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

by Pressley, Michael

• ISBN13: 9781593852283
• ISBN10: 1593852282
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-11-30
• Publisher: The Guilford Press

Summary

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. The book explains the theoretical underpinnings of recommended strategies and techniques and shows how exemplary teachers actually put them into practice.

Author Biography

Michael Pressley, PhD, is University Distinguished Professor in Teacher Education, as well as Counseling, Educational Psychology, and Special Education, at Michigan State University. With more than 300 publications, he has made numerous research contributions to the fields of memory development, metacognition, and reading. His reading research has focused on vocabulary instruction, comprehension strategies, and the nature of effective literacy instruction.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(14)
CHAPTER 1 Whole Language	15	(34)
CHAPTER 2 Skilled Reading	49	(17)
CHAPTER 3 Children Who Experience Problems in Learning to Read	66	(30)
CHAPTER 4 Before Reading Words Begins	96	(48)
CHAPTER 5 Learning to Recognize Words	144	(51)
CHAPTER 6 Fluency with Lauren Fingeret	195	(25)
CHAPTER 7 Vocabulary with Laurel Disney and Kendra Anderson	220	(20)
CHAPTER 8 Expert Primary-Level Teaching of Literacy Is Balanced Teaching with Ruth Wharton-McDonald and Jennifer Mistretta Hampston	240	(53)
CHAPTER 9 The Need for Increased Comprehension Instruction with Ruth Wharton-McDonald	293	(54)
CHAPTER 10 Writing with Mary M. Juzwik	347	(24)
CHAPTER 11 Motivation and Literacy	371	(46)
CHAPTER 12 Concluding Reflections...for the Time Being	417	(32)
Author Index	449	(12)
Subject Index	461