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Teacher educators and teachers; curriculum development specialists; literacy researchers and policymakers; advanced undergraduate- and graduate-level students. Will serve as a text in undergraduate- and graduate-level literacy education courses and in staff development training for teachers and administrators.
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This third edition of a resource for pre-service and practicing teachers, teacher educators, and researchers has been updated with chapters by new contributors to cover current research findings, policy issues, and program innovations. Focus is on the latest research in literacy instruction that has direct implications for classroom instruction. The book offers significantly revised coverage of assessment, motivation, adolescent literacy, and approaches to integrating different kinds of texts and multimedia sources. There are new chapters on English-language learners and teachers' professional development. A new concluding commentary by Michael Pressley, an award-winning educational psychology researcher and co-author of the reading series Open Court Reading and Writing, is also included. Gambrell teaches education at Clemson University. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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