Numeracy and learning difficulties : approaches to teaching and assessment / / Peter Westwood
| Numeracy and learning difficulties : approaches to teaching and assessment / / Peter Westwood |
| Autore | Westwood Peter S. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Camberwell, Victoria : , : Australian Council for Educational Research, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (111 pages) |
| Disciplina | 372.7/2044 |
| Collana | Learning difficulties |
| Soggetto topico |
Numeracy - Study and teaching (Primary)
Number concept in children Learning disabilities |
| Soggetto non controllato | Australian |
| ISBN | 1-74286-428-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Teaching for numeracy: directions, issues and tensions -- Acquiring numeracy: how difficulties may arise -- Theories, principles and practices -- Teaching basic number skills -- Teaching problem-solving skills and strategies -- Assessment. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155103203321 |
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| Camberwell, Victoria : , : Australian Council for Educational Research, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading and learning difficulties : approaches to teaching and assessment / / Peter Westwood
| Reading and learning difficulties : approaches to teaching and assessment / / Peter Westwood |
| Autore | Westwood Peter S. |
| Edizione | [Second edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Camberwell, Victoria, Australia : , : ACER Press, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (110 pages) |
| Disciplina | 371.91/44 |
| Collana | Learning difficulties series |
| Soggetto topico |
Reading disability
Reading (Primary) Learning disabilities |
| ISBN | 1-74286-426-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155103303321 |
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| Camberwell, Victoria, Australia : , : ACER Press, , 2016 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading and learning difficulties : approaches to teaching and assessment / / Peter Westwood
| Reading and learning difficulties : approaches to teaching and assessment / / Peter Westwood |
| Autore | Westwood Peter S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : David Fulton Publishers, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (145 p.) |
| Disciplina | 371.9144 |
| Soggetto topico |
Learning disabilities
Reading disability Reading (Primary) |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-203-06398-8
1-283-84667-5 1-136-60426-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Reading and Learning Difficulties: Approaches to teaching and assessment; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Learning to read; Emergent literacy; Moving beyond the emergent stage; The importance of phonological awareness; Examples of phonemic skill; Learning the alphabetic code; Phonic skills; Sight vocabulary; Comprehension; Comprehension strategies; 2 The reading process; What does skilled reading involve?; Accurate word Identification; Eye movements and reading; How words are recognised; Reading difficulties and vision; In-text supports for word identification; Semantic cues
Syntactic cuesGrapho-phonic (or alphabetic) cues; Word identification: stages in development; Logographic stage; Alphabetic stage; Orthographic stage; Comprehending text; Levels of comprehension; A strategic approach to comprehension; Factors influencing reading comprehension; 3 Learning difficulties; Children with literacy problems; Possible causes of reading difficulty; Teachers' perceptions; Teaching methods, curricula and learning difficulties; The importance of a successful start; The impact of early failure: affective factors; Specific areas of difficulty Language and metalinguistic problemsPhonological processing problems; Word recognition problems; Text-processing problems; Dyslexia; Definitions of dyslexia; Possible sub-types of dyslexia; Significant research findings; Is the concept of 'dyslexia' useful?; 4 General teaching approaches; Meaning-emphasis approaches; What are the strengths in whole language?; Does the whole language approach suit all children?; What are the weaknesses in whole language?; Skills-based approaches to reading instruction; Supplementary materials in a skills-based approach Potential weaknesses in the skills-based approachSwings of the phonics pendulum; The current position on the teaching of phonics; A balanced approach; 5 Specific teaching methods and strategies; Methods and strategies; Shared book experience; Language-experience approach; Guided reading; Directed reading-thinking activity; K-W-L strategy (Know. Want to know. Learned.); The 3 H strategy (Here. Hidden. In my Head.); PQRS reading strategy; Developing fluency; Repeated reading strategy; Listening to children read: the 'pause, prompt, praise' technique; Silent sustained reading 6 Teaching the basics: phonemic awareness, phonic skills and sight vocabularyDeveloping phonemic awareness; Teaching phonic knowledge and phonic skills; Teaching phonics: where to begin; Moving beyond the beginning level; Building sight vocabulary; 7 Assessment; Changing emphasis in assessment procedures; The purposes for testing; Basic principles of diagnostic assessment; Assessment procedures; Observation; Dynamic assessment; Diagnostic interviews; Diagnostic testing; Diagnosing prior instruction; Specific examples of reading assessment; Assessing sight vocabulary; Decoding skills Use of context |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462933203321 |
