Literacy Assessment & Intervention for Classroom Teachers
I am really excited about the inclusion of motivation and self-efficacy. Many times we as university professors look over the obvious, like motivation, but we must remember it is not always obvious to inexperienced preservice teachers. . . . . The suggestions for motivating children to read will be a section that university candidates may look back on after graduation, when they have their own classrooms and need ideas. --Jerilou Moore, University of MississippiThe attention to second language learners is one of this text's strengths. I particularly like that these learners and appropriate instructional strategies are provided in each chapter. --Jacqueline Peck, University of AkronIn one of my other courses where my students learn to do textbook evaluations, I brought in all the textbook options we were considering for this course, and allowed my students . . . to give their input into the decision. DeVries' book overwhelmingly won the approval of my students. Some of them who will not be taking the Assessment class asked if they could purchase the book anyway, wanting it for a teacher resource. That speaks very highly of this textbook, as students rarely get excited about purchasing textbooks that are not mandatory! --DiAnn McDown, University of Central Oklahoma