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ERIC Number: EJ545828
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-3004
Promoting Literacy in Secondary Content Area Classrooms with Biography Projects.
Daisey, Peggy
Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, v40 n4 p270-78 Dec-Jan 1996-97
Provides a rationale for including biography projects in various secondary content areas. Describes a biography project assignment in a teacher education secondary content area literacy course. Provides examples of preservice teachers' work; makes connections to research about literacy and equity; and offers student comments about the assignment. (SR)
Descriptors: Biographies, Class Activities, Content Area Reading, Content Area Writing, Higher Education, Literacy, Secondary Education, Student Projects, Teacher Education
Publication Type: Guides - Classroom - Teacher; Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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