A Balanced Approach to Beginning Reading Instruction

by Cowen, John E.

• ISBN13: 9780872075153
• ISBN10: 087207515X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Intl Literacy Assn

Summary

Provides compelling evidence for a balanced approach to beginning reading instruction

Author Biography

John Edwin Cowen is Associate Professor of Education/Reading at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, New Jersey, USA.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Toward a Definition of a Balanced Approach to Reading Instruction	1	(10)
The Cooperative Research Program in First-Grade Reading Instruction (the First-Grade Studies)	11	(11)
Learning to Read: The Great Debate	22	(8)
Becoming a Nation of Readers: The Report of the Commission on Reading	30	(9)
Beginning to Read: Thinking and Learning About Print	39	(13)
Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children	52	(9)
Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching Children to Read: An Evidence-Based Assessment of the Scientific Research Literature on Reading and Its Implications for Reading Instruction	61	(18)
Summary	79	(4)
Appendix A Activities for Applying Literacy Concepts	83	(4)
Appendix B Questions for Cooperative Discussion Groups	87	(2)
References	89	(4)
Index	93