Early reading instruction : what science really tells us about how to teach reading / Diane McGuinness.

Author/creator McGuinness, Diane
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2004.
Descriptionxviii, 410 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentBook review (Education Review)
Subjects

Contents Why English-speaking children can't read -- On the nature of writing systems -- The structure of the English alphabet code -- How to teach reading : lessons from the past -- How to teach reading : modern research -- Phoneme-awareness training -- Reading fluency -- Vocabulary and comprehension instruction -- How does anyone learn to spell? -- The many-word problem : more to spelling than meets the I -- New directions for the twenty-first century.
General note"A Bradford book."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2003066585
ISBN0262134381 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks LB1139.5 .R43 M34 2004 ✔ Available Place Hold