Quantity and Quality: Increasing the Volume and Complexity of Students' Reading

by Sandra Wilde

"The premise of this book is simple: that establishing the reading of books as the center of our literacy curriculum is the secret to academic achievement."
--Sandra Wilde

The research is unambiguous: when students read more, they read better, acquire more background knowledge, and do better on academic assessments. "Students need to read more books and to gradually move into harder books," writes Sandra Wilde in Quantity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0325047960
• ISBN13: 9780325047966
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
• Length: 152 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.4" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 12