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Robinson, Richard D., Ed.; And Others – 1996
Developed with practicing teachers in mind, this book presents reprints of 22 articles and excerpts from longer works that deal with the most significant trends and issues facing literacy educators--whole language, phonics, literacy materials, emergent literacy, spelling, assessment, content literacy, vocabulary instruction, national standards,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Au, Kathryn H.; And Others – 1995
This book shows elementary school teachers how to help students become confident readers and writers who can use skills they acquire throughout their lives, from a constructivist orientation. It is intended as a main text for an introductory course on elementary-school reading instruction, typically taken by undergraduates in their second or third…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Gunning, Thomas G. – 1996
Helping teachers to discover approaches and techniques that fit their teaching style and their teaching situation, this book presents as fairly, completely, and clearly as possible the major approaches and techniques of reading instruction that research and practice have indicated to be successful. Based on the idea that the best reading programs…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy, Phonics
Padak, Nancy D., Ed.; Rasinski, Timothy V., Ed.; Peck, Jacqueline K., Ed.; Church, Brenda Weible, Ed.; Fawcett, Gay, Ed.; Hendershot, Judith M., Ed.; Henry, Justina M., Ed.; Moss, Barbara G., Ed.; Pryor, Elizabeth, Ed.; Roskos, Kathleen A., Ed.; Baumann, James F., Ed.; Dillon, Deborah R., Ed.; Hopkins, Carol J., Ed.; Humphrey, Jack W., Ed.; O'Brien, David G., Ed. – 2000
Drawing from the popular "Distinguished Educator" series of articles in the journal "The Reading Teacher," this book presents 33 essays by respected scholars in nearly every field of reading research and instruction. In addition to the original articles, almost all featured educators have included a professional biography written especially for…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Literacy, Reading Achievement
Download full textEl-Koumy, Abdel-Salam Abdel-Khalek – Online Submission, 2004
The aim of this book is to provide a compromise between past and present theories of language teaching and learning. The book is organized into six main parts. In the first part, the author highlights the strengths and weaknesses of both the skills-based approach and the whole-language approach. He then presents a theory that emphasizes the…
Descriptors: Language Skills, English Instruction, Language Teachers, English (Second Language)
Leu, Donald J.; Kinzer, Charles K. – 1995
Developed as the basic text for preservice teachers in an elementary reading methods course, this book aims to develop insightful teachers empowered to make logical reflective decisions about reading instruction. The book is an integrative text, based on the assumption that effective teachers of reading must understand both what to do during…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Decoding (Reading)
