Language-Based Approaches to Support Reading Comprehension

Acknowledgments
Part I: The Challenges for Literacy Development Across Disciplines
1 Overview of the Text, Francine Falk-Ross
2 The Educational Issues Before Us, Francine Falk-Ross
3 A Case Study to Consider Using Different Frames of Reference, Francine Falk-Ross
PART II: Language as a Scaffold for Learning
4 The Mediating Role of Pedagogic Discourse, Francine Falk-Ross
5 Providing Supportive Contexts for Young Children's Language to Develop Their Ideas and Opinions, Shobana Musti-Rao and Lenwood Gibson
6 Looking at Literacy from the Family-School Frame of Reference, Lee Shumow and Elena Lyutykh
7 Mathematics Talk: Literacy Development in a Mathematics Context, Brian Evans
8 Literacy and the Arts: How Artistic Perspectives Enhance Literacy Learning, Merryl Goldberg and Laurie Stowell
9 Promoting Agency, Access, and Acquisition Among Adolescent English Language Learners, Kathleen A. J. Mohr, Michelle Flory, and Lois Ann Knezek
Part III: Talk and Textual Considerations
10 Multimodality in Children's School-Based Texts, Roberta Linder
11 Addressing Young Adolescents' Need for Voice and Interaction, Jill Lewis-Spector and Mary McGriff
12 From Resistance to Engagement-The Importance of the New Literacies for Struggling Readers and Writers, Peter McDermott and Kathleen Gormley
13 Concluding Thoughts, Francine Falk-Ross
Index
About the Contributors
About the Editor