Reading Strategies and Practices: A Compendium

This fifth edition compendium fills a void by being a ready reference for teachers and prospective teachers, as well as literacy education professionals, who want a clear, overall perspective of instructional procedures and who approach their teaching with a view of experimentation and decision making. This book is intended to be an on-going reference to be used in conjunction with almost any literacy education course. It is designed to afford the reader an active role in examining and evaluating instructional techniques. The authors do not expect readers to become familiar with all of the strategies or practices presented in the text; rather, they recommend reading it selectively and reflectively. Readers should select the units and strategies they wish to review and evaluate. For pre-service and in-service teachers of reading methods and diagnosis and remediation.