Who is teaching composition students to read and how are they doing it?

From: Composition Studies | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Composition Studies, Volume 31, Number 1, Spring 2003

Ellin Oliver Keene and Susan Zimmerman. Mosaic of Thought: Teaching Comprehension in a Reader's Workshop. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 1997.

Cris Tovani. I Read It, But I Don't Get It: Comprehension Strategies for Adolescent Readers. Portland, ME: Stenhouse, 2000.

My students don't read the way it says they will in the guide book.

A story in the electronic edition of the Chronicle of Higher Education on Wednesday, January 29, 2003, offers the following: "California State University officials on Tuesday released a report on remediation that ...

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