Different Subjects, Different Reading
Literacy Across the Disciplines
October 28, 2024
There鈥檚 a strong link between students鈥� content knowledge and reading ability. But as students encounter increasingly complex text, they鈥檒l also confront the different ways that experts in each discipline communicate. Scientists present their ideas differently from historians and literary critics, and texts in each of those fields make unique demands on the reader.
In our latest reading report, 澳门跑狗论坛 looks at the idea of literacy across disciplines, and the role teachers play in helping students understand and communicate deeply鈥攍essons that will connect to success in postsecondary, work, and beyond.
In our latest reading report, 澳门跑狗论坛 looks at the idea of literacy across disciplines, and the role teachers play in helping students understand and communicate deeply鈥攍essons that will connect to success in postsecondary, work, and beyond.
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