1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451994503321

Titolo

Shaping literacy achievement [[electronic resource] ] : research we have, research we need / / edited by Michael Pressley ... [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Guilford Press, c2007

ISBN

1-281-12431-1

9786611124311

1-59385-742-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

PressleyMichael

Disciplina

428/.4072

Soggetti

Literacy - Research - United States

Reading - Research - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; 1 The Literacy Research We Have; 2 Policy Shaping Early Literacy Education and Practice Potentials for Difference and Change; 3 Home Literacy Environments What We Know and What We Need to Know; 4 Reconsidering Adolescent Literacy From Competing Agendas to Shared Commitment; 5 Adolescent Literacy Where We Are Where We Need to Go; 6 Research in Writing Instruction What We Know and What We Need to Know; 7 Integrating Literacy and Science The Research We Have the Research We Need

8 Marconi Invented the Radio So People Who Can't Afford TVs Can Hear the News Research on Teaching Powerful Composition Strategies We Have and Research We Need9 The Role of Research in the Literacy Policies We Have and the Policies We Need; 10 What We Have Learned since the National Reading Panel Visions of the Next Version of Reading First; 11 Concluding Reflections; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the era of No Child Left Behind, what literacy research is still needed? How should it be conducted? And what role does research play in determining the kinds of literacy experiences that actually take place in classrooms? This forward-thinking book brings together leading authorities to address these vital and hotly debated questions.



Contributors analyze the existing knowledge on core aspects of literacy education, describe how science is currently informing practice, and identify important methodological challenges and research directions. A highlight of the book is a chapter i

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463634703321

Autore

Beolens Bo

Titolo

The eponym dictionary of reptiles / / Bo Beolens, Michael Watkins, Michael Grayson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Baltimore : , : Johns Hopkins University Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

1-4214-0227-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GraysonMichael

WatkinsMichael <1940->

Disciplina

597.903

Soggetti

Eponyms

Reptiles

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [295]-296).



3.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393588203316

Titolo

[Fragment of a device containing a mounted swordsman] [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[S.l., : s.n., 15--?]

Descrizione fisica

[1] leaf : ill

Soggetti

Printers' marks

Lingua di pubblicazione

Latino

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title supplied by cataloger.

Fragment.

Reproduction of original in the British Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0018