Content Area Reading + MyEducationLab Access Code: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum - Hardcover

Vacca, Richard T.; Vacca, Jo Anne L.; Mraz, Maryann

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0133400891 ISBN 13: 9780133400892

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2013

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About this title

Review:

"This text is a well-organized introduction to many of the major components of content area literacy. It cites important research literature to support its pedagogical claims and viewpoints, and provides a large number of resources for both instructors and students." - Wolfram Verlaan, Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi
"Comprehensive and user-friendly. It does a good job of showing how to teach literacy in all the content areas. Students will enjoy the practical applications and teachers will enjoy having information in one place." - Dr. Virginia S. Loh, San Diego State University
..".exemplary in content and in practicality for teachers who teach middle and high school." - Suzanne Gary Brians, The University of Texas at Tyler

About the Author:

Rich and Jo Anne Vacca are professors emeriti in the College of Education at Kent State University. Jo Anne taught language arts in middle schools in New York and Illinois and received her doctorate from Boston University. Rich taught high school English in New York and earned his doctorate at Syracuse University. He is a past president of the International Reading Association. The Vaccas have written numerous books and scholarly articles including "Reading" " and Learning to Read 8/e; Whole Language in Middle and Secondary Classrooms; "and" Case Studies in Whole Language." Rich also has served as a co-author of "Elements of Literature" and "Elements of Language," both widely used in middle and secondary school English/language arts classrooms. Maryann Mraz, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor in the Department of Reading and Elementary Education at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. She earned her Ph.D. from Kent State University under the guidance of Jo Anne and Rich Vacca. Maryann is a board member of the Association of Literacy Educators and Researchers (ALER) and the author of over 50 books, chapters, articles, and instructional materials on literacy education including co-authored books "The Literacy Coach s Companion "and "Independent Reading. "She teaches literacy courses across several programs in the College of Education at UNC Charlotte, and is the Curriculum and Instruction Doctoral Program Coordinator. "

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0133400891
• ISBN 13: 9780133400892
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 468