| Description |
xxvii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
"I don't think these companies have much respect for teachers" : looking at teacher's manuals / Patricia Crawford and Patrick Shannon -- Exercise isn't always healthy / Carole Edelsky -- Look! look! who stole the pictures from the picture book? / Kenneth Goodman, Lisa Maras, and Debbie Birdseye -- Rhyming without reason : poetry in basals / Debbie Birdseye -- Step one, step two, step three, four, five : my this writing seems contrived! : writing process in basal reading programs / Lisa Burley Maras -- Patterns of culture or distorted images : multiculturalism in basals / Elaine Schwartz -- Neither gone nor forgotten : testing in the new basal reading programs / Sharon Murphy -- Celebremos la literatura : is it possible with a Spanish reading program? / Yvonne Freeman -- The destination or the first step on a journey : Canadian basals / Sharon Murphy -- Hearts and minds and literacy : lessons from ourselves / Mem Fox -- Response to basals / Bobbi Fisher [and others] -- Supervising change : moving away from basals / Timothy J. Shannon -- The social life of basals / Patrick Shannon. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [217]-231) and indexes. |
| Subject |
Basal reading instruction.
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Basal reading instruction -- Evaluation.
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| Added Author |
Shannon, Patrick, 1951-
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Goodman, Kenneth S.
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| ISBN |
1878450603 paperback |
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