James L. Shanker and Eldon E. Ekwall - Locating and Correcting Reading Difficulties Books

Updated and reorganized to be even more useful, this popular book's twenty-nine chapters divided into six major sections once again provide busy pre-service and in-service reading teachers the essential tools they need?specific, concrete methods?for helping struggling readers become successful readers. KEY TOPICS The authors' easy-to-read language effectively explains what to do in the diagnostic/remedial process; and twenty-four exceptionally thorough appendices offer hands-on tools for doing it. While individual instruction is clearly identified as the ideal, numerous strategies are also offered for both small- and large-group instruction. Emphasis is on direct instruction, motivational learning activities, and ?practice, practice, practice.? For elementary school reading teachers.