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Reading and learning difficulties : approaches to teaching and assessment / Peter Westwood.

By: Westwood, Peter Stuart 1936-.
Contributor(s): Australian Council for Educational Research [issuing body.].
Series: Learning Difficulties.Publisher: Melbourne : ACER Press, 2016Edition: 2nd edition.Description: x, 166 pages ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781742863658.Subject(s): LEARNING DISABILITY | READING | LITERACY SKILLS | COMPREHENSION | INTERVENTION | DYSLEXIA | ASSESSMENT | TEACHING METHODS | TEACHERS GUIDES | AUSTRALIA | SIMPLE VIEW OF READING | CLOZE PROCEDURE | READING RECOVERY | SUCCESS FOR ALL | MULTILIT | PAUSE PROMPT PRAISE TECHNIQUE | NATIONAL ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME : LITERACY AND NUMERACY (NAPLAN) | AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
Contents:
1. Learning to read -- 2. The reading process -- 3. Approaches to beginning reading -- 4. Learning difficulties -- 5. Sound foundations -- 6. Specific interventions and strategies -- 7. Assessment.
Summary: "The 2nd edition of Peter Westwood's best-selling Reading and Learning Difficulties addresses recent initiatives around the teaching of reading, the value of a phonics-based approach, and international research around literacy teaching, learning and pedagogy. It presents evidence-based methods for teaching reading skills, looks at the increasing role of technology and online learning in literacy and evaluates the success of literacy interventions implemented in Australia and elsewhere. Reading and Learning Difficulties provides guidance on how to develop flexible teaching methods to suit varied ways of learning. By examining the way readers process texts, and identifying the knowledge and skills needed to become a proficient reader, it explains why learning problems can sometimes occur and what can be done to prevent or overcome these difficulties. In his Learning Difficulties series, Peter Westwood evaluates, summarises and presents research, strategies and best-practice methodologies for working with students that have learning difficulties in particular subject areas. Rigorous yet accessible, the titles in this series provide teachers with the knowledge, data and direction they need to develop their skills and meet student needs." --Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-162) and index.

1. Learning to read -- 2. The reading process -- 3. Approaches to beginning reading -- 4. Learning difficulties -- 5. Sound foundations -- 6. Specific interventions and strategies -- 7. Assessment.

"The 2nd edition of Peter Westwood's best-selling Reading and Learning Difficulties addresses recent initiatives around the teaching of reading, the value of a phonics-based approach, and international research around literacy teaching, learning and pedagogy. It presents evidence-based methods for teaching reading skills, looks at the increasing role of technology and online learning in literacy and evaluates the success of literacy interventions implemented in Australia and elsewhere. Reading and Learning Difficulties provides guidance on how to develop flexible teaching methods to suit varied ways of learning. By examining the way readers process texts, and identifying the knowledge and skills needed to become a proficient reader, it explains why learning problems can sometimes occur and what can be done to prevent or overcome these difficulties. In his Learning Difficulties series, Peter Westwood evaluates, summarises and presents research, strategies and best-practice methodologies for working with students that have learning difficulties in particular subject areas. Rigorous yet accessible, the titles in this series provide teachers with the knowledge, data and direction they need to develop their skills and meet student needs." --Publisher's website.

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