Comprehension Through Conversation: The Power of Purposeful Talk in the Reading Workshop (CrossCurrents Series) - Softcover

Allington, Richard L; Nichols, Maria

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0325007934 ISBN 13: 9780325007939

Publisher: HEINEMANN, 2006

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About the Authors

Richard Allington is coauthor of No More Summer-Reading Loss, part of Heinemann's Not This But That series as well as editor of Big Brother and the National Reading Curriculum.

Dick is a professor of literacy studies at the University of Tennessee. He is a past-president of the International Reading Association and the Literacy Research Association. Dick and Anne McGill-Franzen were awarded the Albert J. Harris Award for their study of ameliorating summer reading loss. Together they co-edited the Handbook of Reading Disability Research and Summer Reading:Closing the Rich/Poor Reading Achievement Gap.

He was previously the Irving and Rose Fien Professor of Education at the University of Florida. Dick is a member of the Reading Hall of Fame and the recipient of numerous awards for his contributions to understanding reading difficulties. He is the author/coauthor of several books, including What Really Matters for Struggling Readers: Designing Research-based Programs.

Maria Nichols is a literacy consultant and Director of School Innovation for the San Diego Unified School District. A former elementary classroom teacher, Nichols received the Distinguished Elementary Educator Award from the San Diego chapter of Phi Delta Kappa, 2002.

Maria is the author of Comprehension Through Conversation and her latest book, Building Bigger Ideas: A Process for Teaching Purposeful Talk.

Edition details

• Publisher: HEINEMANN
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0325007934
• ISBN 13: 9780325007939
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128