Sand (Diagnostic Book) [Paperback]

Marie M. Clay (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1985 | ISBN-10: 0435802372 | ISBN-13: 978-0435802370

The Concepts About Print tests can be used with the new entrant or nonreader because the child is asked to help the examiner by pointing to certain features as the examiner reads the book.

An Observation Survey presents the theoretical background, administration details, and scoring interpretation of the tests. Since its publication Sand has been a favorite diagnostic tool of reading teachers, and Stones was developed to provide an alternative.

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About the Author

Marie Clay, FRSNZ, FNZPsS, FNZEI(Hon),Emeritus Professor, taught in primary schools and then at the University of Auckland where, for the next 30 years she introduced educational psychologists to ways of preventing psychological problems. She did post-graduate study in Developmental Psychology at the University of Minnesota on a Fulbright Scholarship and completed her doctorate at the University of Auckland with a thesis entitled "Emergent Literacy." Her 'Reading (and writing) Recovery' is an early literacy intervention, which is now implemented in five countries, and three languages. Literacy Lessons Designed For Individuals integrates what has been learned from that innovation with new research and theoretical advocacies. Shifts in early literacy learning can be monitored by teachers using her Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement in English, Spanish and French. A series of individual lessons can be delivered in those languages to about 150,000 children worldwide annually using a guidebook called Reading Recovery: Guidelines for Teachers in Training. Literacy Lessons Designed for Individuals is a similar guidebook which aims to make accelerated progress possible for a wider range of problems. Marie Clay was past-President of the International Reading Association, served on the editorial committees of professional journals, was a research consultant at home and abroad including UNESCO, chaired a Social Science Research Committee advising government on policies and research allocations, and worked internationally with problem-solving related to early intervention research and practice.

Product Details

• Paperback: 20 pages
• Publisher: Heinemann (January 1, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0435802372
• ISBN-13: 978-0435802370
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #104,657 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast-track diagnosis of Reading Readiness, November 21, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Sand (Diagnostic Book) (Paperback)

This book is designed for use with an observation survey determining a child's reading readiness and his/her concepts about print. Some pages have the words in strange order, some pages are upside-down, and so on, although superficially it looks like a "normal" book. It is illustrated and has big type, the illustrations facing the type pages. In line with the California Reading Initiative and the assembly bills requiring informed diagnosis of children's reading readiness and progress, and multiple assessments thereof, this is a valuable diagnostic tool for children entering school, to be used with the test script on page 47-48 of Marie Clay's An Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast-track diagnosis of Reading Readiness, November 21, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Sand (Diagnostic Book) (Paperback)

This book is designed for use with an observation survey determining a child's reading readiness and his/her concepts about print. Some pages have the words in strange order, some pages are upside-down, and so on, although superficially it looks like a "normal" book. It is illustrated and has big type, the illustrations facing the type pages. In line with the California Reading Initiative and the assembly bills requiring informed diagnosis of children's reading readiness and progress, and multiple assessments thereof, this is a valuable diagnostic tool for children entering school, to be used with the test script on page 47-48 of Marie Clay's An Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great diagnosis, January 27, 2009

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This review is from: Sand (Diagnostic Book) (Paperback)

I bought this book for students in reading recovery but I also used it for other students including gifted students. It is amazing how the children use it differently and get a different perspective on them according to their level
Great tool!!!