Tools for Matching Readers to Texts : Research-Based Practices.

Tools for Matching Readers to Texts : Research-Based Practices.

Selecting reading materials at the appropriate level for each student is an essential component of promoting literacy, and a number of systems for determining text difficulty are now available. This unique, much-needed reference helps teachers choose from a wide array of approaches and implement the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mesmer, Heidi Anne E.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Guilford Publications, 2007.
Series:Solving Problems in Teaching of Literacy.
Subjects:
Reading (Elementary)
Education.
Education
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Table of Contents:
  • Using text analysis tools to match readers to texts
  • Traditional readability formulas
  • Second-generation readability formulas : lexiles and degrees of reading power
  • Textual scaffolds for beginning readers : qualitative leveling, decodability, and vocabulary control
  • Choosing text analysis tools : successful schools
  • Using text analysis tools : successful primary teachers
  • Using text analysis tools : successful intermediate teachers.

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