Demystifying Academic Reading

2023-09-28

Author : ZHIHUI. FANG
Release : 2023-09-28
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Download or read book Demystifying Academic Reading written by ZHIHUI. FANG. This book was released on 2023-09-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foundational and accessible, this book equips pre-service and practicing teachers with the knowledge, understanding, and tools they need to help students in grades 4 - 12 develop reading proficiency in the core academic subjects of literature, history, science, and mathematics. Applying a disciplinary literacy approach, Fang describes the verbal and visual resources, expert strategies, and disciplinary habits of mind that students must learn in order to read carefully, critically, and purposefully across genres and content areas. He also shows how teachers can promote language learning and reading/literacy development at the same time they engage students in content area learning. With informative synthesis and research-based recommendations in every chapter, this text prepares teachers to help students develop discipline-relevant and discipline-specific discursive insights, cognitive strategies, and ways of thinking/reasoning that are essential to productive learning across academic subjects. It also provides teacher educators with approaches and strategies for helping teachers develop expertise in academic reading/literacy instruction. In so doing, the book demystifies academic reading, revealing what it takes for students to read increasingly complex texts with confidence and understanding and for teachers to develop expertise that promotes disciplinary literacy. This state-of-the-art text is ideal for courses on reading methods and academic/disciplinary literacy and eminently relevant to all educators who want their students to become lifelong readers and learners.

Demystifying Academic Reading

2023-09-29 Education

Author : Zhihui Fang
Release : 2023-09-29
Genre : Education
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 156/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Demystifying Academic Reading by : Zhihui Fang

Download or read book Demystifying Academic Reading written by Zhihui Fang. This book was released on 2023-09-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foundational and accessible, this book equips pre-service and practicing teachers with the knowledge, understanding, tools, and resources they need to help students in grades 4–12 develop reading proficiencies in four core academic subjects—literature, history, science, and mathematics. Applying a disciplinary literacy approach, Fang describes the verbal and visual resources, expert strategies, inquiry skills, and habits of mind that students must learn in order to read carefully, critically, purposefully, and with an informed skepticism across genres and content areas. He also shows how teachers can promote language learning and reading/literacy development at the same time that they engage students in content area learning. With informative synthesis and research-based recommendations in every chapter, this text prepares teachers to help students develop discipline-specific, as well as discipline-relevant, discursive insights, literacy strategies, and ways of thinking, reasoning, and inquiring that are essential to productive learning across academic subjects. It also provides teacher educators with approaches and strategies for helping teacher candidates develop expertise in academic reading instruction. In so doing, the book demystifies academic reading, revealing what it takes for students to read increasingly complex academic texts with confidence and understanding and for teachers to develop expertise that promotes disciplinary literacy. This state-of-the-art text is ideal for courses on reading/literacy methods and academic literacy and eminently relevant to all educators who want their students to become thoughtful readers and powerful learners

Demystifying Academic Writing

2021-04-15 Education

Author : Zhihui Fang
Release : 2021-04-15
Genre : Education
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Book Rating : 549/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Demystifying Academic Writing written by Zhihui Fang. This book was released on 2021-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Informative, insightful, and accessible, this book is designed to enhance the capacity of graduate and undergraduate students, as well as early career scholars, to write for academic purposes. Fang describes key genres of academic writing, common rhetorical moves associated with each genre, essential skills needed to write the genres, and linguistic resources and strategies that are functional and effective for performing these moves and skills. Fang’s functional linguistic approach to academic writing enables readers to do so much more than write grammatically well-formed sentences. It leverages writing as a process of designing meaning to position language choices as the central focus, illuminating how language is a creative resource for presenting information, developing argument, embedding perspectives, engaging audience, and structuring text across genres and disciplines. Covering reading responses, book reviews, literature reviews, argumentative essays, empirical research articles, grant proposals, and more, this text is an all-in-one resource for building a successful career in academic writing and scholarly publishing. Each chapter features crafts for effective communication, authentic writing examples, practical applications, and reflective questions. Fang complements these features with self-assessment tools for writers and tips for empowering writers. Assuming no technical knowledge, this text is ideal for both non-native and native English speakers, and suitable for courses in academic writing, rhetoric and composition, and language/literacy education.

Demystifying Discussion

2021-11-29 Education

Author : Jennifer Orr
Release : 2021-11-29
Genre : Education
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Book Rating : 643/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Demystifying Discussion written by Jennifer Orr. This book was released on 2021-11-29. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do you take the passion and chatter that K–5 students bring to the classroom and turn it into conversation skills that make them better learners? Academic conversation can help hone speaking and listening, critical thinking, and social-emotional skills, as well as deepen content knowledge. But despite its effectiveness, this kind of purposeful, student-led discussion is rarely taught or used at the elementary level. The mystery for teachers is how to support students at various stages of development and build an environment of trust that lets them cultivate these skills. In Demystifying Discussion, veteran teacher Jennifer Orr gives elementary school teachers a primer on teaching students to engage in student-led academic conversation. The strategies, sample assessments, and example conversations in this book show you how to help young learners get better at sharing, exploring, and synthesizing their individual and collective thinking. You'll also learn how to manage different perspectives and disagreements among students. This is a book to use all year long to improve classroom discussion, hone students' skills (and your own), and enhance students' overall learning throughout their time in school and beyond.

Demystifying Decision-Making

2021-12-22 Religion

Author : Aimee Joseph
Release : 2021-12-22
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 442/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Demystifying Decision-Making by : Aimee Joseph

Download or read book Demystifying Decision-Making written by Aimee Joseph. This book was released on 2021-12-22. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing Closer to God One Decision at a Time On an average day, people makes countless decisions: Should I get out of bed or hit the snooze button? What should I have for breakfast? Where should we go for this year's vacation? While some decisions are easy to make, others can leave individuals paralyzed and full of anxiety. As Christians living in an increasingly individualistic society, what's the best strategy for making decisions that honor God while becoming more like him in the process? Writing from her own experience and pointing to biblical examples, Aimee Joseph offers a biblical and theological framework for decision-making. She explains God's design for humans as decision-makers, the biblical model for making choices, common wrong approaches, practical tips, and what to do when you've made a poor decision. With the philosophy that "as we shape our decisions, our decisions shape us," Joseph teaches readers how to worship and draw closer to Christ through their daily decisions. Practical: Equips Christians to make decisions as God's image bearers Applicable: Features study questions and helpful resources, including "The Dashboard of Decisions" and a decision-making flowchart Published in Partnership with the Gospel Coalition (TGC)

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