Title: Misreading reading : the bad science that hurts children /
Authors: Coles, Gerald
Publisher: Heinemann,
Year: 2000
Subjects: Reading Research; Reading Phonetic method Research.; Reading Language experience approach Research.
Abstract: Coles rejects the "skills-emphasis" approach to teaching early readers and learners, and leans toward a whole-language technique.
Contents: Erecting the "strong consensus" -- Creating "the culprit" -- The foorman study -- "Research-based" training programs -- "Coming soon! Coming soon!" -- "Brain glitch" -- A "broad heritability" -- The "simple" theory -- Magic markers -- Science and children's learning.