Reading for Meaning: Fostering Comprehension in the Middle Grades (Language & Literacy) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0807738964 ISBN 13: 9780807738962

Publisher: Teachers College Press, 1999

Synopsis

Reading comprehension is of great concern to many Americans. This work brings together leading scholars and researchers, providing a broad overview of educational and psychological research on the teaching of reading to middle grade students.

About this title

About the Author:

Michael F. Graves is a former high school English teacher, a Professor Emeritus of Literacy Education at the University of Minnesota, and a member of the Reading Hall of Fame. Michael has authored and coauthored over a dozen books on vocabulary learning and instruction and on comprehension instruction. His recent books include Teaching Vocabulary to English-Language Learners, Fostering Comprehension in English Classes, and Reading and Responding in the Middle Grades.

Barbara Taylor is Reader in History at the University of East London, UK, and author of "Eve and the New Jerusalem" (1983) and "Mary Wollstonecraft and the Feminist Imagination" (2003). She was Director of the 'Feminism and Enlightenment' research project (1998-2001). Sarah Knott is Assistant Professor in History at Indiana University, USA, and at work on a history of sensibility in revolutionary America. She was research fellow on the 'Feminism and Enlightenment' project.

About this edition

• Publisher: Teachers College Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0807738964
• ISBN 13: 9780807738962
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216
• Editor: Taylor Barbara M., Graves Michael F., Broek Paul Van Den