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FOURTH EDITION
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LITERACY
assessment & intervention
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FOR CLASSROOM
TEACHERS
Beverly A. DeVries
SOUTHERN NAZARENE UNIVERSITY
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Literacy assessment & intervention for classroom teachers / Beverly A. DeVries, Southern Nazarene
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contents
Intervention Strategies & Activities
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1 Forming a Personal Philosophy About Literacy Assessment and
Intervention
INTRODUCTION
The Importance of Literacy
Theories Related to Literacy
Constructivist Theory
Zone of Proximal Development
Hierarchy of Human Needs
Critical Literacy Theory
Reading Models
Part-to-Whole Model
Whole-Part-Whole Model
Comprehensive Approach
Which Method Is the Most Effective?
English Learners
English Language Development
Effective Practices for English Learners
Forming Your Teaching Philosophy
Reflect on Assessing Reading Problems
Personal Philosophy of Intervention and Instruction for Struggling Readers
Historical Overview of Reading Reforms
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1966
The America Reads Challenge Act
The National Reading Panel Report
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No Child Left Behind Act
Common Core State Standards
BOX What Does “Scientifically Based Research” Mean?
Response to Intervention
New Literacies
Concluding Thoughts
REFLECTIVE LEARNING Diverse Learners
2 The Literacy Event
INTRODUCTION
Teachers
Motivation
Students
Knowledge of General Information
Literacy Knowledge
Language Systems Readers Use
Learning Styles
Multiple Intelligences
Text
Levels of Readability
Leveled Books
Dimensions of Text Complexity
BOX Readability Software Programs and Formulas
Context
Task
Concluding Thoughts
REFLECTIVE LEARNING At-Risk Students
3 Assessment
INTRODUCTION
Defining Assessment
Standards for Assessment
Formal/Standardized Assessment Instruments
Individual and Group Intelligence Tests
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