Assessing and Addressing Literacy Needs

Assessing and Addressing Literacy Needs
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Publisher : SAGE Publications
Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9781452264011
ISBN-13 : 1452264015
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Book Synopsis Assessing and Addressing Literacy Needs by : Barbara Combs

Download or read book Assessing and Addressing Literacy Needs written by Barbara Combs and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to help preservice and inservice teachers use assessments to identify problems and employ appropriate strategies to help their students become better readers, this text includes 12 case studies that detail children's literacy struggles. The cases are embedded within a framework of research-based instructional interventions related to best practices in literacy instruction. The core chapters of the book are organized around six essential elements in learning to read—emergent literacy, word identification, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, and engagement—and include a review of the literature, assessment strategies, instructional interventions, a section on Intervening With Technology, and two detailed case reports.


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