Content Area Literacy: Interactive Teaching for Active Learning, 3rd Edition

by Anthony V. Manzo; Ula Casale Manzo; Thomas H. Estes

• ISBN13: 9780471365617
• ISBN10: 0471365610
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The Third Edition of this well respected text introduces readers to the why and how of promoting basic and higher-order literacy. It does so in the context of the importance of reading and thinking as a collateral part of specific subject instruction in an increasingly interconnected local and global environment. Conveyed in a clear and comprehensive manner, the ideas and methods presented reflect nearly a century of progress and the continuing evolution into this age of local and worldwide telecomputing

Table of Contents

Section I Foundations of Content Area Literacy	2	(66)
Why and What Teachers Should Know about Content Literacy	4	(20)
Concepts and Terminology to Help You Get Started	24	(20)
Elements and Frameworks for Interactive Instruction in Content Area Reading and Writing	44	(24)
Section II Reading and Learning from Text	68	(122)
Methods for Prereading Schema Activation	70	(36)
Methods for Guiding Silent Reading	106	(24)
Methods for Postreading Schema Building	130	(30)
Methods for Vocabulary and Concept Development	160	(30)
Section III Higher-Order Literacy and Assessment in the Disciplines	190	(90)
Critical-Constructive Reading, Writing, Thinking, and Telecomputing	192	(48)
Interactive Assessment for Active Self-Monitoring	240	(24)
Reading, Learning, and Remembering: Study Methods and MindTools	264	(16)
Section IV Issues in Literacy Applications, Leadership, and Futures	280	(142)
Discipline-Specific Applications of the Content Area Literacy Technology	282	(38)
Literacy Support for Special-Needs Students in the Content Classroom	320	(26)
Literacy Leadership and Content Area Programming	346	(30)
Multiple Literacies in the Twenty-first Century: Interdisciplinarity, Entrepreneurism, and Other Mooga-Mooga	376	(46)
Appendix A Model Professional Portfolio Recorder and Planner	422	(4)
Appendix B School Reforms and Reformers	426	(6)
Appendix C Core Functioning Inventory	432	(4)
References	436	(14)
Index	450