Overview

This book identifies practical reading intervention strategies based on students' informal reading inventory results Today's teachers need valid research-based measures for reading improvement, assessments to determine students' reading abilities, and intervention strategies to guide students back on track. To help teachers connect students' performance and evaluation to instruction, best-selling authors JoAnne Caldwell and Lauren Leslie outline practical intervention strategies that are aligned with any informal reading inventory. Targeting the latest research, this edition includes new student case studies, more writing applications and a focus on teaching with classroom materials. By identifying intervention strategies based on assessment, the book helps teachers and students address difficulties in word identification, fluency, prior knowledge, and comprehension.

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Author:   JoAnne Caldwell ,  Lauren Leslie
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Pearson
Edition:   3rd edition
Dimensions:   Width: 21.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 27.70cm
Weight:   0.746kg
ISBN:  

9780132907088

ISBN 10:   0132907089
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   14 November 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Chapter One: An Overview of Reading Instruction for Struggling Readers Chapter Two: Patterns of Reading Difficulty Chapter Three: The Structure of Intervention Sessions Chapter Four: Phonological Awareness Chapter Five: Word Identification Instruction: Phonics and More Chapter Six: Word Identification Instruction: Fluency Chapter Seven: Prior Knowledge and Concept Development Chapter Eight: Vocabulary Learning Chapter Nine: Comprehension Instruction: Retelling Narrative Text Chapter Ten: Comprehension Instruction: Expository Retelling Chapter Eleven: Comprehension Instruction: Answering Questions Chapter Twelve: Comprehension Instruction: General Interactive Strategies Chapter Thirteen: Pulling It All Together: Designing the Intervention Structure Appendix Summary of Intervention Strategies Index

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JoAnne Schudt Caldwell is the co-author/author of seven titles including The Qualitative Reading Inventory-5 and Reading Problems: Assessment and Teaching Strategies both published by Allyn & Bacon. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from Marquette University and is Professor Emerita at Cardinal Stritch University. In 1996 she received the Outstanding Service Award from the Wisconsin State Reading Association, as well as the Wisconsin Teacher Educator of the Year Award in 1997 and the Achievement Award from Marquette University School of Education in 2005. Lauren Leslie received her Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Iowa and is currently Emeritus Professor at Marquette University where she served as the director of the Hartman Literacy Center for many years. She has published over 25 research articles, and she is the co-author of the Qualitative Reading Inventory-5. She received the Albert J. Harris Award from International Reading Association (2001) for article written with L. Allen, 'Factors that predict success in an early literacy intervention program.' She also received the Mary Neville Bielefeld Award for Career Achievement for her contributions to teaching, research and service, particularly the mentoring of women faculty and students.

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