Struggling Adolescent Readers: A Collection of Teaching Strategies - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 087207272X ISBN 13: 9780872072725

Publisher: Intl Literacy Assn, 2000

Synopsis

This compilation, comprised almost entirely of articles from the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, suggests ways to generate academic engagement and success, and ways to break cycles of failure with struggling adolescent readers. The articles acknowledge students' beliefs and situations that interfere with learning while presenting ways to inspire teens to be resilient and take charge of their learning. Learn to provide needed support as your adolescent students use print to explore the world.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Adolescents enter school from many different backgrounds, bringing unique experiences and often speaking languages other than English. Because the academic progress of students this age differs substantially, teachers must find ways to reach adolescent students who continue to struggle with basic reading processes.

Recognizing that productively engaging low-achieving adolescents in print-rich classrooms is complicated, editors David Moore, Donna Alvermann, and Kathleen Hinchman have compiled Struggling Adolescent Readers: A Collection of Teaching Strategies. This collection of 40 articles, drawn primarily from the Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, presents a valuable selection of strategies focused specifically on teaching struggling readers in middle school and high school classrooms.

The book includes six sections: Working With Struggling Adolescent Readers, Acknowledging Cultural Ties, Supporting Classroom Reading, Supporting Classroom Writing and Inquiry, Varying Texts to Meet Students' Interests and Needs, and Connecting In-School and Out-of-School Reading. The articles present ways to generate academic engagement, to foster a spirit of inquiry and an atmosphere of support, and to create environments where students can explore multiple perspectives and interpretations of texts. Struggling Adolescent Readers is an essential resource for middle school and high school teachers who want to provide classroom activities that promote their students' success and break the cycles of failure that adolescent students often experience. Learn how you can better support adolescent students' needs as they use print to explore the world inside the classroom and in their own lives.

About the Author:

David W. Moore is a professor of education at Arizona State University West, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

Donna E. Alvermann is a UGA research professor and professor of reading in the Department of Reading Education, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.

Kathleen A. Hinchman is an associate professor and chair of the Reading and Language Arts Center, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, USA.

About this edition

• Publisher: Intl Literacy Assn
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 087207272X
• ISBN 13: 9780872072725
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Moore David W., Alvermann Donna E., Hinchman Kathleen A.