Reading Strategies for Elementary Students With Learning Difficulties - Softcover

Bender, William N.; Larkin, Martha J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761946594 ISBN 13: 9780761946595

Publisher: Corwin, 2003

Synopsis

This book is written with the purpose of providing primary and middle school teachers a practical set of research based instructional strategies primarily for students with learning disabilities, and other learning difficulties. This book includes strategies and instructional examples to be practiced in inclusive classrooms, as well as in one-to-one teaching situations. This book offers a practical, ready reference for teachers′ increasingly important role in reading instruction for students with learning disabilities.

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About the Authors

William N. Bender, PhD, has had a long and distinguished career in education, teaching in public school for several years and in higher education for some 26 years at Blue?eld State College in West Virginia, Rutgers University in New Jersey, and the University of Georgia. He has written 36 books in special and general education. With his retirement, he has stepped back from his rigorous workshop schedule, which as recently as 2016 included some 40 workshop days per year. While the COVID-19 pandemic impacted his work, he has written four historical ?ction novels and several educational books in recent years. He has delivered several professional development projects, including most recently a keynote for a virtual conference on project-based learning in Brazil in conjunction with his Corwin book Project-Based Learning (2012).

Martha J. Larkin taught public school students in general education and special education at the elementary, middle, and secondary levels for several years before beginning a career in higher education. She has authored and coauthored 17 journal articles, 10 book and monograph chapters, and 5 research reports and commissioned papers in education and special education. She specializes in instructional strategies, particularly for students with learning disabilities. Her specific teaching and research interests include scaffolded instruction, content enhancement, learning strategies, graphic organizers, and grading rubrics. She especially enjoys pursuing these interests in the areas of reading, writing, and mathematics. She earned her PhD from the University of Alabama in 1999.

Edition details

• Publisher: Corwin
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761946594
• ISBN 13: 9780761946595
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 272