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Author Peltzman, Barbara R., 1946-

Title Reading instruction in America / Barbara Ruth Peltzman
Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, 2015

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Contents Cover; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Preface ; Introduction ; Noah Webster, Jr. (1758-1843); William Holmes Mcguffey (1800-1873) ; The Joplin Plan; Grouping for Instruction; Basal Readers ; Arthur Irving Gates (1890-1972); William Scott Gray, Jr. (1885-1960); Fernald Technique; The Gillingham-Stillman Approach and the Orton-Gillingham Approach; The Language Experience Approach; The Individualized Reading Approach; Readability ; Oral Reading; Miscue Analysis
Initial Teaching Alphabet-ITAWords in Color ; The Linguistic Approach; Emergent Literacy; Story Grammar; Reading Recovery Program ; Phonemic Awareness; The Whole Language Approach; Literature Circles ; Literature-Based Reading Approaches ; Readers' Theater; The Four Blocks Framework; Cloze Procedure ; Question-Answer Relationship Strategy; Alternative Assessment Techniques; Reading-Writing Workshop ; Index
Summary "To provide effective reading instruction for the student, teachers must understand the reading methods and materials that exist and make independent decisions based on their students' needs. This book examines a variety of reading methods used in American schools from the 19th to the 21st centuries, to help teachers become informed decision makers and better meet students' needs"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Reading -- United States
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- General.
Reading
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781476620138
147662013X