| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 271 pages) |
| Series |
Language and literacy in action series |
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Language and literacy in action series.
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| Contents |
What does research tell us about how to develop comprehension? / Colin Harrison -- What does research tell us about how we should be developing written composition? / Mary Bailey -- As the research predicted? : examining the success of the National Literacy Strategy / Roger Beard -- What do effective teachers of literacy know, believe and do? / David Wray and Jane Medwell -- Developing literacy : towards a new understanding of family involvement / Clare Kelly, Eve Gregory and Ann Williams |
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Words in basal readers : a historical perspective from the United States / James V. Hoffman -- Irrelevancy-- and danger-- of the 'simple view' of reading to meaningful standards / Victoria Purcell-Gates -- Understanding national standards in reading / Sue Horner -- Validity in literacy tests / Marian Sainsbury -- Trying to count the evidence / Greg Brooks -- Textbooks and model programmes : reading reform in the United States / Elfrieda H. Hiebert -- Teacher education programmes and children's reading achievement / National Commission on Excellence in Elementary Teacher Preparation for Reading Instruction -- Implementation of the National Literacy Strategy in England, 1998-2001 / Laura Huxford -- Examining teaching in the literacy hour : case studies from English classrooms / Ros Fisher and Maureen Lewis -- Literacy block in primary school classrooms, Victoria, Australia / Bridie Raban and Gillian Essex -- Globalisation, literacy, curriculum practice / Allan Luke and Victoria Carrington |
| Summary |
This book represents the best current thinking and research about literacy, being the outcome of a series of high-profile seminars on raising standards in literacy. Research, progress in this area and its development is focused on |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Language arts -- Great Britain
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Language arts -- United States
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Language arts -- Australia
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Education -- Standards -- Great Britain
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Education -- Standards -- United States.
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Education -- Standards -- Australia
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EDUCATION -- Elementary.
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Education -- Standards
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Language arts
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Australia
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Great Britain
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Fisher, Ros
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Brooks, Greg, 1944-
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Lewis, Maureen
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| ISBN |
0203166221 |
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9780203166222 |
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