Boys and Literacy: Practical Strategies for Librarians, Teachers, and Parents

by Elizabeth Knowles and Martha Smith

Book Overview

Literacy and boys is currently a hot issue in education and the media. This new book by award winning authors Knowles and Smith explores the facts and research on the topic and furnishes annotations of current, relevant journal and magazine articles. It gives strategies for making changes in the classroom and the home to help improve the literacy of boys and includes suggestions based on current brain research. Chapters focusing on genres of particular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1591582121
• ISBN13: 9781591582120
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.3" x 11.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher