Infotext: Reading and Learning (Pippin Teacher's Library)

Feathers, Karen M.

ISBN 10: 0887510760 / ISBN 13: 9780887510762

Published by Pippin Publishing, 2004

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Infotext: Reading and Learning (Pippin Teacher's Library)
• Publisher: Pippin Publishing
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0887510760
• ISBN 13: 9780887510762
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

When students encounter difficulties while reading textbooks, their first instinct is often to blame themselves - and their lack of reading proficiency. But the problems often have nothing to do with them.

In this revised and expanded edition of her classic Infotext: Reading and Learning, Karen Feathers explains why infotexts - the textbooks, manuals, magazines, Web sites, and so on that we read for information - often present problems, even for proficient readers. By drawing on both traditional and current research into reading and reading behavior, she then goes on to demonstrate how teachers of content subjects can help students, including English language learners, overcome these problems and learn more effectively. Her practical, classroom-tested suggestions help teachers focus on content and manage curriculum demands, while encouraging students to take control of their own learning by expanding their repertoire of reading strategies.

About the Author

Dr. Karen M. Feathers is known internationally for her work in content reading, comprehension, and staff development. She is coordinator of the Reading, Language and Literature Program in the Division of Teacher Education at Wayne State University in Detroit, and has also served on the Michigan State Content Literacy Committee, as well as the Committee on Reading/Language in Secondary Schools and the Second Language Literacy and Learning Commission of the International Reading Association. Her extensive experience with teachers in the widely diverse classrooms of the urban area in which she works form the basis of this book.