Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties

Description

Thomas G. Gunning, a former elementary school reading consultant, junior high English teacher, and secondary school reading specialist, is Professor Emeritus, Southern Connecticut State University, where he has served as department chair and reading clinic director. Gunning has conducted research on group reading inventories, vocabulary assessment, reading disabilities, intervention programs, readability, response to intervention, decoding processes and strategies, and the use of digital technologies to build literacy. Gunning’s other books with Pearson include Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students, 9th Edition; Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students In Grades Pre-k to 4, 2nd Edition; Creating Literacy Instruction for All Students In Grades 4-8, 3rd Edition; Building Literacy in Secondary Content Area Classrooms; Developing Higher-Level Literacy in All Students: Building Reading, Reasoning, and Responding; Closing the Literacy Gap; Phonological Awareness and Primary Phonics; and Building Words: A Resource Manual for Teaching word Analysis and Spelling Strategies.

Note: This is the bound book only and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged with a bound book, use ISBN 013451548X. 

Comprehensive, practical, and up to date, Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties presents a wealth of examples and thorough coverage of procedures for assessing and instructing below-level readers and writers from pre-k through grade 12. The book covers virtually all aspects of assessment, including basic concepts of tests and measurements; standardized measures, and informal but highly regarded techniques. The book’s thorough, practical coverage of instructional techniques includes approaches for working with readers and writers who have the most severe difficulties. Some 46 sample lessons covering virtually every essential skill are presented and accompanied by numerous suggestions for practice and reinforcement, including the use of technology. The text takes the position that with the right kind of instruction and reinforcement, virtually all students can learn to read and write complex text, which is the foundation for being college- and career-ready.

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Theory, research, and practical applications combine to show how to assess students and how to use assessment results to screen students, monitor their progress, and provide effective instruction.

Comprehensive, practical, and up to date, Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties presents a wealth of examples and thorough coverage of procedures for assessing and instructing below-level readers and writers from pre-k through grade 12. The book covers virtually all aspects of assessment, including basic concepts of tests and measurements; standardized measures, and informal but highly regarded techniques. The book’s thorough, practical coverage of instructional techniques includes approaches for working with readers and writers who have the most severe difficulties. Some 46 sample lessons covering virtually every essential skill are presented and accompanied by numerous suggestions for practice and reinforcement, including the use of technology. The text takes the position that with the right kind of instruction and reinforcement, virtually all students can learn to read and write complex text, which is the foundation for being college- and career-ready.

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos in each chapter—a total of 86—illustrate key assessment and instructional concepts and techniques and feature advice and explanations from experts in literacy and related fields. 
• Check Your Understanding quizzes for each chapter section—71 in all—provide strategic stopping places for students to quiz themselves and receive feedback on their responses, while fostering both increased understanding and retention.

BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS

Key content changes include:

• Increased explanation of and focus on technology acquaints readers with a range of electronic and blended programs and materials that can be used to assist struggling readers and writers, such as:

  • Adaptive assessments, e-texts, and electronic interventions and blended learning programs of special benefit to struggling readers and writers.
  • Digital text databases, including electronic copies of dozens of children’s and young people’s periodicals, including those specifically designed for struggling readers, which are available for reading on screen or downloading at no charge from school, local, and state libraries.
• An increased emphasis on executive functioning and motivation reminds readers of the importance of student goal setting and the belief in one’s ability and hard work. (Chs. 2 & 13)
• Included is expanded information on executive functioning and self-efficacy, additional emphasis on the importance of student goal setting, and a new discussion on growth mindset.
• Research-based principles show how to plan effective intervention and use deliberate practice to help struggling readers and writers catch up. (Chs. 1 & 14)
• Expanded coverage of vocabulary development (Ch. 10) includes several techniques and programs, such as:

  • Rewordify,
  • An electronic vocabulary development program,
  • Word Mapping Strategy,
  • Using electronic glossaries, and
  • Explanation of Word Generation, a program for developing academic language.
• Explanation on and discussion of factors underlying reading and writing difficulties help teachers better understand working memory, a key factor in reading and writing disability, and gain a better understanding of ADHD. (Chs. 2 & 6)

  • Included in this new information on working memory are ways to assess it and plan instruction for students who have working memory difficulties, plus information for better assessing and instructing students with ADHD.
• Additional programs for older students are introduced (Chs. 12, 13 & 14) including discussions on:
• Social Studies Generation and Science Generation, programs that bolster the reading proficiency of middle school students;
• SMARTER, an approach to teaching content-area subjects to achieving and struggling learners in secondary school; and
• Strategic Adolescent Reading Intervention, a program for middle schoolers.

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos in each chapter–a total of 86–illustrate key assessment and instructional concepts and techniques and feature advice and explanations from experts in literacy and related fields. 
• Check Your Understanding quizzes for each chapter section–71 in all–provide strategic stopping places for students to quiz themselves and receive feedback on their responses, while fostering both increased understanding and retention.

