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Title Handbook of reading interventions [electronic resource] / edited by Rollanda E. O'Connor, Patricia F. Vadasy.

Imprint New York, N.Y. : Guilford Press, 2011.

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Description xii, 436 p. : ill.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction, Patricia F. Vadasy and Rollanda E. O'Connor 2. Phoneme Awareness and the Alphabetic Principle, Rollanda E. O'Connor 3. Preschool Foundations for Reading and Writing Success, Theresa A. Roberts 4. Phases in Reading Words and Phonics Interventions, Louise Spear-Swerling 5. Morphemic Approaches for Reading Words, Terezinha Nunes and Peter Bryant 6. Teaching Spelling to Students with Learning Difficulties, Michael M. Gerber and Catherine Richards-Tutor 7. Making Vocabulary Interventions Engaging and Effective, Margaret G. McKeown and Isabel L. Beck 8. Fluency Problems: When, Why, and How to Intervene, Roxanne Hudson 9. Main Idea and Summarization Instruction to Improve Reading Comprehension, Asha K. Jitendra and Meenakshi Gajria 10. Metacognition to Improve Reading Comprehension, Janette K. Klingner, Ann Morrison, and Amy Eppolito 11. Teaching Narrative and Expository Text Structure to Improve Comprehension, Joanna P. Williams and Lisa S. Pao 12. Peer-Mediated Approaches, Mary Abbott, Charles R. Greenwood, Jay Buzhardt, Howard P. Wills, and Barbara Terry 13. Supplemental Reading Instruction by Paraeducators and Tutors: Recent Research and Applications, Patricia F. Vadasy 14. On the Comprehension and Production of Written Texts: Instructional Activities That Support Content-Area Literacy, Ralph P. Ferretti and Susan De La Paz 15. Cultural Aspects of Teaching Reading with Latino English Language Learners, Michael J. Orosco and Rollanda E. O'Connor 16. Teaching Older Students to Read, Rollanda E. O'Connor and Vanessa Goodwin.
Summary "Comprehensive, authoritative, and designed for practical utility, this handbook presents evidence-based approaches for helping struggling readers and those at risk for literacy difficulties or delays. Leading experts explain how current research on all aspects of literacy translates into innovative classroom practices. Chapters include clear descriptions of effective interventions for word recognition, spelling, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing, complete with concrete examples and teaching scripts. Coverage also encompasses preschool literacy instruction and interventions for older readers, English language learners, and students with learning disabilities, as well as peer-mediated and tutoring approaches"-- Provided by publisher.
"Comprehensive, authoritative, and designed for practical utility, this handbook presents evidence-based approaches for helping struggling readers and those at risk for literacy difficulties or delays. Leading experts explain how current research on all aspects of literacy translates into innovative classroom practices. Chapters include clear descriptions of effective interventions for word recognition, spelling, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and writing, complete with concrete examples and teaching scripts. Coverage also encompasses preschool literacy instruction and interventions for older readers, English language learners, and students with learning disabilities, as well as peer-mediated and tutoring approaches. Subject Areas/Keywords: adolescents, children, classrooms, comprehension, disabilities, elementary, instruction, learners, learning difficulties, literacy, readers, reading interventions, response to intervention, RTI, schools, secondary, special education, spelling, struggling, teaching, vocabulary, writing Audience: Reading specialists in PreK-10; classroom teachers and special educators; researchers and instructors in literacy"-- Provided by publisher.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Reading -- Remedial teaching -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author O'Connor, Rollanda E.
Vadasy, Patricia F.
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9781609181512 (hardback)
9781609181529 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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