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Teaching Through Text: A Content Literacy Approach to Content Area Reading
Teaching Through Text A Content Literacy Approach to Content Area Reading Author:Michael C. McKenna, Richard D. Robinson Intended for courses in content area reading and reading strategies, this innovative text presents the most current research on how literacy can be used to enhance learning. Teaching through Text: A Content Literacy Approach to Content Area Reading defines content literacy as the possession of those skills needed to construct subject matter know... more »ledge through the process of reading and writing. The authors contend that any conceptualization of literacy, beyond its most basic applications, is best viewed from a content-specific perspective: that the best learners from text actively engage in constructing, verifying, and extending meaning as they read. Integrating a variety of actual classroom examples, the authors emphasize the universal appicabillity of most content area reading techniques and show teachers that literacy is a tool uniquely defined by their disciplines -- a tool whereby knowledge is used to acquire more knowledge. Teaching through Text: A Content Literacy Approach to Content Area Reading features Concept bridges linking new and previously learned content A "Getting Involved" section at the end of each chapter encouraging students to apply course material and to tailor it to their needs A focus on student attitudes Many ideas for integrating technology into content literacy activities Attention to learners with special needs Numerous thought-provoking quotes from noted writers and philosophers« less