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Constructing Knowledge Together: Classrooms as Centers of Inquiry and Literacy


Book Description
In schools where many children are learning English as a second language, what should be the goals for literacy learning? How can teachers ensure all children can achieve them? This book results from a study in four inner-city multi-ethnic schools. The authors show how children used literacy skills as both communication and learning tools, and set the discoveries in a wide theoretical framework. T... More
Book Information
PublisherHeinemann
BindingPaperback
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages204
ISBN-100435087312
ISBN-13978-0435087319
Publication Date11/16/1992
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About Gen Ling Chang-Wells (Author) : Gen Ling Chang-Wells is a published author. A published credit of Gen Ling Chang-Wells is Constructing Knowledge Together: Classrooms as Centers of Inquiry and Literacy (Heinemann/Cassell Language & L... more
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About Gordon Wells (Author) : Gordon Wells is a published author. Published credits of Gordon Wells include Writing ... Is Fun!, Dinosaurs (Clever Clogs S.), and Constructing Knowledge Together: Classrooms as Centers of Inquiry an... more
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