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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811039703321

Autore

McCloskey Erin

Titolo

Taking on a learning disability : at the crossroads of special education and adolescent literacy learning / / Erin McCloskey, Vassar College

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Charlotte, NC, : Information Age Publishing Inc., 2012

ISBN

1-61735-788-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (177 p.)

Disciplina

372.43

Soggetti

Reading disability - United States

Learning disabled children - United States

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""; ""Half Title""; ""Taking on aLearning Disability""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Chapter 1: Perspectives and Methods: Learning Disabilities and Adolescent Literacy Learning""; ""Chapter 2: A Case History of Samson and His Family""; ""Chapter 3: Doing School and Having it Done to You""; ""Chapter 4: An Old Disability Improves and a New One is Constructed""; ""Chapter 5: An Apprenticeship Approach to Adolescent Literacy Learning""; ""Chapter 6: On Graduation Day""

""Appendix A: Data Collection and Timetable""""Appendix B: Transcription Conventions""; ""Appendix C: Data Analysis Categories and Subcategories""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""About the Author""; ""Author Index""; ""Subject Index""