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Improving literacy in America

Bachman, Heather J, Morrison, Frederick J, Connor, Carol McDonald

2005,2008

Overview

An alarmingly high number of American students continue to lack proficiency in reading, math, and science. The various attempts to address this problem have all too often resulted in \"silver bullet\" solutions such as reducing class size or implementing voucher programs. But as the authors of this critically important book show, improving literacy also requires an understanding of complex and interrelated social issues that shape a child's learning. More than twenty years of research demonstrate that literacy success is determined by a combination of sociocultural forces including parenting, preschool, classroom instruction, and other factors that have a direct impact on a child's development.Here, Frederick J. Morrison, Heather J. Bachman, and Carol McDonald Connor present the most up-to-date research on the diverse factors that relate to a child's literacy development from preschool through early elementary school. Urging greater emphasis on the immediate sources of influence on children, the authors warn against simple, single solutions that ignore other pivotal aspects of the problem. In a concluding chapter, the authors propose seven specific recommendations for improving literacy-recommendations that can make a real difference in American education.

• Publisher: Yale Univ. Press,Yale University Press
• Subject: EDUCATION / EDUCATION / General / Educational psychology / Educational sociology / Language arts (Primary) / Language arts (Primary) -- United States / Learning readiness / Literacy / Literacy -- Social aspects -- United States / Literacy -- United States -- Psychological aspects / Psychological aspects / Readiness for school / Readiness for school -- United States / Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit / Social aspects / Social factors / Soziale Herkunft / United States / Unterricht / USA / Vereinigte Staaten
• ISBN: 0300106459, 9780300106459, 9780300130256, 0300130252