Being Skilled : The Socializations of Learning to Read.

Cover page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: another account of learning to read? -- Part 1 An orchestrated performance: reading as a skill -- 1 Strategies and feedback -- 2 Intending and knowing -- Part 2 The acts of learning -- 3 Being perturbed: Learning from problems -- 4 Overcoming the general problem: Practice making perfect -- 5 Dominance during instruction -- Part 3 Learning to be skilled -- 6 The conditions of learning -- 7 Making interactions work: Setting events for learning -- 8 Knowing from a 'no': The case for error feedback -- 9 Praise, conversation and putting it all together -- Part 4 Socializations -- 10 The early socializations of learning to read -- 11 The transition: From home to school -- 12 Being schooled -- 13 Becoming a skilled reader -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Name index -- Subject index.

Originally published in 1987, Being Skilled presents a new model of how children learn to read, and in particular those who learn quickly and precociously.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.