Here, Anne Dyson traces the influence of a wide-ranging set of "textual toys" from children's lives - church and hip-hop …
It's enough to make me weep, to read the born-yesterday review of reading instruction history in this well-meant book. Based …
We normally think of reading and writing as skills that are a part of linguistic intelligence. In The Multiple Intelligences …
Between TV talk shows, radio call-in programs, email and the Internet, spontaneous-talk media has skyrocketed in the '90s. People are …
Julie Cigman uses a vast range of personal vignettes to explain best practice when encouraging boys to write. The theory …
This book, aimed at an international audience, provides an overview of Information Literacy (IL) in practice; what it is, why …
How are expert educators using games in their classrooms to give students agency, while also teaching 21st century skills, like …
This book describes the design, development, delivery and impact of the mathematics assessment for the OECD Programme for International Student …
A Road Less Traveled: Critical Literacy and Language Learning in the Classroom, 1964–1996 takes us through what Robert W. Blake …
Texts record the meanings we make: in words, pictures and deeds, and politics chronicles our uses of power in shaping …
Literacy is a concern of all nations of the world, whether they be classified as developed or undeveloped. A person …
It could happen at 10:10 a.m. in the midst of analyzing a text, at 2:00, when listening to a students' …
It could happen at 10:10 a.m. in the midst of interactive writing, at 2:30, when listening to readers, or even …
Some kids refuse to read, others won't stop – not even at the dinner table! Either way, many parents question …
Health Literacy from A to Z: Practical Ways to Communicate Your Health Message, Third Edition is for someone who cares …