Reading, Writing and Gender
Subtitle: Instructional Strategies and Classroom Activities that Work for Girls and Boys
Publisher: Eye on Education,; Eye On Education
Published: February 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 178
ISBN-13: 9781930556232
Subjects: Sex differences in education; Elementary; Language arts; Children; Education; Education / Teaching; Books and reading
First sentence: Over the past decade, as we have collaborated on a series of research projects, our goal has always been to use what we have learned about students as readers and writers to improve teaching and learning.
Description: Like an increasing number of educators, you recognize that girls and boys approach reading and writing differently, and that boys are lagging behind girls in many assessments of literacy learning. This book does more than describe and explain these differences. It builds on the authors' state of the art research to offer instructional strategies and classroom activities to help both girls and boys develop as readers and writers. This book is for classroom teachers in grades 3 - 8 as well as for reading specialists, instructional leaders and other educators. It provides - detailed descriptions of instructional activities, accompanied by reproducible tools and materials - illustrative examples of student work - concise summaries of state-of-the-art research - ideas for action research projectsThe strategies and activities in this book have all been classroom tested with diverse student populations.