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by: Committee on the Prevention of Reading Difficulties in Young Children, National Research Council, M. Susan Burns, Peg Griffin  List Price: $37.95 Amazon.com's Price: $30.36 You Save: $7.59 (20%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: HardcoverDewey Decimal Number: 372.4 EAN: 9780309064187 Edition: 1 ISBN: 030906418X Label: National Academies Press Manufacturer: National Academies Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 448 Publication Date: January 01, 2000 Publisher: National Academies Press Studio: National Academies Press Accessories:
Editorial Review: Book Description: While most children learn to read fairly well, there remain many young Americans whose futures are imperiled because they do not read well enough to meet the demands of our competitive, technology-driven society. This book explores the problem within the context of social, historical, cultural, and biological factors. Recommendations address the identification of groups of children at risk, effective instruction for the preschool and early grades, effective approaches to dialects and bilingualism, the importance of these findings for the professional development of teachers, and gaps that remain in our understanding of how children learn to read. Implications for parents, teachers, schools, communities, the media, and government at all levels are discussed. The book examines the epidemiology of reading problems and introduces the concepts used by experts in the field. In a clear and readable narrative, word identification, comprehension, and other processes in normal reading development are discussed. Against the background of normal progress, Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children examines factors that put children at risk of poor reading. It explores in detail how literacy can be fostered from birth through kindergarten and the primary grades, including evaluation of philosophies, systems, and materials commonly used to teach reading. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - full of informationthis is the type of book you need to read with others and discuss as a group. It is full of a lot of information and is very informative. Rating:  - Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children(Please add this from the description from the publisher.) While most children learn to read fairly well, there remain many young Americans whose futures are imperiled because they do not read well enough to meet the demands of our competitive, technology-driven society. This book explores the problem within the context of social, historical, cultural, and biological factors. Recommendations address the identification of groups of children at risk, effective instruction for the preschool ... Read More 
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