expository texts - A variety of writing-to-learn strategies Speaking-to-learn strategies. Finally, the authors consider the challenges that face students in the age of technology and address the new literacies that can be utilized to engage students and increase learning.

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