What Research Has to Say about Reading Instruction, Third Edition

by Samuels Farstrup and Alan E. (editor) Samuels, S. J. (editor); Farstrup

This second edition contains a balance between theory and practice. Contents reflect current research and changes in the way reading is being taught, and chapters on text structure, metacognition, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0872074951
• ISBN13: 9780872074958
• Release Date: January 1992
• Publisher: International Reading Association
• Length: 351 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"

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easy to read textbook

This book is easy to read and very topical - refreshing to have insights from professionals working in the trenches.

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What Research Has to Say About Reading Instruction

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Sophisticated Reading Strategies for Students in All Grades

This is an excellent book for teachers in all areas of education. Since reading is the basis for all learning, this book is very useful for classroom teachers, parents, reading specialists, and other readers who would like to become more efficient at reading a variety of texts as well as developing independent skills within the process of reading, rather than after-the-fact. Specifically for teachers, this book outlines basic strategies that can easily be used in the classroom. For students with minimal reading ability, the strategies are explained with the use of academic language that many disabled middle school and young adult readers would appreciate as lifelong strategies to use in a variety of reading contexts. I appreciate the fact that while the authors gave credit to instruction of the past, they provided reasons for change in application as we move students toward a world of problem solving and decision making. In my opinion, I cannot think of any other way I would want to teach my students to read and develop a sense of purpose and love of learning. I'm sorry that my teachers did not approach reading instruction with such a worldly view. Not only am I a better teacher, I am also a better reader.