Barton, Mary Lee

Examines what research says about the role of the reader, the roles of climate, and the role of text features for reading and science. Discusses strategic processing as used by effective readers of science and strategic teaching incorporating a five-phase instrucitonal model (engage, explore, explain, elaborate, evaluate). Includes informational text strategies which ask students to create a visual they can use to take notes while reading and help students construct meaning from science text.

Reading mathematics involves having the ability to make sense of everything that is on a page whether the page is a worksheet, a spreadsheet, an overhead transparency, a computer screen, or a page in a mathematics textbook. This manual explores what literacy in mathematics involves.

Examines what research says about the role of the reader, the roles of climate, and the role of text features for reading and science. Discusses strategic processing as used by effective readers of science and strategic teaching incorporating a five-phase instrucitonal model (engage, explore, explain, elaborate, evaluate). Includes informational text strategies which ask students to create a visual they can use to take notes while reading and help students construct meaning from science text.

Examines what the reasearch says about the role of the reader, the role of climate, and the role of text features in mathematics as well as their implications for instruction. Presents math-specific examples of the strategies become more proficient in reading mathematics.