Record Nr.

UNINA9910480390403321

Autore

McEwan-Adkins Elaine K. <1941->

Titolo

Raising reading achievement in middle and high schools : five simple-to-follow strategies / / Elaine K. McEwan ; acquisitions editor Robert D. Clouse ; production editor Melanie Birdsall ; cover designer Anthony Paular

Pubbl/distr/stampa


Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2007
©2007

ISBN

1-4833-6181-0

1-4833-6398-8

Edizione

[Second edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Disciplina

428.4071

Soggetti

Reading (Secondary)

Reading (Middle school)

Middle school principals

High school principals

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

""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Teaching for Learning Tips""; ""Preface""; ""A Change in Focus""; ""The Goals of This Book""; ""Who This Book is for""; ""What This Book is Not""; ""Overview of the Contents""; ""A New Feature""; ""The Challenge""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Reading Achievement: Where Do we Stand?""; ""Raising Achievement Expectations""; ""The State of Reading Achievement in the Nation""; ""The Response of Educators""; ""The State of Reading Achievement in the States""; ""Roadblocks to Raising Achievement in Middle and High Schools""

""The Responsibility of School Leaders""""Reflection and Discussion Questions""; ""Chapter 2 - Focus on Changing What You can Change""; ""Change the Educational Paradigm""; ""Change How Goals are Set""; ""Change How Teachers Teach""; ""Change the Curriculum and How it is Chosen""; ""Change the Alignment of the Curriculum""; ""Change the Amount of Time Allocated to Reading Instruction""; ""Change Where

Strategic Reading Instruction is Provided""; ""Change How Learning is Assessed""; ""Change Expectations for Students""; ""Change How Professional Development is Provided""

""Reflection and Discussion Questions""""Chapter 3 - Teach the Students Who canâ€?t Read How to Read""; ""How Children Learn to Read: a Short Lesson""; ""Failing to Learn""; ""Programs to Remediate Struggling Secondary Students""; ""Find the Students in Special Education Who canâ€?t Read and Teach Them to Read""; ""Reflection and Discussion Questions""; ""Chapter 4 - Teach Every Student How to Read to Learn""; ""Reading to Learn and Cognitive Strategies""; ""The Strategic Teacher""; ""How to Teach Cognitive Strategies""; ""Reciprocal Teaching""; ""Transactional Strategies Instruction""

""Reading to Learn and Vocabulary Development""""Reading to Learn and Knowledge Acquisition""; ""How We can Engage More Students in Reading to Learn""; ""Cognitive Strategy Instruction at Alief Hastings High School""; ""Reflection and Discussion Questions""; ""Chapter 5 - Motivate Every Student to Read in the Zone""; ""The Value of Reading a Lot""; ""Reading in the Zone""; ""The Importance of Reading Challenging Fiction and Nonfiction""; ""The Importance of Accountability""; ""Portfolios""; ""Reading Journals""; ""Book Reviews""; ""Essays""; ""Personal Anthologies""

""Every-Pupil Response Activities""""Motivating Students to Read a Lot""; ""Engaging Students in Reading""; ""The Right Kind of Teachers""; ""Skills to Read with Confidence and Success""; ""The Right Kind of Books""; ""Opportunities for Directed and Focused Silent Reading during the School Day""; ""The Promotion of Books by Every Teacher""; ""Superior Library-Media Services""; ""Reflection and Discussion Questions""; ""Chapter 6 - Create a Reading Culture in Your School""; ""Pay Attention to the Basic Beliefs and Core Values of Stakeholders""; ""Determine What Needs to be Changed""

""Identify the Roadblocks to Change""

Sommario/riassunto

<font size=""2"">This second edition enhances the ""five big ideas"" for raising reading achievement with seven cognitive strategies and more than twenty ""teaching for learning"" tips for daily instruction.</font>