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Osborn, Jean, Ed.; Lehr, Fran, Ed. – 1998
This book addresses the crucial and controversial questions that face today's reading scholars, educators, and professionals. Contributors to the book offer their insights and expertise on such issues as the phonics/whole language debate, the state of reading comprehension instruction, the validity of and need for standards and assessment,…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Classroom Techniques, Early Childhood Education
Neuman, Susan B., Ed.; Roskos, Kathleen A., Ed. – 1998
This book addresses questions of how early literacy instruction can meet children's diverse needs and provide essential skills. The focus is on issues of theory and practice for children ages 2 to 8 in prekindergarten through third grade. Each chapter examines and describes practices surrounding a critical issue in early literacy. Chapters in the…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Culturally Relevant Education, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Linek, Wayne M., Ed.; Sturtevant, Elizabeth G., Ed. – 1997
This book presents 25 essays and studies that explore the interplay of a variety of factors that provide the fuel for individual and collaborative explorations into the nature of literacy. Essays and studies in the book are "Patterns of Response: Struggling Readers Respond to a Real Book during Transactional Literature Discussion" (JoAnn Rubino…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Literacy