Readers Front and Center: Helping All Students Engage with Complex Text

by Dorothy Barnhouse

Every teacher wants and expects his or her students to be reading increasingly complex texts, yet sometimes the gap between our expectations and our students' abilities seems wide and deep. It's tempting to look at that gap and step in to fill it for them, but then we'd be doing most of the heavy lifting the understanding, analysis, and interpretation that our students should be learning for themselves. So how can teachers reverse this trend and ensure...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571109676
• ISBN13: 9781571109675
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Stenhouse Publishers
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.4" x 9.4"