Students can experience the advantages of the Enhanced Pearson eText along with all the benefits of print for 40% to 50% less than a print bound book! Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted. Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy.

For courses in Reading Assessment, Diagnosis and Remediation.

Note: This is the bound book only and does not include access to the Enhanced Pearson eText. To order the Enhanced Pearson eText packaged with a bound book, use ISBN 013451548X. 

Theory, research, and practical applications combine to show how to assess students and how to use assessment results to screen students, monitor their progress, and provide effective instruction.

Comprehensive, practical, and up to date, Assessing and Correcting Reading and Writing Difficulties presents a wealth of examples and thorough coverage of procedures for assessing and instructing below-level readers and writers from pre-k through grade 12. The book covers virtually all aspects of assessment, including basic concepts of tests and measurements; standardized measures, and informal but highly regarded techniques. The book’s thorough, practical coverage of instructional techniques includes approaches for working with readers and writers who have the most severe difficulties. Some 46 sample lessons covering virtually every essential skill are presented and accompanied by numerous suggestions for practice and reinforcement, including the use of technology. The text takes the position that with the right kind of instruction and reinforcement, virtually all students can learn to read and write complex text, which is the foundation for being college- and career-ready.

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with embedded videos and Check Your Understanding quizzes. The Enhanced Pearson eText is also available without a print version of the textbook.

Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy. Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted.

Text features and benefits include:

• Knowledge and skills for assessing and effectively instructing students experiencing a wide range of reading and writing difficulties.
• Extensive suggestions for assessing and providing struggling readers instruction and practice in the areas of word recognition, vocabulary, comprehension reading in the content areas, writing, spelling, and study skills.
• 46 step-by-step sample lessons;
• Thorough, practical coverage of assessment including tests and observation guides for the assessment of emergent literacy, phonics, syllabic analysis, vocabulary, spelling, comprehension, study habits, and cognitive processes. (Chs. 4, 5 & 6)
• Discussion of key screening and progress monitoring measures covers letter fluency, letter-sound fluency, phonics, word reading fluency, oral reading fluency, and mazes.
• Solid grounding in word analysis–the area in which most poor readers struggle —with separate chapters devoted to phonics, high frequency words, and fluency (Ch. 8); syllabic, morphemic, and contextual analysis (Ch. 9); and vocabulary (Ch. 10).
• Techniques for working with readers and writers with the most severe difficulties (Tier 3), along with extensive listings of intervention programs. (Ch. 14)
• Exemplary teaching descriptions of outstanding instruction or assessment of struggling readers by real-life teachers.

Unique in its approach, this text offers research-based assessment and instruction techniques not found in other textbooks, including:

• Mystery Passages and Indexing (Using Manipulatives).
• Multisensory techniques (including Orton and Fernald).
• WIRC (Writing Intensive Reading Comprehension).
• Techniques for teaching difficult phonics skills, such as procedures for teaching blends and long-vowel patterns.
• Study concepts advocated by cognitive psychologists, such as interleaving practice and test-enhanced learning.
• Availability of children’s periodicals, some of which are designed for struggling readers, and other texts that can be read on electronic devices or downloaded free.

Updates, expanded discussions, and information on new programs and techniques bring readers up to date on the latest means for ensuring improved assessment and instruction for all students, pre-k through grade 12.

• NEW! Increased explanation of and focus on technology acquaints readers with a range of electronic and blended programs and materials that can be used to assist struggling readers and writers.
• NEW! An increased emphasis on executive functioning and motivation reminds readers of the importance of student goal setting and the belief in one’s ability and hard work. (Chs. 2 & 13)
• NEW! Research-based principles show how to plan effective intervention and use deliberate practice to help struggling readers and writers catch up. (Chs. 1 & 14)
• NEW! Expanded coverage of vocabulary development (Ch. 10) includes several techniques and programs.
• NEW! Explanation on and discussion of factors underlying reading and writing difficulties help teachers better understand working memory, a key factor in reading and writing disability, and gain a better understanding of ADHD. (Chs. 2 & 6)
• NEW! Additional programs for older students are introduced. (Chs. 12, 13 & 14)

Invigorate learning with the Enhanced Pearson eText
The Enhanced Pearson eText provides a rich, interactive learning environment designed to improve student mastery of content with the following multimedia features:

• Embedded videos in each chapter–a total of 86–illustrate key assessment and instructional concepts and techniques, with some featuring advice and explanations from experts in literacy and related fields. 
• Check Your Understanding quizzes for each chapter section–71 in all–provide strategic stopping places for students to quiz themselves and receive feedback on their responses, while fostering both increased understanding and retention.

Students can experience the advantages of the Enhanced Pearson eText along with all the benefits of print for 40% to 50% less than a print bound book! Students, register for or purchase your eText at pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted. Instructors, visit pearsonhighered.com/etextbooks/ted to register for your digital examination copy.