Guilford Publications: 631 books
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Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2011
The definitive reference on literacy research methods, this book serves as a key resource for researchers and as a text in graduate-level courses. Distinguished scholars clearly describe established and emerging methodologies, discuss the types of questions and claims for which each is best suited,...
Differentiated Reading Instruction
Strategies for the Primary Grades
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2007
This book provides a research-based framework for making differentiated instruction work in the primary grades. It includes scientifically validated techniques for teaching each component of the beginning reading program. The authors describe how to use assessment to form differentiated small groups...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2009
This book brings together some of the world’s foremost literacy scholars to discuss how research influences what teachers actually do in the classroom. Chapters describe the current state of knowledge about such key topics as decoding, vocabulary, comprehension, digital literacies, reading disabilities,...
The New Literacies
Multiple Perspectives on Research and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
With contributions from leading scholars, this compelling volume offers fresh insights into literacy teaching and learning—and the changing nature of literacy itself—in today's K–12 classrooms. The focus is on varied technologies and literacies such as social networking sites, text messaging,...
Integrating Literacy and Technology
Effective Practice for Grades K-6
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2007
An accessible resource for busy teachers, this informative book sets the stage for using technology effectively in the literacy classroom. The authors take the reader step by step through the ongoing cycle of planning, teaching, and assessment in a technology-rich environment. They demonstrate how...
Literacy Leadership to Support Reading Improvement
Intervention Programs and Balanced Instruction
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
Packed with vivid examples from actual schools, this book explores specific ways that literacy leaders can partner with teachers to meet all students' instructional needs. It provides a range of research-based strategies for implementing effective instruction in a response-to-intervention framework....
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Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2013
Bringing together prominent scholars, this book shows how 21st-century research and theory can inform everyday instructional practices in early childhood classrooms (PreK-3). Coverage includes foundational topics such as alphabet learning, phonological awareness, oral language development, and learning...
Literacy Instruction for Adolescents
Research-Based Practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2009
Thorough and accessible, this professional resource and text shows how the latest research in adolescent literacy can be translated into effective practice in middle and high school classrooms. Leading authorities discuss findings on the adolescent learner, addressing such essential topics as comprehension,...
Executive Skills and Reading Comprehension
A Guide for Educators
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2015
How do K-12 students become self-regulated learners who actively deploy comprehension strategies to make meaning from texts? This cutting-edge guide is the first book to highlight the importance of executive skills for improving reading comprehension. Chapters review the research base for particular...
Cracking the Common Core
Choosing and Using Texts in Grades 6-12
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2013
This book guides teachers in grades 6-12 to strategically combine a variety of texts--including literature, informational texts, and digital sources--to meet their content-area goals and the demands of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). It presents clear-cut ways to analyze text complexity, design...
Unpacking Complexity in Informational Texts
Principles and Practices for Grades 2-8
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2014
To acquire content knowledge through reading, students must understand the complex components and diverse purposes of informational texts, as emphasized in the Common Core State Standards (CCSS). This practical book illuminates the ways in which a text’s purpose, structure, details, connective language,...
Matching Books and Readers
Helping English Learners in Grades K-6
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2010
Providing practical guidance and resources, this book helps teachers harness the power of children's literature for developing ELLs' literacy skills and language proficiency. The authors show how carefully selected fiction, nonfiction, and poetry can support students' learning across the curriculum....
Fluency Instruction, Second Edition
Research-Based Best Practices
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012
This accessible guide brings together well-known authorities to examine what reading fluency is and how it can best be taught. Teachers get a clear, practical roadmap for navigating the often confusing terrain of this crucial aspect of balanced literacy instruction. Innovative approaches to instruction...
Creative Interventions with Traumatized Children, Second Edition
Creative Arts and Play Therapy, eds Malchiodi and Crenshaw
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2014
A trusted, bestselling resource, this volume demonstrates a range of creative approaches for facilitating children's emotional reparation and recovery from trauma. Experts in play, art, music, movement, and drama therapy, as well as bibliotherapy, describe step-by-step strategies for working with...