Reading Problems: Assessment and Teaching Strategies, 7th edition

Published by Pearson (July 14, 2021) © 2022

  • Joyce Holt Jennings Northeastern Illinois University
  • JoAnne Schudt Caldwell Cardinal Stritch University
  • Janet W. Lerner Northeastern Illinois University

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Table of contents

1. Overview of Reading and Reading Problems
2. Factors Associated With Reading Problems
3. Gathering Data to Develop Students' Literacy Profiles
4. Norm-Referenced and Criterion-Referenced Assessments
5. Administering an Informal Reading Inventory
6. Providing Instruction and Intervention Strategies
7. Early Literacy
8. Improving Word Knowledge: Word Recognition
9. Improving Word Knowledge: Fluency
10. Vocabulary Development and Listening Comprehension
11. Comprehension of Narrative Text
12. Comprehension of Informational Text
13. Integrating Reading and Writing
14. Literacy Instruction for Diverse Learners: English Language Learners, Literacy in a Culturally Diverse Society, Parents and Families, Adolescents and Adults With Reading Problems
15. Literacy Instruction for Students With Special Needs
16. Literacy Support as a Collaborative Process

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