Reading instruction that works : the case for balanced teaching / Michael Pressley.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Pressley, Michael.

Series:

• Solving problems in the teaching of literacy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Reading (Elementary).

Physical Description:

vi, 378 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Guilford Press, [2002]

Summary:

This bestseller demonstrates how effective reading instruction combines aspects of both skills-emphasis and whole language approaches. The second edition has been augmented with new material on phonemic awareness; comprehension problems; decoding and comprehension; vocabulary instruction; development of word knowledge; and "flooding" the classroom with motivation. It also features a new discussion of the place of Reading Recovery within balanced instruction, including an in-depth case study.

Contents:

• 1 Whole Language 15
• 2 Skilled Reading 48
• 3 Children Who Experience Problems in Learning to Read 65
• 4 Before Reading Instruction Begins 90
• 5 Learning to Recognize Words 134
• 6 Expert Primary-Level Teaching of Literacy Is Balanced Teaching / Ruth Wharton-McDonald, Jennifer Mistretta Hampston 181
• 7 The Need for Increased Comprehension Instruction / Ruth Wharton-McDonald 236
• 8 Motivation and Literacy 289.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

• 157230734X
• 1572307331

OCLC:

49959483