Engaging Readers: Supporting All Students in Knowledge-Driven Reading, Grades 4-8 - Softcover

Robertson, Dana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1475823304 ISBN 13: 9781475823301

Publisher: RL, 2017

Synopsis

An important goal of teachers is to get all students, especially those in the upper elementary and middle grades who struggle with academic work, engaged in reading. This book examines current research on instructional principles and actions related to engaged reading.

About this title

About the Author

Dana A. Robertson, EdD, is Executive Director of the Literacy Research Center and Clinic at the University of Wyoming. He was an upper elementary teacher, a literacy specialist and coach, and he has worked in clinical contexts, K-12.

Evelyn Ford-Connors, EdD, is a senior lecturer in the Literacy and Language program at Boston University’s School of Education and the Associate Director of the Donald D. Durrell Reading and Writing Clinic. Her current work includes teacher coaching and collaboration to study and refine instructional practices that promote students’ literacy learning.

Susan M. Dougherty, EdD is an assistant professor of literacy education at Rider University in Lawrenceville, NJ. She works with future teachers and literacy specialists, with a particular interest in preparing them to support children who find literacy learning difficult. Her most recent research focuses on the intersections between literacy learning and learning in the sciences.

Edition details

• Publisher: RL
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1475823304
• ISBN 13: 9781475823301
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204