Getting Reading Difficulties in Perspective.

Elkins, John

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Publication Date: 1990

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Getting Reading Difficulties in Perspective.

Elkins, John

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education, v37 n1 p3-16 1990

This review examines non-North American ideas about reading difficulties. Noted is the success of such tutorial programs as Reading Recovery, used in Australia, the United States, and New Zealand. The potential of a Vygotskian perspective on assessment and teaching for children experiencing reading difficulties is outlined. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Literacy, Reading Difficulties, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Remedial Reading, Tutorial Programs

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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