Reading Problems: Assessment and Teaching Strategies

by Joyce Holt Jennings, JoAnne Schudt Caldwell, Janet W. Lerner

This text combines new and time-tested approaches to working with struggling readers of all ages, and includes practical instructional strategies, assessment tools, discussion of the research, and an informal reading inventory that students can use immediately. The Sixth Edition of this well-respected text distills many different approaches to teaching students with reading problems and presents them in an accessible, balanced, and readable format. Reading Problems is extremely practical, presenting many informal assessment tools and strategies. Yet it also presents research on intervention programs and multicultural strategies, and extensive descriptions of tests. The needs of adolescents and adults are also emphasized.

Genres: Teaching

482 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1983

Reviews

[Patricia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm actually reading the 6th edition, but I couldn't find a picture for it. I'm finding this little book to be a nice resource for assessment and reading strategies. The most refreshing aspect is that the text is not overloaded with useless charts and sidebars; almost every figure that the authors include is a truly useful chart or other visual, and they don't pop up on every other page.

[Stephanie · Rating 3 out of 5]

reading for a class right now, informational

[Valerie Zink · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a great resource for any reading teacher. My only complaint is that it did get a bit dry in some of the chapters. I read the whole thing for a class and will keep it on my shelves.

[Anna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite useful but the organization of the early chapters makes for a lot of redundant reading.