Reading Instruction That Works, Fourth Edition

The Case for Balanced Teaching

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Language Arts, Reading, Reading Skills, Literacy, Education & Teaching, Teaching, Teaching Methods
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Author: Michael Pressley, PhD, Richard L. Allington, PhD ISBN: 9781462516872
Publisher: Guilford Publications Publication: October 7, 2014
Imprint: The Guilford Press Language: English
Author: Michael Pressley, PhD, Richard L. Allington, PhD
ISBN: 9781462516872
Publisher: Guilford Publications
Publication: October 7, 2014
Imprint: The Guilford Press
Language: English

This widely adopted text and K-8 practitioner resource demonstrates how successful literacy teachers combine explicit skills instruction with an emphasis on reading for meaning. Distinguished researcher Richard L. Allington builds on the late Michael Pressley's work to explain the theories and findings that guide balanced teaching and illustrate what exemplary lessons look like in action. Detailed examples offer a window into highly motivating classrooms around the country. Comprehensive in scope, the book discusses specific ways to build word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, especially for readers who are struggling.

New to This Edition
*Updated throughout to reflect important recent research advances.
*Chapter summing up the past century's reading debates and the growing acceptance of balanced teaching.
*New and revised vignettes of exemplary teachers.

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This widely adopted text and K-8 practitioner resource demonstrates how successful literacy teachers combine explicit skills instruction with an emphasis on reading for meaning. Distinguished researcher Richard L. Allington builds on the late Michael Pressley's work to explain the theories and findings that guide balanced teaching and illustrate what exemplary lessons look like in action. Detailed examples offer a window into highly motivating classrooms around the country. Comprehensive in scope, the book discusses specific ways to build word recognition, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension, especially for readers who are struggling.

New to This Edition
*Updated throughout to reflect important recent research advances.
*Chapter summing up the past century's reading debates and the growing acceptance of balanced teaching.
*New and revised vignettes of exemplary teachers.

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