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  • Building Comprehension in Every Classroom

    Instruction with Literature, Informational Texts, and Basal Programs

    by Rachel Brown, PhD, Peter Dewitz ...
    This book presents a practical model and specific unit- and lesson-planning ideas for enhancing students' reading comprehension in any 2-8 classroom. The authors provide innovative suggestions that help teachers construct a comprehension curriculum organized around literature, informational texts, or a basal reading program. Vivid case examples and vignettes bring to life ways to build the ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

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    Second Edition, Completely Revised and Updated

    by Sally Shaywitz M.D., Jonathan Shaywitz MD ...
    From one of the world's preeminent experts on reading and dyslexia, the most comprehensive, up-to-date, and practical book available on identifying, understanding, and overcoming reading problems--now revised to reflect the latest research and evidence-based approaches.Dyslexia is the most common learning disorder on the planet, affecting about one in five individuals, regardless of age or gender. ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Language at the Speed of Sight

    How We Read, Why So Many Can't, and What Can Be Done About It

    by Mark Seidenberg ...
    In this "important, alarming" (New York Times) book, see why so many American students are falling behind in their reading skills while others around the world excel.The way we teach reading is not working, and it cannot continue. We have largely abandoned phonics-based reading instruction, despite research that supports its importance for word recognition. Rather than treating Black English as a ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • How the Gifted Brain Learns

    Edited by David A. Sousa ...
    "Pulls many areas of gifted research, knowledge, and applications together in a clear and concise manner. This is a one-stop book for teachers who have high-ability/gifted students in a classroom and need to understand how these students′ brains work and how to plan effective instruction."—Mary Beth Cary, TeacherWorth County Primary School, Sylvester GAIdentify, understand, and engage the full ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • Rigorous Reading

    5 Access Points for Comprehending Complex Texts

    by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey ...
    Series series Corwin Literacy
    What it really means to "read closely."What could Fern Arable, Jay Gatsby, and Winston Churchill possibly have in common? They all need masterful teachers to help students revel in their complexity. And Nancy Frey and Doug Fisher are just the two mentors to help you make that happen.Call it close reading, call it deep reading, call it analytic reading—call it what you like. The point is, it’s a ... Read more

    $33.29 USD

  • How the Brain Learns to Read

    by David A. Sousa ...
    A modern classic, updated for today’s classroom needsNo skill is more fundamental to our students’ education than reading. And no recent book has done more to advance our understanding of the neuroscience behind this so-critical skill than David Sousa’s How the Brain Learns to Read. To tens of thousands of educators, Sousa revealed at last how exactly young brains learn to make sense of printed ... Read more

    $37.79 USD

  • Teaching Students with Dyslexia, Dysgraphia, OWL LD, and Dyscalculia

    by Virginia W. Berninger, Ph.D., Beverly J. Wolf, M.Ed. ...
    How can teachers provide effective instruction for students with learning disabilities while meeting the needs of all students? The second edition of this accessible text gives K–12 educators research-based answers, straight from two highly respected voices in the field. The first teacher training text to cover all four learning disabilities that require differentiated instruction—dysgraphia, ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Checking for Understanding

    Formative Assessment Techniques for Your Classroom

    by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey ...
    A teacher presents a lesson, and at the end asks students if they understand the material. The students nod and say they get it. Later, the teacher is dismayed when many of the students fail a test on the material. Why aren't students getting it? And, just as important, why didn't the teacher recognize the problem?In Checking for Understanding, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey show how to increase ... Read more

    $26.29 USD

  • Teaching Reading to English Language Learners

    A Reflective Guide

    Edited by Thomas S. C. Farrell ...
    "Truly a pleasure to read, with much helpful information."—Deb Bible, Literacy TeacherCUSD 300, West Dundee, IL"The author models a program of success and helps the educator become better qualified in teaching the EL learner."—Lucia deSombre Malo, Former InstructorUtah Valley State CollegePractical, easy-to-implement methods for helping English language learners succeed in reading!Successfully t.. ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Reading Strategies for Elementary Students With Learning Difficulties

    Strategies for RTI

    by William N. Bender, Martha J. Larkin ...
    "The authors have taken a huge amount of research and information, digested it, and organized it into clearly arranged, practical, readable, usable work. This book balances information, suggestions, and examples with reflective exercises that are practical and valuable. It also gives tons of Web sites and resources for more useful tools and tips."—Mary Guerrette, Director of Special EducationMaine ... Read more

    $38.69 USD

  • A Complete Guide to Rubrics

    Assessment Made Easy for Teachers, K-College

    by Audrey M. Quinlan ...
    This book takes a developmental perspective at the use of scoring rubrics to assess student work. Citing developmental characteristics of each age, the author presents examples and adaptations of assessment rubrics on a variety of subjects for teachers from kindergarten through adult/college. After a presentation of foundation information on rubrics, separate chapters are devoted to each grade ... Read more

    $42.89 USD

  • The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance

    Edited by K. Anders Ericsson, Robert R. Hoffman, Aaron Kozbelt, A. Mark Williams ...
    Series series Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
    In this updated and expanded edition of The Cambridge Handbook of Expertise and Expert Performance, some of the world's foremost experts on expertise share their scientific knowledge of expertise and expert performance and show how experts may differ from non-experts in terms of development, training, reasoning, knowledge, and social support. The book reviews innovative methods for measuring ... Read more

    $67.29 USD