| Why Our Children Can't Read and What We Can Do about It: A Scientific Revolution in Reading Contributor(s): McGuinness, Diane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684853566 ISBN-13: 9780684853567 Publisher: Free Press OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1999 Annotation: Drawing on 25 years of cutting-edge research, the author presents scientific support for a new method of teaching children how to read that provides a real solution to the national literacy crises. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Education | Aims & Objectives - Language Arts & Disciplines | Literacy - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - Reading & Phonics |
| Dewey: 372.41 |
| Physical Information: 0.99" H x 5.81" W x 9.32" (1.30 lbs) 400 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In America today, 43 percent of our children fall below grade level in reading. In her meticulously researched and groundbreaking work, Diane McGuinness faults outmoded reading systems for this crisis -- and provides the answers we need to give our children the reading skills they need. Drawing on twenty-five years of cutting-edge research, Dr. McGuinness presents bold new phoneme awareness programs that overcome the tremendous shortcomings of other systems by focusing on the crucial need to understand and hear reliably the sounds of a language before learning to read. Maintaining that any child can be taught to read fluently if given proper instruction, she dramatically reveals how dyslexia and behavior problems such as ADD stem not from neurological disorders but from flawed methods of reading instruction. With invaluable information on remedial reading programs that can correct various ineffective reading strategies, this book is a must for concerned parents, teachers, and others who want to make a difference. |