Description
Product ID: | 9781446249048 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Discoveries & Explanations in Child Development |
Title: | Reading Development and Teaching |
Authors: | Author: Morag Stuart, Rhona Stainthorp |
Page Count: | 240 |
Subjects: | Pre-school and kindergarten, Pre-school & kindergarten, Primary and middle schools, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: First / native language: Reading and writing skills, Primary & middle schools, Teaching of a specific subject, Educational: English language: reading & writing skills |
Description: | Select Guide Rating "Written in a commendably clear, direct, and accessible style, the authors systematically uncover and then explain the complexities of reading for a general reader, providing carefully selected advice on how best to teach reading to diverse learners."-Dr Robert Savage, McGill University This textbook will prove invaluable to teacher educators, teachers, educational psychologists, and any professional who is involved with teaching children to read. It provides a detailed examination of the processes that are involved in achieving fluent word reading skills and ability to comprehend written texts. Understanding these processes and their development empowers teachers to select appropriate, evidence-based teaching strategies and thus teach children more effectively. Part 1 provides the reader with a Tutorial Review covering essential knowledge about language, and presenting the two dimensions of the Simple View of Reading. Part 3 turns to the language comprehension dimension, with chapters on the comprehension of oral and written language, and on teaching reading comprehension.
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Imprint Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2015-12-21 |