Reading Instruction That Works, Second Edition The Case for Balanced Teaching

by Pressley, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781572307339
• ISBN10: 1572307331
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-09
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

This revised and updated second edition incorporates findings from rep orts by the National Reading Panel and the National Research Council, as well as ongoing research by the author and others. Interjecting a v oice of reason into ongoing debates on the "one best way" to teach rea ding, Michael Pressley demonstrates how effective reading instruction combines aspects of both skills-emphasis and whole-language approaches . Topics covered include the various components of both whole language and skills instruction; how the balanced approach is applied in real classrooms; and motivational issues. The second edition has been augme nted with new material on phonemic awareness; comprehension problems; decoding and comprehension; vocabulary instruction; development of wor d knowledge; and "flooding" the classroom with motivation. It also fea tures a new discussion of the place of Reading Recovery within balance d instruction, including an in-depth case study.

Author Biography

Michael Pressley, PhD, who passed away in May 2006, was University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State University, as well as Director of the Doctoral Program in Teacher Education and Director of the Literacy Achievement Research Center, with both roles part of his professorship in the Department of Teacher Education and the Department of Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education. He was an expert on effective elementary literacy instruction, with his research appearing in more than 300 journal articles, chapters, and books. Dr. Pressley served a 6-year term as editor of Journal of Educational Psychology. He was honored with awards from the National Reading Conference, the International Reading Association, the American Educational Research Association, and the American Psychological Association, among others. Dr. Pressley received the 2004 E. L. Thorndike Award from Division 15 of the American Psychological Association, the highest award given for career research accomplishment in educational psychology.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(14)
Whole Language	15	(33)
Skilled Reading	48	(17)
Children Who Experience Problems in Learning to Read	65	(25)
Before Reading Instruction Begins	90	(44)
Learning to Recognize Words	134	(47)
Expert Primary-Level Teaching of Literacy Is Balanced Teaching	181	(55)
Ruth Wharton-McDonald
Jennifer Mistretta Hampston
The Need for Increased Comprehension Instruction	236	(53)
Ruth Wharton-McDonald
Motivation and Literacy	289	(44)
Concluding Reflections . . . for the Time Being	333	(32)
Author Index	365	(9)
Subject Index	374