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Title Finding the right texts : what works for beginning and struggling readers / edited by Elfrieda H. Hiebert, Misty Sailors
Published New York : Guilford Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) : illustrations
Series Solving problems in the teaching of literacy
Solving problems in the teaching of literacy.
Contents The (mis)match between texts and students who depend on schools to become literate / Elfrieda H. Hiebert -- Frameworks for creating and selecting instructional texts: Decodable text : why, when and how? / Marilyn Jager Adams -- Repetition of words : the forgotten variable in texts for beginning and struggling readers / Elfrieda H. Hiebert and Leigh Ann Martin -- The challenges of developing leveled texts in and for developing countries : the Ithuba writing project in South Africa / Misty Sailors, James V. Hoffman, and Mark W.F. Condon -- Addressing the content of texts for beginning and struggling readers : the role of informational texts: Text in hands-on science / Gina N. Cervetti and Jacqueline Barber -- Informational text difficulty for beginning readers / Nell K. Duke and Alison K. Billman -- Text modification : enhancing English land learners' reading comprehension / Young-Suk Kim and Catherine E. Snow -- Instructional strategies for adapting texts for beginning and struggling readers: Text-reader matching : meeting the needs of struggling readers / Heidi Anne E. Mesmer and Staci Cumming -- Placing and pacing beginning readers in texts : the match between texts and children's knowledge of words / Kathleen J. Brown -- When the "right texts" are difficult for struggling readers / Alison K. Billman, Katherine Hilden, and Juliet L. Halladay -- Teaching adolescents who struggle with text : research and practice / Mary E. Curtis -- Pulling it together: Teachers using texts : where we are and what we need / Anne McGill-Franzen
Summary Until now, no single volume has comprehensively examined the crucial question of how to select the most appropriate reading material for beginning or struggling readers. From leading authorities, this book meets an important need by reviewing the best available research on the role of specific text features-including linguistic and conceptual content-in supporting the development of proficient reading. Also explored are ways that teacher scaffolding can help students who have difficulties with particular aspects or types of texts. The book considers approaches to adapting the design and select
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Reading -- Remedial teaching.
Reading
Reading
EDUCATION -- Teaching Methods & Materials -- Reading & Phonics.
EDUCATION -- Language Experience Approach.
Reading
Reading -- Remedial teaching
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Genre/Form Aufsatzsammlung.
Form Electronic book
Author Hiebert, Elfrieda H
Sailors, Misty
LC no. 2008026744
ISBN 9781606232811
1606232819
1282790463
9781282790469
9786612790461
6612790466