Teaching Reading to English Language Learners, Grades 6-12: A Framework for Improving Achievement in the Content Areas - Brossura

Calderon, Margarita Espinosa

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ISBN 10: 1412909260 ISBN 13: 9781412909266

Casa editrice: Corwin Pr, 2007

Riassunto

A powerful array of field-tested literacy tools for closing the achievement gap!

This book provides a comprehensive and systematic framework for developing literacy skills and improving reading in all content areas. With funding from the Carnegie Corporation and the U.S. Department of Education, author Margarita Calderón has developed a research-based approach to expediting reading comprehension that results in higher test scores not just for ELLs, but for all students. Educators can easily complement their instruction with ready-to-use tools, including:

• Lesson templates
• Rubrics
• Sample lesson plans
• Strategies for teaching reading and vocabulary in content areas
• Descriptions of successful programs
• Professional development designs

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Informazioni sull?autore

Dr. Margarita Espino Calderón, born and raised in Juárez, is a Professor Emerita/Senior Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University. Her research and development projects have been funded by the US Department of Education, National Institutes of Health, the US Department of Labor, The Carnegie Corporation of New York, and various State Offices of Education.

One of her empirical studies “The Bilingual Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (BCIRC)” is featured in the What Works Clearinghouse. The Carnegie Corporation of New York funded her five-year study to develop Expediting Comprehension for English Language Learners (ExC-ELL) to train math, science, social studies, language arts, and ESL teachers on integrating language, reading, and content in core content middle and high school classrooms. With a Title III National Professional Development grant, she implemented “A Whole-School Approach to Professional Development with ExC-ELL” in Loudoun County, VA. She replicated this approach in 29 schools in TX and NC. She served on the National Literacy Panel for Language Minority Children and Youth, the Carnegie Corporation of New York Panel on English Language Adolescent Literacy Panel, among other panels and national committees. She has over 100 publications on language, literacy, and professional development. 

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Corwin Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2007
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1412909260
• ISBN 13: 9781412909266
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 161
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile