Social Studies and Literacy Integration: Making the Most of Our Teaching

Increasing reading achievement has become a nationwide priority resulting from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2005 (Dole, 2004). Due to this emphasis, coupled with the fact that an elementary school’s success is generally not correlated with test scores in social studies, teachers of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Social studies research & practice 2008-03, Vol.3 (1), p.142-152
Hauptverfasser: Kent, Andrea M., Simpson, Jennifer L.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Increasing reading achievement has become a nationwide priority resulting from the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2005 (Dole, 2004). Due to this emphasis, coupled with the fact that an elementary school’s success is generally not correlated with test scores in social studies, teachers of the elementary grades find limited time to teach the social studies curriculum. However, in effort to combat this tragedy, elementary educators should be taught and encouraged to integrate content area teaching with literacy strategies. Using the appropriate.
ISSN:1933-5415
1933-5415
DOI:10.1108/SSRP-01-2008-B0012