Essential Comprehension Strategies for the Intermediate Grades

Author(s): Jerry Johns, Susan Lenski, Roberta L. Berglund

View the Reading Resources Catalog This new book presents comprehension strategies that have utility in reading, as well as other areas of the curriculum. All of the materials necessary for implementing each of the 23 strategies are includes, as well as examples of how the strategy might be used ...

Reading & Learning Strategies: Middle Grades Through High School

Author(s): Jerry Johns, Susan Lenski, Micki M Caskey, Mary Ann Wham

This fourth edition is based on the Professional Standards developed by the International Reading Assoc. (IRA). Educators will get over 100 content-relevant instructional strategies. Each research-based strategy includes a detailed explanation and examples from various content areas. A quick refe...

Visualization: Using Mental Images to Strengthen Comprehension

Author(s): Linda Zeigler, Jerry Johns

Visualization has not been a common word in most classroom reading programs. In recent years, however, the impact of visualization on student comprehension has gained greater awareness among reading educators. This compact, easy-to-use book helps teachers understand visualization and how to apply th...

Becoming a Critic: An Introduction to Analyzing Media Content

Author(s): Rebecca Curnalia, Cary Wecht, Amber Ferris

Filling a void in the media theory, methods, and literacy market, Becoming a Critic is an introduction to current and approachable theory and research on media content. By addressing undergraduate readers as student scholars, the reader is taught to objectively assess the content and implications of...

A Discourse in the African American Experience: Black Star

Author(s): Regina M Williams Davis, Temeka L Carter, Robin N Buckrham

This text serves as a springboard for learning and a roadmap to help readers create a knowledge of what it means to be African American in this country.  Each section of this book provides basic concepts and ideas for the reader to actively participate in the learning process by researching, writing...

Public Speaking for Students at Norfolk State University

Author(s): Wanelle Anderson, RONALD JONES

By providing complete and thorough coverage for the study and practice of public speaking, this publication offers Norfolk State University students theory and practical skills by presenting public speaking as an art form for transactional communication between speaker and audience.  It explores the...

Physics 2111/2511 Laboratory Manual: Physics I Laboratory Classical Mechanics

Author(s): Prairie View A & M University

Physics 2111/2511 Laboratory Manual: Physics I Laboratory Classical Mechanics teaches students how to apply the scientific method in various physics situations. It gives descriptions of each laboratory and explains some of the concepts required to be understood in order to complete the course. This ...

Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century

Author(s): James Traylor

James Traylor’s Entrepreneurship in the 21st Century introduces students to the dynamic world of business entrepreneurship.  The publication provides examples of leaders that are passionate in different areas (athletics, business, etc.) and helps the reader to create a business plan to succeed in hi...

African American Music for Everyone: Including Theater, Film, and Dance

Author(s): Stan L Breckenridge

African American Music for Everyone: Including Theater, Film, and Dance begins with an exploration of specific music and dance activities among Africans, in Africa, which is followed by a comparative analysis of their musical activities during the African Diaspora. Following this is a study of Colon...

The How and Why of World History

Author(s): Geoffroy De Laforcade, Charles H Ford, Steven Isaac, Patrick U Mbajekwe, Phillip A Cantrell, Stephanie J Richmond

History, like the poetic epics and grand religious narratives of ancient and classical times, is a story written from a given perspective.  The How and Why of World History examines world history through various perspectives, regions, and eras.  This seventeen-chapter publication includes a bibliogr...