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Glossary of Terms

  The resources of The Reading Foundation are availble to help you understand what is making the learning process more difficult for you child. Please contact us if you have questions. Here is a list of common terms and tests typicall used. Click Here for a Glossary of Terms.  

Additional Resources

Stages of Language and Reading Development   Instruction in Reading
What is Reading Comprehension?   What is a S.A.I.F.?
Reading Instruction Q&A   What is Dyslexia?

Articles

  Adams, Marilyn (1991). Beginning to read. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Brody, S. (2001a). Teaching reading: Language, letters, and thought (2nd. ed.) Milford, NH: LARC Publishing (P.O. Box 801, Milford, NH 03055 or http://www.larcpublishing.com) Chall, J.S. (1967). Learning to read: The great debate. New York: Harcourt Brace. Chall, J.S. (1995). Stages of reading development (2nd ed.). New York: Harcourt Brace. Costello, E. & Klass, P. (2003). Quirky kids. New York: Ballantine Books. Frank, Robert (2004). The secret life of the dyslexic child. New Jersey: The Philip Lief Group. Hall, S. & Moats, L.C (2002). A guide to diagnosing and finding help for your child's reading difficulties. New York: Broadway Books. Hall, S. & Moats, L. (1998). Straight talk about reading: How parents can make a difference during the early years. New York: McGraw Hill. Kranowitz, C. (1998). The out-of-sync child. New York: The Berkeley Publishing Group. Levine, Mel (2003). A mind at a time. New York: Simon & Schuster. Levine, Mel (2002). The myth of laziness. New York: Simon & Schuster. Moats, L. (1994). Speech to print: Language essentials for teachers. Baltimore: Paul H. Brooks Publishing Co. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [NICHD]. (2000). Report of the National Reading Panel. Teaching children to read: An evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implications for reading instruction: Reports of the subgroups (NIH Publication No. 00-4754). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. Also available on-line: http://www.nichd.nih.gov/publications/nrp/report.htm. Shaywitz, Sally (2003). Overcoming dyslexia: A new and complete science based program for overcoming reading problems at any level. New York: Knopf Press. Stanovich. K. (1986). Matthew effect in reading: Some consequences of individuals differences in the acquisition of literacy. Reading Research Quarterly, 21, 360-407. Stanovich, K. (2000). Progress in understanding reading. New York: Guilford Press. Vail, Patricia. (!987). Smart kids with school problems. New York: E.P Dutton. Wilkins, Angela, Garside, Alice and Enfield, Mary Lee (1993). Basic facts about dyslexia: What everyone ought to know. Baltimore: Orton Dyslexia Society. Willis, J.O. & Dumont, R.P. (1998). Guide to the identification of learning disabilities (1998 NY State Ed.). Acton, MA: Copley. Available from authors: wil2275@attglobal.net or dumont@fdu. Wright, W.D., & Wright, D.W. (1999). Special Education Law. Hartfield, VA: Harbor House Law Press. Wright, W.D., Wright, D.W., & Heath, S.W. (2004). Wrightslaw: No child left behind. Hartfield, VA: Harbor House Law Press. [www.wrightslaw.com]

 

 

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