Language-based approaches to support reading comprehension [electronic resource] / edited by Francine Falk-Ross.

I: The challenges for literacy development across disciplines. Overview of the text / Francine Falk-Ross
The educational issues before us / Francine Falk-Ross
A case study to consider using different frames of reference / Francine Falk-Ross
II. Language as a scaffold for learning. The mediating role of Pedagogic discourse / Francine Falk-Ross
Providing supportive contexts for young children's language to develop their ideas and opinions / Shobana Musti-Rao and Lenwood Gibson
Looking at literacy from the family-school frame of reference / Lee Shumow and Elena Lyutykh
Mathematics talk: Literacy development in a mathematics context / Brian R. Evans
Literacy and the arts: how artistic perspectives enhance literacy learning / Merryl Goldberg and Laurie Stowell
Promoting agency, access and acquisition among adolescent English language learners / Kathleen A.J. Mohr, Michelle Flory, and Lois Ann Knezek
III. Talk and textual considerations. Multimodality in children's school-based texts / Roberta Linder
Addressing adolescents' need for voice and interaction / Jill Lewis-Spector and Mary McGriff
From resistance to engagement
The importance of the digital literacies for struggling readers and writers / Peter McDermott and Kathleen A. Gormley
Concluding thoughts / Francine Falk-Ross.