Effective Reading Strategies: Teaching Children Who Find Reading Difficult - Softcover

Rasinski, Timothy V.; Padak, Nancy D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130996696 ISBN 13: 9780130996695

Publisher: Pearson, 1999

Synopsis

This text is appropriate for undergraduate and graduate Reading Diagnosis and Remediation courses, courses in meeting individual needs in reading, or as a supplement in clinical courses.

This practical text clearly defines the reading and writing process and demonstrates how to assist students with reading difficulties. It offers an easy-to-read format that includes an extensive and rich digest of instructional strategies that have been proven effective in helping children who experience difficulty in learning to read. Strategies and stories in teachers' voices help make this book useful and inviting.

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Review

"The chapters that describe strategies for discrete reading behaviors (e.g., words, fluency, comprehension) provide ...a wealth of instructional support through an excellent collection of activities." ― Evangeline Newton, University of Akron

"A strength of the book is its practicality-teachers could use these strategies immediately and fit them into their existing curriculum." ― Elizabeth Sturtevant, George Mason University

About the Author

Timothy Rasinksi and Nancy Padak are Professors of Curriculum and Instruction at Kent State University, where they teach courses in literacy education.  They also served as editors of The Reading Teacher, the most widely read professional journal in reading education, and currently edit the Journal of Literacy Research.

Previously a classroom and Title I teacher in Nebraska, Tim Rasinski received his Ph.D. from The Ohio State University and has taught at the University of Georgia.  He has written and edited several books on literacy education.  Tim has also conducted research and written many articles on reading and writing educatioin published in Reading Research Quarterly, Reading Psychology, and Education Forum.

Nancy Padak received her Ed.D. from Northern Illinois University, and has worked as a classroom teacher, Title I administrator, and a school district reading and language arts curriculum director in Illinois.  She is Director of the University Reading and Writing Center at Kent State and Principal Investigator at the Ohio Literacy Resource Center.  Nancy was recently named Distinguished Professor by Kent State University.

Tim and Nancy have worked extensively with children in public schools and in university reading clinics who have experienced difficulty in learning to read.  The reading clinical program that they direct won an Ohio's Best Award for its innovative practices in helping children learn to read. 

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130996696
• ISBN 13: 9780130996695
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 343