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November/December 2006
Using Textbooks More Effectively

“In most content-area classrooms, we are dealing with a "love the one you're with" mentality, in that we find ourselves teaching content that we love with a text that is not the best example of writing or organization that we could imagine..."
   —Jeffery L. Williams





September 2008

Back to School for Teachers: Opportunities for Professional Learning

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CONTENTS
Feature
Fostering Comprehension in Content-Area Reading
by Jeffery L. Williams
 
Classroom Vignettes
Student-Tested Suggestions for Using Textbooks More Effectively
by Sarah Bretz and Erin Weiker
 
Going Beyond Content: Fostering Students’ Exploration of Text Structures and Purpose for Reading
by Melanie Stender
 
Getting to Know Your Middle Grades Mathematics Textbook
by Diane K. Kahle
 
Student Voices
When You Are Assigned Reading in Your Textbook, What Do You Do to Make It Easier to Understand What You Are Reading?
 
A Look at the OGT
Nonfiction Text and the Math and Science OGT
by Nicole Luthy
 
For Your Bookshelf
Books by Burke, by Gallagher, by Forsten, Grant, & Hollas, and by Irvin, Buehl, & Radcliffe
by Sheila Cantlebary
 
From the ORC Collection
More Resources on Using Textbooks More Effectively
 

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