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Authors: Michael Pressley (Editor), Vera Woloshyn
ISBN-13: 9781571290052, ISBN-10: 1571290052
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Brookline Books, Incorporated
Date Published: January 1999
Edition: 2nd Edition
Presenst strategies to improve competence in the academic skill and content areas, such as decoding, spelling, writing, science and mathematics. For elementary and middle schools.
Series Preface | ||
Foreword to the Second Edition | ||
Authors' Preface | ||
Ch. 1 | Introduction to Cognitive Strategy Instruction | 1 |
Ch. 2 | Decoding and the Beginnings of Reading | 19 |
Ch. 3 | Reading Comprehension Strategies | 57 |
Ch. 4 | Vocabulary | 101 |
Ch. 5 | Spelling | 116 |
Ch. 6 | Writing | 153 |
Ch. 7 | Mathematical Problem Solving | 184 |
Ch. 8 | Science | 213 |
Ch. 9 | Learning Facts: The Value of Always Asking Yourself Why And Other Mnemonic Strategies | 234 |
Ch. 10 | Getting Started Teaching Strategies | 244 |
Appendix: Additional Sources of Information About Strategies | 254 | |
Author Index | 257 | |
Subject Index | 261 | |
About the Authors | 265 |