Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-92) and index.
Contents
Toward a definition of a balanced approach to reading instruction -- The cooperative research program in first-grade reading instruction (the First-Grade Studies) -- Learning to read: the great debate -- Becoming a nation of readers: the Report of the Commission on Reading -- Beginning to read: thinking and learning about print -- Preventing reading difficulties in young children -- Report of the National Reading Panel: Teaching children to read: an evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature on reading and its implicatinos for reading instruction -- Activities for applying literacy concepts -- Questions for cooperative discussion groups.