Miscue Analysis Made Easy : Building on Student Strengths

by Sandra Wilde

Understanding what students do when they read, and then helping them take the next step, can be easy for an informed teacher. For Sandra Wilde, the key is to focus on the strengths students bring to the process and build from there. With Miscue Analysis Made Easy, Wilde leads the way, offering a lucid, commonsense explanation of what exactly reading is and how it works. Beginning with a series of lively, interactive exercises Miscue Analysis Made Easy leads us through the thinking processes and linguistic systems that readers use to build their understanding of text. Through a careful review of these systems, we then learn to assess what readers can do. An easy-to-use, step-by-step diagnostic procedure, including a thoughtful retelling guide, helps us to identify and then maximize the students specific strengths. Wilde also offers ideas on how to help students develop the self-monitoring strategies they need to keep track of their own meaning-making process as they read.

Genres: Education, Teaching

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2000

Reviews

[Gracie Hopkins · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great resource for truly listening to young readers with an ear for building them up and knowing their skills deeply. It has given me a new perspective for miscues analysis and has very great examples and lessons to make you feel prepared to utilize the strategies well with your learners.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great practical guide to miscue analysis. Offers some good examples and helpful bits of information on something that is on its surface simple, but can be a pretty difficult and nuanced process.

[Bellatuscana Bellatuscana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Can I just say "UGGGGGgggghhhh"

[o · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm currently studying for my upcoming Reading certification exam in May, and as it's been a good three years since I've read some of this material, I came to this book as a good starting point for my refresher. I think miscues and the process surrounding them are fascinating, and this short but sweet little book presents a great review.

[Megan Cooper · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was looking for something more strategic--something of an if...then. There was some of that in the last chapters, but not specific enough for my training needs. A good discussion, good examples, just not quite what I was looking for.