10 essential instructional elements for students with reading difficulties : a brain-friendly approach

Johnson, Andrew P. (Andrew Paul) (author.).

Summary: This book details how the brain creates meaning from print, and how educators can leverage the latest neurocognitive research to help students struggling with reading.

Record details

ISBN: 9781483373775
ISBN: 1483373770
Physical Description: print
xii, 242 pages ; 26 cm.
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin, a SAGE Company, [2016]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Creating meaning with print : the neurocognitive model -- Eye movement and neural pathways -- Understanding reading from a cognitive perspective -- Diagnosis and documentation -- Reading lessons -- Emergent literacy : concepts of print and phonemic awareness -- Emotions and motivation -- Literature and instructional approaches -- Phonics -- Strategies for developing word identification skills -- Fluency -- Comprehension : narrative text -- Comprehension of expository text -- Vocabulary -- Writing.