Reading Instruction That Works The Case for Balanced Teaching

by Pressley, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781572303195
• ISBN10: 1572303190
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-04-10
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

Now in a revised and expanded third edition, this widely adopted text provides a comprehensive guide to effective literacy instruction in the elementary grades. Distinguished scholar and educator Michael Pressley presents research-based, classroom-tested best practices for combining skills-based and whole-language approaches in the context of a highly motivating environment. Updated throughout with the latest data, the book explains the theoretical underpinnings of recommended strategies and techniques and shows how exemplary teachers actually put them into practice. Three all-new chapters provide state-of-the-science coverage of fluency, vocabulary, and writing.

Author Biography

Michael Pressley, PhD, Professor of Psychology at the University of Notre Dame, has received major research awards for his work on reading instruction from the International Reading Association and the American Educational Research Association. He is the current editor of the Journal of Educational Psychology and the former editor of the Journal of Reading Behavior. He has previously taught at the State University of New York at Albany, the University of Maryland at College Park, the University of Western Ontario, and California State University at Fullerton.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Whole Language	p. 15
Skilled Reading	p. 48
Children Who Experience Problems in Learning to Read	p. 65
Before Reading Instruction Begins	p. 90
Learning to Recognize Words	p. 134
Expert Primary-Level Teaching of Literacy Is Balanced Teaching	p. 181
The Need for Increased Comprehension Instruction	p. 236
Motivation and Literacy	p. 289
Concluding Reflections ... for the Time Being	p. 333
Author Index	p. 365
Subject Index	p. 374
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