Text Complexity: Stretching Readers With Texts and Tasks (Corwin Literacy) - Softcover

Fisher, Douglas B.; Frey, Nancy; Lapp, Diane K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1506339441 ISBN 13: 9781506339443

Verlag: Corwin, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

There is a big difference between assigning complex texts and teaching complex texts

No matter what discipline you teach, learn how to use complexity as a dynamic, powerful tool for sliding the right text in front of your students’ at just the right time.

Updates to this new edition include

• How-to’s for measuring countable features of any written work
• A rubric for analyzing the complexity of both literary and informational texts
• Classroom scenarios that show the difference between a healthy struggle and frustration
• The authors’ latest thinking on teacher modeling, close reading, scaffolded small group reading, and independent reading

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Douglas Fisher is professor and chair of educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Previously, Fisher was an early intervention teacher and elementary school educator. In 2022, he was inducted into the Reading Hall of Fame by the Literacy Research Association. He has published numerous articles on reading and literacy, differentiated instruction, and curriculum design, as well as books such as Your Introduction to PLC+, Welcome to Teaching, How Feedback Works, Teaching Reading, and RIGOR Unveiled. Fisher loves being an educator and hopes to share that passion with others.

Nancy Frey is a professor in educational leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Her published titles include The Courage to Learn, The Art and Science of Coaching, How Scaffolding Works, and The Illustrated Guide to Visible Learning. Frey is a credentialed special educator, reading specialist, and administrator in California and learns from teachers and students every day.

Diane Lapp, EdD, is a distinguished professor of education at San Diego State University where her work continues to be applied to schools. She is also an instructional coach and teacher at Health Sciences High & Middle College. Throughout her career, Diane has taught in elementary, middle, and high schools. Her major areas of research and instruction regard issues related to the planning and assessment of very intentional literacy instruction and learning. A member of both the California and the International Reading Halls of Fame, Diane has authored, coauthored, and edited numerous articles, columns, texts, handbooks and children’s materials on instruction, assessment, and literacy related issues. Diane is the recipient of the ILA 2023 William S. Gray Citation of Merit, a prestigious award reserved for those who have made outstanding contributions to multiple facets of literacy development. Diane can be reached at lapp@sdsu.edu. Follow her on twitter @lappsdsu

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This book provides instruction for teachers to ensure literacy learning across grade levels and disciplines.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Corwin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2016
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1506339441
• ISBN 13: 9781506339443
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 2
• Anzahl der Seiten: 216
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar