How the brain learns to read
By: David A. Sousa
Edition: Second edition.
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781483333946
Subjects: Reading disability; Brain; Reading; Cerebro; Physiological aspects
Description: Examines source material on brain research and provides primary and secondary classroom reading strategies for teachers based on the most current findings. There are five core chapters on - what the research tells us, understanding language acquisition, instructional strategies, identifying reading problems, and strategies for resolving reading problems. The book includes a useful glossary of terms integrates brain diagrams to language acquisitions and strategies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-253) and index.
Table of contents: title: Learning Spoken Language; title: Learning to Read; title: Teaching Reading for Encoding and Decoding; title: Teaching Reading for Comprehension; title: Recognizing Reading Problems; title: Overcoming Reading Problems; title: Reading in the Content Areas; title: Putting It All Together.