Raising reading achievement in middle and high schools : five simple-to-follow strategies /: five simple-to-follow strategies. ([2007])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Elaine K. McEwan.
• Authors: McEwan-Adkins, Elaine K, 1941-
• Contents: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Teaching for Learning Tips""; ""Preface""; ""A Change in Focus""; ""The Goals of This Book""; ""Who This Book is for""; ""What This Book is Not""; ""Overview of the Contents""; ""A New Feature""; ""The Challenge""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 -- Reading Achievement: Where Do we Stand?""; ""Raising Achievement Expectations""; ""The State of Reading Achievement in the Nation""; ""The Response of Educators""; ""The State of Reading Achievement in the States""; ""Roadblocks to Raising Achievement in Middle and High Schools"" ""The Responsibility of School Leaders""""Reflection and Discussion Questions""; ""Chapter 2 -- Focus on Changing What You can Change""; ""Change the Educational Paradigm""; ""Change How Goals are Set""; ""Change How Teachers Teach""; ""Change the Curriculum and How it is Chosen""; ""Change the Alignment of the Curriculum""; ""Change the Amount of Time Allocated to Reading Instruction""; ""Change Where Strategic Reading Instruction is Provided""; ""Change How Learning is Assessed""; ""Change Expectations for Students""; ""Change How Professional Development is Provided"" ""Reflection and Discussion Questions""""Chapter 3 -- Teach the Students Who canâ€?t Read How to Read""; ""How Children Learn to Read: a Short Lesson""; ""Failing to Learn""; ""Programs to Remediate Struggling Secondary Students""; ""Find the Students in Special Education Who canâ€?t Read and Teach Them to Read""; ""Reflection and Discussion Questions""; ""Chapter 4 -- Teach Every Student How to Read to Learn""; ""Reading to Learn and Cognitive Strategies""; ""The Strategic Teacher""; ""How to Teach Cognitive Strategies""; ""Reciprocal Teaching""; ""Transactional Strategies Instruction"" ""Reading to Learn and Vocabulary Development""""Reading to Learn and Knowledge Acquisition""; ""How We can Engage More Students in Reading to Learn""; ""Cognitive Strategy Instruction at Alief Hastings High School""; ""Reflection and Discussion Questions""; ""Chapter 5 -- Motivate Every Student to Read in the Zone""; ""The Value of Reading a Lot""; ""Reading in the Zone""; ""The Importance of Reading Challenging Fiction and Nonfiction""; ""The Importance of Accountability""; ""Portfolios""; ""Reading Journals""; ""Book Reviews""; ""Essays""; ""Personal Anthologies"" ""Every-Pupil Response Activities""""Motivating Students to Read a Lot""; ""Engaging Students in Reading""; ""The Right Kind of Teachers""; ""Skills to Read with Confidence and Success""; ""The Right Kind of Books""; ""Opportunities for Directed and Focused Silent Reading during the School Day""; ""The Promotion of Books by Every Teacher""; ""Superior Library-Media Services""; ""Reflection and Discussion Questions""; ""Chapter 6 -- Create a Reading Culture in Your School""; ""Pay Attention to the Basic Beliefs and Core Values of Stakeholders""; ""Determine What Needs to be Changed""
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 428.4071/2; Reading (Secondary); Reading (Middle school); Middle school principals; High school principals; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General; High school principals; Middle school principals; Reading (Middle school); Reading (Secondary); Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483363981; 1483363988; 9781483361819; 1483361810
• Related ISBNs: 9781412924344; 9781412924351
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 10, 2015)
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.