| Description |
xxii, 246 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Rutgers invitational symposia on education |
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Rutgers invitational symposium on education series.
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| Note |
"This volume is based on original papers presented by the authors at the symposium on Tutoring Programs for Struggling Readers, March 16, 2000, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, at the Rutgers Graduate School of Education"--Series foreword. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction to tutoring issues / Deborah Gee Woo and Lesley Mandel Morrow -- America reads tutoring: communities working together / Barbara J. Walker and Ronald J. Scherry -- Voices of Houston reads to lead!: building an urban literacy coalition through America Reads / Margaret Doughty -- South Florida America Reads coalition: a synergistic effort / Joshua Young, Jodi Bolla, Jeanne Shay Schumm, Alicia Moreyra, and Robert Exley -- America Reads and comprehensive neighborhood revitalization: the Yale-New Haven experience / Michael J. Morand. |
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Tutoring program for struggling readers in Argentina / Maria Celia A. de Corsico and Maria Rosa Carbajo -- Effects of an America Reads tutoring program on literacy achievement and attitudes of teachers, tutors, and children / Lesley Mandel Morrow and Deborah Gee Woo -- America Reads: a close-up look at what two tutors learned about teaching reading / Jill Fitzgerald -- America Reads: literacy lessons learned / Ann J. Dromsky and Linda B. Gambrell -- Howard Street tutoring model: using volunteer tutors to prevent reading failure in the primary grades / Darrell Morris. |
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Book buddies: a community volunteer tutorial program / Marcia Invernizzi -- Reading recovery: a systemic approach to early intervention / M. Trika Smith-Burke. |
| Subject |
America Reads Challenge (Program) -- Congresses.
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Reading -- United States -- Congresses.
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Tutors and tutoring -- Training of -- United States -- Congresses.
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Tutors and tutoring -- United States -- Congresses.
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Community and school -- United States -- Congresses.
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| Added Author |
Morrow, Lesley Mandel.
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Woo, Deborah Gee.
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| ISBN |
157230605X hardcover |
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