ERIC_NO:
ED303766
TITLE:
Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Difficulties.
AUTHOR:
Swaby, Barbara E. R.
PUBLICATION_DATE:
1989
ABSTRACT:
Written for prospective and practicing teachers, this book is built on two major premises: firstly, that there are two broad categories of
learners--inductive or traditional learners and noninductive or
nontraditional learners; and secondly, that in order to prevent or remediate
failure, all reading curricula must be modified to meet the needs of
children, with daily observation of children and the continual changing
of materials and instruction based on observed needs. The text has two
major divisions: diagnosis and correction. The first five chapters discuss
both formal and informal diagnosis, as follows: (1) A Definition of
Diagnosis; (2) Correlates of Reading Failure; (3) Formal Reading Diagnosis;
(4) Informal Reading Diagnosis; and (5) The Poor Reader: Child of Concern.
Ensuing chapters deal with a wide variety of corrective measures, as follows:
(6) Effective Instruction and Remediation; (7) Utilizing Methods of Reading
Instruction; (8) Neurolinguistic Applications for Teaching Reading; (9)
Remediating Skills in Comprehension; (10) Remediating Skills in Phonic
Analysis; (11) Remediating Skills in Sight and Meaning Vocabulary; (12)
Remediating Skills in Language; (13) Diagnostic and Remedial Instruction
Models; (14) Motivating Children to Read; and (15) Linking Learning with
Instruction. Five appendixes cover award winning books, high interest-low
vocabulary materials, magazines for children, predictable print books,
and nonfiction books and series. (SR)
MAJOR_DESCRIPTORS:
Reading Diagnosis; Reading Difficulties; Remedial Reading;
MINOR DESCRIPTORS:
Cognitive Style; Elementary Secondary Education; Individualized Instruction; Reading Failure; Reading Improvement; Reading Processes;
PUBLICATION_TYPE:
010; 052