Instructing Students Who Have Literacy Problems

by McCormick, Sandra

• ISBN13: 9780138960285
• ISBN10: 0138960283
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

Instructing Students Who Have Literacy Problems has long been valued because it covers both assessment and instructional strategies in a sound, research-based format. It reflects a balanced view of literacy instruction, comprehensively examining both word study and comprehension, and is the definitive research-based book in the field of assessment and diagnosis. Four complete chapters on literacy assessment detail timely information about formal and informal assessment procedures and make it an invaluable resource. This edition includes new English-language learner sections, more on No Child Left Behind and Reading First, information regarding special needs students, a segment on literacy coaches, and new fluency research and strategies sections.

Table of Contents

I. FOUNDATIONS OF REMEDIAL AND CLINICAL READING INSTRUCTION.

1. Basic Concepts and Definitions in Reading.
2. Causes and Correlates of Individual Differences in Reading Ability: Part I.
3. Causes and Correlates of Individual Differences in Reading Ability: Part II.

II. ASSESSMENT.

4. Assessment for Identification of Reading Problems.
5. Assessment For Verifying General Reading Level.
6. Assessment For Identifying Specific Strengths and Weaknesses in Reading: Part I.
7. Assessment for Identifying Specific Strengths and Weaknesses in Reading: Part II.

III. INSTRUCTIONAL INTERVENTIONS.

8. Important Principles of Remedial and Clinical Reading Instruction.
9. Word Recognition.
10. Word Identification.
11. Knowledge of Word Meanings.
12. Comprehension of Narrative Text.
13. Comprehension of Expository Text.

IV. READING INSTRUCTION FOR SPECIAL POPULATIONS.

14. The Severely Delayed Reader and the Nonreader.
15. Other Learners with Special Needs.
Appendix A: Supplementary Test Bank: Intelligence Tests.
Appendix B: Two Outlines for Preparing Case Reports Based on Remedial Assessment and Instruction.
References.
Index.
Author Biography.