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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782785003321

Titolo

Language and literacy learning in schools [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Elaine R. Silliman, Louise C. Wilkinson ; series editor's note by C. Addison Stone

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Guilford Press, c2004

ISBN

1-59385-469-2

1-281-96264-3

9786611962647

1-60623-142-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Collana

Challenges in language and literacy

Altri autori (Persone)

SillimanElaine R

WilkinsonLouise Cherry

Disciplina

372.6

Soggetti

Language arts

Literacy

Interdisciplinary approach in education

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Collaboration for language and literacy learning : three challenges / Elaine R. Silliman and Louise C. Wilkinson -- Collaborative models of instruction and intervention : choices, decisions, and implementation / Geraldine P. Wallach and Barbara J. Ehren -- Language and discourse contributions to word recognition and text interpretation : implications of a dynamic systems perspective / Ronald B. Gillam and Brenda K. Gorman -- Building word recognition skills through empirically validated instructional practices : collaborative efforts of speech-language pathologists and teachers / Gary A. Troia -- Reading comprehension instruction for all students / Christina Pennington Whitaker, Linda B. Gambrell, and Lesley Mandel Morrow -- Toward more ambitious comprehension instruction / Michael Pressley and Katherine Hilden -- Integration of language and discourse components with reading comprehension : it's all about relationships / Mavis L. Donahue and Sharon K. Foster -- The role of dialogue in constructing effective literacy settings for students with language and learning



disabilities / Carol Sue Englert and Kailonnie Dunsmore -- EmPOWER : a strategy for teaching students with language learning disabilities how to write expository text / Bonnie D. Singer and Anthony S. Bashir -- Instructional approaches to spelling : the window on students' word knowledge in reading and writing / Shane Templeton -- Integration of language components in spelling : instruction that maximizes students' learning / Kenn Apel, Julie J. Masterson, and Pam Hart -- Putting Humpty Dumpty together again : what's right with Betsy / Elaine R. Silliman, Louise C. Wilkinson, and Robin L. Danzak.

Sommario/riassunto

Accessible and user-friendly, this volume presents evidence-based practices for integrating language and literacy knowledge to enhance children's learning in today's standards-based classrooms. While grounded in theory and research, the book focuses on day-to-day concerns in instruction and intervention, identifying models for effective collaboration among speech-language pathologists, general and special educators, and reading specialists. Chapters cover a range of approaches for targeting core areas of literacy--word recognition, reading comprehension, writing, and spelling--with p