Literacy: Helping Students Construct Meaning

J. David Cooper; Nancy D. Kiger

ISBN 10: 0618907084 / ISBN 13: 9780618907083

Published by Houghton Mifflin, 2008

Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0618907084I5N00

Synopsis:

A leading seller for K-8 literacy programs, this extremely popular reading methods text has a simple goal: to provide aspiring teachers with the tools to help every student learn to read and write. Now titled Literacy: Helping Students Construct Meaning, this edition continues to provide preservice and in-service teachers with the information, techniques, and strategies to help all students become literate. Cooper and Kiger’s text is distinguished in the field by its use of practical literacy lessons and authentic examples to clearly demonstrate how to teach reading and writing. Authentic, full-color children’s stories (in excerpts or in their entirety) model extended literacy lessons throughout the text.

About the Authors: J. David Cooper (Ed.D., Indiana University) is a retired professor from Ball State University. Prior to teaching at the college level, he taught at elementary and secondary schools in Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Cooper has served as a consultant to the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., numerous state departments of education, and school systems throughout the country. Active in the International Reading Association, he has spoken in all 50 states and eight countries. Dr. Cooper has authored or coauthored more than 20 books on the teaching of reading. He has served as an editor of the Indiana Reading Quarterly and as a reviewer for such leading journals as The Reading Teacher, Journal of Reading, and National Reading Conference Yearbook. Currently, Dr. Cooper continues to write and resides in Key West, Florida.

Nancy D. Kiger (Ed.D., Ball State University) worked for more than 40 years in education. In her last 15 years of teaching, at the University of Central Florida's College of Education, she taught courses in reading, language arts, and children's literature as well as supervised student teachers. She also taught at universities in Indiana and Missouri. She began teaching as an elementary classroom teacher and later taught reading at the elementary and middle-school levels in Indiana. She was a writer and editor of literacy materials for over 25 years. Nancy Kiger died in 2009.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Literacy: Helping Students Construct Meaning
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Fair
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket