Exemplary Instruction in the Middle Grades: Teaching That Supports Engagement and Rigorous Learning

About

Diane Lapp EdD is Distinguished Professor of Education in the Department of Teacher Education at San Diego State University. She has taught elementary middle and high school and serves as Director of Learning at Health Sciences High and Middle College. Her research and instruction focus on issues related to struggling readers and writers who live in economically deprived urban settings and their families and teachers. Widely published Dr. Lapp has received the Outstanding Teacher Educator of the Year Award from the International Literacy Association among other honors and is a member of both the International Reading Hall of Fame and the California Reading Hall of Fame.Barbara Moss PhD is Professor of Literacy Education in the School of Teacher Education at San Diego State University. She has taught English and language arts in elementary middle and high school settings and has worked as a reading coach. Dr. Mosss research focuses on the teaching of informational texts at the elementary and secondary levels. She regularly presents at local state national and international conferences and has published numerous journal articles columns book chapters and books. Dr. Moss has served as the Young Adult Literature column editor for Voices in the Middle a publication of the National Council of Teachers of English.