Off Track - When Poor Readers Become ''learning Disabled''

This book identifies the dangers of labeling children as reading or learning disabled, contending that a "reading disability" is not a unitary phenomenon. It presents a new theoretical model of reading disability that integrates a wide variety of findings across age and grade spans.

Table des matières

What Ails the Field of Learning Disabilities -- The History of LD: Variations on a Theme -- What Is Reading Disability? -- The Road to Proficient Reading -- Roads to Reading Disability -- Issues in the Education of Children with Reading Disability -- Educational Practices for Children with Reading Disability -- Possible Causes of Reading Disability -- Abilities, Disabilities, and Reading Disability: How Are They Related? -- Early Intervention and Prevention -- Toward Another Way of Thinking About Reading Difficulties

A propos de l'auteur

Louise Spear-Swerling is associate professor of special education at Southern Connecticut State University. Robert J. Sternberg is IBM Professor of Psychology and Education at Yale University.

Résumé

This book identifies the dangers of labeling children as reading or learning disabled, contending that a "reading disability" is not a unitary phenomenon. It presents a new theoretical model of reading disability that integrates a wide variety of findings across age and grade spans.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Louise Spear-swerling, Louise Sternberg Spear-Swerling, Robert Sternberg, Robert J. Sternberg, Sternberg Robert
• Edition: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367317089
• ISBN: 978-0-367-31708-9
• Pages: 356
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 236 mm x 25 mm
• Thème: Print on demand
• Catégories: Ecole et pédagogie > Préparation de l'enseignement > Formation professionnelle; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Pédagogie > Général, dictionnaires; EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, Philosophy & theory of education, Philosophy and theory of education