| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 255 pages). |
| Series |
Center for Improvement of Early Reading Achievement
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Center for Improvement of Early Reading Achievement (Series)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Part I. Basic Processes and Text Features -- 1. Texts in the Teaching and Learning of Reading / Victoria Purcell-Gates and Nell K. Duke -- 2. Word Identification and Text Characteristics / James W. Cunningham [and others] -- 3. From Brown Bear to Paddington Bear : The Role of Text in the Development of Fluency / Steven A. Stahl and Katherine A. Dougherty Stahl -- 4. Children's Motivation to Read / Scott G. Paris and Robert D. Carpenter -- Part II. Considering the Forms of Texts in Classrooms -- 5. Choosing Fiction to Support Young Children's Literacy Development / Susan Keehn, Miriam G. Martinez, and William H. Teale -- 6. Leveled Texts for Beginning Readers : A Primer, a Test, and a Quest / James V. Hoffman, Nancy L. Roser, and Misty Sailors -- 7. Nonfiction Texts for Young Readers / Nell K. Duke and Cathy Tower -- 8. Local Texts : Reading and Writing "of the Classroom" / Beth Maloch, James V. Hofjman, and Elizabeth U. Patterson -- 9. Electronic Text in the Classroom / Michael L Kamil, Helen S. Kim, and Diane Lane -- Part III. Some Issues Surrounding Text Selection -- 10. The Selection and Use of English Texts With Young English Language Learners / Georgia Earnest Garcia and Eurydice Bouchereau Bauer -- 11. Heavy (and Heavy-Handed) Issues Surrounding Book Selection / Nancy Roser -- Part IV. Assessing the Text Environment -- 12. Studying the Literacy Environment and Literacy Practices as the Basis for Critical Reflection and Change / James V. Hoffman and Misty Sailors. |
| Summary |
This volume explores a variety of topics, including: texts in the teaching and learning of reading; word identification and text characteristics; choosing fiction to support young children's literacy development; electronic text in the classroom; and issues surrounding text selection. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Reading (Primary)
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Reading (Elementary)
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Education, Primary -- Curricula.
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Education, Elementary -- Curricula.
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Children -- Books and reading.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Hoffman, James V.
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Schallert, Diane L.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Texts in elementary classrooms. Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2004 0805843884 0805843892 (DLC) 2003056140 (OCoLC)52455325 |
| ISBN |
1410611086 (electronic bk.) |
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9781410611086 (electronic bk.) |
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0805843884 (cloth ; alk. paper) |
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0805843892 (pbk. ; alk. paper) |
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