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| Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : David Fulton Publishers, , 2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Reading and learning difficulties : approaches to teaching and assessment / / Peter Westwood
| Reading and learning difficulties : approaches to teaching and assessment / / Peter Westwood |
| Autore | Westwood Peter S. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : David Fulton Publishers, , 2004 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (145 p.) |
| Disciplina | 371.9144 |
| Soggetto topico |
Learning disabilities
Reading disability Reading (Primary) |
| ISBN |
1-136-60433-2
0-203-06398-8 1-283-84667-5 1-136-60426-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Reading and Learning Difficulties: Approaches to teaching and assessment; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Learning to read; Emergent literacy; Moving beyond the emergent stage; The importance of phonological awareness; Examples of phonemic skill; Learning the alphabetic code; Phonic skills; Sight vocabulary; Comprehension; Comprehension strategies; 2 The reading process; What does skilled reading involve?; Accurate word Identification; Eye movements and reading; How words are recognised; Reading difficulties and vision; In-text supports for word identification; Semantic cues
Syntactic cuesGrapho-phonic (or alphabetic) cues; Word identification: stages in development; Logographic stage; Alphabetic stage; Orthographic stage; Comprehending text; Levels of comprehension; A strategic approach to comprehension; Factors influencing reading comprehension; 3 Learning difficulties; Children with literacy problems; Possible causes of reading difficulty; Teachers' perceptions; Teaching methods, curricula and learning difficulties; The importance of a successful start; The impact of early failure: affective factors; Specific areas of difficulty Language and metalinguistic problemsPhonological processing problems; Word recognition problems; Text-processing problems; Dyslexia; Definitions of dyslexia; Possible sub-types of dyslexia; Significant research findings; Is the concept of 'dyslexia' useful?; 4 General teaching approaches; Meaning-emphasis approaches; What are the strengths in whole language?; Does the whole language approach suit all children?; What are the weaknesses in whole language?; Skills-based approaches to reading instruction; Supplementary materials in a skills-based approach Potential weaknesses in the skills-based approachSwings of the phonics pendulum; The current position on the teaching of phonics; A balanced approach; 5 Specific teaching methods and strategies; Methods and strategies; Shared book experience; Language-experience approach; Guided reading; Directed reading-thinking activity; K-W-L strategy (Know. Want to know. Learned.); The 3 H strategy (Here. Hidden. In my Head.); PQRS reading strategy; Developing fluency; Repeated reading strategy; Listening to children read: the 'pause, prompt, praise' technique; Silent sustained reading 6 Teaching the basics: phonemic awareness, phonic skills and sight vocabularyDeveloping phonemic awareness; Teaching phonic knowledge and phonic skills; Teaching phonics: where to begin; Moving beyond the beginning level; Building sight vocabulary; 7 Assessment; Changing emphasis in assessment procedures; The purposes for testing; Basic principles of diagnostic assessment; Assessment procedures; Observation; Dynamic assessment; Diagnostic interviews; Diagnostic testing; Diagnosing prior instruction; Specific examples of reading assessment; Assessing sight vocabulary; Decoding skills Use of context |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786579103321 |
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| Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : David Fulton Publishers, , 2004 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Teaching for Numeracy Across the Age Range : An Introduction / / by Peter Stuart Westwood
| Teaching for Numeracy Across the Age Range : An Introduction / / by Peter Stuart Westwood |
| Autore | Westwood Peter S. |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2021.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (123 pages) |
| Disciplina | 372.72 |
| Collana | SpringerBriefs in Education |
| Soggetto topico |
Mathematics - Study and teaching
Teaching Educational tests and measurements Educational psychology Mathematics Education Didactics and Teaching Methodology Assessment and Testing Educational Psychology |
| ISBN |
9789811637612
981163761X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Preface -- Numeracy: Defined, Described and in Context -- Early Numeracy Development -- Numeracy in Pre-school and Kindergarten years -- Numeracy Development in Primary School -- Secondary School Years -- Adult numeracy -- Approaches to Teaching and Assessment. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495214603321 |
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| Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2021 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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