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Nippold, Marilyn A., Ed.; Scott, Cheryl M., Ed. – Psychology Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
School success in the 21st century requires proficiency with expository discourse--the use and understanding of informative language in spoken and written modalities. This occurs, for example, when high school students read their textbooks and listen to their teachers' lectures, and later are asked to demonstrate their knowledge of this complex…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Comprehension, Text Structure, Intervention
Christie, Frances, Ed.; Misson, Ray, Ed. – 1998
Intended to offer an introduction to some major themes in literacy education, this book aims to inform discussions while assisting teachers to reflect on their work as literacy teachers. The book covers work with students in the full range of schooling and in a number of different subject areas. The book's topics include the nature and use of…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries