Supported Literacy for Adolescents: Transforming Teaching and Content Learning for the 21st Century

by Catherine Cobb Morocco, Cynthia Mata-Aguilar, Carol J. Bershad, et al.

Book Overview

Supported Literacy for Adolescents , written by nationally recognized experts, introduces an innovative and field-tested instructional framework for preparing secondary students to succeed academically in a fast-changing and globally networked world. Filled with examples from science, history, literature, and special education classrooms, the book shows how teachers can enable diverse students, including under-performers, to develop critical thinking and other essential competencies along with the "multi-literacy" tools needed to engage in twenty-first century content learning.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0470222697
• ISBN13: 9780470222690
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 213 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.2"