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Wilson, Nance S.; Grisham, Dana L.; Smetana, Linda – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2009
This study examined how content area teachers' literacy knowledge developed during a yearlong professional development initiative focused on using the framework of Question-Answer Relationships (QAR) within explicit instruction. The initiative focused on the metacognitive thinking in which teachers engage during QAR instruction. The participating…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Professional Development, Lesson Plans, Reflection
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Montelongo, Jose; Herter, Roberta J.; Ansaldo, Robert; Hatter, Naomi – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 2010
This article presents a lesson cycle of activities for teaching reading and writing skills for expository text. The lesson cycle consists of four parts: (1) vocabulary words, (2) text structures, (3) modified sentence completion activity, and (4) rewriting text. Sixth- and seventh-grade summer school students were taught to recognize and…
Descriptors: Summer Schools, Summer Programs, Reading, Vocabulary
Soven, Margot – 1984
The question of what to do "after the workshop" has been treated only in passing by writing across the curriculum experts. When planning the writing across the curriculum program at La Salle University (Philadelphia), the writing faculty decided to make continued "after the workshop" interaction with the writing specialist an integral part of the…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
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Soven, Margot – Journal of Teaching Writing, 1986
Describes the experiences of teachers participating in writing-across-the-curriculum workshops and the successful implementation of interdisciplinary teaching methods at La Salle University. Concludes that the program has not only improved the use of writing in all disciplines but has contributed to global transformations in teaching practices.…
Descriptors: Content Area Writing, Educational Objectives, English Teacher Education, Higher Education