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Multisensory Teaching Basic Language Skills

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ISBN-10: 1598570935

ISBN-13: 9781598570939

Edition: 3rd 2011

Authors: Judith R. Birsch, Sally Shaywitz

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As new research shows how effective systematic and explicit teaching of language-based skills is for students with learning disabilities¿along with the added benefits of multisensory techniques¿discover the latest on this popular teaching approach with the third edition of this bestselling textbook. Adopted by colleges and universities across the country, this definitive core text is now fully revised and expanded with cutting-edge research and more on hot topics such as executive function, fluency, and adolescent literacy. The most comprehensive text available on multisensory teaching, this book shows preservice educators how to use specific multisensory approaches to dramatically improve…    
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Book details

List price: $79.95
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Brookes Publishing
Publication date: 6/20/2011
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 816
Size: 7.25" wide x 10.25" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 3.498
Language: English

About the Editor
Contributors
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Connecting Research and Practice
Multisensory Structured Language Education
Development of Oral Language and Its Relationship to Literacy
The History and Structure of Written English
Teaching Phonemic Awareness
Alphabet Knowledge: Letter Recognition, Naming, and Sequencing
Teaching Handwriting
Teaching Reading: Accurate Decoding
Teaching Spelling
Fluency in Learning to Read: Conceptions, Misconceptions, Learning Disabilities, and Instructional Moves
Word Learning and Vocabulary Instruction
Strategies to Improve Reading Comprehension in the Multisensory Classroom
Composition: Evidence-Based Instruction
Assessment
Planning Multisensory Structured Language Lessons and the Classroom Environment
Instruction for Older Students with a Word-Level Reading Disability
Adolescent Literacy: Addressing the Needs of Students in Grades 4-12
Learning Strategies and Study Skills: The SkORE System
Working with High-Functioning Adults with Dyslexia and Other Academic Challenges
Language and Literacy Development Among English Language Learners
Multisensory Mathematics Instruction
Technology that Supports Literacy Instruction and Learning
Rights of Individuals with Dyslexia and Other Disabilities
Glossary
Materials and Sources
Index