Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum

Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum
ISBN-10
0205357954
ISBN-13
9780205357956
Series
Content Area Reading
Category
Content area reading
Pages
496
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Allyn & Bacon
Authors
RICHARD T. VACCA, Jo Anne L. Vacca, Deborah Begoray

Description

The market leader for twenty-five years, this text is an ambitious exploration of content literacy, while maintaining its reputation as workable and sensible. This text is designed to be an active learning tool, complete with real-world examples and practices from which students can work. This organization reflects an integrative approach to literacy. Content area reading has grown into a reflective exploration of content literacy - the ability to use reading, writing, speaking, and listening processes to learn subject matter across the curriculum. This text's organization reflects this interpretative approach to literacy.

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