This book gives all teachers in grades 5-12 practical strategies for building the unique literacy skills that students need for success in their respective subject areas. Drawing from interviews with leading educators and professionals in science, mathematics, history, the arts, and other disciplines, the authors explain what disciplinary literacy is and discuss ways to teach close reading of complex texts, discipline-specific argumentation skills, academic vocabulary, the use of ...
Table des matières
I. The Literacy of the Disciplines 1. What Is Disciplinary Literacy? 2. What Are the Literacy Demands of Experts in the Disciplines?: Talking with Scientists, His...
A propos de l’auteur
Thomas De Vere Wolsey, Ed D, teaches online courses at Portland State University and elsewhere and is the founder of a consulting firm, the Institute to Advance...