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Teaching Reading in Mathematics, 2nd Edition (A Supplement to Teaching Reading in the Content Areas)

 
 
Product Description  

  		This publication addresses both general reading skills and those specific skills that readers of mathematics text need.

Teaching Reading in Mathematics is a supplement to Teaching Reading in the Content Areas: If Not Me, Then Who?

Authors  Mary Lee Barton & Clare Heidema
Target Audience  K–12 teachers involved in literacy and mathematics
Ways to Use this Product  As an instructional guide and professional development resource
Key Ideas  
  • This publication addresses reading in mathematics in terms of three interactive elements that affect comprehension: the reader, the climate, and text features.

  • The revised second addition has been expanded to include

    • new ideas and new research on the three interactive elements of reading
    • more comprehensive sections on strategic processing and teaching
    • a discussion of assumptions about learning from a mathematics education perspective
    • new reading strategies unique to teaching reading in mathematics
    • more examples at the elementary, middle, and high school levels

Read how Shiprock (N.M.) High School used Teaching Reading in the Content Areas to boost student achievement.

How to Get this Product  This McREL publication is available exclusively from our publisher, ASCD.

  • Order online from ASCD

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APA Citation  Barton, M. L., & Heidema, C. (2002). Teaching reading in mathematics: A supplement to Teaching Reading in the Content Areas: If Not Me, Then Who? 2nd Edition (2nd ed.). Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
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