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Text Complexity: Stretching Readers with Texts and Tasks
Contributor(s): Fisher, Douglas (Author), Frey, Nancy (Author), Lapp, Diane K. (Author)
ISBN: 1506339441     ISBN-13: 9781506339443
Publisher: Corwin Publishers
OUR PRICE:   $37.95  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: March 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading & Phonics
- Education | Language Experience Approach
Dewey: 372.47
LCCN: 2015041812
Series: Corwin Literacy
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 7.4" W x 9" (1.00 lbs) 216 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

There is a big difference between assigning complex texts and teaching complex texts

No matter what discipline you teach, learn how to use complexity as a dynamic, powerful tool for sliding the right text in front of your students' at just the right time.

Updates to this new edition include

  • How-to's for measuring countable features of any written work
  • A rubric for analyzing the complexity of both literary and informational texts
  • Classroom scenarios that show the difference between a healthy struggle and frustration
  • The authors' latest thinking on teacher modeling, close reading, scaffolded small group reading, and independent reading

Contributor Bio(s): Fisher, Doug B.: -

Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and a leader at Health Sciences High & Middle College. He has served as a teacher, language development specialist, and administrator in public schools and non-profit organizations, including 8 years as the Director of Professional Development for the City Heights Collaborative, a time of increased student achievement in some of San Diego's urban schools. Doug has engaged in Professional Learning Communities for several decades, building teams that design and implement systems to impact teaching and learning. He has published numerous books on teaching and learning, such as Assessment-capable Visible Learners and Engagement by Design.

Fisher, Douglas B.: -

Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High & Middle College. He is the recipient of an IRA Celebrate Literacy Award, NCTE's Farmer Award for Excellence in Writing, as well as a Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence in Teacher Education. Doug can be reached at dfisher@mail.sdsu.edu.

Frey, Nancy: - Nancy Frey, Ph.D., is a Professor in Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and a leader at Health Sciences High and Middle College. She has been a special education teacher, reading specialist, and administrator in public schools. Nancy has engaged in Professional Learning Communities as a member and in designing schoolwide systems to improve teaching and learning for all students. She has published numerous books, including The Teacher Clarity Playbook and Rigorous Reading. Lapp, Diane K.: -

Diane Lapp, EdD, is a Distinguished Professor of Education at San Diego State University, where her research and instruction focuses on issues related to struggling readers and writers, their families, and their teachers. An instructional coach at the Health Sciences High and Middle College in San Diego, she has recently returned to the classroom to teach sixth-grade English and Earth Science. Dr. Lapp is also a member of both the California and International Reading Halls of Fame for her dedication to reading instruction.