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 |
Westwood Peter S. | ||
Camberwell, Victoria : , : Australian Council for Educational Research, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 (166 pages) |
Disciplina | 371.91/44 |
Collana | Learning difficulties series |
Soggetto topico |
Reading disability
Reading (Primary) Learning disabilities |
Soggetto non controllato | Australian |
ISBN | 1-74286-376-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Teaching, learning and the curriculum -- Teacher-directed approaches -- Student-centred approaches to learning -- Variables and interactions that affect learning and teaching -- Learning difficulties -- Teaching approaches for literacy - Teaching approaches for numeracy -- Teaching the sciences -- Teaching the humanities. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155103103321 |
Westwood Peter S. | ||
Camberwell, Victoria, Australia : , : ACER Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
Westwood Peter S. | ||
Camberwell, Victoria, Australia : , : ACER Press, , 2016 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
Westwood Peter S. | ||
Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : David Fulton Publishers, , 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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 |
Westwood Peter S. | ||
Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : David Fulton Publishers, , 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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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-9910817520003321 |
Westwood Peter S. | ||
Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, N.Y. : , : David Fulton Publishers, , 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Teaching for numeracy across the age range : an introduction / / Peter Stuart Westwood |
Autore | Westwood Peter S. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore : , : Springer, , [2021] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (123 pages) |
Disciplina | 372.72 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in Education |
Soggetto topico |
Numeracy - Study and teaching
Alfabetisme matemàtic |
Soggetto genere / forma | Llibres electrònics |
ISBN | 981-16-3761-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Numeracy: Defined, Described and in Context -- Defining Numeracy -- Numeracy in Context -- Numeracy in the Curriculum -- Early Years Curriculum -- Curriculum in the UK -- Curriculum in Australia -- Curriculum in the United States -- Numeracy as an Across-the-Curriculum Capability -- Gender Differences in Numeracy -- Affective Aspects of Numeracy -- Concerns Over Numeracy Standards in Schools -- Systems-Level Response to Poor Numeracy Standards -- Online Resources -- 2 Early Numeracy Development -- Number Sense -- Concept Development -- Theories of Conceptual Development -- Theories Covering the Development of Procedural Fluency -- Online Resources -- 3 Numeracy in Preschool and Kindergarten Years -- Working with Children in Preschool -- Building Firm Foundations in Kindergarten -- Counting -- Numeral Recognition -- Using a Number Line -- From Counting to Number Operations -- The Beginnings of Place Value -- Data Collection, Representation and Analysis -- Measurement -- Simple Geometry -- Online Resources -- 4 Numeracy Development in Primary School -- Transition from Preschool to School -- Numeracy in the Primary School Curriculum -- Addition and Subtraction -- Place Value -- Bar Modelling -- Multiplication and Division -- Number Facts: The Importance of Automaticity -- Other Topics in Primary Mathematics -- The Role of Language -- Technology Supporting Numeracy Learning -- Teaching Problem-solving -- Indigenous Children's Number Skills -- Online Resources -- 5 Secondary School Years -- Secondary School Mathematics -- Typical Curriculum Content in Secondary Schools -- Across the Curriculum -- Real-Life Applications -- A Role for Technology -- Students Who Struggle with Secondary Mathematics -- Providing Support -- Concerns Over Numeracy Standards of Senior Students -- The Way Ahead -- Online Resources.
6 Adult Numeracy -- Concerns Over Adult Numeracy Standards -- Numeracy in the Workplace -- Efforts to Improve Standards Adult Numeracy -- Teaching Adults -- The Way Ahead -- Online Resources -- 7 Approaches to Teaching and Assessment -- Effective Teaching Practices -- The Vital Role of Practice -- Interleaving Knowledge and Skills -- Intervention and Support -- Do All Interventions Bring Benefits? -- Assessment -- Observing Students at Work -- Questioning -- Teacher-Made Tests -- Technology and Formative Assessment -- Error Analysis -- Diagnostic Testing -- Standards of Teaching -- Improving Teachers' Expertise -- End Note -- Online Resources -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910495214603321 |
Westwood Peter S. | ||
Singapore : , : Springer, , [2021] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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