Improving Adolescent Literacy by Nancy Frey

Improving Adolescent Literacy by Nancy Frey

As a supplement for Content Area Reading, Reading Methods in the Middle School, and Adolescent Literacy/Reading Methods courses.

To help future teachers learn to infuse literacy instruction into all content areas, these authors present a rich panoply of engaging instructional strategies that research has shown to be effective for improving reading and writing in middle and secondary school students. After discussing common questions asked by content area teachers, they devote a full chapter to each of eight strategies, coupling discussions with examples from their own research in a diverse, urban secondary school. Additionally, in order to meet the challenge of today's inclusive, multicultural classrooms, the text presents only those strategies that have been proven effective with all learners—including those for whom English is not their first language.

Nancy Frey, PhD, is a professor of literacy at San Diego State University's Department of Teacher Education. She has received the National Reading Conference's Early Career Achievement Award and the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' Christa McAuliffe Award for Excellence in Teacher Education as a co-recipient. Dr. Frey teaches primary and secondary reading instruction, literacy in core areas, and helping children alongside various learning needs in San Diego State's teacher-credentialing and reading specialist programs, in addition to publishing with her colleague Douglas Fisher. She is a California-certified special educator and reading specialist who has the honor of learning every day from and alongside the kids and teachers at Health Sciences High and Middle College.