Learning to read in American schools : basal readers and content texts / edited by Richard C. Anderson, Jean Osborn, Robert J. Tierney.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1984.
Description
xi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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    Series
    Psychology of reading and reading instruction [More in this series]
    Summary note
    "Learning to Read in American Schools" examines critical research that offers direct implications for the design and/or evaluation of text materials used in our schools today. In so doing, it addresses issues regarding the quality of text materials, and contains specific recommendations for the improvement of reading comprehension and instruction. Timely, clearly written, and jargon-free, this text is an essential handbook for school administrators, reading specialists, teachers in professional development programs, trainers of teachers, and curriculum developers. It should have a profound impact on how reading is taught in American schools.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographies and indexes.
    Contents
    • Developing comprehension : the impact of the directed reading lesson / Isabel Beck
    • Guided reading : a response ot Isabel Beck / P. David Pearson
    • Do basal manuals teach reading comprehension / Dolores Durkin
    • Reaction to "Do basal manuals teach reading comprehension?" / Roger Farr
    • The purposes, uses, and contents of workbooks and some guidelines for publishers / Jean Osborn
    • What would make workbooks worthwhile? / Patricia M. Cunningham
    • Readability- appraising text difficulty / Alice Davison
    • Readability as a solution adds to the problem / Walter H. MacGinitie
    • A new point of view on children's stories / Bertram Bruce
    • On the appropriateness of adaptations in primary-level basal readers : reactions to remarks by Bertram Bruce / Georgia M. Green
    • Content area textbooks / Thomas H. Anderson, Bonnie B. Armbruster
    • Subject matter texts- reading to learn : response to a paper by Thomas H. Anderson and Bonnie B. Armbruster / Harold L. Herber.
    • Cultural variation and textbook publication vis a vis jelly beans and designer genes / Thomas P. Pietras
    • Role of the reader's schema in comprehension, learning, and memory / Richard C. Anderson
    • Schema activation and schema acquisition : comments on Richard C. Anderson's remarks / John D. Bransford
    • Learning from reading : the role of metacognition / Bonnie B. Armbruster, Anne L. Brown
    • Summary discussion / Dorothy S. Strickland
    • A synthesis of research on the use of instruction text : some implications for the educational publishing industry in reading / Robert J. Tierney.
    ISBN
    • 0898592194
    • 9780898592191
    LCCN
    83020701
    OCLC
    10122293
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