Reading for Understanding: How Reading Apprenticeship Improves Disciplinary Learning in Secondary and College Classrooms

by Ruth Schoenbach, Lynn Murphy, Cynthia Greenleaf, et al.

Book Overview

"As elegantly practical as it is theoretically elegant. It is a guided tour, as one examines the tools of expert teachers as they engage students in a journey that is aptly dubbed Reading Apprenticeship?learning how to become a savvy, strategic reader under the tutelage of thoughtful, caring, and demanding teachers.? P. David Pearson, University of California, Berkeley, and founding editor of the Handbook of Reading Research.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470608315
• ISBN13: 9780470608319
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 364 Pages
• Weight: 2.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.5" x 11.0"