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This education textbook presents the preparation/assistance/reflection (PAR) lesson framework for content reading instruction, suggest ways to teach in elementary and secondary schools beyond the traditional textbook, and apply the approach to vocabulary, writing, study skills, and cooperative learning. The sixth edition adds a chapter on electronic literacy. The CD-ROM contains PAR activities and web links. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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With this text, future educators discover how they can teach students to use reading, discussion, and writing as vehicles for learning in any discipline. This edition features unparalleled coverage of how the increased availability of computers, instructional software, Internet resources--and electronic literacy in general--have affected the ways in which children learn and create meaning from their world. The authors' unique lesson framework for instruction, PAR (preparation/assistance/reflection), extends throughout the book. The text's reader-friendly presentation, balanced approach, strong research base, and inclusion of examples from a variety of subject areas and grade levels have helped make it one of the most popular books on the market.
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