Content Matters: A Disciplinary Literacy Approach to Improving Student Learning

Foreword by Lauren B. Resnick vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

The Editors xvii

The Authors xix

ONE Engaging Content Teachers in Literacy Development 1
Stephanie M. McConachie, Anthony R. Petrosky

TWO Disciplinary Literacy: A Principle-Based Framework 15
Stephanie M. McConachie

THREE Disciplinary Literacy in the History Classroom 33
Anita K. Ravi

FOUR Disciplinary Literacy in the Mathematics Classroom 63
Victoria L. Bill, Idorenyin Jamar

FIVE Disciplinary Literacy in the Science Classroom 87
Samuel A. Spiegel, Jody Bintz, Joseph A. Taylor, Nancy M. Landes, Deborah L. Jordan

SIX Disciplinary Literacy in the English Language Arts Classroom 129
Anthony R. Petrosky, Stephanie M. McConachie, Vivian Mihalakis

SEVEN Embedding Disciplinary Literacy: Leadership and Professional Learning 163\
Stephanie M. McConachie, Rosita E. Apodaca

Appendix A: Disciplinary Literacy Design Principles by Core Academic Area 197

Appendix B: Disciplinary Literacy Observation Protocol 215

Appendix C: Selected Disciplinary Literacy Tools 219

References 223

Index 241