Written by a renowned author team bringing with them 50 years ofcombined teaching experience, this text offers a series of integrated,research-based principles for the teaching and learning of language.Provides an exploratory approach, recognizing that teachers must forgemethods for themselves based upon their personality, knowledge of thediscipline, and interpretation of individual student needs. Throughcontemporary research, classroom observation, and teaching experience, theauthors help student teachers discover and refine their sets of methods forteaching the language arts.