Content Area Reading: Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum, 13th edition

Published by Pearson (July 15, 2020) © 2021

  • Richard T. Vacca Kent State University, Professor Emeritus
  • Jo Anne L. Vacca Kent State University, Professor Emerita
  • Maryann E Mraz University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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Content Area Reading is an evidence-based, functional approach to content literacy instruction. It shows pre- and in-service content area teachers how to use literacy-related instructional strategies to help students think and learn with all kinds of print and digital texts. The emphasis is on the comprehensive content, including an ever-expanding knowledge base in the areas of content literacy, instructional scaffolding, differentiated instruction, student diversity and new literacies. In a functional approach, you'll learn how to integrate literacy-related strategies into instructional routines without sacrificing the teaching of content.

The 13th Edition is rigorously updated to reflect current theory, research and practice related to literacy and learning across the curriculum.

Table of contents

PART I: LEARNERS, LITERACIES, AND TEXTS
1. Literacy Matters
2. Learning with New Literacies
3. Culturally Responsive Teaching in Diverse Classrooms
4. Assessing Students and Texts
5. Planning Instruction for Content Literacy

PART II: INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES AND STRATEGIES
6. Activating Prior Knowledge and Interest
7. Guiding Reading Comprehension
8. Developing Vocabulary and Concepts
9. Writing Across the Curriculum
10. Studying Text
11. Learning with Multiple Texts

Appendix A: Affixes with Invariant Meanings
Appendix B: Commonly Used Prefixes with Varying Meanings
Appendix C: Graphic Organizers with Text Frames

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