Reading to Learn in the Content Areas - Hardcover

Richardson, Judy S.; Morgan, Raymond F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0534508545 ISBN 13: 9780534508548

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 1999

Synopsis

This book offers comprehensive and complete coverage of content area reading and methods for any student age level, kindergarten through twelfth grade. The text perfectly illustrates how to apply reading methodology to subject area learning.

About this title

About the Author:

Judy S. Richardson is Professor Emerita, Department of Teaching and Learning in the School of Education at Virginia Commonwealth University. She has experience teaching at the elementary, middle, high school, and adult levels. She has numerous articles published in noted reading journals. In addition to READING TO LEARN IN THE CONTENT AREAS, Richardson is the author of READ IT ALOUD! USING LITERATURE IN THE SECONDARY CONTENT CLASSROOM, published by the International Reading Association (IRA), and AN ENGLISH TEACHER'S SURVIVAL GUIDE. Her chapter on the history of content area reading appears in the International Reading Association monograph as an essential history of current reading practices (2008). She received the Virginia Commonwealth University Award of Excellence in 2004 and the A. B. Herr Award for Distinguished Service in Reading in 2006 (College Reading Association). She is a Fulbright Scholar for 2008. Richardson is an authority on using technology in content reading instruction. She also is interested in the connections between reading education and English as a Second Language. She received and directed a $1 million (five-year) federal grant designed to improve classroom instruction for English Language Learners in the Richmond Metropolitan area. She has also worked through the International Reading Association (IRA) on a USAID-funded project for innovative secondary education in Macedonia.

Review:

"An outstanding resource for students that models best practices in its organization and design."

"The READING TO LEARN IN THE CONTENT AREAS text is a prized possession for my teachers . . . it is easy to read, offers good examples for them to use in their classrooms and they really like and continue to use the PAR lesson format as it benefits their students."

"Overall, I think this is one of the best books on the market. My students and I really appreciate the plethora of examples across the disciplines and the PAR reference guide to help them locate them. . . . I tell [colleagues] that the book is theoretically sound and it contains examples to which students can relate."

"I have been a fan of this text for many years. It seems to improve with every edition. Its greatest strengths are its in-depth topic coverage, range of activity examples (drawn from real classrooms), and integration of the PAR Lesson Framework."

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0534508545
• ISBN 13: 9780534508548
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 576