Michael W. Smith
1954 · 29 obras en el catálogo
Dr. Michael W. (William) Smith, Professor, College of Education, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, joined the ranks of college teachers after eleven years of teaching high school English. He has won awards for his teaching at both the high school and college levels. His research focuses on how experienced readers read and talk about texts, as well as what motivates adolescents’ reading and writing both in and out of school. He has written eight books and monographs, including *“Reading Don’t Fix No Chevys”: Literacy in the Lives of Young Men*, for which he and his co-author received the 2003 David H. Russell Award for Distinguished Research in the Teaching of English. His writing has appeared in such journals as *Communication Education*, *English Journal*, *Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy*, *Journal of Educational Research*, *Journal of Literacy Research*, and *Research in the Teaching of English*. Dr. Smith's monographs include: *Motivating Adolescent Readers*, *Teaching Writing to Adolescents*, and *Fostering Students’ Ability to Write Arguments*. Source: [National Geographic Learning](https://ngl.cengage.com/search/productOverview.do?N=201+4294918395&Ntk=P_EPI&Ntt=1639717606944703586190684202217674334&Ntx=mode%2Bmatchallpartial&homePage=false)
