Success with struggling readers : the Benchmark School approach / Irene West Gaskins ; foreword by Michael Pressley.

Author/creator Gaskins, Irene West
Other author Benchmark School (Media, Pa.)
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Guilford Press, ©2005.
Descriptionxix, 264 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Subjects
Reading--Remedial teaching.

SeriesSolving problems in the teaching of literacy
Solving problems in the teaching of literacy. ^A454033
Contents Searching for answers to the why and how of struggling readers -- Introduction to Benchmark's interactive learning model and person variables -- Exploring the strengths and challenges of struggling readers : personality -- Exploring the strengths and challenges of struggling readers : intelligence, physical development, and health -- The context for learning : teacher knowledge, classroom culture, and instruction -- The context for learning : sociocultural, task, and text variables -- Learning principles about the interaction of variables, explicit instruction, and social activity -- Learning principles that guide classroom instruction : developmental, motivational, and accountability issues -- Learning principles to share with students -- Strategies for reading words : teaching phonemic awareness, decoding, and fluency -- Activities that reinforce word detective practices -- Comprehension strategies -- Explicit explanations of comprehension strategies for grades 1-8 -- Rationale for teaching concepts, essential understandings, and knowledge structures -- Afterword : five major insights from 45 years of teaching struggling readers.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 247-255) and index.
LCCN 2004027993
ISBN1593851693 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1593851707 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks LB1050.5 .G36 2005 ✔ Available Place Hold