Teaching Developmental Reading : Historical, Theoretical, and Practical Background Readings

by Stahl, Norman; Boylan, Hunter R.

• ISBN13: 9780312247744
• ISBN10: 0312247745
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-01-27
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

Offers 37 professional essays by writers such as Martha E. Casazza, Michele L. Simpson, and David C. Caverly, on topics that will engage teachers of basic reading, including strategic learning, the reading/writing connection, and teaching new-to-English learners. The book opens with an introduction from Dr. Hunter Boylan, Appalachian State University, on the history and purpose of developmental education.

Table of Contents

Preface 


Introduction

Hunter Boylan
Developmental Education: What's It About? 



1 Historical Contexts


Monica Wyatt
The Past, Present, and Future Need for College Reading Courses in the U.S.


Nancy V. Wood
College Reading Instruction as Reflected by Current Reading Textbooks


Norman A. Stahl, James R. King, and Ulinda Eilers
Postsecondary Reading Strategies Rediscovered



2 Paradigms and Programs


Louise Bohr
College and Precollege Reading Instruction: What Are the Real Differences?


Mellinee Lesley
Exploring the Links between Critical Literacy and Developmental Reading


Jim Reynolds and Stuart C. Werner
An Alternative Paradigm for College Reading and Study Skills Courses


Nannette Evans Commander and Brenda D. Smith
Developing Adjunct Reading and Learning Courses That Work 



3 Teachers and Praxis


Francine C. Falk-Ross
Toward the New Literacy: Changes in College Students' Reading Comprehension Strategies following Reading/ Writing Projects


Annette F. Gourgey
Teaching Reading from a Metacognitive Perspective: Theory and Classroom Experiences


Martha E. Casazza
Using a Model of Direct Instruction to Teach Summary Writing in a College Reading Class


Kenneth Wolf and Yvonne Siu-Runyan
Portfolio Purposes and Possibilities 

 

4 Strategic Learning


Michele L. Simpson and Sherrie L. Nist
An Update on Strategic Learning: It's More Than Textbook Reading Strategies


Martha E. Casazza
Strengthening Practice with Theory


Claire E. Weinstein, Douglas Dierking, Jenefer Husman, Linda Roska, and Lorrie Powdrill
The Impact of a Course in Strategic Learning on the Long-Term Retention of College Students


Donna L. Mealey
Understanding the Motivation Problems of At-Risk College Students 

5 New-to-English Learners


Lía D. Kamhi-Stein
Profiles of Underprepared Second-Language Readers


Denise Johnson and Virginia Steele
So Many Words, So Little Time: Helping College ESL Learners Acquire Vocabulary-Building Strategies


Vicki L. Holmes and Margaret R. Moulton
Dialogue Journals as an ESL Learning Strategy


Laura Bauer and Linda Sweeney
The Use of Literary Letters with Post-secondary Non-native Students 



6 Planning for a Range of Readers


Shevawn Eaton and Sharon Wyland
College Students with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD): Implications for Learning Assistance Professionals


Karen S. Kalivoda, Jeanne L. Higbee, and Debra C. Brenner
Teaching Students with Hearing Impairments


7 Reading in the Content Areas


Michele L. Simpson
Conducting Reality Checks to Improve Students' Strategic Learning


Julia Beyeler
Reluctant Readers: Case Studies of Reading and Study Strategies in Introduction to Psychology

Jodi Patrick Holschuh
Do as I Say, Not as I Do: High, Average, and Low-Performing Students' Strategy Use in Biology 



8 The Reading/Writing Connection


Karen B. Quinn
Teaching Reading and Writing as Modes of Learning in College: A Glance at the Past; a View to the Future


Amelia E. El-Hindi
Connecting Reading and Writing: College Learners' Metacognitive Awareness


Mary P. Deming and Maria Valeri-Gold
Making Reading and Writing Connections with Shay Youngblood's Big Mama Stories


Cynthia M. Chamblee
Bringing Life to Reading and Writing for At-Risk College Students


Maryann S. Feola
Using Drama to Develop College Students' Transaction with Text


9 Beyond the Reading/Writing Connection


Nannette Evans Commander and Sandra U. Gibson
Ideas in Practice: Debate as an Active Learning Strategy


Carolyn Beardsley Meigs and Ruth Abernethy McCreary
Foreign Films: An International Approach to Enhance College Reading


10 Technology


Alison V. Kuehner
The Effects of Computer Instruction on College Students' Reading Skills


Marsha D. Sinagra, Jennifer Battle, and Sheila A. Nicholson
E-mail "Booktalking": Engaging Developmental Readers with Authors and Others in the Academic Community


David C. Caverly and Lucy MacDonald
Techtalk: Developing Online Reading Courses


David C. Caverly
Back to the Future: Preparing Students to Use Technology in Higher Education 


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