The Effective Teaching of Language Arts by Donna E Norton

The Effective Teaching of Language Arts by Donna E Norton

For Language Arts in the Elementary School Methods courses. Written by an award-winning author with extensive experience in research, writing, and teaching, this text presents a wealth of clearly developed methodologies and lessons for teaching the four primary language arts skills —reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Research on learning environments, motivation, instructional procedures, and teacher effectiveness is tied to examples of lesson plans, thematic units, and learning centers that demonstrate how theory can inform classroom practice. Formal and informal assessment strategies are coupled with authentic examples of children's oral and written responses to literature and literacy instruction. Because of the Author's extensive knowledge of children's literature the text is threaded with teaching ideas and reference lists for incorporating the use of children's literature in classrooms.

Following the completion of her doctorate at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Donna E. Norton joined the College of Education faculty at Texas A&M University where she now holds the rank of professor emerita. She taught courses in children's literature, language arts, and reading. Dr. Norton is the recipient of the Texas A&M Faculty Distinguished Achievement Award in Teaching. This award is given in recognition and appreciation of the ability, personality, and methods which have resulted in distinguished achievements in the teaching and the inspiration of students. She is also the recipient of the Virginia Hamilton Essay Award, presented by the Virginia Hamilton Conference Advisory Board at Kent state University. This annual award recognizes an article that makes a significant contribution to the professional literature concerning multicultural literature experiences for youth. Prior to her college teaching experience, Dr. Norton was an elementary teacher in River Falls, Wisconsin and in Madison, Wisconsin. She was a Language Arts/Reading Consultant for federally funded kindergarten through adult basic education programs. In this capacity she developed, provided in-service instruction, and evaluated kindergarten programs, summer reading and library programs, remedial reading programs, learning disability programs for middle school children, elementary and secondary literature programs for the gifted, and diagnostic and intervention programs for reading-disabled adults. Dr. Norton's continuing concern for literature results in frequent consultations with educators from various disciplines, librarians, and school administrators and teachers.

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ISBN 13	9780131117303
ISBN 10	0131117300
Title	The Effective Teaching of Language Arts
Author	Donna E Norton
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Publisher	Pearson Education (US)
Year published	2010-08-04
Number of pages	608
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