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Reading instruction that works: The case for balanced teaching, 3rd ed.
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Allington and Pressley as discussed by the authors discuss skills emphasis, meaning emphasis, and balanced reading instruction for children to learn to read and recognize words in the primary grade and discuss the need for increased comprehension instruction.Abstract:
Introduction to the Fourth Edition, Richard L. Allington Introduction to the Third Edition, Michael Pressley 1. Skills Emphasis, Meaning Emphasis, and Balanced Reading Instruction: A Short History 2. Skilled Reading 3. Children Who Experience Problems in Learning to Read 4. Before Reading Words Begins 5. Learning to Recognize Words 6. Fluency 7. Vocabulary 8. Expert Literacy Teaching in the Primary Grades, with Ruth Wharton-McDonald 9. The Need for Increased Comprehension Instruction 10. Motivation and Literacy 11. Concluding Reflections Appendix: Landmarks in Development of Literacy Competence (or, What Happens When) Author Index Subject Indexread more
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