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The Reading Crisis : Why Poor Children Fall Behind.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 1990Copyright date: ©1990Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (208 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674029354
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Reading CrisisDDC classification:
  • 372.6
LOC classification:
  • LB1576
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Literacy and Language among Low-Income Children -- 2 The Children, Their Schools, and Their Families -- 3 Reading Development -- 4 Writting Development -- 5 Language Development -- 6 Interrelations among Reading, Writing, and Language -- 7 Classroom Instruction and Literacy Environments -- 8 Home Influences on Literacy and Language -- 9 Influenec on the Lower and Higher Grades -- 10 Where Do We Go from Here? -- Epilogue: Persistent Questions -- Appendix A Samples of Narrative Writing Representing Average Holistic Ratings and Production: Students' Handwriting -- Appendix B Samples of Expository Writing Representing Average Holistic Ratings and Production: Students' Handwriting -- References -- Index.
Summary: How severe is the literacy gap in our schools? In The Reading Crisis, the renowned reading specialist Jeanne Chall and her colleagues examine the causes of this disparity and suggest some remedies.
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Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Literacy and Language among Low-Income Children -- 2 The Children, Their Schools, and Their Families -- 3 Reading Development -- 4 Writting Development -- 5 Language Development -- 6 Interrelations among Reading, Writing, and Language -- 7 Classroom Instruction and Literacy Environments -- 8 Home Influences on Literacy and Language -- 9 Influenec on the Lower and Higher Grades -- 10 Where Do We Go from Here? -- Epilogue: Persistent Questions -- Appendix A Samples of Narrative Writing Representing Average Holistic Ratings and Production: Students' Handwriting -- Appendix B Samples of Expository Writing Representing Average Holistic Ratings and Production: Students' Handwriting -- References -- Index.

How severe is the literacy gap in our schools? In The Reading Crisis, the renowned reading specialist Jeanne Chall and her colleagues examine the causes of this disparity and suggest some remedies.

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