|Language, Letters, & Thought, 2nd edition| Updated in 2001,
this edition offers a clear explanation of how to maximize
reading success. Reports from the National Reading Panel
corroborate the practical and effective approaches presented.
This 380-page volume presents useful methods for teaching
students across a wide range of skills--from efficient readers
to those with learning disabilities, dyslexia, phonological
processing difficulty, rapid-naming deficits, or limited
language. Chapters make sense of what strategies work best for
students with particular needs at specific levels of
development. Several chapters describe formal and informal
testing of reading. Guidelines explain how to select tests based
on their potential strengths and weaknesses for evaluating
distinct reading skills. Case studies show how to translate test
findings into recommendations for instruction in classrooms,
tutorials, or small groups. Educators, psychologists, and
concerned parents gain an insider's view of the various ways rea