The Second Edition of this bestselling book includes a new section on No Child Left Behind as well as research sections on reading fluency, comprehension strategies, interventions for struggling readers, and vocabulary development and instruction. What Really Matters for Struggling Readers helps teachers design reading remediation and intervention programs around well-established reality- and research-based components. Nationally-recognized scholar and author Dick Allington offers easy-to-understand interpretations of research that support important principles and shows teachers how to use a variety of best practices with children who are struggling readers.
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25 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: What Really Matters for Struggling Readers: Designing Research-Based Programs (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
How beneficial you will find this book depends on your background. If you are a parent, teacher, or college student trying to learn about basic research on reading, then this book is for you. This book gave me a nice review, but if you are familiar with the original research, you may want to skip this as something you already know.
Allington presents education and cognitive psychology research in a way that is informative and makes it easy for anyone to understand. Due to my background in cognitive psychology, I've read a lot of the original research on which this book is based. I think Allington gives a good overview of other people's research, while still giving his own take on the information. He does not discredit research, but makes you aware of the limitations of some experimental designs. Reading research is a relatively new field, most of which has occurred in the last fifteen to twenty years. Some results may seem obvious now, but may not have been a decade ago. Also, even if you think something is true, you always have to test it using a good experimental design. Allington's summaries allow you to decide for yourself if you accept the experimental conclusions. I also think Allington did a good job of making practical suggestions that incorporates the research, so you can use it in the classroom or at least make informed decisions. That is probably most people's purpose for reading this book-practical applications. I like that there is more and more of a collaboration between teachers and researchers. This book is a good steping stone to that end. I hope Allington continues to upgrade this book and write more like it.
9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
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By P. Sweet "Assistive Technology Specialist" (E. Bridgewater, MA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: What Really Matters for Struggling Readers: Designing Research-Based Programs (2nd Edition) (Paperback)
This book has helped me tremendously in redesigning my reading program. As a special education teacher I am always looking for new concepts when it comes to my struggling readers.
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Excellent resource for reading philosophy,
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Coming from the art classroom, a strong reading philosophy is something I did not have. My principal suggested this book to me as the most current, paramount source on reading and strategies. He couldn't have been more correct. Richard Allington says in explicitly simple terms what readers truly need. He's got the research to back it up, as well. This book is a very easy and engaging read.
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