Preventing reading difficulties in young children / Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, National Research Council ; Catherine E. Snow, M. Susan Burns, and Peg Griffin, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children.

Contributor:

Snow, Catherine E.

Burns, M. Susan (Marie Susan)

Griffin, Peg.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Reading (Primary)--United States.

Reading (Primary).

Reading disability--United States.

Reading disability.

Reading--Remedial teaching--United States.

Reading.

Reading comprehension--United States.

Reading comprehension.

Word recognition.

Physical Description:

xiv, 432 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : National Academy Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

While most children learn to read fairly well, there remain many young Americans whose futures are imperiled because they do not read well enough to meet the demands of our competitive, technology-driven society. This book explores the problem within the context of social, historical, cultural, and biological factors. Recommendations address the identification of groups of children at risk, effective instruction for the preschool and early grades, effective approaches to dialects and bilingualism, the importance of these findings for the professional development of teachers, and gaps that remain in our understanding of how children learn to read. Implications for parents, teachers, schools, communities, the media, and government at all levels are discussed. The book examines the epidemiology of reading problems and introduces the concepts used by experts in the field. In a clear and readable narrative, word identification, comprehension, and other processes in normal reading development are discussed. Against the background of normal progress, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children examines factors that put children at risk of poor reading. It explores in detail how literacy can be fostered from birth through kindergarten and the primary grades, including evaluation of philosophies, systems, and materials commonly used to teach reading.

Contents:

Introduction

The process of learning to read

Who has reading difficulties?

Predictors of success and failure in reading

Preventing reading difficulties before kindergarten

Instructional strategies for kindergarten and the primary grades

Organizational strategies for kindergarten and the primary grades

Helping children with reading difficulties in grades 1 to 3

The agents of change

Recommendations for practice and research.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-396) and index.

ISBN:

9780309517744

0309517745

9780585032474

0585032475

OCLC:

923257103