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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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Language
English
Published/Created
Hillsdale, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1984.
Description
xi, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Forrestal Annex - Stacks
LB1050 .L383 1984
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Reading
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United States
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Basal reading instruction
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Reading comprehension
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Anderson, Richard C. (Richard Chase), 1934-
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Osborn, Jean
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Tierney, Robert J.
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Series
Psychology of reading and reading instruction
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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.
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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.
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ISBN
0898592194
9780898592191
LCCN
83020701
OCLC
10122293
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