What Really Matters for Struggling Readers: Designing Research-based Programs

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Longman, 2001 - Education - 166 pages

Another in the series of Longman's brief practical texts on reading, What Really Matters for Struggling Readers helps teachers design reading remediation and intervention programs around well-established reality- and research-based components. Nationally-recognized scholar and author Dick Allington offers easy-to-understand interpretations of research that support three important principles and shows teachers how to use a variety of best practices with children who are struggling readers.

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Richard L. Allington is the Fien Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He was a co-recipient of the Albert J. Harris Award from the International Reading Association for his "contributions to the better understanding of reading and learning disabilities". Dick is also a past president of the National Reading Conference and has been elected to membership in the Reading Hall of Fame.

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