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Title: Excellent overview of theory and practice
Review: Reading this book diligently from cover to cover is the equivalent of taking a graduate level reading course. The individual articles include a practical grounding in reading theory as well as a thorough study of the role reading and writing play in the content areas at the junior high or secondary levels. As a secondary teacher, I often find that texts promise relevancy for older teenagers, but fail to deliver on that promise. Not this book! All the principles and ideas have application for high school students. I was especially impressed by the freshness of the research in this 3rd Edition. The majority of the research quoted was post 2000, but there was also a firm grounding in seminal research in the field (Vygotsky, Rosenblatt). This book is appropriate for both pre-service or in-service teachers.
