Addressing the Literacy Needs of Striving Readers
Using Informative Assessments towards Effective Literacy Instruction
ISBN: 978-1-78052-630-0, eISBN: 978-1-78052-631-7
Publication date: 28 March 2012
Abstract
Purpose – To identify effective literacy instructional strategies and methods based on assessment. Also, to provide information on literacy experts that teachers may seek advice from as they work with striving readers.
Approach – A review of literature and the research on teaching striving readers were examined.
Practical implications – Reading is an important determining factor in efficacious learning and overall literacy; students must possess the necessary literacy skills to become successful and productive citizens in an information age. Throughout the chapter, a striving reader is presented while offering the reader an authentic example of a striving reader. The strategies, methods, and experts offer best practices; these will enhance the student(s) literacy skills.
Originality/value of paper – Educators utilizing the information provided in this chapter will be enhanced in their ability to effectively teach their students.
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Citation
Helen Perkins, J. and Cook, C.D. (2012), "Addressing the Literacy Needs of Striving Readers", Ortlieb, E. and Cheek, E.H. (Ed.) Using Informative Assessments towards Effective Literacy Instruction (Literacy Research, Practice and Evaluation, Vol. 1), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 325-348. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2048-0458(2012)0000001014
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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