Finding Out About Finding Out: A Practical Guide to Children's Information Books - Softcover

Neate, Bobbie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0953564207 ISBN 13: 9780953564200

Publisher: Infopress, 1999

Synopsis

A reference book covering a much neglected area of children's education: the teaching of those skills needed to read for information. This book aims to meet the requirements of the English National Curriculum at key stages 1,2 and 3, which demands that pupils should be able to extract information from books without resorting to copying verbatim. With spcial reference to primary aged children it analyses the concept of reading to learn and the development of notemaking skills.

About this title

Review

All those involved in choosing textbooks and information sources for primary and secondary school children will find this book invaluable. -- Lyn Overall, Times Education Supplement, 1993

I want all my editors to read this book. -- Managing Director of Watts Publishing Group, 1993

From the Publisher

This book won the Donald Moyle, award in 1993.

Edition details

• Publisher: Infopress
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0953564207
• ISBN 13: 9780953564200
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 208